|
Education
|
|
Written by Jesse Trimble
|
|
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 08:00 |
Many around the world have been watching the 2010 Winter Olympics lately. Hillsdale Elementary fifth-graders found a way to bring the Olympics to Kansas recently in their own special way. 
Fifth-grade teacher Beth Conner’s class researched different aspects and sports of the Olympics in order to build several structures from LEGOs that incorporated their research.
Almost every fifth-grader from the class had something to say about it.
“It’s fun to play with LEGOs and do something that’s fun for a project,” Tryston Ditto said.
Blaine Hanf added his own perspective, “I liked how we designed the jumps. We used paper and sticks to help make them.”
Cole Decker had a point that Conner verified, “My favorite part was putting the rings together,” he said of the Olympic rings themselves, “it was sort of like organized chaos. They kept falling on the ground and we kept putting them back together.”
|
|
|
Education
|
|
Written by Brian McCauley
|
|
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 08:00 |
Although the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia aren’t set to kick off until Friday, students at Holy Trinity Catholic School were getting a head start last week.
Putting their brain power to the test, the students competed in a mind olympics competition on Feb. 3. 
Students from kindergarten through eighth grade were put together in groups, and then rotated from classroom to classroom answering different questions from teachers for various points.
Questions of appropriate difficulty were asked to students of each grade level, but Principal Eric White said the students were all put together because it helps the younger students hear questions about things they will be learning, and older students get a chance to review by listening to questions about things they’ve already learned.
It also is nice preparation for the state assessment tests to be given this spring, White said.
|
|
Education
|
|
Written by Jesse Trimble
|
|
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 08:00 |
If Paola Middle School and Sunflower Elementary students feel sick in class, they’ll be seeing a fresh face to help them out.
Nurse Terri Johnson joined the USD 368 staff Jan. 4, and she said she already feels right at home.
Johnson said one of her best friends is from Paola, and she’d often visit the area with her when on breaks from school, with Lake Miola being one of their favorite spots.
Johnson said, with her new job, her main priority is the students.
“We have students that need medication on a daily basis,” she said. “Some have diabetes or seizures that they need medicine for.”
But she also treats those who come to her with the occasional stomachache, fever or headache.
“We do try to keep them in class, though. If they don’t need to go home, we don’t want them to get behind on their school work,” she said.
Prior to joining the USD 368 staff, Johnson graduated from Pittsburg State University’s department of nursing and worked at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center in surgery. She said the schedule was hectic and always changing, so she’s glad to have a set schedule working with children.
|
|
Education
|
|
Written by Brian McCauley
|
|
Wednesday, 20 January 2010 08:00 |
Whenever a teacher sees a posse of school administrators walking down the hallway toward their classroom, it usually means they’ve either done something very bad or very good.
Luckily for Paola Middle School seventh-grade math teacher Abby Burnett, the latter was the case last week in her classroom. 
Burnett and her students were in for quite a surprise Friday when her class was interrupted by a visit from Paola USD 368 Superintendent Rod Allen, Assistant Superintendent Judy Welter, PMS Prinicpal Matt Meek and Assistant Principal Mark Bloustine.
Burnett had a look of bewilderment on her face as Allen kindly told her that someone was holding on the phone and wanted to speak with her. Burnett put the call on speakerphone in her classroom and soon found out that the person wanting to speak to her was Interim Kansas Commissioner of Education Diane DeBacker.
|
|
Education
|
|
Written by Brian McCauley
|
|
Wednesday, 13 January 2010 08:00 |
Students across Miami County may be singing “Let it Snow,” but Paola USD 368 administrators are happy to see school back in session.
While the district’s two snow days this winter already surpass last school year, when there were none, Superintendent Rod Allen said there likely won’t be a need to make them up at the end of the year.
Paola USD 368’s calendar runs five days longer than the required minimum, giving it a cushion in the case of snow days. Allen said the Board of Education looks at the issue each year, but the decision typically is to not make up the days.
That likely would change, though, if the district were to get a large number of snow days, Allen said.
|
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next > End >>
|
|
Page 1 of 8 |
