Fifth-grade students at Sunnyside Elementary learn about strokes. The education session put on by Mercy Medical Center was to teach the students the signs and…
Read MoreFifth-grade students at Sunnyside Elementary learn about strokes. The education session put on by Mercy Medical Center was to teach the students the signs and…
Read MoreMonday, May 7th at 2:30 p.m. UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Leadership Team hosted a celebratory reception for HOSA, or Health Occupational Students of America,…
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Students all around Siouxland participated in a school-wide STEM day Friday. Students in Kindergarten through 5th Grade gathered at Morningside Elementary for this school-wide STEM…
Read MoreIf you could harness the energy being expended in a Perry Creek Elementary conference room lately, you could probably light up the whole school. Heck, you probably could light all the schools in the Sioux City Community School District. This team is energized with a capital “E.” It’s not their work with Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) that has ignited their passion, per se. Rather, it’s the success they are experiencing from it that has not only raised their hopes, but their expectations. “I think special education used to be viewed as glorified tutors,” said Mary Duax, a special education teacher since 1990. “Students came to the resource room to get help with what they were doing in the regular classroom. Today it is meant to supplement what they are doing in the core. We are teaming with the general education teachers. The data shows that scores are going up, up, up, and students are exiting special education.”
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Sioux City Community Schools is taking the conventional classroom model and turning it on its head. Yes, students receive math, history, English and…
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Reading and literacy is what Perry Creek Elementary School is promoting this April. Monday, the school hosted a read-a-thon with local community leaders as their…
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Local leaders are heading to the nation’s capital to talk about the future of Siouxland. Even some students from the Sioux City Community Schools will…
Read MoreThe project is part of the “Future Ready” program with the goal of the high school students inspiring the younger kids to pursue education and…
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Counselor Darrell Langley is using superheroes and traffic sign colors to give Sioux City elementary school students strategies to help them recognize and regulate emotions…
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