Monday, October 18, 2010

AVID Training


We had a group of teachers travel to Pasco for a training on AVID strategies sponsored by GEAR UP. Mr Barnes, Mr Evasick, Mrs Webb, Mr Oldenburg, and Jensi. This was a day long training about Cornell note taking, organization of binders, looking at inquiry and critical reading. The goal for this training was for our staff to learn new strategies to help students become more independent and more college and career ready.

The focus of the AVID training was on a variety of strategies to raise student achievement through academic rigor.

As a group they started the day off by developing a working definition of what rigor was.

What is Academic Rigor?
Higher level thinking and support to go beyond the basic ideas/topics. Demanding critical thinking and analysis. Thought provoking and challenging students at their level (different for different kids). Engage the student in the activity or demanding challenge. Academics that challenge a ceiling of learning. A set of thinking skills toolbox: contextualize, analysis, etc. Not just giving more homework, or adding work!

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Cornell Notes
The notes are are process and not a product! Students must revisit their notes and review from time to time to best get a handle of the topics being studied. This is a basic 2 column note where students create columns. The right hand column is all the information that the student is taking notes on. The left column is where students have the opportunity to talk to the document, ask questions or create subtopics. It is a process where students can take notes, then take time daily to review the information in an organized manner. One big idea to remember is that the left hand column is thinking and the right hand column is where the note taking happens.


Overall this was a great training. All the teachers were very glad that they came to the training. With all trainings, the challenge is to now bring it back to Glenwood. Keep an eye out in these classes in the near future. There are some good things coming to a classroom near you!!



Thursday, October 14, 2010







Glenwood Blood Drive



interviewed with Mrs. McLaughlin

Q: How did the blood drive go?
A: It went really well. It exceeded our expectation. We were proud of our school and community and their citizenship.

Q: Did we meet our Quota?
A: Yes, our goal was 30, and we had 48 Blood donors.

Q: How many people showed up?
A: there was a 100 people that showed up 40 of them were volunteer helpers and the other 60 to donate blood.

Q: We’re any of them turned away for any reason dealing with Red Cross?
A: Yes, there was 3 deferrals due to travel to a foreign country.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Trout Lake - Glenwood Sports


Hich School Volleyball:

October 12th, at Bickleton, 6:00 p.m.

October 15th, at Klickitat, 6:00 p.m.


Middle School Volleyball:

October 11th, at Klickitat, 5:00 p.m.

October 14th, at Home, 5:00 p.m.


Middle School Football:

October 13th, at Henkle(Home), 4:00 p.m.
This is the last football game of the season... Come support our boys!!

Bus Ridership Week, October 4th-October 8th


October 4th through October 8th, Glenwood School encouraged all students to ride the bus to school in the morning. Every morning during the week, the bus drivers had to keep a log of all the students who rode the bus. Using those numbers, and a formula created by the state, the state calculates the amount of transportation funding for the next year.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Blood Drive

This is a reminder that we are hosting a blood drive on Thursday 10/7 from 1 - 6 pm at Glenwood Schools.