LAST VAN DELIVERY!ESU #8 last Van pickup for your school will be the week of May 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th, 2008. Any materials ordered for summer use will be delivered on the dates above unless you make other arrangements to pick up your orders. SUMMER HOURS If you would like to come in and browse, check-out materials or get something laminated we would be happy to assist you. |
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The applications for base grants and base and matching grants can be found at http://www.nde.state.ne.us/HAL/Hi AbilityLRN.html
Those forms and an updated district HAL plan, are due on September 1, 2008. Please use the estimated amount of money listed on the form to determine your level of funding. The grant money will then be adjusted once the level of funding is determined.
NDE has also been notified that funds have been made available for the AP Test Fee Reduction Grant for the students in need who will take the AP examinations this spring.
You may access those forms at the HAL web site.
If you have any concerns or need any assistance, please email mary.duffy@ nde.ne.gov or call her at 402.471.0737
Prairie Visions Teacher Training - “Crossroads: How the Past Becomes the Future.”
Overview provided by Shari Hofschire Director, UNO Center for Innovation in Arts Education, Department of Art & Art History, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Shari Hofschire invited area teachers to the summer institute hosted June 10-13, 2008. Prairie Visions is a statewide program, which links the resources of Nebraska's major art museums, higher education faculty, and arts organizations with educators and art specialists. The central purpose has been to work with teachers and administrators to make comprehensive arts education integral in our schools’ curricula.
Complete details of the summer program can be found at: http://www.unomaha.edu/ fineart/art/prairievisions2008.htm
All the HAL Advisory documents and references can now be found on the new ESU #3 HAL Advisory web site: http://esu3.ishareinfo.org/jthomsen
Linda Scranton (pictured below).
The ESU #8 High School Academic Quiz Bowl Championship (grades 9-12) went
to Norfolk Catholic, and coach Marsha Stewart (pictured above). The Elgin Pope John team (pictured below), coached by Karmen Meysenburg, won the High School Runner-Up title.
Educational Service Unit #8 held its 19th Annual Academic Quiz Bowl in early April. Nineteen (19) Junior High/Middle School teams and seventeen (17) High School teams from school districts across ESU #8's seven counties participated in this year's competition.
The two High School teams, Norfolk Catholic and Elgin Pope John, went on to represent Educational Service Unit #8 in the Nebraska State ESU Senior High Academic Quiz Bowl. It was held on Wednesday, April 30 in Holdrege, Nebraska.
Nigel
Buss, Program Coordinator
ESU #8 Academic Quiz Bowls