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Village Christmas

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From http://www.haysville-ks.com …
Village Christmas. Saturday, December 04, 2010, 04:00pm – 08:30pm

Soup & Chili Feed Masonic Lodge, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Take your family to the Masonic Lodge for a delicious winter meal of your choice of chili or soup and your choice of dessert. A $6.00 donation is requested per person ($3.00 for children).
Silent Auction Masonic Lodge, 4:00 – 7:30 p.m. Centerpieces, wreaths, decorated trees and more will be up for auction at the Masonic Lodge. Proceeds benefit the Historic District.
Demonstrations & Displays Blacksmith Shop, 4:00 – 8:30 p.m. Visit the Blacksmith Shop to see how items were made when the town of Haysville was founded. Wire House, TBA Don’t miss the quilting and spinning demonstrations!
Community Building, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Come check out the nostalgic electronic train! Kids will receive a train treat.
Holiday Art Show and Sale Wire House Art Gallery, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Artists will display a variety of artwork for your viewing pleasure. Some items will be for sale.
Vocal Performances Library, 5:00 – 5:40 p.m. Enjoy the school choir performances and the many other activities at the library! 5:00 p.m. Nelson Choir 5:20 p.m. Rex Choir
Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides Front of Library, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Take a ride on the horse-drawn carriage and get a feel for what it was like to travel before we had cars. Carriage rides donated by the PRIDE Committee.
Kids Craft & Refreshments Community Building, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Children, stop by and make a holiday craft you can take home and share with your family.
Tasty treats, hot cocoa, hot cider and coffee will also be served. City/Chamber Lighting Ceremony NE Corner of Main & Grand, 6:00 p.m. Join the City and Chamber of Commerce as they light up the City at the Lighting Ceremony.
Storytelling Library, 6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Come to the library and listen to the classic childrens story, “The Night Before Christmas”.
Pictures with Santa Historic Bank, 6:45 – 8:30 p.m. Get a picture with Santa and let him know what is on your list this year! Each child will receive a free picture donated by Walgreens.

Teacher Measures Up – Again

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Marilyn Shaw

Last year Haysville Middle School teacher Marilyn Shaw was one of 14 Kansas educators deciding if she wanted to go through a rigorous journey – again.

Within the last ten years, Shaw went through the rigorous year-long process of becoming a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT). A year ago, she decided she wanted to go through the process to renew her certificate, as the life of her original 10-year certificate was about to expire.

This week Shaw found out her work had measured up again when she received notice her national board certification was renewed.

Shaw teaches math and is nationally board certified in mathematics / early adolescence.

“This process of board certification is very much like how a doctor becomes certified in a special area,” said Dr. Roger Caswell, director of ESU’s program which assists teachers working toward national certification. “This is voluntary – no state, school district, or program is demanding them to go through this process. That’s why – a decade after earning their certification the first time – it’s a huge commitment to say, ‘Yes, I want to do it again.’”

While the process is often misunderstood to mean that a teacher passed a test or was nominated for the award, Caswell explained National Board certification is a different kind of honor. Teachers must submit extensive documentation of their instruction, including videos of their students at work in the classroom.

The accomplishment of national board certification benefits the teachers, the schools they work in, and studies have shown NBCTs improves student learning. And the program hosted at ESU, Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification, benefits as it maintains an 100% renewal rate (since the beginning in 2004) with candidates achieving recertification on their first attempt. More information about ESU’s program can be found at www.emporia.edu/jones/nbpts/.

Kansas currently has a total of 323 national board certified teachers. Of those, 27 will have to be deciding soon if they want to go through the process again. More information about NBCT renewal can be found at: http://www.nbpts.org/for_nbcts/certification_renewal.

National Board Certification is the highest credential in the teaching profession. A voluntary process established by NBPTS, certification is achieved through a rigorous performance-based assessment that takes between one and three years to complete and measures what accomplished teachers and school counselors should know and be able to do. The program for providing professional support for the certification has been available at ESU since 1993.

Nationwide, the total number of national board certified teachers is more than 82,000.

Communities In Schools Site Visit

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Please join Communities In Schools for a Site Visit at Rex Elementary, 1100 W. Grand Ave., Haysville, KS 67060 on Tuesday, August 31 at 11:30 am. The Visit will take place in the Library.

The Site Visit is a chance to learn more about CIS services, and see first hand the difference we are making for students. This Visit will last one hour and a light lunch will be served.

Please RSVP to Jenifer Phillips at (316) 973-5110 or by email jphillips@ciswichita.org by Monday, August 30.

Feel free to bring a friend, family member or co-worker to learn what CIS is all about!