The Observer Newsletterm- er Summer 2011 District News, pages 2–7 Leadership changes, budget reductions, student survey A Glance Back, page 8–11 Living labs, Governor Dayton visits, impaired driving program Points of Pride, pages 12–30 Graduation, scholarships, student achievements, Teacher of the Year, staff milestones A Look Ahead, pages 31–32 Fall sports dates Partners in Education, page 33–35 Backpack supply drive Work hard and keep going, page 36 763-792-6000 www.isd12.org Cable TV 20 2 District news Centennial selected for teacher training School Math and science teachers in the Centennial School District will benefit Board from free staff development next year thanks to two grants. Christina Wilson, Centennial Middle School was selected to participate in the Region 11 Chairperson Math and Science Teacher Center Mathematical Reasoning, Grades 6–8 dchriswilson@msn. Training. All middle school math teachers and selected special education com teachers will receive five days of high quality content training focused on the teaching of fractions, decimals and percent. Karen Lodico, Vice chairperson Centennial also received a second grant from the teacher center, which will
[email protected] enable all grade 6–12 life science teachers to receive five days of high quality professional development. Suzy Guthmueller, Clerk
[email protected] Health insurance changes underway Centennial has successfully negotiated a reduction in health care expendi- Barb Regnier , Treasurer tures along with a new option for eligible staff.
[email protected] District health care costs are expected to decline by 5.5 percent next year, which will be split unequally between the John Burns , Director employee and the employer with
[email protected] the district having a smaller per- Upcoming school centage of savings.