District talks Lone Star trip
Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:33 PM CST
Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 2:33 PM CST
The Farmington School Board of Education met Tuesday evening and the main topic of was a recent trip to Texas to visit school systems there and programs they have to offer.
Dr. Ashley Krause discussed an initiative titled Advancement Via Individual Determination, or AVID, that helps students to learn. The program allows students to work on their class work and leadership skills while encouraging them to achieve more in school.
AVID teaches students to be thinkers and do things themselves, Krause explained. It also helps students want to improve themselves and work hard.
Next, Principal Matt Ruble talked about the various programs that the contingent saw while in Texas and how to help the Farmington School District achieve the same things as the Texas schools. Farmington is also looking into working on a grant for the AVID program.
Ruble talked about improving and working on the College Now program, which will tie in with the AVID program. He also said district representatives have met with deans at Mineral Area College and talked about expanding the programs at the high school level.
Ruble said the school district would like to offer CNA introduction classes that would be taught by school nurse Lisa Denman. They would also like to offer Criminal Justice introduction classes that would be taught by School Resource Officer Sam Weekly.
The new options would be convenient for students who are interested in the programs but not able to take them off campus at Unitech or MAC. If the students like the field of study, then they could transfer to the college campus and take more classes.
“We want to give students a reason to go to school and do good,” said Ruble.
Molly Hartrup discussed pod-casting which is used in Texas schools. She said it helps students with classroom studies by allowing teachers to post items online to help them. The district could also offer sporting events and assemblies or other events in the district online for everyone to view.
“It would allow out-of-state relatives or former alumni, as well as students and relatives living in the district who do not have cable, to view events for the district,” said Hartrup, an instructor for BKTV and director of public relations for the district.
The pod-casting will be available on the Farmington website. Some items will be available next semester, but after the technology upgrade they will have all sporting events available.
Teachers will be able to use the pod-casting to help students with vocabulary, homework and other areas of study. Teachers in Texas used the technology to improve their test scores. They took the students with the lower test scores and used the pod cast installed on an iPod to allow students to take it with them to study, and test scores improved.
Also discussed in the board meeting were the fall athletes from the district. A total of 31 students received some form of honor for their sport participation. Football and volleyball players received district titles, while football and girls tennis participants received conference titles. There were also individual qualifiers for girls golf and cross country recognized.
The Featured Teacher for the month was Ann Bohman. She is a teacher at Lincoln Intermediate and has taught for more than 20 years. She is one of the original teachers at Lincoln Intermediate.
Bohman has also been the 5th grade chairperson since about 1992 and is planning on retiring soon to move closer to her new grandson.
The Heartland Hero award was given to Mike Savage. He volunteers at Lincoln Intermediate and helps with the Watchdog Program at the school. The program allows fathers to go into the school and be a role model for the students.
He helps with various tasks in the school, not only trying to help the students keep a positive atmosphere but helping with the reading programs assisting various teachers.
Farmington High School was recognized for the second consecutive year as receiving the US News and World Report Bronze Award for schools. The high school was one of 41 schools in the state to be given the honor.
Dr. Ashley Krause discussed an initiative titled Advancement Via Individual Determination, or AVID, that helps students to learn. The program allows students to work on their class work and leadership skills while encouraging them to achieve more in school.
AVID teaches students to be thinkers and do things themselves, Krause explained. It also helps students want to improve themselves and work hard.
Next, Principal Matt Ruble talked about the various programs that the contingent saw while in Texas and how to help the Farmington School District achieve the same things as the Texas schools. Farmington is also looking into working on a grant for the AVID program.
Ruble talked about improving and working on the College Now program, which will tie in with the AVID program. He also said district representatives have met with deans at Mineral Area College and talked about expanding the programs at the high school level.
Ruble said the school district would like to offer CNA introduction classes that would be taught by school nurse Lisa Denman. They would also like to offer Criminal Justice introduction classes that would be taught by School Resource Officer Sam Weekly.
The new options would be convenient for students who are interested in the programs but not able to take them off campus at Unitech or MAC. If the students like the field of study, then they could transfer to the college campus and take more classes.
“We want to give students a reason to go to school and do good,” said Ruble.
Molly Hartrup discussed pod-casting which is used in Texas schools. She said it helps students with classroom studies by allowing teachers to post items online to help them. The district could also offer sporting events and assemblies or other events in the district online for everyone to view.
“It would allow out-of-state relatives or former alumni, as well as students and relatives living in the district who do not have cable, to view events for the district,” said Hartrup, an instructor for BKTV and director of public relations for the district.
The pod-casting will be available on the Farmington website. Some items will be available next semester, but after the technology upgrade they will have all sporting events available.
Teachers will be able to use the pod-casting to help students with vocabulary, homework and other areas of study. Teachers in Texas used the technology to improve their test scores. They took the students with the lower test scores and used the pod cast installed on an iPod to allow students to take it with them to study, and test scores improved.
Also discussed in the board meeting were the fall athletes from the district. A total of 31 students received some form of honor for their sport participation. Football and volleyball players received district titles, while football and girls tennis participants received conference titles. There were also individual qualifiers for girls golf and cross country recognized.
The Featured Teacher for the month was Ann Bohman. She is a teacher at Lincoln Intermediate and has taught for more than 20 years. She is one of the original teachers at Lincoln Intermediate.
Bohman has also been the 5th grade chairperson since about 1992 and is planning on retiring soon to move closer to her new grandson.
The Heartland Hero award was given to Mike Savage. He volunteers at Lincoln Intermediate and helps with the Watchdog Program at the school. The program allows fathers to go into the school and be a role model for the students.
He helps with various tasks in the school, not only trying to help the students keep a positive atmosphere but helping with the reading programs assisting various teachers.
Farmington High School was recognized for the second consecutive year as receiving the US News and World Report Bronze Award for schools. The high school was one of 41 schools in the state to be given the honor.
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