The Cissna Park Education Foundation has provided the funding for a classroom set of calculators. Calculators enhance learning and allow for great discoveries when students aren’t bogged down with tedious calculations. Calculators are a valuable tool in the mathematics classroom and having a complete set of identical calculators makes instruction easier for Mrs. Chrastka. “When […]
Buzzmath Funded for 2019-20
The Cissna Park Education Foundation has funded Buzzmath for another school year. This online mathematics program, designed to promote digital learning of mathematics inside and outside the school community, provides Mrs. Chrastka’s mathematics students with a fun and user-friendly way to practice mathematics. Mrs. Chrastka has been using this program with her junior high students […]
Gardening for better health in the High School
The Agriculture and Family & Consumer Sciences program at Cissna Park High School is growing – tomatoes, carrots, peppers and more in the new raised beds built by the Ag Construction students. Last year, a trial garden was started with three raised beds, which provided produce for Foods classes as well as Peace Meals. Because […]
2018 Scholarships
3 Scholarships were presented at the 2018 graduation ceremony by the Foundation. These scholarships were privately funded by their sponsors. Ayiana Marquez received the Ristow / Ziegenhorn Scholarship which was created to honor the ancestors of these 2 families who have lived in this community for over a hundred years. It is presented to a […]
What’s all the buzz about Math?
Where is everyone going? To the computer lab, of course! Mrs. Chrastka’s students immediately race into the nearby computer lab when a buzzMath lesson is assigned. buzzMath is a middle school math practice program that can be completed anywhere and anytime a computer or other electronic device is available. One of Mrs. Chrastka’s 8th grade […]
More iPads for Grad School
Five iPads and cases were purchased with funds provided through a mini-grant from the Cissna Park Education Foundation to share between Tresa Maul’s 3rd-grade class and Julie Yergler’s 4th-grade class. These iPads are in addition to the four iPads that were purchased in the prior school year. 3rd-grade students enjoyed having a research device at […]
OF MICE AND MEN
John Steinbeck is the author of the critically acclaimed novella, Of Mice and Men. This tale helped Steinbeck win a Nobel Prize for his “imaginative, yet realistic, way of combining sympathetic humor with keen social perception”. Of Mice and Men is often referred to as Steinbeck’s “little masterpiece”. The story follows George and Lenny, two […]
Classic Novels in HS English
Sophomores and juniors at Cissna Park High School were able to enjoy new novels during their English 2 and 3 classes this semester thanks to the support from the Cissna Park Education Foundation. The sophomore class was able to add William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies to their curriculum for the first time […]
2nd Grade Receives iPads
Mrs. Henrichs and her second-grade class purchased two iPads and covers with a grant from the Cissna Park Education Foundation. Throughout their reading block, students have the opportunity to work on their spelling words on an app called Spelling City, they can also work on many other phonics and literacy apps to help build their […]
HS English – FAHRENHEIT 451
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” ~ Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury, one of the most widely-read authors of our time, is the author of the classic novel, Fahrenheit 451, which depicts a world where books are banned and burned. The title, Fahrenheit 451, refers to the temperature […]
