The “hot topic” around town has been the talks between Hillsboro School and Central Valley School and cooping of all of our athletics and activities. This journey started back in my first year as superintendent (August of 2010) when we held a public meeting about cooping football because Central Valley knew their boys football numbers [...]
How about them Bison?
I never thought that I would be saying that, because I am a Sioux graduate. But, this past Saturday the NDSU Bison defeated their opponent, Georgia Southern, and have earned their way to the Division I National FCS Championship on January 7th in Texas. Why would a person like me care about [...]
During a typical school year we have a few bullying cases at Hillsboro Public Schools. In the last legislative session HB 1465 was created to enact six new sections to chapter 15.1-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prevention of bullying in public schools. This bill was passed into law. At the [...]
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Have you ever noticed those “Be Polite” or “Be Nice” signs along the side of the road? I keep asking myself, “Why should someone have to tell me to be nice or be polite?” If we are acting in a way where we need to be reminded to do these things than we should rethink [...]
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On Sunday, November 6th it was the annual ING New York Marathon in New York City. Over 45,000 runners competed in this race. In the women’s race one of the ladies pulled away and was cruising away from the other runners. In the dust she left a pack of women that ran together for almost [...]
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Teachers are not allowing students to fail at Hillsboro Public Schools. For the past two years teachers and administration have been working on a system that doesn’t allow zeroes in the grade book. Instead, teachers are using power standards, pretesting, re-teaching, retesting, and getting student feedback in order to have those students reach proficiency. We [...]
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Some may say that I am naive, and that I jump into projects and change too quick, but I get inspired easily. Whether it’s a book, an author, a compliment, a sunny day, a student, a competition, a co-worker or a colleague I would have to say that I get inspired daily. I get the tear [...]
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I guess I should start off by saying welcome to my blog. As administrators we have been asked to add a blog to the new site. I hope it is informative to all the readers and helps students, parents, and our teachers better understand different aspects of education in my view. Of course, with me, [...]
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Has anybody ever wondered what it is like to walk down a school hallway surrounded by one hundred and eighty students? It’s an interesting adventure. Some adults could find the halls intimidating…I find it interesting. When all of the students are in the halls it reminds me of working sheep on my dad’s farm when [...]
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On Saturday, October 1, I had a wonderful experience. I was invited to be on my nephew Sam’s team, “Sam’s Club” for the Down Syndrome Buddy Walk (http://www.buddywalk.org/) at the University Park in Grand Forks.
This event had games, photos, balloons, food, and a speaker. It is an event that brings family, friends and [...]
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