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Lakota students’s furniture artwork up for auction
Using an unusual canvas and famous artists for inspiration, Lakota students painted dressers as part of a new community project, “Dress Me Up!”The project paired IKEA with Lakota art teachers and students to support arts programming. The home furnishings retailer provided four unfinished dressers to art classes. One each went ...
Flipped classrooms put students in control of learning
For half of the school year, many Hamilton junior high students have been receiving their math and science instruction at home.They take notes about concepts they are learning at home and then return to school with any questions and to complete assignments that would have previously been homework.The practice — ...
Texas Students Coach Teachers on Fitness
The eighth graders at Staley Middle School in Frisco, Texas are undergoing a different sort of physical education. As the AP's John Mone reports, students are helping teachers get in shape. (May 23)
School Storm Protection Spotty in Tornado Zones
Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma did not have a safe room in which students and teachers could seek shelter from a tornado. The twister which struck on Monday leveled the school killing seven students. (May 22)
Schools review safety plans after deadly tornado
Schools across Ohio are examining their severe weather plans in the aftermath of Monday’s deadly tornado in Oklahoma.Plans for all safety concerns, including tornadoes, are reviewed each school year and updated on an as-needed basis. After the EF-5 tornado struck a school in Oklahoma, killing several students there, a review ...
New program builds leadership skills of male athletes
A new program in Hamilton City Schools is molding male student athletes into leaders and mentors for future classes.Leaders Academy at Blue was created at the Hamilton Freshman School by Brad Watkins, assistant principal, and Robert Burk, special education teacher, with feedback from a team of district administrators.The aim of ...
Land purchase pending for Hamilton schools
School officials in Hamilton have taken the next steps toward completing the last phase in a facilities master plan funded by a previous $250 million bond issue.The final phase includes building a new 20,000-square-foot maintenance bus garage and joint-facility for transportation and food service, said Chad Konkle, administrator for building ...
Longtime employees of Hamilton schools retiring
Two gentlemen with a combined 63 years serving Hamilton City Schools are retiring at the end of the school year.Both previous elementary teachers and principals, Rex Bucheit has served Hamilton for 35 years and Tim Carr for 28 years.“They spent their whole careers in the district, that’s really noteworthy and ...
District: Upgraded athletic facilities will also benefit community
An ongoing project will update athletic facilities at Hamilton’s middle schools by the start of summer.Construction by Schumacher Dugan Construction, Inc. includes refurbishing four tennis courts at Wilson Middle School, six tennis courts at Garfield Middle School and the track behind Garfield.Chad Konkle, administrator for building and planning, said these ...
Memorial award honors district employees
Eight nominees and one winner of the annual David Thiel Award at Hamilton City Schools were honored by school board members on May 14.The award was established years ago as a memorial for David Thiel, former director of pupil personnel. The 2012-13 recipient is Brenda Helton, special education department chair ...
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