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Hello all, If you go to this web page there is @ 4 minute video to watch on how to use a EpiPen; it is part of the allergy protocol and is required. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thanks, CS

 

http://www.epipen.com/how-to-use-epipen

 

If you have never watched Creature Cast, you should. Creature Cast is fun, and fun is good.

Seriously, if you haven’t noticed it, and you teach in the field of Biological sciences, you should notice it, if not for the content,…

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The district has been hard at work planning for some fantastic PD this summer. Mark your calendars now for Edweek SJSD, which looks to be an engaging week of learning like nothing we've ever offered in our district.

 

I invite you to the Edweek SJSD site (…

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Several of you asked for the link to the animation we watched at PD on Thursday. Here it is:

http://venturepragmatist.com/2010/10/are-we-preparing-developers-or-producers/

Enjoy! If you have any questions, please see myself or Mrs.… Continue

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Check out the brand new library website at bentonlibrary.org!!! When our library Ning made the move to a free account sponsored by Pearson, all of our content disappeared. Because we rely on links and customization, we needed a new site.The Benton Library Blog has the same look and feel of the old site. However, there are no memberships. Instead, we… Continue

We took an all school survey yesterday after our Super Assessment Day that solicited results I think you might find very interesting. In total, 743-749 students responded from all four grades. Here are the responses. Please share your thoughts on where we go from here.

1. Do you have internet access at home?

YES - 84% (621)

NO - 16% (120)

Not sure - (2)

2. Do you have a laptop at home that you could bring to school to use if… Continue

If Benton High School is to consider reforming our current instructional and operational practices based on the challenges presented to us by Kelly, McCain and Jukes, what and where should we go? We have already engaged in numerous levels of reform from best practices seen in Breaking Ranks and other top reform…

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It's back!!!!!! Stop by the library on Friday afternoon for tasty treats and tasty books!



Last year, the library welcomed our staff to sample some tasty treats and pick up some tasty new books on the day before students arrived for the school year. This year, we're giving you the same opportunity, only this time we're including . . . . .



FREE STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



This calls for a video . . . .… Continue

There have been some very big changes in Ning's pricing structure. Networks aren't free anymore, but Pearson has agreed to sponsor educational Ning networks for some time. If you want to apply to keep your Ning network free, you can do so using the link below:



Teaming up with Pearson to sponsor educational networks - Ning



One quick note . . . the network will be a… Continue

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Land-locked in the middle of Missouri surrounded by farmland – watching the oil spill from afar, all I have felt to this point is helpless. I watch the news on television, read about it on the web incredulous. How could…

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Sometimes being a little late can be a good thing! Read more from my latest blog post. Happy Summer everyone! Hope you are finding your spark....

Happy Summer Benton Cardinals!

We hope this letter finds you enjoying many rays of sunshine! However, the lazy days of summer feel like they are fading far too fast.

We think you will probably agree!

As June flies…

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Happy Summer!

We will be getting the summer letter ready, but in the mean time I wanted to make sure we had a site for summer helps, information and information dissemination.



If you have questions, feel free to email me or post them here. I will also post the STAFF SUMMER LETTER as a blog post as well.



I have asked a few staff members specifically to share a sample CAMP letter to give you… Continue

Wow! Kudo's to Melissa. Check out this SLJ article!!

As Mr. Knight mentioned in another blog post, some of us in the Math Department are asking our students to reflect on the year just past. Specifically, with my kids, I asked them to answer one of the three following questions:

1. What did you learn in this class?
2. What would you do differently if you were doing it again?
3. Do you have any advice for next year's…

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One day Mr. Gier came into the lunch bunch and told us about reflections that he is allowing his students to do. This is a reflective piece for the students to think about their abilities and help guide the students and the instructor for next year. With this little nugget in the department conversation, several of us ran with the idea. Continue