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Upcoming Dates to Celebrate
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June
Attendance Awareness Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
September 17
Constitution Day
Citizenship Day
September 19
National POW/MIA Recognition Day
September 22
Autumnal Equinox
September 23
National Voter Registration Day
September 25
National Pancake Day
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"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance."
~Yoko Ono
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"It always seems impossible until it's done."
~Nelson Mandela
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"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
~Francis Bacon
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The Four Corners
Updates for Lake County District Superintendents
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Greetings!
I hope your school year is off to a great start! Included in the "Four Corners" is the agenda for our September 22nd Superintendents' Council Meeting. Like previous meetings, the Superintendents' Council will start at 9:30 a.m. or at the conclusion of the Governance Council, whichever is first. Please bring your most recent school calendar and other items of interest you may want to share with your colleagues.
If you are unable to attend, please let me know so we can save you copies of materials.
Thanks!
Wally
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Information and tasks to assist with preparation for the Superintendents' Council Meetings.
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Click on the following link to review and/or download:
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Wally
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Highlights of relevant issues or helpful tips focused on addressing potential hot topics that may arise.
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Getting Ready for the Common Core Scores and What to Do and Say About Them
Lake County Office of Education is hosting a webinar to address approaches to messaging for the upcoming release of the new testing scores.
September 29, 2014
10:00-11:00 am
Lake County Office of Education
Kesey Room
Click here for more information and to register or contact Shelly Mascari at smascari@lakecoe.org
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Attendance Awareness Month
September is Attendance Awareness Month. Following are resources to assist in your communication and outreach:
- For making the case: Share Absences Add Up, a state-by-state analysis of national data revealing that students who miss too much school suffer academically at every age and every grade throughout the country. Released on September 2nd and based upon the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), the report has received media coverage from coast to coast.
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For inspiring data driven action: Distribute the Attendance Works toolkit, The Power of Positive Connections which calls for using absenteeism records from past years and from the first month of school to connect the most at-risk students to personal relationships and positive supports that motivate them to show up to class every day.
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All In for Public Education
Are You All-In for Public Education?
All In for Public Education is a new advocacy resource for those seeking strategies and tactics to build more support for public education. Just about everyone agrees that public schools face more competition than any time in the past. Many also note that there is a well-planned and systematic effort to privatize and dismantle public education. Many pro-public education advocates have begun drawing a line and saying, "Enough is enough."
This new web feature provides resources to inform and take action as an advocate for your schools.
The time to be proactive is now. If education leaders and their supporters don't do it, who will? Check out this new resource which will be updated on a regular basis.
http://www.nspra.org/all-in/resources
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Highlights of relevant local community issues, events or opportunities.
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Heroes of Health and Safety Fair
October 18
Lake County Fair Grounds
This free family event features exciting demonstrations from the "jaws of life", medical helicopters and rescue vehicles.
Additionally, free health checks, flu shots, bike helmets and possibly car seats will be available.
If you would like a supply of flyers to distribute to your staff or student body, please contact smascari@lakecoe.org. Booth space may still available. Click here to download a flyer or booth reservation form.
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Excellence in Education Award Night - November 15
Please mark your calendars for the 2014 Excellence in Education Award Night, Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Soper Reese Theatre in Lakeport.
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General resources, information, and tasks.
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2015 CISC Leadership Symposium
Lake County has been allotted 15 spaces at this special event:
February 11-13
Hyatt Regency Orange County
Leading with Imagination
Click here to view the flyer with more information.
If you or members of your team are interested in participating, please contact Tim Gill, tgill@lakecoe.org
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MWorld
MWorld is an online, multimedia, educational program, delivered in app format and built around beautifully presented, interactive content that covers areas of universal appeal and educational value: the Human Body, the Natural World, Space, Art and Music, the Modern World, Animals, Early Civilisations, Language and Culture, People and Places, and the Wonders of Science.
The MWorld developers (Monash University, Australia) are looking for United States teachers in grades 3-6 to pilot the content of MWorld with students and provide feedback to the developers. MWorld is slated for a rollout in Australia and the UK in November, with a North America rollout next Spring. Pilot teachers will receive access to two of the ten content areas of their choice and student usernames and passwords. If you are interested, and have iPads, please contact Tim Gill at tgill@lakecoe.org.
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