Secondary Principal ’ s Report February 9, 2015

Mission Statement The mission of the Pender Public School District is to provide quality educational opportunities in a safe, positive learning environment that motivates and challenges all students to become productive and responsible citizens.

Workshops/Meetings Attended Past Meetings/Trainings BYOC – Social Studies – ESU 1 APL Training for Administrators – ESU 1 Rick Wormeli Presentation on Standards Based Grading – SSC Future Meetings/Trainings None until March

Pendragon PRIDE Preparation, Respect, Integrity, Determination, & Excellence Since the last Board of Education meeting, 5 secondary students have been recognized – Gabe Perez – Brianna Jorgensen – Kamryn Anderson – Amber Lown – Destiny Parker

Student Honors Shelby Roth – Wayne State College RHOP Scholarship Recipient – Rural Health Opportunities Program Vanessa VonSeggern – Young Artist Award Winner – Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Will be honored April 8 at a banquet in Lincoln

Testing Nebraska State Accountability (NeSA) – 8 th and 11 th grade students have finished the writing assessment – Reading, math, and science testing window is from March 23 through May 1 The National Assessment for Education Progress (NAEP) – 8 th grade test is scheduled for February 12 – 4 th grade test has been completed English Language Development Assessment (ELDA) testing window is from February 9 through March 20

EHC Honor Band Today in Lyons Lexi Ostrand Sydney Heineman Lexi Schmedding Alyson Schilling Christina Svoboda Kennedy Morgan Jordan Springer Hayley Schmidt Leland Bowder Cierra Kirkland Caleb Jasa Karlee Johnson Bryson Bovee Kody Wageman Josh Springer Corbin Lamplot

EHP Coop Track – Schedule has been finalized – Uniforms have been ordered – It continues to be a positive experience – We are continuing to talk transportation Speech – Started at the beginning of the second semester – 2 consistent participants from Pender – Competitions have already started JH Sports – Coaching assignments have been made, but they will be re-evaluated at the end of the school year – Some uniforms have been ordered, but there is still a lot yet to order

Student Schedules Mr. Nixon has registered all students in grades 6-10 He is completing registration with all juniors to look at individual student needs As problems/challenges/issues present themselves, corrections are being made

Upcoming Activities Wrestling – District Tournament – February 13 and Creighton – State Tournament – February Omaha – State Dual Tournament – February Kearney Basketball – Subdistrict Girls Basketball – February 16, 17, and Wisner – Subdistrict Boys Basketball – February 23, 24, and Wisner – District Finals, GBB – February TBA – District Finals, BBB – March TBA Spring sports practices begin March 2 – Track (EHP Raptors – Pender, Emerson-Hubbard) – Baseball (TC Thunder – Pender, Bancroft-Rosalie, Emerson-Hubbard, Lyons-Decatur) – Boys Golf (Pender Pendragons)