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District Dialogue Bi-weekly news from the Laveen Elementary School District

January 22, 2016

Register your child for our Dual Language Immersion Program The Laveen Elementary School District is accepting pre-registrations for Paseo Pointe’s Dual Language Immersion program.

When the district’s newest school opens in August 2016, it will offer Spanish immersion to incoming kindergartners and, possibly, first graders. Parents will have the option of placing their kindergarten-age students in a classroom where instruction takes place in English for half of the day and in Spanish the other half. If there is sufficient interest, the option will be available for first graders as well. The program will add a grade each year, so it will eventually be available K-8.

While Paseo Pointe does have attendance boundaries, parents may open enroll their child.

If you would like to pre-register your child for this program, complete the form.

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Morgan, Woods are December’s Employees of the Month Employees of the month for December are Todd Morgan, 8th grade social studies teacher at Desert Meadows, and Jason Woods, Child Nutrition Specialist.

Morgan is an attentive and devoted teacher. He pushes his students to constantly improve so they can be successful, both inside and outside of school. Morgan utilizes technology daily, looking up current events taking place in the world, to make the lessons more meaningful. He has served in a variety of roles including athletic director, coach, tutor, team leader, and department chair.

Morgan Woods Woods is highly motivated and will enthusiastically take on any challenge or task sent his way. He takes initiative on extra projects and assignments, is very dependable, and works proactively and efficiently every day. He is a great leader within Child Nutrition and has played an important part in implementing exciting new initiatives to improve operations.

STEAM program receives grant

Rogers Ranch receives large donation

Trailside Point’s Full STEAM Ahead project received a grant of $2,085 from the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation.

Gifted teacher Betty Ehret’s Full STEAM Ahead project teaches the engineering design cycle. Funding from this grant will provide the everyday tools, materials, and supplies for weekly discovery and problem-solving STEAM activities for the students. Students will also have the opportunity to interact with university professors and engineering students as they compete against other Arizona engineering clubs.

Rogers Ranch received a $5,500 donation from SUNTEC Concrete Inc. in order to purchase a class set of Dash and Dot Robots.

The Dash and Dots are programmable robots. The donation is a welcome addition to the school’s STEM program as more students will have the opportunity to learn how to code.

Teacher job fairs planned

Legislators to provide info January 28

Know a teacher who would like to work for the Laveen Elementary School District? Laveen will be holding two job fairs for those interested in joining our team.

Interested teachers should attend one of the two job fairs planned for February 16 and March 31. Both events run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Laveen Education Center, 5001 W. Dobbins.

All three of our area legislators will be on-hand to provide a legislative update on January 28.

Join Senator Catherine Miranda and Representatives Reginald Bolding and Rebecca Rios as they share information on upcoming legislation impacting education and the Laveen community.

The event takes place at 6:00 p.m. at the Laveen Education Center, 5001 W. Dobbins.

Please register here.

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