Teachers test new evaluation tied to student achievement
In Cedar Rapids College Community district twenty five teachers and administrators craft a pilot evaluation system using student achievement to gauge teacher effectiveness. The plan aligns with Iowa's Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Law and district graduation standards.
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College
al Rowe
Prairie High School
Sheryl Collett
Prairie Heights
Collett
Brian Ray
College Community School
Barb Hilgenkamp
Cedar Rapids
Helen Armstrong
Terri Howes
Fairfax
Volunteer opportunities across groups seek help in community
A list of local volunteer needs includes Season of Lights teams at Squaw Creek Park, Jolly Santa shifts, United Way Vision Teams in multiple counties, and Tax Aides for January to April. Also calling for Handyman work, sewing for HACAP, clothes sorting for Olivet Neighborhood Mission, and REAP youth programs in Siberia. Contact numbers provided for each group.
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United Way
East
Iowa
Squaw Creek Park
Call
MidAmerica Housing Partnership
Benton
Cedar
Jones, Linn
Washington
HACAP
Olivet
Trees Family Grows with Adoption and Tree Business
The family bonds deepen as Matt and Mandy join the tree business started by Pat and Ken. Pat shifts to selling insurance while reducing accounting clients, Ken loses a factory job but also sells insurance, and Matt shows interest in taking over the business as December focuses on Christmas trees.
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Matt
Mandy
Pat
Ken
Hawkeye Rubber Co
Real Christmas tree guidance and local farm listings
Accent Extra offers tips on choosing a real Christmas tree and lists area tree farms. Ken helps customers cut trees and shake loose needles before loading. The day after Christmas he shares ideas to improve the farm for December 2008. Pat cites the writer contact for follow up.
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Ken
Pat
Kennedy program earns top honors in school press awards
Kennedy high earns regional honors from the Iowa High School Press Association at Clarke College. The Torch received international ranking for its Gallup journalism evaluation, with multiple students earning place and honorable mention awards. The Plain Brown Wrapper also won the state Best Literary Magazine sweepstakes. The Profile yearbook earned top honors in Fall Yearbook Competition. About 275 eighth graders walked for charity, supporting Birthright and St. Jude Haiti, then shared details for School Talk.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy Partment
Iowa High School Press Association
Clarke College
Dubuque
Kennedy
The
Torch
George H. Gallup
Gallup
Gory
Bryn Althoff
Ben Quarder
Michelle Pinkston
Sara Kobusch
Gary Lindsay
Kara Asmussen
Jan Erbe
Pearl Alexander
Profile
Kristi Muench
Erin Morris
Kellie Close
Heidi Hanson
Amy Ludens
Regis and LaSalle
Birthright
St. Jude's
Haiti
County Board Votes to Remove Planned Parenthood Clinic
The Louisa County Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 to remove a Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa clinic from the county public health building by December 31. Supervisors cited philosophical opposition and practical space needs as the Department of Human Services moves in and a rural health center opens December 1 in Wapello.
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Iowa City
Kristinehart
Sbcglobal
Linn County
Call
Wapello (Ap
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Cherry Klein
Planned Parenthood of
Southeast Iowa
Planned Parenthood
Jim Howell
Columbus Junction
Department of Human Services
Howell
Wapello
Ken Purdy
Human Services Department
The
County Health Department
Klein
Forrest Bartenhagen
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