Friday, October 14, 2016

ESTEM Continues to Grow

A short video describing what we believe will make Owatonna Junior High a successful ESTEM school. OJHS is located in Owatonna, Minnesota and began its journey as an ESTEM school fall 2016.

Owatonna Junior High ESTEM School from Thomas Meagher on Vimeo.



Celebrate September plus!

Congratulations on a fantastic six weeks!

First, a brief reflection of all the work that went in over the summer to make this September possible:

Welcome Week

  

A recap of September happenings:

  • A crew of retired teachers came in to be trained on the updated DIBELS assessment administration and descended upon all of our K-6 buildings to listen to every single one of our students read.  Grand shout outs to this team, Libby, Joanne, and all of you teachers who helped make this happen. 
  • Over 5,000 students entered our buildings, excited to learn! 
  • Teachers plan hundreds of lessons to engage these kiddos in learning every single day 
  • Lots of data points, reflection, and growth prepared to be shared with families at conferences
  • Earth moving at Willow Creek and OJHS for building additions