In this episode: Free Office365, the high school student art exhibit, a new district website and a Savvy Student Challenge that will make your head hurt!
Articles from December 2015
Business After School, Feb. 3-5
High school students have endless career opportunities ahead of them – and many leading industries are represented right here in Dubuque.
But, it’s hard to know what possibilities exist without learning more. That’s where Business After School comes in – a new, FREE three-day event that creates experiential and work-based learning opportunities for students, educators and teachers in the high-demand job sectors of advanced manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, IT/computer science, and general business.
After school on February 3, 4, and 5, a variety of area businesses will offer interactive sessions to give students a look at their industry and give them tips on education and skills needed to enter the field.
Next Stop, NASA
By Taylor Ryan
Ann Arnold’s classroom at the Alternative Learning Center (ALC) is looking a little more like a racetrack these days.
Watch your step as small robots programmed by students navigate this masking tape course stuck to the classroom floor. Each group constructed their own robots using pieces sent to the class in a kit. The small rovers are able to communicate with commands via the internet, use sensors to determine when objects are in front of them, and emit sounds and light, all based on what students automated them to do.
Shout Out: Carol Coohey
Carol Coohey has been transporting students in the district to school for 10 years! We are pleased to give her (and the other drivers who keep our students safe everyday) our latest shout out!
High School Students Featured in Art Exhibit
Students from Dubuque Senior High School and Hempstead High School have been selected to have their art featured in the Dubuque High Schools Juried Art Show at the University of Dubuque’s Bisignano Art Gallery located within Heritage Center. The public is invited and the show is free of charge.
The exhibition highlights works juried by high school art teachers from Dubuque Senior High School, Hempstead High School, and Wahlert High School. The 14 works in the show are in various media including ceramics, painting, photography, pen and ink, multimedia and weaving.
The juried show was quite successful last year and entering its second year, Bisignano Art Gallery Director Alan Garfield said the show is marked by “real pep, pace, and force that puts the emphasis on story telling”. Garfield credits the success of the exhibit to the coordination between the various art teachers and Cheryl Werner, the school district’s arts coordinator.
In a juried show, the jurors are typically unknown to the artists but this show took a different feel. “We asked the teachers themselves to choose the artwork,” said Garfield. “These are the teachers who instruct and meet with these students on a daily basis. We asked each teacher to operate…not in the capacity of a teacher or an advisor, but as a judge with a bit of psychical distance, if possible. This the teachers did with admirable skill.”
According to Garfield, this show does not purport to demonstrate an aesthetic or direction in art by these 14 students in Dubuque. “Here we have different students with different teachers exploring different content within different media and skill sets,” said Garfield. “And yet we clearly see postmodern visual arts in this show – the notion of a rejection of ‘pure form’ and objective beauty, choosing instead to rely on the fusion of disparate art elements and form.”
The Bisignano Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday, 12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. and the exhibit runs through February 6.
Weather Delay, Friday, January 9
The Dubuque Community School District will operate on its weather-related delay schedule for Friday, January 9. All district-run morning preschool is cancelled.
View details for how the delay schedule impacts a Friday morning
Events Postponed for Thursday, January 8
Due to inclement weather, the following events are postponed in the Dubuque Community School District for Thursday, January 8.
- The Hempstead High School Financial Aid Night scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Thursday, January 22, at 7 p.m.
- The wrestling meet between Dubuque Senior High School and Waterloo East has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
Information About Weather-Related Schedule Changes
Following is the process for late starts in the Dubuque Community School District should it be necessary to delay on a Friday morning.
To remain consistent, the start time if there is a weather delay is the same every day of the week.
IF THERE IS A WEATHER-RELATED DELAY ON A FRIDAY, IT ADDS ONE HOUR TO THE NORMAL FRIDAY MORNING LATE ARRIVAL TIME FOR STUDENTS.
Here’s an EXAMPLE:
Monday through Thursday
Start time: 8:35 a.m.
Weather delay: 10:35 a.m.
Friday
Start time: 9:35 a.m.
Weather delay: 10:35 a.m.
Please remember that the delay time at your school is based on your school’s actual start time.
FOR STAFF: If there is a weather delay called on a Friday morning, professional development for that day is cancelled and you should report to work at the time you normally would on a two-hour delay day.
Visit the delays and cancellations page for more.
Two-Hour Delay, Thursday, Jan. 8
Due to extreme cold, the Dubuque Community School District will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, January 8. All district-run morning pre-school is canceled.