South Central Blackboard Update: What’s New at Your School
August 31, 2010 • No comments
Blumfield Elementary School … Parent-Teacher sessions run Sep. 20 – 23 … Disney Elementary School … The Disney Dolphins Curriculum Night is Sep. 2 at 6:00 p.m. for preschool, 2nd and 5th-graders … G. Stanley Hall Elementary School … Curriculum Night is Sep. 14 at 6:30 p.m. … The PTO CoCo Keys Night is Sep. 23 at 5:30 p.m. … Omaha Archdiocese Catholic Schools … Elementary school grades 3, 5 and 7 have retired the read more »
The Shift is On
August 31, 2010 • No comments
by Jessica Hill “There is a shift happening right now in schools all over the country,” said Brian Ferguson. “It is a shift that pulls away from focusing so much on the teacher’s strategies or methods and pushes more toward a focus on the students' learning.” The theme of a “shift” seems to be a recurring one in Ferguson's life these days. He has recently “shifted” to a new school and has now completed his first
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A Moment with Mary: Parents and Teachers
August 31, 2010 • No comments
We welcome Mary Maxwell, Omaha’s First Lady of Humor, to her new space on the pages of Neighborhood News. Her quick wit and dry humor have made her a popular speaker at events throughout Nebraska and across the country for more decades than she cares to count. I’m not so sure it takes a village to raise a child, but I do know that it takes both parents and teachers to take a five-year-old who can barely tie his shoes and turn read more »
Pass The Ideas, Please
August 31, 2010 • No comments
In the wild, wild west of the world wide web there is no shortage of ideas. The Internet is the untamed wilderness of ideas which can be a problem if, for example, you just want to find and develop the best ones on environmental issues facing a city. That’s where PassThePotatoes.com comes in. The new community crowd-sourcing website by Environment Omaha-- a partnership between the City of Omaha, the community and Omaha By Design--
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South Central: Over the Fence
August 31, 2010 • No comments
PassThePotatoes.com, a partnership between the City of Omaha and Omaha by Design, is seeking online submissions through the month of September for ways to conserve Omaha’s natural resources and improve the city’s overall health … Not in My Back Yard, a City of Omaha-funded program delivered through the Fair Housing Center of NE-IA, now offers specialized training for neighborhood association leaders facing change or controversy
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