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Support students, fund schools Original
Over the past month or so, we have met with more than 100 students, families, and staff as we work to gather input for the new Washougal School District strategic plan. One theme that comes up over and over again is a push for school funding that supports the goal we all share — that every Washougal student graduates with a plan for their future, and the experiences and knowledge they need to achieve that goal.
A New Framework for Addressing the SEL of Students with Diverse Needs
Categories Social Media Solution Tree Contact Us Manage Email Subscriptions Privacy Policy SolutionTree.com Skip to content At first glance, the title of my book Raising Equity Through SEL: A Framework for Implementing Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Restorative Practices may read to some like many buzzwords to cover in one source.
Q&A with Tom Schimmer
Categories Social Media Solution Tree Contact Us Manage Email Subscriptions Privacy Policy SolutionTree.com Skip to content From the cabin in the woods to educational airwaves, Canadian education expert and author Tom Schimmer sits down with us to discuss how The Tom Schimmer Podcast began and grew.
Relationships: First and Always
In the spring of 2020, I published my very first book, I’m Listening: How Teacher-Student Relationships Improve Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening in which I poured everything I knew about teaching and learning. And Then, The Pandemic Suddenly, everything I wrote in this book seemed wholly inadequate for the emerging challenge of teaching during a pandemic.
It’s Time for Curriculum Mapping 3.0
Curriculum mapping is a well-established process for helping to ensure a “guaranteed” curriculum. Unlike a lesson plan that focuses on specific learning objectives for a single session, a curriculum map records curriculum content over time, often for an entire school year. Typically, a curriculum map identifies content (i.e., what will be taught), along with when, and for how long it will be taught. Historically, there have been two major iterations of the curriculum mapping process.
Want to Know How Students Are Faring in 2020? Ask Them!
magento files are not readablemagento files are not readable Based on The Wraparound Guide Like virtually everyone, students are facing unprecedented changes and challenges in 2020: distance learning, canceled or altered social interactions, closed schools, altered athletics schedules, disruption of extracurricular activities, changed family dynamics, and perhaps sick—or even lost—loved ones.
Two robotics teams from Foothills prepare for world championship
Six robotics teams from Foothills Middle School competed in the VEX IQ Washington State Championship Feb. 23 at Central Washington University. Two teams — “You’re a Robot, Harry” and “Somebody” — qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, next month. Members of "You're a Robot, Harry" are Alexa… Stay with the story.
Foothills robotics team first in state, fundraising to go to world competition
ELLENSBURG — Five young women from Foothills Middle School emerged as the top robotics team in the state at the Washington VEX IQ Middle School Championship at Central Washington University on Feb. 24. Although all nine teams from Foothills Middle School qualified for the state competition, the journey has been especially remarkable for the team known as Female Bot Intelligence (FBI). “We’ve been through so many challenges — our robot breaking into pieces, a team member leaving our group. It was…
Foothills robotics teams sweep top honors at regional tourney
The final round of the VEX Robotics Tournament came down to a single ring. After two months of training, nine teams from Foothills Middle School competed against 21 other teams at the regional tournament in Ellensburg on Dec. 9. Students from Foothills (including one independent team) swept every competition that day — Design, Teamwork, STEM Research and overall Excellence. This year’s challenge involved stacking the most rings on several vertical posts with forklift-like robots.
Magic of Reading
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. – Joseph Addison Good Readers Read All Summer Long. To treasure reading for life, here are seven interactive strategies to invite, involve, and motivate students to read alone or with a friend this summer. These strategies are intended to build confidence for students so that they catch the reading bug and become readers for academic success, and, more importantly, so that they enjoy the gift of literacy throughout their lives.
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