Friday, November 9, 2012

Updates for the Week 11/9/2012

Congrats to Leslie LaCorte and the Assumption Knight Players on their wonderful performance this past weekend, and break a leg as they head to UNI to perform The Pitman Painters at Iowa Thespian Festival!  

Our ad hoc facilities committee held their final meeting Monday night, and we are working to put together a summary report. The committee’s recommendation committee will be presented at next Board meeting on the 19th of November.  

Tuesday brought an in-service for our teaching staff. Bridget did a nice job of framing the Career Development Plan, which is required by the State of Iowa for all of our teachers.  This was followed by a technology in-service on use of our electronic whiteboards.  I then spent the afternoon at All Saints presenting on technology resources to use in their classrooms.  If you are interested in viewing the presentation, click here.

Congrats to Emily Coryn on her hard work putting together another great Information Knight.  It is always wonderful to have our grade school students visit Assumption.  This night provides a tremendous opportunity for students and parents to learn about all of the great things Assumption has to offer, while getting a look inside the school and having the opportunity to hear about the Family Tuition Plan.

We had our Scott County Administrator meeting on Thursday morning.  Items discussed included: Iowa Core Math, 8th grade career fair, STEM conference for teachers at St. Ambrose, tuition for the upcoming school year, Catholic Schools Week mass, and bandwidth changes for the upcoming school year.

I attended our first round game at state volleyball on Thursday.  Congrats to these talented young women on their accomplishments this season.  I also attended North Scott Rotary on Friday

We received some great news on Friday!  Some of you may remember me mentioning several months ago that I was preparing a grant for the Scott County Regional Authority.  Our SCRA grant request was for funding for improvements in the band and choir area.  These improvements included:

1.      Install sound paneling in both band and choir rooms to eliminate the “echo chamber” effect.
2.      Install a sound system in the band room which allows for the recording and playback of performances. 

I am pleased to announce that we have received a grant from SCRA to help with these projects.  This should be a great enhancement to our band and choir facilities.

Have a great weekend!

Andy

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