Dr. Stacey Schmidt

Porter County Career and Technical Center Have you heard about the amazing offerings through our Porter County Career and Technical Center? Boone Grove High School students have the opportunity to take advantage of these course offerings as Juniors...

Next week begins our next installment of the ISTEP+ assessment for grades 3-8 and 10th graders. Following the ISTEP+ window our high school students will jump into ECA testing. Our high school students this year are in a transition year where they...

It's fourth quarter and we are in our final push of the year. We still have many things to learn, state testing, and the chance to knock this last quarter out of the park! We are a team, and as I'm sure you can remember from your days in school - it...

Last week I learned about an app that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed to help parents practice how to have a conversation about substance abuse with their kids. I serve on the steering committee...

Thank you to all who completed our survey last week. You taking the time to complete that survey is valuable to us as we are always seeking to learn, grow, and improve. We value your feedback! I have internet access at home: 99% said yes My child...

This week marks the beginning of ISTEP+ Assessments for this school year (and we just got our pass/fail results from last year in January). We have several windows of testing ahead: ISTEP+ Part 1 Applied Skills (grades 3-8, 10) from February 29-March...

National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), will be celebrated from Feb. 1–5, 2016, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of professional school counselors within U.S. school...

Did you know that you can access thousands of free books through the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) Hoosier Family of Readers program? The IDOE has made it possible for families to utilize the myON program for downloading books. There are...

Our teachers at all levels work hard to prepare lessons for students each day. This takes hours of work and creativity to bring content to life in ways that relate to the world. The Indiana College and Career Readiness Standards play a staring role...

Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Vine, Yik Kak, Facebook--it's hard to keep up with all of the options available for social media usage. Over the winter break I spent some time with my nieces and nephews and heard (and saw) how they are using...