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Jeminee Ternus, the author of "You Are A Match For Your Mountain," came to Edahow and shared her story with us.

Edahow Elementary teachers have been working on their Individual Professional Learning Plan (IPLP) goals, as well as their Student Growth Objective (SGO) goals. These goals are set in the fall by teachers and other certified staff. Each teacher has an IPLP that they choose that is a professional area of development he or she will focus on improving throughout the year. The SGO is a measure of student growth based on various student growth measures including Istation, ISAT practice, IEP goals or other measures. These goals are required by the state as accountability measures for certified staff.

In this photo, Edahow teachers work on creating goals for the school year.

Edahow Elementary had Student Council officer candidates gave election speeches for the upcoming election. Many brave learners wrote and delivered speeches in front of all of Edahow’s 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. The candidates seeking leadership positions did an excellent job in this difficult task.

Edahow’s Student Council is a leadership representative body that gives willing students a hand in serving the school and representing their classmates.

Computer Repair Technician Nick Fullmer speaks to Edahow teachers about things to look for in order to keep student Chromebooks functioning properly. He also outlined the plan for teachers to use in order to streamline the Chromebook repair process to ensure all learners have functioning technology.

Edahow kindergarten learners got a chance for an introduction to basic coding through an activity with Ozobots. Technology Specialist, Janelle Arvas, worked in conjunction with Edahow kindergarten teacher Sophie Blake to bring this opportunity to Edahow which give learners a chance to manipulate the Ozobot robots with coding squares.

The United States Forest Service (USFS) firefighters recently made a visit to Edahow Elementary School. They hosted three different sessions based on grade-levels. The USFS firefighters had several interesting and informative stations that learners got to participate in. They learned about aging trees (and were able to spend time aging trees themselves) forest fire prevention and the effects of forest fires on the flora and fauna. Additionally, they were able to see what gear firefighters use and even did a little spraying with the fire hoses. It was an awesome event and made possible by the generosity of the USFS.

Things are heating up and building momentum for the learners at Edahow. Learners jumped into learning and curriculum the first day of school, but this week marks the beginning of the Idaho Reading Indicator (IRI) testing. 

This testing helps staff members make informed, data-driven decisions to best cater instruction to learners at their individual levels. It is an important benchmark, but not the only piece of information used for this purpose. The IRI does not take a lot of time, and gives quality data on each learner's performance level.

While a good portion of reading instruction is given at a more general level, the research behind  the Response to Intervention process indicates that some instruction is most effective if given at each learner's individual level.

Reading instruction at Edahow is balanced and focused on improving in the areas of phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency.

Photo caption:
Peggy Welsch, Edahow's intervention teacher, helps familiarize the 1st grade learners in Heather Judy's class about the process of IRI testing.

The PCSD 25 Transportation Department is hiring bus drivers.

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