USD 271
Redesign Spotlight
6th-7th grade Mentoring
As students in middle school encounter and struggle with social and emotional changes that occur during this transitionary period to adulthood, many educators seek to help students develop skills and dispositions—such as resilience, perseverance, and determination—to ensure that they can problem-solve and work through challenges as well as take ownership of their learning and decisions (National Middle School Association [NMSA], 2010).
At USD 271 we spend mentor time meeting the needs of students. We have three groups with a mixture of 6th and 7th grade students that meet once a day for 20 minutes. During this time, we cover essential life skills (Organization, Time Management, Self-Control, etc.) as well as improving students’ understanding of techniques to build confidence, increase self-esteem, advocate for themselves, build character, and be respectful young adults.
During mentor sessions, we use a variety of resources: Choices magazine from Scholastic, Career Cruising program, and Responsive Advisory Meeting Book. Career Cruising allows the students to find out what interests them and it gives insight on the steps they will need to take to achieve careers in a particular field. All three mentor groups cover the same concepts but at different times. Mrs. Dunlap’s group is currently working on deeper understanding of career interests and researching careers in that area. Miss Kennedy’s group has had extensive conversations about stress, what causes stress, and how to effectively manage stress. Mrs. Moffet’s group has been working hard on character building.
March Menu
There will be NO SCHOOL today in Stockton; Monday, 2.25. The blower motor on the boiler has failed and there is no heat in the secondary building.
The Stockton Schools will start one hour late on Monday, (2.25).Breakfast will NOT be served, but morning Pre-K WILL meet. The BB game at Hill City WILL be played today (2.24) at 3:30 p.m. The bus will leave at 1:00 p.m. Please drive carefully and allow extra time.
American History class has been making shacks that look similar to the ones made during the Great Depression when the homeless lived in Shantytowns.
Congratulations to our SHS Mens Basketball team for their win over Downs -Lakeside. They won 71-47. They will play Osborne in the Championship Game on Sunday at 3:30 in Hill City!
It’s time for more Tiger Wrestling! #113 Spiller is up this round at KSHSAA 321A State. #TigerPride271 Watch live at www.openspacessports.com.
A view into the SHS Biology class this week. . Working together to figure out the reactants and products of photosynthesis. #TigerPride271
Our 6th grade ELA students continue to receive letters from around the world. During December they researched Winter Holidays, international schools, and wrote letters to improve their global awareness. #TigerPride271
Our 7th grade team placed first this week at the Palco Scholars Bowl event. Congratulations! #TigerPride271
Our 4th graders are creating visuals in their Social Studies class to show their knowledge of the Constitution. #TigerPride271
Day 1 State Wrestling! Good luck Trenton and Markies!!
Today our PK-12 student body and staff celebrated our Tiger wrestlers that are headed to the state tournament! Good luck! We also wished our men’s and women’s b-ball teams well in the second games of the regional tournament. It’s a great day to be a Tiger! #TigerPride271
Kansas juniors will be able to take the ACT test and WorkKeys assessment for free during the 2018-2019 school year, the Kansas State Department of Education announced Tuesday, Aug. 7. The regular cost of these 2 assessments would be a total of $66 per student.
A total 23 Stockton juniors and 2 seniors took the 2 assessments at Stockton High School on February 20 and 21. Kansas joins 18 other state education agencies currently providing the ACT for students.
Congratulations to our SJHS students who performed at the MCEL Music Festival in Norton today! Our full band and full choir each received II ratings. We had several solos and ensembles also. Please read the Stockton Sentinel for details next week. Thank you to Mrs. Wildeman and Mrs. Riener!
The Stockton Schools will be in REGULAR session today, Wed. 2/20/19. PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY. The SJHS music students WILL be going to Norton for the MCEL Music Festival; however, the loading time for departure has been changed from 6:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.
KSDE’s Elementary Redesign Specialist, Tammy Mitchell, visited SGS this morning. She met with staff and students. In this picture she is learning from our 5th graders about small group & personalized instruction in math. @ksderedesign #TigerPride271
This group is editing their Green Screen digital citizenship presentation using WeVideo. They are learning so much! #USD271libraries #librariesmatter #TigerPride271
Due to weather concerns, tonight's Regional Basketball game at Hill City will begin at 6:00 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
As we continue to communicate with our stakeholders, we will return to our weekly Redesign Spotlight. Each week we will spotlight one of our redesign implementations. Today we are sharing some background on the Kansans Can School Redesign Project.
In 2015, Kansas State Board of Education announced its new vision for education- Kansas leads the world in the success of each student.
Kansans have identified the need for their schools to transition to a student -focused system that provides support and resources for individual success. We are moving away from a “one-size-fits-all” system that relies exclusively on state assessments.
Kansans want schools to place an equal amount of focus on assisting students in developing nonacademic skills, like social-emotional growth, as they do on developing academic skills.
In August of 2017, USD 271-Stockton was named a Mercury School in Redesign. Our vision- We are TIGER Ready! (TIGER stands for tiger touchstones, innovative, grit, empowered, and relationships) is guiding us through school redesign.
(Taken from KSDE’s Talking Points for the Kansans Can School Redesign Project)
