Good day today! Third place trophy at State. Congratulations to Elena Flask on winning 1st in Oration! Mattea Weber finished 5th in Prose and Isabelle Loucks finished 5th in SSA and we had several others break to sems. Thanks to seniors Olivia, Clara, Isabelle, and Elena!
We had some fun today when we coronated our forensics students who had not been to State before with their dragon lapel pins. Thanks to our seniors for running today's ceremony!
Another good day and another great team finish in sweepstakes! Halstead competed at Moundridge today and finished 2nd as a team, earning 11 medals from 13 total entries. Congratulations to:
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Another great day! We took 8 entries, broke 7 to finals, and added 5 new state quals at a VERY large meet at Rock Creek! Congratulations to:
Clara Lewis, 4th in Prose and 1st in Poetry; Mattea Weber, 2nd in Serious Solo and 2nd in Prose; 1/2
We competed at Pratt High School today, broke 8 entries to finals and earned a third place finish in sweepstakes! All but one were attending their first ever in-person meet. Congratulations to the following:
Clara Lewis: 4th in Poetry
Echo Chastain: 6th in Prose, 3rd in IDA 1/
We spent the day competing in McPherson! Congratulations to Olivia Rizza and Hannah Detweiler on finishing 3rd today in the Open/KDC division! #440Proud
“If your literacy program is not structured to get the most number of kids to the top, or to that level of society, or to proficiency, there is no equity. There can be no equity, no social justice, without literacy.” Kareem Weaver
Poor grades do not motivate struggling students. Poor grades just makes students hate school even more.
What is motivating? Patience, Reteaching, Adults that Care, Second chances, Relationships.
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After months of work, 4:00 a.m. alarm bells, and draft after draft after draft (after draft), I have finished my next book: I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900. I can't wait to share this with readers!
Hi teachers, I'm giving away three signed "pairs" of my Titanic book in honor of today's anniversary. RT to enter, I'll announce winners this Sat 4/18. Titanic was my first I Survived, the first of the I Survived graphic novel. This topic is endlessly fascinating!