Thursday, December 18, 2014
Cabell Midland boys lose in season opener, Page 7 50 Cents Volume 116 Issue 50
Gavin Beverage, a 13-year-old eighth grade student at Milton Middle, shows off the movie he made using his iPad.
Milton students learn using iPads By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com
Milton Middle School is home to a one-on-one computing pilot program, enabling all students in the eighth grade to have their own, personal iPad mini for in-school and take home use. The program started after several teachers participated in the Harless Center’s Flip the Classroom initiative last year. Initially, Milton was given 10 iPads to use, but, after considering the best place for a one-on-one pilot program, Cabell County Schools offered
Milton enough for all of its oldest students. “Several of us have taken classes down at the board office through the technology department,” said Chris Coalgrove, eighth-grade West Virginia Studies teacher at Milton. “We got to know those people and because of our relationship and rapport and working with them in the past they chose us because we were the best fit for the pilot program.” Eighth-grade teachers attended a conference in Chicago over the summer to help them prepare curSee iPad, Page 5
Cabell Midland Collegium entertained hundreds during its 21st annual Madrigal dinner.
Music & a Feaste in the Great Hall Maddison Grubb, 5, and her mom, Melissa Wright, enjoy their ham dinner at the Collegium’s annual Madrigal dinner.
By Amanda Smythers See Page 6 for more photos
Cabell County Schools announce make-up days for 2014-2015 During its 2013 session, the West Virginia Legislature revised the state code which mandates the number of days students must be in school. With those changes, students must now attend 180 full days of school. If students miss full days of school for inclement weather or other emergencies, they will make up the days in the following order, attending one day for each day missed: * April 3 (OSE Day)
* May 21-22 (OSE Days) * May 26-28 (OSE Days) * May 29 (Teacher Preparation Day) * June 1-5 (Extended School Days) * June 8-12 (Extended School Days) * March 16-20 (Spring Break)
Typically, students in Cabell County miss three to six days of school annually due to inclement weather. It is important for parents to note the extended school days in June that may have to be used to make up school should the total number
of days missed exceed the seven designated make-up days in April and May. The use of make-up days school during Spring Break would only be considered if students miss more than 17 days, which is extremely unlikely. This make-up policy is applicable to individual school closures, as well as those that apply to the entire district. Another change made by the legislature affects early releases and late starts or delays. The two-hour early releases
scattered throughout the calendar for professional development and faculty senate meetings are now to be made up through the use of accrued instructional time - additional minutes students accumulate each day by attending school beyond the number of daily minutes required for their grade level. Accrued instructional time will also be used to make up any twohour late starts required due to inclement weather. Call 304-528-500 or www. cabellcountyschools.com for info.