This fall, the Cissna Park Education Foundation approved a grant for the Family and Consumer Science classes to purchase 6 tablets. The FCCLA purchased protective cases for the tablets and classes are already using them. The biggest use so far has been in the Foods class, where students are able to look up recipes to […]
Promethean Board added to Ag Department
The Cissna Park School Ag Department received a new Promethean board in the classroom. This new technology will allow students a more interactive educational experience. “Students use the Promethean board to work on EZ Records for their supervised agricultural experience programs”, Ag teacher Jeff Clifton said and added that “The board is very useful […]
English & Speech, White Board Style
This semester, 46 students in English, Applied English, and Speech have had the opportunity to learn with the use of a new Promethean Board purchased by the Cissna Park Education Foundation for Mss Hoffman’s room. “The Promethean Board was very beneficial throughout our unit on grammar and parts of speech” commented Miss Hoffman. “By using […]
Technology in the Business Classes
For the students in Eric Fagerlin’s business classes, the benefits of having an interactive whiteboard have been significant. “I use this board in 6 classes that have included a total of 56 students” Erick said. The classes include Introduction to Business, Web Design/Photoshop, Computer Concepts (2 sections), Accounting, and Keyboarding. “I have gotten great regular […]
Sciences classes use new ‘Smart Board’
The Cissna Park Education Foundation recently funded the purchase and installation of a Promethean Board in the sciences classroom. Teacher Brad Wacker said that “I have already begun to implement the use of the Promethean Board in my class through interactive lessons and testing at the board”. Brad teaches 50 students in the subjects of […]
Dave Ramsey Personal Finance curriculum
Family and Consumer Sciences classroom received the latest edition of Dave Ramsey’s Foundations in Personal Finances program geared toward High School students. The new curriculum was funded by the Cissna Park Education Foundation. Every senior at Cissna Park High School is required to pass Consumer Economics, and the Dave Ramsey Personal Finance program is a […]
Student Response System added in HS science
The Cissna Park Education foundation Mini Grant program allowed for the purchase of a Student Response System in the high school science department. The students have enjoyed having a new “toy” to play with in class, and the instructor Brad Wacker has enjoyed having anew tool to monitor student understanding. The iClicker student response system […]
Summer School learns about wind
During summer school at Cissna Park Elementary School a total of 15 students, ranging in ages from 6 to twelve, were able to learn about wind with a windmill kit that was purchased through the gracious donation of funds from the Education Society. The windmill kit was used to explore the different uses of wind and […]
5th Grade Digital Projector
Since the winter break, the fifth graders and Mrs. Kollmann have been using a Dell 1210S projector. This projector Projector displays graphics and text in bright, high-contrast detail and has been incorporated with an Interwriter II Mobi to enhance note taking in science, diagramming sentences in English, building background information for stories in reading and […]
2nd Grade Learning Tools
Mrs. Denault’s second grade class was awarded a Classroom Mini Grant and purchased a Reader’s Theater Folk Tale set, a class pack of Judy Clocks, big magnetic money, and a subscription to the Daily Café website.
