With the thought of Saturday school looming over us and a recent conversation on how to spark student interest in our high school media center program, Dr. Reeder suggested we use this opportunity to promote the media center in a big way. With that small spark, collaboration and many prayers, #CATcon19 was ignited! The schedule for #CATcon19 allowed students to choose four conference-style sessions to attend throughout the school day. Students were able to choose from a total of thirty-six sessions offered by the teachers and staff of SDHS and Sedley Abercrombie and Libby Ferrell from the county tech center. Sessions ranged from Learning to Fly Fish to 3-D Printing and many things in between. Students attended class sessions at regular times and had 45 minutes of instruction. The second half of each period was time for #CATcon19 sessions. At the end of each session students filled out exit tickets to enter them into drawings for door prizes throughout the day. The best thing about the exit tickets - the fact that they were thinking routines and were a way for students to reflect and teachers to see how easily they could be implemented! The thinking routines used for exit tickets were:
Saturday school was a huge success at SDHS and students and staff made the most of the day by making it engaging and fun! Photos from #CATcon19
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Kristi Allred
1/7/2019 02:23:27 pm
Mary, this is amazing!!!
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Amy Daugherty
1/7/2019 02:24:38 pm
This is amazing!!! Great job, Mary!
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Julie Faria
1/7/2019 02:31:31 pm
Sounds great! Bet the students really enjoyed - and the teachers
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Kenny Foster
1/7/2019 02:50:06 pm
This sounds so amazing. Great job!
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Sue Tobin
1/7/2019 02:57:03 pm
Libby told me how well this was organized and how fun the day was!! Awesome way to spark interest in learning!! I would love to be part of an event like this at one of my schools. :)
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Libby Ferrell
1/7/2019 04:13:37 pm
Mary, thank you so much for your hard work on this! It was great to see student choice, engagement, and learning in so many different ways. I thought it was a great day and couldn't have gone any smoother. GREAT JOB!!
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Brandy Reeder
1/7/2019 05:58:21 pm
Thank you to everyone for making this day a huge success! Everyone enjoyed the day, and we all learned so many new things! Our teachers were so creative in the courses they offered, and our students cannot wait to do something like this as soon as possible. Thank you, again, to each of you for making this day AMAZING!
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Lorie Steed
1/7/2019 06:51:10 pm
This is so amazing, Mary! I am impressed and I'm sure the students were as well!
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Shanna S Leonard
1/8/2019 09:20:38 am
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing! :)
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