Technology, The Arts and competition were the highlights of Thursday's meeting of the Mountain Home School Board. The Board heard presentations from first and second grade art teacher Melissa Green, the Quiz Bowl Team, Band Director Tom Chentnik and the high school's ROTC Program. An academic report from Dr. Leigh Anne Gigliotti highlighted the importance of technology in different programs throughout the school.
After a presentation of the flag from the ROTC program and Student Ambassadors from Pinkston Middle School, Art teacher Melissa Green highlighted the work of several students who will be displaying their work in Little Rock at the Arkansas Arts Center. One student, who said she grew with a passion for art, encouraged the board to continue to support such programs.
The Quiz Bowl Team, Mountain Home High School Band and the ROTC Programs fared well in recent competitions. Band Director Tom Chentnik says this was the first time in the 67 year history of the band program at Mountain Home schools that the 8th, 9th and high school bands won sweepstakes awards in the same year.
For the first time in 16 years the ROTC program placed in several military-style competitions in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Four leaders of the program showed a slide show highlighting their trip with 25 local ROTC students participating.
An academic report from Dr. Giliotti highlighted the importance of technology throughout the classroom. She showed several short videos showing how students were utilizing computers and tablets to complement their work. One video in particular showed how technology was helping an autistic student double his vocabulary.
In other board news recommendations were unanimously approved to accept the demolition of a property located on 1230 South Maple Street, which was found to have four types of asbestos and to purchase concrete polishing equipment. Other recommendations included funding approval for a professional development course to be taught to approximately 27 kindergarten teachers and approval of a new bank contract which has a fixed interest rate rather than a variable.
The board also met in a personnel executive session.
After a presentation of the flag from the ROTC program and Student Ambassadors from Pinkston Middle School, Art teacher Melissa Green highlighted the work of several students who will be displaying their work in Little Rock at the Arkansas Arts Center. One student, who said she grew with a passion for art, encouraged the board to continue to support such programs.
The Quiz Bowl Team, Mountain Home High School Band and the ROTC Programs fared well in recent competitions. Band Director Tom Chentnik says this was the first time in the 67 year history of the band program at Mountain Home schools that the 8th, 9th and high school bands won sweepstakes awards in the same year.
For the first time in 16 years the ROTC program placed in several military-style competitions in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Four leaders of the program showed a slide show highlighting their trip with 25 local ROTC students participating.
An academic report from Dr. Giliotti highlighted the importance of technology throughout the classroom. She showed several short videos showing how students were utilizing computers and tablets to complement their work. One video in particular showed how technology was helping an autistic student double his vocabulary.
In other board news recommendations were unanimously approved to accept the demolition of a property located on 1230 South Maple Street, which was found to have four types of asbestos and to purchase concrete polishing equipment. Other recommendations included funding approval for a professional development course to be taught to approximately 27 kindergarten teachers and approval of a new bank contract which has a fixed interest rate rather than a variable.
The board also met in a personnel executive session.
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