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Space Needs Team Gives Recommendation
After many meetings and deliberation on how to alleviate the space needs in the Hortonville Area School District, the Space Needs Study Team has determined a recommendation for the School Board. The recommendation was presented to the board on Monday, January 14, 2013 by Steve Romatz of Blue Design Group. Read more... |
Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness in HASD
Ensuring that students learn at the highest level and are taught effectively is important in the Hortonville Area School District. To achieve this, it is essential to have effective teachers, which is why the HASD implemented the Teacher Effectiveness initiative starting in Fall 2012.
The teacher effectiveness initiative is rooted in a desire to create consistency in measuring school and teacher success, using common measures. What can be found from research done by professionals on teacher effectiveness and student achievement is that classroom teachers have the greatest potential to impact a child's academic achievement. According to the CESA 6 Moodle Site, "two years of effective teachers could not remediate the achievement loss caused by one year with a poor teacher." This statistic alone shows the importance of ensuring that students have effective teachers each and every year of their education. Read more... |
Hortonville High School Store's 1st Anniversary
The Hortonville High  School Store just celebrated its first anniversary this month. This first year has far exceeded expectations for the store having just started out last year. The store serves as a location to help many different populations of students learn a wide variety of skills as well as offers the students and staff healthy snacks during the school day. Read more...
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