Honor Roll? Really?

Honor Roll? Really?

7 tips on raising caring and compassionate children

7 tips on raising caring and compassionate children

Pray in Thanksgiving for our Priests

I found this in an email and I thought I should share it.

November Novena Novena for Priests - Starting on Tuesday November 18th - Wednesday November 25th, Feast of Thanksgiving is November 26th - that we give thanks for our Priests http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/priests.htm Jesus, Good Shepherd, You sent us the Holy Spirit to guide Your Church and lead her faithful to You through the ministry of Your priests. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, grant to Your priests wisdom in leading, faithfulness in teaching, and holiness in guarding Your sacred Mysteries. As they cry out with all the faithful, "Abba, Father!" may Your priests be ever more closely identified with You in Your divine Sonship and offer their own lives with You, the one saving Victim. Make them helpful brothers of one another, and understanding fathers of all Your people. Renew in Your priests deeper faith, greater trust in You, childlike reliance on our Mother Mary, and unwavering fidelity to the Holy Father and his bishops. Holy Mary, intercede for your priests. St. Joseph, protect them. St. Michael, defend them. St. John Vianney, pray for them.

Regina Students Job Shadow

The following was sent to Mrs. Zoulek from Nancy Young at the Workplace Learning Connection.

Regina High School has several students who are considering a career in law enforcement. So six of them (Tanner Rios, Jarod Kaufman, Danny Sullivan, Mason Simpson, Olivia Wolfe, and Sarah Lehman), along with teens from several other area high schools, spent part of their day at a Workplace Learning Connection Job Shadow.  An FBI agent talked with them about how to get into the FBI Academy, what to expect in both the Academy and in the career, and gave inside tips on how to survive in such a high-adrenaline job.  Then, they got to start playing with the gear that an FBI agent uses! 

In the photo:

Rios – front row with door ram (ready to bash in some doors in a raid!)

Kaufman – front row in the white hazmat suit (the type used recently to deal with Ebola patients)

Sullivan – wearing the bullet-proof FBI vest

Simpson – front and center, holding the raid shield

Wolfe and Lehman– wearing handcuffs like ‘perps’ in the back row

Article on grading

What can we do to make sure the focus is on learning and not a letter? How do we change our grading practices without hurting our students' chances at getting into the college or university they wish to attend?

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2014/11/why_its_time_to_give_up_grades.html?cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS3

Interview with Carol Dweck on praise

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/11/too-many-kids-quit-science-because-they-dont-think-theyre-smart/382165/2/

Write Women Back in History Essay Contest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                               CONTACT: Kristen Corey

November 3, 2014                                                                                 Office on the Status of Women  515-281-4470 or women@iowa.gov

31^st Annual Write Women Back Into History Contest Announced

2015 theme focuses on “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives”

DES MOINES – The Iowa Commission on the Status of Women is seeking entries for the 2015 Write Women Back into History Essay Contest from students in grades 6–9. The theme of this year’s contest is “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives.”

In partnership with the Iowa Department of Education and the State Historical Society of Iowa, the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women within the Iowa Department of Human Rights, invites students to participate in order to gain a deeper and more relevant appreciation of women’s roles in history. The contest helps highlight stories of women's achievements that are integral to the fabric of our history.

The Write Women Back into History Essay Contest is held as part of Iowa’s observance of Women’s History Month. March is often designated as Women’s History Month by the governor, the Iowa Senate and House of Representatives, the President of the United States and the U.S. Congress, and will be celebrated in hundreds of communities and thousands of classrooms nationwide.

Winning essayists will be awarded prizes, announced on the floors of the Iowa House of Representatives and Senate. They will also be recognized at a special ceremony at the State Historical Building during Women’s History Month, and each finalist will receive a certificate signed by the governor. All winners’ names will be released to the press, and a special effort will be made to inform media outlets in the students’ communities of their honors. 

Contest guidelines and entry forms are available online by clicking here or by contacting Kristen Corey at 515/281-4470, 800/558-4427 or women@iowa.gov.

The deadline for entry is January 23^rd, 2015. Anyone with questions may contact Kristen Corey in the Office on the Status of Women at 515/281-4470, 800/558-4427 or women@iowa.gov.

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