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Choice. In noun form, it can mean option, selection, or alternative. Our vision and mission to be The Best Choice to Learn, Work and Lead acknowledges that people choose where to send their kids to school, where to work and where to apply their leadership skills.
April showers may bring May flowers (or a surprise blizzard), but for students and teachers, we are entering the most intense month of the year. Along with the senior season of banquets, breakfasts, cappings and commencements, May is also the culmination of all kinds of testing, final projects, friendly farewells, and nervous transitions to the next level.
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about Leadership Update - May 2024
Last month Superintendent Hilts and the Board of Education finalized our district’s strategic objectives that have set priorities for educators and support teams like Learning Services for the year ahead.
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about Leadership Update - March 2024
The Board of Education hosted its annual planning summit on February 3. The purpose of the summit is to affirm our district’s core commitments and to plan for strategic priorities in the year ahead. Here's a glimpse of our objectives for the near future.
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about Leadership Update - Feb. 2024
When people come to our homes for the first time and request a grand tour of our residence, we show them the kitchen renovation, the new carpet, or other aesthetic upgrades. We seldom say, “Hey, let me show you our new water heater or HVAC system."
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about Leadership Update - Jan. 2024
We’re all getting older and after recently turning 50, I now consider myself officially old. Now that I’m officially old, I find myself reminiscing about the good ol’ days and how great things used to be, and how crazy things used to be back then.
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about Leadership Update - Dec. 2023
District 49 Updates
District 49 Guidance Related to Potential Interactions with Immigration Agencies
Applied learning is the approach at Patriot High School, one of D49’s non-traditional campuses. In this episode, we meet Principal Ryan Bailey and teacher Lisa Banegas, who, along with a team of dedicated leaders and educators, are reinvigorating confidence and a growth mindset among their students. D49 has a place for every learner, and PHS proves it every day.
Now is a great time to check in with your school to make sure your contact information is up to date!
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about Winter Is Coming
Thank you to these companies that have stepped up to generously support District 49 for the '23-24 school year.
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about Grateful for Support from Local Businesses
The enormous challenge we continue to face as educators during the COVID-19 pandemic is the shortage of substitute, or guest, teachers.
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