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Just for Students
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Just for Fun
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Just for Parents
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Support
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We are here to help and support you. We hope you have a wonderful experience with WOSU. Please feel free to contact your teacher with any questions or concerns that you may have. |
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BACK: Kellie Richins, Gloria Kelly,
Brooke Brown, Cara Dansie, Kathy Erickson, Annett Eiting, Tara
Criddle, Carolyn Black, Meagan Johnston, Sheri Cole, Julie Baggaley
FRONT: Melinda Welch, Laura Belnap,
Michelle Droge, Annette Pond, Emily Caplin, Shawnell Larsen, Sara Souza
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| DIRECTOR |
Laura
Belnap |
| ASSISTANT |
Brooke
Brown |
| SPECIAL
ED. |
Sara
Souza
SPED Teacher |
Randi
Earl
Speech/Language |
Rita
Zimmerman
Psychologist |
Andrea Paxman
Psychologist |
| GIFTED
& TALENTED |
Using the K12 curriculum makes it possible to provide each child with the course level appropriate for their educational needs. At times parents may wish to use enrichment activities. The website for Utah Association for Gifted
Children may provide some ideas and help for parents: www.UAGC.org. |
| FOREIGN
LANGUAGE |
Cara Dansie
German
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Kathy
Erickson
Spanish |
Meg
Ferry
Latin |
| TEACHERS |
Julie Baggaley
Carolyn Black
Emily Caplin
Sheri Cole |
Tara
Criddle
Cara Dansie
Michelle Droge
Annett Eiting
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Kathy
Erickson
Meagan Johnston
Gloria Kelly
Shawnell Larsen |
Annette
Pond
Kellie Richins
Melinda Welch |
| DISTRICT
BIOS |
Click here to go to the district
site where you can read a little bit about each of us. Click
on the individual's name above for more. |
| E-OFFICES |
Each
teacher has an e-office that you can visit for help or online
meeting, parties, games etc... If you are invited to attend an
event in an electronic-Office (Elluminate Room), you simply need to
be online and click on the link provided. This page has a list
of the links for each e-office. |
| HOMEROOMS
- COMING SOON |
Each
teacher is assigned her own classroom of students/families.
This page contains a link for each homeroom. The homeroom
pages contain information about their teacher and
other items specific to their classroom and area. |
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for Students |
| MILLIONAIRE
GAMES |
These
games are created and hosted by the teachers and helps to prepare
the students for the end of year testing (CRT's). The
games are divided by grade level and subject area. Click on
the link to go to the schedule to see what is being played. |
| ONLINE
CLASSES |
Here are some fun and educational classes for the
students. These are presented by the WOSU staff and are just for
you. :-)
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| TUTORING
TIME |
We
have many well-educated teachers who have unique abilities in
different areas. They are offering to help your students with
those particular subjects. A popular one is our "Math
Mamas". They go online just to help students with math
problems. Click on the link to see a schedule of the times
when the specialists are available. |
| WRITING
HELPS |
Throughout
the year, we will be presenting various writing workshops. The
helps and documents used to help teach effective writing skills are
stored here for students to access. |
| POETRY
HELPS |
Each
year we are thrilled to present the state-wide WOSU poetry
festival. We have provided ideas to help students prepare for
this event. |
| TEST
HELPS |
These
are good suggestions and tips for preparing for tests - whether they
be academic ones for WOSU or any other test the student is anxious
about. |
| POWERSPEAK |
The
foreign language courses are on a different platform than the other
K12 courses and students may benefit from some of the questions
answered here in regards to how Powerspeak works. |
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| COOL
WEBS |
Here are some of our favorite websites for
educational games and lessons.
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| PARENTS'
PICKS |
The top 100 educational websites picked by over
7,000 parents for 2009.
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| TOP
TEN INFO LINKS |
These links were selected as the most
comprehensive and reliable educational websites for reference and
research. They are great sites to bookmark and use to research projects and homework assignments.
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| SUMMER
FUN |
Just some fun ideas and links and events for
things to do in the summer months. Be careful, you might be
really busy having lots of fun!
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| SCHOOLHOUSE
ROCK |
Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of animated musical educational short films that aired during Saturday morning children's programming on U.S. television network ABC. Topics covered include grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics, and politics.
This page has a list of links to view the videos. |
| RECIPE
RESOURCE |
Do you
ever walk in the kitchen to make dinner and your mind goes
blank? What do you do then? Well, now you can get help
from Kathy in the Kitchen. Share your favorite recipes on this
blog and find favorites from other parents on this blog as they are
added. |
| PLEDGE
& PLAN |
Each
Monday morning students are invited to join Gloria Kelly, one of our wonderful
teachers for the "Pledge 'n' Plan" at 12:00 am online in her Elluminate room.
http://kelly.ourwash.org
During this 10-15 minute presentation, they recite the Pledge of Allegiance, share a history moment, and review the upcoming calendar of events/happenings. |
| CALENDAR
FUN - COMING SOON |
Ever
wonder what day it is today or what makes today special?
Wonder no more, go here for fun tidbits, links, and creative things to do to
celebrate special days each month. |
| PHOTO
FAVES - COMING SOON |
We can't help but want to share some awesome and
fun photos of nature and animals from around the world.
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| SPEAKER
SERIES |
These
sessions are presented by the WOSU staff specifically with you, the
parents, in mind. They are to help you and your child to learn
more, to be more efficient and to have fun doing it. |
| PRESENTED
LIVE |
We are
presenting "live and in person" sessions around the state
to help with motivation and other aspects of dealing with our
children (and others). Click on the link to see the first of
this series. |
| LAURA'S
LETTERS |
Check
out this blog for the latest news and updates from our director,
Laura. This is a great place to read and refer back to any
WOSU announcements for the school. |
| OLS
TRAINING |
We
want all of our parents to be familar with and feel
comfortable in the OLS. To help you reach this goal, we are
providing online OLS trainings for both the beginner and the
seasoned learning coach. |
| INFO
SESSIONS |
These
sessions are for anyone who would like to learn more about WOSU and
how our program works. Please share this information with
others whom you feel might benefit from being part of our school. |
| PROGRESS
CHECKER |
If
you'd like to see how your child is progressing according to the
school calendar and/or your own goals, check out the progress
checker page. |
| MOTIVATION |
Who
couldn't use some extra motivational ideas for our children?
Here are ideas from parents compiled in hopes that they will help
others out there. |
| ORGANIZATION |
More
ideas from parents on organization for school and also life in
general. |
| TEACHING |
Here
are ideas from teachers and other parents about how to implement the
courses into your school day and deals with issues such as teaching
multiple children and being creative to help your child learn. |
| DOCUMENT
ARCHIVE |
This
page contains a list of folders which hold files that you can save
on your computer. Often times teachers will provide handouts
for sessions done online and those documents will be added to the
archive. Look for docs with ideas and information to help you. |
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