IOWA SCHOOL for the DEAF Iowa Hawkeye
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
IOWA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF iowa hawkeye VOL. 131 • ISSUE 1 2010-2011 campus news for families, alumni and friends of isd The Iowa Hawkeye • Fall, 2010 The Iowa Hawkeye PUBLIC is published by Iowa School for the Deaf. Vol. 131, No. 1 PAW ART Jeanne Prickett, EdD Superintendent Cynthia Angeroth Editor/Design Cindy Schrum Editorial Support Additional photos provided by various staff of Iowa School for the Deaf. Contact Us Iowa School for the Deaf 3501 Harry Langdon Boulevard Council Bluffs, IA 51503 712.366.0571 www.iowaschoolforthedeaf.org ublic art in the form of Bobcat mascot heads were created by ISD students this fall. Art students learned ppublic art is original art in any facebook.com/ISDOFFICIAL PAGE medium for display outdoors Iowa School for the Deaf is a or indoors. Public art gives a view referral-based education option for of the past, connects to the present eligible pre K-12 students in Iowa and gives hope to the future. Art and Nebraska. The school is dually teacher Cindy Soppe and other accredited by the North Central teachers worked with their students Association of Schools and the Conference of Educational to finish the public art projects in Administrators of Schools and time for homecoming. Many are still See the public art on display in classrooms. Programs for the Deaf. • in this issue! Need to corralOn 26 theenergetic Coverbodies for a photo? Call in Cassie Contreras, yearbook photographer! Contreras decided on a creative route when it was time to design the sophomore yearbook page, and wanted a group shot of her grade. Yearbook teacher Beth Chadwick gave a nod of approval- with the understanding Contreras was to get approvals, schedule the shoot and manage to have everyone show up. Photos, of course, are by Contreras. Sophomores Ty Waits (left) and Jacob Bradley enjoy a chase through campus. The Iowa Hawkeye • Fall, 2010 2 The Iowa Hawkeye Issue 1, 2010/2011 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Girls Living in the Dorms See World of Nails Polishing Up On Careers t was all about the art of being a nail technician for 10 high school girls in late November. They ventured to the College of Nail iDesign in Omaha for a tour and post-graduate exploration. The director of the college gave a tour of the facilities and explained the curriculum. The girls learned about acrylic nails, gel nails, nail design, nail diseases, manicures, pedicures and building a clientele. The girls learned how students pay for this school, its schedules and curriculum. The girls also learned the There is no price to being students from the college nice! It may be a decade since Haley Joe Osmont became use their skills to “Pay it determined to change the lives of three people on the big screen, Forward” at an area nursing but the film’s underlying theme still applies: Do something nice home where they give for someone and don’t expect anything in return. Two ISD manicures to residents. initiatives are encouraging students to think of others first. Pay It Forward- Students living in the girls’ dorm are recording When asked what was most their acts of kindness around campus. Girls who have the most interesting about their visit to the College of Nail Design, the girls documented records of kind acts were rewarded in early January. had the following comments: They were Madison Healy, Shayla Dobias, Brianna Vargo, Kalynn Coulter, Cassie Contreras, Jocelyn Calderon, Hilary Fink and Carly •“The 3-D nail design was Weyers. Staff winner was Dolly Murray. awesome!” Acts of Kindness- The elementary/middle school is posting good Seeing the nail technicians at deeds students do for others on the wall near the main entrance. work, learning how they use chemicals to make different gels.” • “The teacher really enjoys watching students learn to do nails well.” • “Learning about the different techniques they use to do nails.” • “Everything was so amazing! Seeing the acrylic nails and the nail designs was cool!” • “So many things they teach at more public art the college, very cool.” 3 The Iowa Hawkeye • Fall, 2010 3 The Iowa Hawkeye Issue 1, 2010/2011 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Students Dig Exhibit Did you know there are 70,000 Gettin’ Gourdgeous different types of soils? Diane LeDoux’s first Greenhousetrimester greenhouse students made birdhousesstudents were from soname plentiful of pesticides and fertilizers on the gourds.and efficient, The gourds they were cleaned do- soils, on our food supplies and our natedup the by greenhouse middle school ahead teacher health. “They now understand that Sueof schedule Meidlinger this fall. soils are not made by humans, and it takes thousands of years to form This provided the fertile, healthy soils,” she said. students an opportunity to recycle some gourds Videos and exhibit photography LeDoux was given a few explained how we can help the years ago by speech earth and how each one of us is language pathologist responsible to protect what we Sue Miles. LeDoux dried have, said LeDoux. Students went and bleached the gourds. on a treasure hunt to find the Students cleaned and answers to 20 questions that were sanded them before hidden within the exhibit. Want creating designs and to know more? Go to the website painting them onto the www.soils.org and do your own gourds. “digging” into soils. LeDoux noted the iane LeDoux’s gourds are used greenhouse and for outside bird foods students got nesting but said the dirt on soil this most of the fall. The classes students are visited the Durham using their dMuseum in Omaha to study the “Dig It! The Secrets of Soil” exhibit. finished work as interior The students were able to see decorations. samples of different layers of soils from around the United States and discovered each state has a name for its type of soil. “Foods students did not understand why they were included in the field trip,” said LeDoux. “Then they learned healthy soil produces healthy food from animals and plants they eat.” LeDoux said all students learned soil can be destroyed quickly by not caring for the earth. Students 4 The Iowa Hawkeye • Fall, 2010 saw effects of pollution, erosion, 4 The Iowa Hawkeye Issue 1, 2010/2011 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • more public art ISD Helps Set Guiness World Record ISD students joined more than 300,000 people across the world who created a 2010 Guiness World Record called “Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations in One Day.” The historic day was Nov. 18. Sport stacking enhances basic motor- skills, hand-eye coordination and accu- racy. It promotes bilateral proficiency (equal skill with right and left hands). Improved concentration and reaction time may also be improved with sport Dalton “Rush” Rosch scrambles to beat the clock in a cup stacking stacking. event held through Karen Lechner’s physical education classes. Stephanie Perez is ready to tackle her next station. Help us make 1,000 fans! Become Our Fan! If you aren’t already a fan of Iowa School for the Deaf’s Facebook page, you are invited to become one. There are several pages with ISD’s name on it, but only one is the school’s page. Find us at facebook.com/ISDOFFICIALPAGE. While you are there, click on the upper right bar “Join My Mailing List” to receive the monthly Bobcat newsletter and other updates. E-mails average two per month, so you won’t be overwhelmed. 5 The Iowa Hawkeye • Fall, 2010 5 The Iowa Hawkeye Issue 1, 2010/2011 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Science Center Brings Opportunities to ISD Students L. Bubbling with K. Excitement N. M. I. What better way to commemorate the 155th J. anniversary of Iowa School for the Deaf than with the opening of a new wing? emperatures in the high 70s on Oct. 1 provided A. G. perfect weather for the grand opening celebration Long Hall Gymnasium Long H. of Iowa School for the Deaf’s Long Hall Science Center. Housed in the area formerly occupied by a F. swimming pool and locker rooms, two modern tlaboratories and two classrooms have transformed the E. 5,000 sq. feet. D. The modern space is replete with today’s technology, from white A. C. boards in each lab and classroom to electronic microscopes. The former middle school classrooms lacked space for traditional science B. favorites, such as an aquarium and terrarium. Both are now features in the new middle school classroom. A. Hallway contains permanent inlaid graph in floor, display area The 1930s lab space in the high school could not be altered to accom- B. Student restrooms modate fume hoods and safety showers- elements essential when C. High school classroom conducting experiments with natural gas. New gas hookups now allow D. Faculty restroom teachers to expand their experiment possibilities. Adequate storage E. Chemical storage will mean teachers have organized access to myriad supplies. With F. High school laboratory both schools on campus sharing the space, there will be a reduction of G. Middle school laboratory duplication in materials and equipment. H. Dark Room I. Middle School classroom J. Kitchen K. Middle School storage L. Future Elementary classroom M. Future Elementary restroom After a demonstration involving the science of bubbles, audience members officially opened the science center by making their own bubbles from individual bottles. Superintendent Dr. Jeanne Prickett, senior Ricky Burgess and special guest speaker Derek Braun of Photos by ISD Yearbook Gallaudet University led the crowd. 6 The Iowa Hawkeye • Fall, 2010 6 The Iowa Hawkeye Issue 1, 2010/2011 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Seeing purple– Students and staff were provided ISD Long Hall Science Center t-shirts in celebration of the historical day. Fame with your NAME Plaques bearing names of donors to the Long Hall Science Center will hang on the wall in the new facility.