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Welcome To LG-Schools Staff Connect!
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Greetings!
We hope you enjoyed a fantastic Labor Day weekend!
As we kick off the school year, we're excited to announce that we'll be offering this new LG-Schools Staff Connect e-newsletter to all employees.
LG-Schools Staff Connect will be a great way for us to share our successes and school news with each other, as well as communicate important district updates, events, professional development opportunities, curriculum updates and more.
We all have a big role to play in the success of our students and accomplishing the objectives of our new strategic plan. This newsletter is one piece to help us along our journey. Find archived newsletters on the district website under Information > Staff Resources.
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Lake Geneva Schools is excited to welcome several new staff members this year. They graciously took some time during their recent new teacher orientation to share information about themselves.
Read on to get to know your new co-workers, and give them a warm welcome & a helping hand as we all start the new school year!
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Hit The Success Button & Share Your Good News!
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Did something fun & amazing just happen in your classroom? Did a student, athlete or co-worker accomplish a great thing? Or maybe a someone went above & beyond & deserves recognition...
Please Hit the Success Button & Share The Good News!
We're excited to launch our new Success Button! It will be a great tool to help us share & promote our success stories this year.
Find the Success Button at the bottom of the District homepage. Click it to access a form for sharing your good news, event summaries & photos. You can also give a "head's up" on an upcoming event that you'd like to promote.
Stories will be sent to Jennifer Kramp, Communications Director, & Marie Collins, Community Education Coordinator. We'll use your information to develop feature stories & share them in our newsletters, social media sites, press releases, websites & more. The Success Button is one of the many tools that will support our strategic plan objectives of Promoting Community Engagement & Developing & Retaining Exceptional Staff.
Here Are A Few Tips:
- Please share photos! There is a field on the success form that allows you to attach photos, flyers & other files. Photos greatly enhance our stories, so please share! And, be sure they are high-res. photos (300dpi). IMPORTANT: please double-check that you're not sharing photos of students who are on your school's "no photos" list. Check with your building principal to see if students in your class are "no photo kids."
- No need to write a lengthy story -- a quick summary will do. Be sure to share the important details including who, what, when, where, and include any comments on how/why you are recognizing your student or co-workers. We'll follow-up to get more details if necessary. Did we mention to include photos, please? :-)
- Plan ahead: If you're providing a "head's up" for an upcoming event & you'd like promotional assistance, please provide at least 3 weeks notice (more is ideal) prior to the event for planning purposes.
Successes occur everyday in our classes & activities. Please share them with us so we can share with our colleagues & community. We look forward to receiving your stories!
Questions? Jt. #1 Staff, please email Jennifer Kramp at [email protected]. Badger Staff, please email Marie Collins at [email protected]
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Curriculum & Instruction Tidbits
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Provided By Jan Eckloa, Director of Curriculum & Instruction
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Ways We Can All Impact Student Achievement...
- Greeting students at the door of the classroom increases student engagement by up to 27 percent.
- Telling students what they will be learning can raise student achievement by up to 27 percent.
- Providing students with feedback can raise student achievement by 37 percent.
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Dan Schmidt, Director of Technology for Lake Geneva Schools, will regularly serve up some delectable tech tips in this newsletter that relate to technology integration in the classroom. Bon appétit!
This Month’s Featured Buffet Item…
Google Classroom & Why We've Not Yet Activated t
he Parent Notification Feature
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Star Center, Eastview, Cen-Den & LGMS students are starting the school year strong thanks to our August "Jump Start" summer school program. Thanks to all the staff who made this a great success for our students. Read more.
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Our #LGFirstDay social media campaign was a great way to kick off the year and share the 1st day excitement with our school families & community. If you search the hashtag #LGFirstDay on Facebook & Twitter, you will see a great sampling of first day photos from our schools.
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Badger High School students who take Tom Sheeley’s automotive classes this year will benefit from their instructor’s new diagnostic technician certification and the 2016 MODIS automotive diagnostic equipment donated by Gateway Technical College and
Snap-On, Inc.
Read more.
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Congrats to Larry Plapp on being named the
Agriscience Teacher of the Year
by the Wisconsin Association of Agricultural Educators. Larry has been a teacher at Badger for 24 years, and our Ag program is top-notch due to his leadership.
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Reminders, Quick Links & Resources
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Community Education Offerings & News
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Check Out The Fall 2016 Community Education Program Guide. Remember, District staff can take 15% off of any fitness class (pay Badger Community Education directly.) You must pre-register. Questions? Email [email protected].
Upcoming Classes - Please Pre-Register Today! Click the links to view class flyers for details & registration forms.
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Lake Geneva police & fire department reps greeted Central-Denison students on the first day. The kids were ecstatic to see the fire truck & get high fives from local heroes! Awesome!
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Students at Star Center enjoyed a back-to-school photo booth during their welcome back night. What a fun way for families to capture memories from Lake Geneva Schools!
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How cool is this!? Students entering Mrs. Nor's 4th grade class at Eastview are in for a treat! And... have you seen the Eastview staff's welcome video? Check it out!
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Thanks to Badger English teacher Stephani Reynolds for being such a good sport during the incredible staff welcome back session with Dave Weber on Monday, Aug. 29. As you work with your students this year, remember Dave's words of wisdom: "Speak to the me you want them to be," and "Students are living in a world full of witches -- they desperately need frog kisses." Be a frog kisser!
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Central-Denison students also enjoyed a photo booth to start the new school year. Thanks to 3rd grade teacher Karen McKinney for sharing the great pics of her kids. Her tagline: "Ms. McKinney's 3rd grade class always says I CAN!"
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LGMS was a hustling, bustling place on Sept. 1 as staff welcomed students back to school. If you haven't seen their creative "LGMS Project One Word" video they shared with students, it's a must see!
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Have A Photo Or Video You'd Like Featured?
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