Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Help us build on our sucess!

North Branch Area Public Schools (NBAPS) is coming to the end of its five-year strategic plan and wants your input on the next generation.

The existing plan "Mapping Our Future" resulted in sweeping changes to curriculum, security, community engagement, and educational offerings over the five years it successfully guided NBAPS. Now, NBAPS wants community input again to help guide the next five years of district growth with "Building on Success - NBAPS Strategic Focus 2013-2018."

There will be two public input sessions; May 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Sunrise River School cafeteria, and May 23, at 11:30 a.m. in room 126 of the North Branch Area Education Center. Both meetings will include a free meal and free child care.

If you are unable to attend either of these meetings but would like to provide input, click here to access the strategic plan feedback form.

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FREE all-day everyday K coming soon!

In case you have not heard, North Branch Area Public Schools is offering FREE all-day everyday kindergarten starting in the fall of 2013-14. If you would like to register for this very exciting program, click here to access registration materials. If you have any questions about this program, or a half-day option, call the Sunrise River School at 651-674-1100.

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Parents seeing the benefits of technology in the classroom

Here is a very interesting study on how parents of school-age children view digital devices, including this fact:

Among parents whose children are required to use portable or mobile devices at school, 93 percent said they completely or somewhat agreed that the devices could make learning more fun, as compared to 83 percent of other parents who responded. The two groups overlapped less for all other learning benefits and showed the greatest divergence when asked if they agreed that mobile or portable devices could help their children "excel or perform better in school," when they responded positively at a rate of 77 percent and 50 percent, respectively.

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