The SIAC meeting took place on Tuesday night. As part of the meeting, Mr. Jensen took the committee on a tour of the new gymnasium area. It was a really neat feeling to know that in just a few months time the project will be complete.
We held a fire drill in our building Tuesday afternoon. With construction taking place, this can be a bit tricky so we made sure that students were aware of the exiting procedures, especially in the areas affected by the construction. The fire drill went smoothly.
We have new wireless infrastructure in the junior/senior high school building! ITS installed the system on Tuesday and Wednesday. The internet is much faster now that this is in place.
I attended the Leadership for Continuous Improvement Series in Cedar Rapids with several of my teachers. Mrs. Andreassen also took a group of her teachers. The junior/senior high school group took part in the Competency Based Education series. We will be attending four more meetings focused on this. This series is hosted by Grant Wood AEA. The secondary building is exploring Competency Based Education/Standards Based Grading and the impact it can have on student achievement. We anticipate moving in this direction at some point in the future. The first meeting focused on introducing what CBE is. There were many schools in attendance for this series. I will explain more about CBE in a future blog post.
On Friday we held our weekly Spirit Assembly. The Community Club explained the upcoming "Zombie Run" that they are hosting for junior/senior high school students.
Mr. Gordon's 8th grade Advisory group hosted the assembly. They had an egg toss, a Skittle find (students participating had to find a skittle on a plate of whipped cream), and a game of Dodgeball in which students faced the staff.
Looking forward to what next week brings us...
Go Bears!
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