The TSC has announced Beau Scott from Dayton Elementary School as the winner of the 2017-18 Anne DeCamp Award for Creative Teaching.

Scott receives a $500 check to be used for Lego Boosts robotics kits for his 4/5 high ability students. He will be recognized at the TSC Staff Recognition Night in April and his name will be added to a plaque displayed at TSC Administrative Offices.

TSC School Resource Officer Aaron Gilman with the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office shares information on topics important to the safety of our staff and students. Please read this message and reflect on how these tips apply to you and your building.

Safety starts with you. Taking action is one of the simplest things to do. When you see something, say something.

It’s already that time of year to start getting ready for upcoming spring races. Winter is a great time to prepare for a 5K. Choosing to prepare for a 5K starts with that first walk, jog, or run. 

 

Click  here  for helpful tips on how to prepare to run or walk a 5K race.

A new INtegrate Movement Challenge starts today – the Golden Sneaker trophy and $100 will be awarded to the winning school/team! All you have to do to help your team win is to move, hydrate, participate and complete the weekly survey on the NuStart Health app.

Contact NuStart if you need technical assistance with the app. Make sure you sign up to get the app and register so you can participate in the challenge. Feel free to email Bryce Lindsay or call him at 260-274-0311 if you have any questions.

My students in creative writing were brainstorming natural occurrences

and normal tendencies in this world that they could potentially change

up in a fairy tale world. They talked about what it would be like if it was normal to walk on our hands instead of our feet, what red snow would be like instead of white, and how dating would be different if clapping meant serious romantic interest. For the latter, they giggled over the image of a couple clapping at each other in a fancy restaurant instead of making smoochy faces! I laughed as I listened to them, and a large reason for that laughter was their sustained ability to think outside the box. These were students 16-years-old or older, and yet, when given permission to be original thinkers, they still knew how to do it.

It is easy for us to be married to predictability. Following rules, checking off standards, and fulfilling requirements in our workplace and beyond will get us from here to there, but that journey is much less interesting if we chop off the creativity that once characterized us as little children. I loved witnessing my teenage students innovate like this, but it made me sad too because their originality made me realize how long it has been since I let whimsy lead my thought patterns. I'm guessing that the thinkers and doers out there--the ones who are soaring in the business world and beyond--retain the kind of thinking my creative writers were doing. I wonder how much better we would be at this adult thing if we too cultivated and protected whimsy. It might be worth a try.