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Dover-Eyota School Board approves additional pre-school class
Tue, May 29th, 2012
Posted in Eyota Education
Posted in Eyota Education
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The Dover-Eyota School Board approved the addition of a third Learning Readiness Pre-School class. The benefits of adding the class and getting more kids into pre-school to prepare them for the future outweighed cost or any other consideration. Currently, 36 children have been accepted for the 2012-2013 school year, but there are 50 potential students. “We try to keep classes at 18 students,” said elementary school Principle Jeanne Svobodny. There are three early childhood programs; Readiness, Look at Me I’m Three and Footsteps. Full and partial scholarships are available for those who qualify.
Teachers in the Elementary School have been implementing a bullying curriculum for students in 4th and 5th grades with success. Teachers feel bullying has been reduced on the playground and in the lunchrooms. Svobodny hopes they can work bus drivers into the training for next fall and give them some tools to use. Youth Frontiers is an organization that is used to teach sixth, seventh and ninth graders about bullying. Youth Frontiers has a vision to change the way young people treat each other. They send a strong message of kindness, courage and respect. The eighth graders are taken to Eagle Bluff near Lanesboro to learn a similar message.
According to high school Principal Todd Rowekamp, how to treat people is a mindset you have. “It is a societal thing,” said Dover-Eyota Superintendant Bruce Klaehn. “You can’t do one thing and expect it to be fixed. It is ongoing.”
Early childhood development, a read well by third grade literacy plan, re-align curriculum and assessment to meet new state standards are among key initiatives the school board is focused on for next school year. Advancement of 21st century skills is also on the key initiative list. This includes critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, decision making, communication and collaboration. “School isn’t just about test scores,” Klaehn said.
John Neubauer of TSP Architectural Engineers in Rochester made a presentation to the board on the cause of the water leaks at the Elementary School. The board voted to proceed with the bidding process to fix the problem. By a vote of 5-2, they also accepted a bid to replace the lights at the football/soccer field. The new system will place three times the light on the field with no additional cost. The 2012-2013 preliminary budget was also approved. The HVL and Three Rivers Conferences voted to restructure for football based on school size. They will revisit the structure every three years.
Teachers in the Elementary School have been implementing a bullying curriculum for students in 4th and 5th grades with success. Teachers feel bullying has been reduced on the playground and in the lunchrooms. Svobodny hopes they can work bus drivers into the training for next fall and give them some tools to use. Youth Frontiers is an organization that is used to teach sixth, seventh and ninth graders about bullying. Youth Frontiers has a vision to change the way young people treat each other. They send a strong message of kindness, courage and respect. The eighth graders are taken to Eagle Bluff near Lanesboro to learn a similar message.
According to high school Principal Todd Rowekamp, how to treat people is a mindset you have. “It is a societal thing,” said Dover-Eyota Superintendant Bruce Klaehn. “You can’t do one thing and expect it to be fixed. It is ongoing.”
Early childhood development, a read well by third grade literacy plan, re-align curriculum and assessment to meet new state standards are among key initiatives the school board is focused on for next school year. Advancement of 21st century skills is also on the key initiative list. This includes critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, decision making, communication and collaboration. “School isn’t just about test scores,” Klaehn said.
John Neubauer of TSP Architectural Engineers in Rochester made a presentation to the board on the cause of the water leaks at the Elementary School. The board voted to proceed with the bidding process to fix the problem. By a vote of 5-2, they also accepted a bid to replace the lights at the football/soccer field. The new system will place three times the light on the field with no additional cost. The 2012-2013 preliminary budget was also approved. The HVL and Three Rivers Conferences voted to restructure for football based on school size. They will revisit the structure every three years.
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