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Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 1 week, 6 days agoFULL STEAM AHEAD….I am so excited to offer my students a rich STEAM-filled learning curriculum. We have started with activities like “Saving Fred.” The students had to use Design Process to save Fred from drowning. -
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Fannie Hall posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 3 months, 3 weeks agoWith the schools year coming to an end, I would like to express my true appreciation of the ARI Grant. React to Reading was truly a success. Student voice, student choice, and student accountability were a good formula for reading growth. Through the use of ARI funds, our classroom enjoyed a total of 30 new chapter book sets. We are grateful…[Read more]
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Virginia Rice posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 3 months, 3 weeks agoHarlan County High School’s 2017-2018 CmPS team project was to encourage and educate the youth of Harlan County to participate in community problem solving.
As a team, we went to all of the middle school academic coaches and asked them to ask their academic team members id they would be interested. Two schools were interested: Wallins Jr. High…[Read more]
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Jessica posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 months, 1 week agoBringing Coding to Life with Robotics…. Students have been learning coding skills with the Dash and Dot robots. Many students even have these robots at home now. They had never been exposed to computer science or coding skills until I introduced these into our classroom. TIme was the biggest factor that I would run into with the implementation…[Read more]
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Pam Burton posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 months, 1 week agoHand in Hand completed the first versions of their app to provide support for women who suffer from SUD so that complications for babies born with NAS can be minimized. The app can be downloaded at johnson.kyschools/CmPS. On Wednesday, May 16 Appalachian Witeless reps are meeting with the team to help them figure out how to expand their app so…[Read more]
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stephanie tiller posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 months, 2 weeks agoWhat a wonderful experience it has been to watch my students engage in coding and robotic activities. Lego Mindstorm has encouraged my students to explore a whole new avenue of creative and technological sides of education. The students learned and taught each other through this first year process. They are now asking when we can do that again.…[Read more]
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stephanie tiller posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 months, 2 weeks agoFlexible seating has been a wonderful experience that I have truly enjoyed. I am very thankful for the grant and encouragement to try something new. Flexible seating has been one of the best things I have ever done for myself and my students. There has been a positive whole learning climate change to one of teamwork, support for others, and…[Read more]
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Norm Marcum posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 months, 2 weeks agoIt has been another successful year for our AMS Entrepreneurs and our involvement with KVEC and the A.R.I. S.T.A.R.S. program. We had over 200 students participate in our annual AMS Entrepreneur Fair, and sent 6 teams (3 each from 7th and 8th grade) to the Knott County Sportsplex to compete in the regional fair. We are most proud of the diverse…[Read more]
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carole bentley posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 months, 2 weeks agoAnother Truly Successful year using ARI funding!!!! This was the second year that I wrote a grant for purchasing fetal pigs for my 7th grade students! I first received a grant to purchase pigs last year. My students last year had really surprised me with their enthusiasm for the learning through this magnificent venture. I had girls that I…[Read more]
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Melinda Music posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 4 months, 2 weeks agoMy students truly enjoyed the learning and using the Cricut and materials purchased for my grant: Create, Motivate Educate! Outcomes were as follows: 1) Students began asking, “When can we use the cricut again? What will we make next time?” 2) They were able to increase their abilities to follow directions and operate the software and cri… -
Andrea Hall posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 5 months agoThe Highland Elementary CmPS team focused on helping kids transition into Foster Care. Here is a video they made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Jh5HLjbfY&feature=youtu.beFoster FriendsHighland Elementary 2018 Community Problem Solving Project HES 5th Graders Gabe Conley, Trent Cox, Bethany Chapman, Kiersten Sagraves, Clara Bolden, Jadyn Es… -
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Jarred R Gibson posted an update in the group
Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 5 months, 1 week agoJohnson Central High School’s Senior Level Community Problem Solving project Home Grown. Student Chloe Deskins developed an educational group in order to advocate the benefits of a whole foods plant based (vegan) diet. She currently holds monthly meetings where they discuss topics relating a vegan diet. The group shares vegan recipes with each o… -
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Appalachian Renaissance Initiative 5 months, 2 weeks agoPowerpoint for Fire Summit
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Appalachian Renaissance Initiative
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A consortium of 17 rural school districts made the commitment to share resources and professional learning opportunities and also work to affect policy and protocol in an effort to connect learners to highly effective teachers every day. This resulted in the development of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI).
