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423 administrator accepts Granite City job offer

District 423 Assistant Superintendent Allen Stoeckman has accepted a job offer from Yellow Medicine East School District for the superintendent position.

Stoeckman was offered a three-year contract, to begin July 1.

“There’s some opportunity there,” he said. “They would like to develop a long-range plan for their school district, and it’s exciting to be a part of that.”

(Lesley Christianson is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader.)
christianson@hutchinsonleader.com


Former assistant principal steps into new position

Hutchinson High School’s former assistant principal is now serving as the school district’s director of teaching and learning.

Deb Marcotte is fulfilling a role similar but not identical to that of former assistant superintendent Allen Stoeckman. Marcotte, who’s worked with the district for five years, said her new role focuses primarily on curriculum and instruction.


Charter schools’ new building to be completed about Aug. 1

Excitement is building for New Century and New Discoveries charter schools staff and students as the completion date for their new facilities nears. After five months of construction, the site is shaping up to be a school, which has New Discoveries Director Dave Conrad floored.

“We’re still looking at an Aug. 1 completion date,” Conrad said.


Summer school boosts students while helping others

Yesterday was the last day of summer school for Hutchinson Middle School students, and they went out with a bang.

For the past several weeks, students going into sixth, seventh and eighth grade have been working on their math, reading and social science skills to better prepare themselves for the upcoming school year.
In Carolyn Vevea’s reading class, they’ve already tackled the book “Tuck Everlasting,” and worked on their vocabularies.


Students head to the Boundary Waters

For some students, attending school in the summer can be a major bummer. For Crow River Area Learning Center students in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area class, school is seen in a whole new light.


June 26, 2008 - 3:00am
Kids encouraged to excel

Hutchinson students have been improving their math, reading and social science skills at summer school. Family and consumer science teacher LeAnn Mullan showed students Desi Gerhke, Cody Larson, Jordan Schutz and Paige Wendorff how to tie their quilts Wednesday morning.



June 23, 2008 - 3:00am

Students make park pretty

Rolling on a new coat of paint on the Kiwanis (Rocket Hill) Park shelter on Fifth Avenue Northwest on Monday was Trevaughn Walton of Denver. He was among about two dozen junior high-age kids helping to clean up the park as part of Maplewood Academy’s annual 10-day church camp taking place this week, said Jeff Scoggins, one of four adult leaders of the group.



June 20, 2008 - 3:00am

Kids get ready for high school

Soon-to-be freshmen Abby McKimm and Patience Duscher soaked in the rays while testing their algebra skills during Jami Beffert’s sidewalk chalk math class. The activity is a part of the High School 101 program offered again this summer to prepare incoming ninth-graders for the first year in the new school.



Program prepares soon-to-be freshmen for high school

Entering high school as a freshman can be an intimidating thought. That’s why Hutchinson High School is in its second year of offering High School 101, a 60-hour introduction to the new environment.

Students only began coming to the high school Monday, but already many of them are saying they’re ready for ninth grade.

“It gives them a real good taste of what high school is like,” said one of the teachers, Val Grand.

She’s teaching the incoming freshmen how to read a textbook and how to read a novel.

“We’re basically learning reading strategies,” she said.


Girls learn to sing, dance — and smile!

For many little girls, learning how to sing and dance — and getting to show off those new skills to Mom and Dad — is a good reason to get up early in the summer.

All week, Hutchinson High School Choir Director Jim Nelson, along with junior Kelsey Knutson, are teaching 10 area girls in the Community Education program Show Choir Camp. The practices will pay off during a performance for parents and guests 10 a.m. Friday.

“We mostly learn how to sing and dance and smile,” Nelson said of his young pupils.


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