By Mitchell Walbridge
The room was packed at the Chatfield School Board meeting on Monday, April 15 as parents, students, and district staff members were in attendance to show their support for head basketball coach Tom Bance. This is after a signe
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Chatfield School Board discusses technology integration
Fri, May 24th, 2013
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By Mitchell Walbridge
The Chatfield School Board met Monday, May 20 for its regular monthly meeting. Many items were discussed before school adjourns for the summer.
The board heard from the district’s new activity director Dan Schindler who is currently from the North Branch Area Public School System. Schindler has an abundance of coaching experience and is expected to fit in well in Chatfield’s athletic and activity programs. After an interview process Schindler was appointed to the position. He introduced himself to the rest of the board during the meeting saying that he’s excited for the opportunity to work with the coaches.
Schindler will continue to work at North Branch for two years as their district runs on a four day school week. He will return on Friday evenings and spend the weekends and Mondays in Chatfield for the next two years. He plans to move to Chatfield with his family in the coming years.
Another important item on the agenda was discussion about Chatfield’s 1:1 Mobile Devices technology program. Teachers and fourth to eighth grade students will be utilizing new technology in the next school year. Fourth through sixth graders will receive an Ipad Mini while seventh and eighth grade students will be working with Android devices.
Younger students will also be provided with devices. Each kindergarten classroom will have 4 Ipads and each first through third grade class will receive a set of 30 Ipads. The school will be implementing training for teachers to get maximum results with the use of the new technology.
The SAMR Model will be used to have teachers evaluate their lessons. The SAMR Model follows four steps: substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition. There will be training in the summer. Fourth through sixth grade teachers will have three days of training while seventh and eighth grade instructors will do 1.5 days.
The board passed several consent items including the resignations of art club advisor and speech coach Kelly Pruent, gifted and talented instructors Jayna Harstad and Tim Hebrink, English instructor Stacy Hogberg, and business instructor Art Gust.
The next board meeting is scheduled for June 17 at 7:00pm.
The Chatfield School Board met Monday, May 20 for its regular monthly meeting. Many items were discussed before school adjourns for the summer.
The board heard from the district’s new activity director Dan Schindler who is currently from the North Branch Area Public School System. Schindler has an abundance of coaching experience and is expected to fit in well in Chatfield’s athletic and activity programs. After an interview process Schindler was appointed to the position. He introduced himself to the rest of the board during the meeting saying that he’s excited for the opportunity to work with the coaches.
Schindler will continue to work at North Branch for two years as their district runs on a four day school week. He will return on Friday evenings and spend the weekends and Mondays in Chatfield for the next two years. He plans to move to Chatfield with his family in the coming years.
Another important item on the agenda was discussion about Chatfield’s 1:1 Mobile Devices technology program. Teachers and fourth to eighth grade students will be utilizing new technology in the next school year. Fourth through sixth graders will receive an Ipad Mini while seventh and eighth grade students will be working with Android devices.
Younger students will also be provided with devices. Each kindergarten classroom will have 4 Ipads and each first through third grade class will receive a set of 30 Ipads. The school will be implementing training for teachers to get maximum results with the use of the new technology.
The SAMR Model will be used to have teachers evaluate their lessons. The SAMR Model follows four steps: substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition. There will be training in the summer. Fourth through sixth grade teachers will have three days of training while seventh and eighth grade instructors will do 1.5 days.
The board passed several consent items including the resignations of art club advisor and speech coach Kelly Pruent, gifted and talented instructors Jayna Harstad and Tim Hebrink, English instructor Stacy Hogberg, and business instructor Art Gust.
The next board meeting is scheduled for June 17 at 7:00pm.
Chatfield School Board examines controversial coaching situation
Fri, Apr 19th, 2013
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Chatfield discusses snow day makeup
Fri, Mar 29th, 2013
Posted in Chatfield Education
Posted in Chatfield Education
By Mitchell Walbridge
With snowy Mondays all throughout the month of March, area schools have delayed and cancelled classes for the safety of their students. The story was the same for Chatfield School District. But how many snow days are too many
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Chatfield’s Early Education system is a succesful program
Fri, Feb 22nd, 2013
Posted in Chatfield Education
Posted in Chatfield Education
By Mitchell Walbridge
School board members of the Chatfield district met on Tuesday, February 19 to discuss a variety of topics, but one that attracted a lot of attention was Chatfield’s Kindergarten and early education program. Superintendent Ed
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Chatfield School Board
Fri, Jan 25th, 2013
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Posted in Chatfield Education
With the first Chatfield School Board Meeting of the new year, on January 22 the board started business by organizing board positions. Jerry Chase will once again be board chair, vice chair will be Kathy Schellhammer, Greg LaPlante will be the clerk
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Chatfield’s Math Data team helps students make the mark “The Perfect Storm”
Fri, Dec 28th, 2012
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Posted in Chatfield Education
Chatfield High School’s Seniors hit an all-time high for passing the Math MCA test. With 93 percent of their students passing the test, this far has exceeded any of our expectations, according to High School Principal, Randy Paulson. “Our origin
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Superintendent Harris addresses school safety
Fri, Dec 21st, 2012
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Posted in Chatfield Education
As Christmas Break quickly approaches for most school districts, the Chatfield School Board met on Monday, December 17 to wrap up the business for 2012. Because it was the December meeting, the Truth in Taxation Hearing occurred during this regular
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Chatfield School Board hears good news from audit report
Fri, Nov 23rd, 2012
Posted in Chatfield Education
Posted in Chatfield Education
By Mitchell Walbridge
The Chatfield School Board met on Monday, November 19 with all members present at this regular monthly meeting. In addition to those who normally report to the board, auditor Alan Anderson was also present to present the 2011
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100 Book Challenge gets positive comments in Chatfield
Fri, Oct 19th, 2012
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Posted in Chatfield Education
By Mitchell Walbridge
The Chatfield School Board met on Monday, October 15 for its regular monthly meeting with Jerry Chase and Kathy Schellhammer absent from the meeting. Principals Craig Ihrke, Randy Paulson, and Superintedent Ed Harris were pre
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