Monday, August 26, 2013
Ida Elementary School
Where are the portable classrooms?
High School Locker Room Renovation
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Board of Education Meeting Summary from August 19, 2013
HIGHLIGHTS FROM
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
August, 2013
Please
welcome our new staff members and coaches to Ida Public Schools:
Kari Lusky Speech Pathologist
Elizabeth Capling Middle School English Teacher
Nicholas Jobe Middle School Football Coach
Bryce Woelmer Middle School Football Coach
Nicole Farrell Volleyball Volunteer
Gabe Giarmo Volleyball Volunteer
Kyle Russell Football Assistant
Gary DeLand Football Assistant
Scott LaRoy Football Assistant
Amanda Nichols Sideline Cheer Assistant
Kaylee Roebuck Sideline Cheer Assistant
Jordyn Bladzik-Lear Sideline Cheer Assistant
Cheyanne Horney Volleyball Assistant
Kari Honomichl Volleyball Assistant
The
Board of Education accepted the resignations of the following individuals:
Emily Drier Middle School English Teacher
Larry Murdock Varsity Boys Golf Coach
Paul Galloro Middle School Football Coach
Glenda Elmes Bus Aide
Doug King Bus Driver
Shannon Coon Great Start Readiness Preschool Teacher
The
staff wishes you well in your future endeavors.
The
Board approved a 4-year copier lease agreement that is projected to save the
district $92,412 over the previous contract. MT Business solutions will be
providing the copiers.
The
construction projects are 95% complete and the buildings and grounds are in
excellent condition. Projects included:
high school roof replacement, parking lot sealing, completed the window
project, elementary hallway ceiling and lighting, high school locker room
updates and middle school computer laboratory renovation. Please attend the
open houses on Wednesday, August 28 starting at 4:00 and take tours of the
buildings.
Once
approved, the meeting minutes are posted on the district web-site at
www.idaschools.org.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Anti-Bullying Task Force August Meeting Minutes
Anti-Bullying Task Force
August 12, 2013
Meeting Minutes
Members Present:
Sue Hanson, Richard Samulak, Patty
Galloro, Amy Lavigne-Benore, Bert Wagner, Holly Dixon, and Tom Dykstra
1.
Reviewed and
approved April 16, 2013 meeting minutes.
2.
Reviewed and
distributed student posters to each of the buildings. Student winners’ t-shirts
have been ordered from the athletic boosters group.
3.
Reviewed and
discussed the keynote speaker for the staff’s opening day.
4.
Discussed
possible training activities for students for the school year and made the
following recommendations:
a.
Each
building will provide a school wide educational opportunity pertaining to
“Kindness” on the same day 4 times this year. The following dates are
suggested:
i.
October 18
ii.
December 6
iii.
January 31
iv.
March 14
b.
Each
building will include “Kindness Themes” in homecoming and Christmas in Ida
activities.
5.
Discussed
promotional ideas of this year's theme. The following suggestions were agreed
upon:
a.
Small gifts,
such as pencils and bracelets
b.
Coupons for
drawings for age-appropriate gifts
c.
Awards
assemblies
d.
Social
events including ice cream
6.
Discuss the
possibility of each building encouraging teachers to develop classroom
policies, practices and lessons which support the concept of kindness. The
committee recommends providing additional funding support for teachers making
this effort.
7.
Each of the
building administrators and leadership teams are encouraged to determine ways
to identify students to be rewarded for acts of kindness. Funding will be
provided to provide social events for those identified students.
These efforts should work on
identifying different students each time and should include student as well as
teacher selections.
8.
Directed Tom
Dykstra to draft a letter seeking ice cream donations as appropriate.
9.
Discussed
the need for additional strategies to assist students in reporting mean and
aggressive behavior.
10.
Discussed
additional training for students pertaining to problem solving and speaking up
and asked committee members to look for instructional materials pertaining to
the subjects.
11.
Requested a
suggestion box be placed in the office of each of the three buildings.
12.
The next
meeting of the task force committee will be held on September 16 at 6:00 PM in
the High School Media Center.
Respectfully
submitted, Tom Dykstra
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Anti-bullying task force meeting / August 12 1 PM
Anti-Bullying Task Force
The next meeting of the Ida Public Schools Anti-Bullying Task
Force will be held August 12 at 1:00 pm in the High School Media Center.
Meeting Agenda:
· Review
April 16, 2013 meeting minutes.
· Review
and distribute student posters.
· Review
and discuss the keynote speaker for the staff’s opening day.
· Discuss
possible training for students for next school year.
o
character strikes in the elementary school
o
improved hall behavior in middle school
o
Ida STARS at the high school
· General
roundtable discussion
· Determine
the next meeting date and agenda
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