Bulldog Bulletin
January 29, 2016
Charting the Course and Preparing the Way
Aligning Data and Interventions
Achievement Levels
Fourth Grade Data Day
PBL Thought of the Week
Please read below. Jassica's excitement is contagious! Thank you for sharing with us, Jassica!
This week I had the wonderful opportunity to attend an Elkhart County “community vision” meeting at the Lerner Theatre that helped me broaden my own vision of what Project-Based Learning could look like with our students here at Model School.
Communities all over the United States, including our own, are working hard to help their citizens “love their community” by implementing projects that promote togetherness and pride in the cities where they live.
While the meeting itself was interesting, what really got me excited was seeing examples of projects that have already been implemented throughout the United States. In the community of Greenville, SC a high school senior named Jim Ryan proposed a project he called, “Mice on Main Street”. This project involved creating a map of the downtown area and a scavenger hunt for nine little mice that created by a local artist. This student-led project not only incorporated the standards and academics Jim learned in school, but also promoted community pride and togetherness. Perhaps what is even more exciting about this project is that it was turned into a children’s book called Mice on Main co-authored by Jim Ryan, the local artist, and a community member who really took pride in the projects effect on the community! To learn more about this project, check out the website http://jamcarthur.com/2012/09/12/mice-on-main-greenville-sc/
As many of you may already know, our new mayor Jeremy Stutzman is very open to ideas and projects that will help better our community and instill pride in our community members. As a teacher getting ready to implement Project-Based Learning, I am very excited to know that our local government is willing to partner with our schools to make our student-led projects both meaningful and empowering as our students help to promote change and pride in their own community!
Way to Go, Model School!!!!!
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Marching Toward 1:1
Upcoming Dates
February
1st:
Technology PD to prep for move to 1:1
IREAD Club
2nd:
Reading Camp begins for identified 2nd graders (3:00-4:00)
Kylene Beers Close Reading Conference (Lynne, Lisa, and teacher group gone)
TLT 3:00-4:30
3rd
Principals Retreat 9:00-2:30 (Lynne gone)
2-5 Cluster 3:00-4:00
ORFF Ensemble after school
4th:
9:00-11:30 - Understanding the SAMR Research for Technology Integration (Cheryl, Lisa gone)
K-1 Cluster 3:00-4:00