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Hamilton board member questions staterequired assessments at kindergarten level
BY THOMAS J. MC KILLEN MANAGING EDITOR
A Hamilton School Board member last week questioned a new state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) assessment for students at the lower elementary grade levels. I think some of the problems we have in the schools is let kids be kids first and then let them grow up a little bit, board member Michael Hyland said during the Sept. 4 meeting. Hyland spoke during a discussion on an update to the district assessment program. According to a report to the board from Supervisor of Instructional Services Katherine R. Little, the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is requiring students from 4-year-old kindergarten to first grade to participate in the fall and spring PALS early literacy assessment. All second grade students will be required to participate in the PALS assessment in the 2014-15 school year. Teachers involved in the assessment are required to participate in two hours of online training which deal with administration and scoring and online score entry and reporting system training. Little said teachers who have undergone the training have reported the training takes more than two hours. Little said the district analyzed kindergarten benchmarks assessments to determine how much overlap there was with the PALS assessment. As a result of discussions with teaching staff, one benchmark was eliminated.
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Art in the Park: Christine and Kathy Thomsen are pictured next to their work at the Art in the Park event held along the Mill Pond Pond in Menomonee Falls Aug. 18. The event was organized by the Art Guild of Menomonee Falls.
The Lannon Fire Department was one of several local fire departments that participated in the Richfield Days parade held Aug. 25. Photo by Thomas J. McKillen.
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the new Public Health Officer. Jones, who is the countys Epidemiologist and currently serves as Interim Health Officer, replaces Peter Schuler who retired as Director of Health and Human Services in June. Jones received Bachelors of Science degrees in Biochemistry and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters of Public Health from Drexel University, and has served as the countys Epidemiologist since 2007. Prior to his tenure with the county, Jones served as Health Information Specialist for the City of Milwaukee. The Public Health Officer is the highest ranking public health official charged with addressing prevention, protection and control of disease and injury for at-risk populations. Charger Challenge back Sept. 15 with more mud, obstacles, fun The Hamilton Education Foundations Charger Challenge, a family-oriented 4k mud run, returns Sept. 15 to Lisbon Community Park. This event, which takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., is for anyone who has ever thought about trying a mud run. An outstanding wellness activity for families or businesses, Charger Challenge lets participants crawl, slide and run through 20 obstacles along the course. In addition, a "Kids Challenge" is set up just for youngsters ages 6-10 years. Waves will run every 20 minutes for participants ages 11 years and older on the adult course, and every 30 minutes for the "Kids Challenge." Participants and spectators will be able to purchase concessions. All proceeds go to the Hamilton Education Foundation. Parking the day of the event is off site with continuous shuttle bus service.
Please visit Hamiltoneducationfoundation.org to register. Those wanting to receive a Charger Challenge t-shirt must register by Sept. 6. Families Helping Families food drive set for Sept. 7 A Families Helping Families food drive will be held at Dan Johnsons Insurance Agency, N79 W14833 Appleton Avenue, Menomonee Falls, on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Badger football tickets and other items will be raffled. Guild members to be represented at Brookfield gallery show The Art Gallery of the Guild, Menomonee Falls will be represented at The Hidden River Art Show at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in the Gallery Show case area in the building lobby. The show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 14 and 15. The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center is located at 19805 W Capitol Drive, Brookfield. Included in the show will be beautiful Italian scenery in acrylics by Maddie Sherman, colorful pastels by Carol Chapman, water colors with a flair by Sonia Genett and intense color pencil nature art by Janet Hudachek. Catholics Returning Home series to begin Sept. 25 The Two Saints (St. James and St. Mary) and Good Shepherd cluster in Menomonee Falls coupled with the St. Anthony (Menomonee Falls) and St. Agnes (Butler) will conduct an ongoing series called "Catholics Returning Home. These meetings will be hosted at St. Mary Catholic Church, N89 W16297 Cleveland Avenue, Menomonee Falls. The meetings will be held
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During board discussion, board member Michael Hyland said he was concerned with another mandate from the DPI requiring to assess K-4 students. Theyre 4-years-old, why cant kids learn to be kids first instead of testing them? Little said PALS is not a test, but an early literacy assessment that helps the district at the 4and 5-year-old kindergarten levels. The information identifies where students are doing well and where they are struggling. That information is then used by teachers to adjust the instruction. While its another mandate, it could have been a lot worse, Little said. This is probably okay. Hyland added that he doesnt have much faith in the DPI telling everybody how to do things. Hyland said his concern is that the district will be giving a report a few years from now where it will have to make changes because other school districts did well on such assessments. Board member Gerald Schmitz added the assessments catch potential problems early on, especially in reading. That will allow the district to response and address problems earlier.
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Tech upgrades in place for new school year Getting ready for school included vari-
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