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November, December 2010, January 2011 In Touch A quarterly publication of Meade School District November-December 2010 January 2011 Volume 7, Number 2 www.meade.k12.sd.us Bad weather protocols ...Page 2 Geometry-in-construction ...Page 3 Superintendent to retire ...Page 5 Winter music programs ...Page 6 This Old School House ...Page 7 Ready,Ready, Dakota STEP results Set,Set, GoGo ...Pages 8-9 forfor Peer Helper Program ...Page 14 WoodleWoodle FieldField School calendar TrackTrack ...Page 15 (See page 4) “To Build Knowledge and Skills for Success Today and Tomorrow” School closings and inclement weather Any closure of district This information will also be ginal, the superintendent and bus schools, altering of bus routes or disseminated to parents through contractor are in constant commu- early dismissals due to hazardous the parent notification phone nication. weather or other emergencies that service SchoolReach. This serv- Because of the interconnected threaten the health or safety of ice will simultaneously call all the nature of the Meade District bus students and district staff will be phone numbers in the district’s routes, it is impossible to cancel decided by Meade Superintendent contact list, delivering a short or dismiss classes on a school- James Heinert. recorded message from the by-school basis; rather, this must Notification of this action will Superintendent. be done on a dis- be submitted to radio stations If school is PARENTS AND GUARDIANS: trict basis. KBHB (810 AM), KOTA (1380 closed during the Contact your child’s school Technology to make sure your contact AM), KAT (98.7 FM),FOX (100.3 day and buses allows the moni- information including phone FM), KIMM (1150 AM), KKMK can’t run, parents toring of weather number and email are (93.9 FM), KKLS (920 AM), are responsible for conditions and up-to-date. KRCS (93.1 FM), KSQY (95.1 arranging to get the gathering of FM), KIQK (104.1 FM) KTOQ their children home. Meade current data regarding forecasts. (1340 AM), KDDX (101.1 FM), District officials suggest parents But no amount of technology or KZZI (95.9 FM), KDSJ (980 AM); make prior arrangements for bad weather condition analysis and television stations KOTA, weather days, which includes applied to the district at large KEVN, KNBN and KELO. discussing the arrangement in can take the place of parents This information will be posted advance with their children and who wish to exercise their own on the Meade District website: the school. judgment at these times. www.meade.k12.sd.us/parent/ Parents and patrons are Superintendent Heinert has cancellations.htm reminded that because the said that if parents wish to keep school district encompasses a child home or to have a child more than 3,100 square miles, dismissed early, it is within their In Touch weather conditions may vary from right to do so. Under such cir- Kristine Hubbard, editor Meade School District 46-1 school to school. When weather cumstances, the child’s absence 1230 Douglas Street conditions are threatening or mar- would be excused. Sturgis, S.D. 57785 Phone: 605.347.2523 Annual report is now available Toll-free: 1.877.522.6251 The fourth issue of the Meade information to finances, facilities School District Annual Report is and food service facts. For additional copies of In Touch call the phone number above. now available. This report to the The annual report is available Comments or questions regarding public is a compilation of informa- at libraries in Sturgis, Whitewood the contents may also be directed tion from the 2009-2010 school and Piedmont, the Meade County to the editor. The publication can year, and represents a compre- Courthouse, all district schools also be found on the school district hensive look at the district from and area real estate offices, to list website: the many perspectives that repre- just a few locations. www.meade.k12.sd.us/parent/ sent the educational process in It is also available on the intouch.htm the Meade School District. district website: Contents range from activi- www.meade.k12.sd.us/offices/ ties, achievement and attendance communications.htm 2 In Touch November-December 2010, January 2011 Students begin constructing house for Black Hills Habitat for Humanity After spending the first month of school in the gaining deep knowledge of geometry concepts by classroom, making balsa wood houses and estab- immediately applying these concepts in a real-world lishing protocols and standards for safety, students application. enrolled in the geometry-in-construction class at The 1,152-square foot, four-bedroom home will Sturgis Brown High School are now working out- eventually go to a local family meeting income and side, building a house for Habitat for Humanity. other guidelines required by Black Hills Area Habitat The class, which is the first of its kind in the for Humanity, who is providing the construction state, integrates the two disciplines of geometry and materials. Habitat for Humanity has thus far been industrial arts. The junior and senior students are unable to find a family for the house. They also have been unsuccessful in finding a lot for the In the photo at the left, SBHS house. Anyone who might have a lot or who geometry-in- believes they meet the income guidelines for construction the house should call the Habitat office at 348- teacher Steve 9196 or construction-in-geometry teachers Lensegrav Steve Lensegrav or Chad Hedderman at the helps senior high school at 347-2686. Todd Michaels In the meantime, the SBHS students con- measure the tinue to apply what they are learning in the floor of the classroom to the construction field, working house currently most afternoons on the project located north being built at of the high school, between the business and the high school. ag buildings. Geometry-in-construction teacher Chad Hedderman, far right, explains to the students the importance of making sure the house is perfectly square before they begin gluing and screwing down the floor. He also reminded the students to utilize their knowledge of geometry in making sure each corner is square. November-December 2010, January 2011 In Touch 3 Judges needed for senior presentations The senior English teachers which is the oral presentation. Each student will speak about at Sturgis Brown High School are The other steps include an anno- the research paper, product in need of people willing to judge tated bibliography, a research application, lessons learned, and students’ oral presentations for paper, and project or product that any challenges encountered their senior cumulative projects. is an extension of the research. while doing the project. Upon The presentations will take completion of the 8-10 minute place Tuesday, Wednesday and speech, the judges will ask ques- Thursday, Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at the Senior experience fair tions about the different phases high school. Public viewing of the of the project. All senior English students SBHS senior experience To serve as a judge, call any must complete a cumulative proj- projects will be held from of the following senior English ect, the purpose of which is to 5:15-6:15 p.m. teachers: Myrna Hill, Megan demonstrate their knowledge and Monday, Nov. 22, Jones, or Barb Mundt at the high maturity gained during the course in the lobby of the west gym school at 347-2686, or Teresa of their education. The project is a at the high school. Bartlett at the Academy at 347- four-part process, the last step of 9349. Woodle Field track resurfacing completed The new Mondo surface has school began this fall, making decided the project couldn’t be been laid, drainage system an already spectacular location put on hold any longer. installed, fence replaced and now one of the top running sur- According to Buildings and landscape work completed, faces in the state. Grounds Supervisor James bringing to an end the $1.07 The Meade School Board Harris, the crew installing the million capital project. had discussed the need for a prefabricated synthetic rubber Work on replacing the dete- new surface for years, but it Mondo surface said Woodle riorating 26-year-old track at wasn’t until they were informed track was one of the best pre- Woodle Field began shortly the condition of the track could pared surfaces they’ve ever after school dismissed last May prevent the school from hosting worked on. Good job Hills and concluded shortly after the state track meet that they Materials! Substitute teacher training to be held Jan. 7 A training for persons wish- tute teacher handbook and to background fingerprint check ing to serve as substitute answer questions about local will be required. teachers in Meade School procedures and policies. Substitutes are needed in District will be held at 9 a.m. Tips for a successful class- Sturgis, Stagebarn, Whitewood Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, in the room experience will also be and the rural areas of Atall, Elm school board/staff meeting given. Springs, Enning, Hereford, room of the north building of Persons holding a high Opal and Union Center. Sturgis Williams Middle School. school diploma, GED, college For further information or The purpose of the training degree or teacher’s certificate directions to the meeting location, is to review the district’s substi- are eligible to substitute. A call the district office at 347-2523. 4 In Touch November-December 2010, January 2011 Superintendent Heinert to retire at the end of this school year Meade School District Superintendent James haven’t been challenges. “Every day in this business Heinert has announced his retirement, effective the is a challenge,” he said. “But challenges represent end of this school year.
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