Sarah Kock

Rest easy, old man. Thanks for the lifetime of love and memories. #Moose

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The 2024-2025 Iowa School Performance Profiles have been released!

Rural Pottawattamie County small businesses launch networking initiative to support local communities 3newsnow.com/southwest-iowa…

facebook.com/share/v/1E7rKk… We made the list! :)

It’s open house night! Come in between 4:00-6:00, then stop at the fairgrounds for food truck night and other activities sponsored jointly by the City of Avoca and the fair board!

There are so many natural opportunities like this throughout your daily life to help promote increased vocabulary, word recognition, and communication skills!

Reading to children is a great way to increase their vocabulary and reading abilities, but so is just TALKING with them! Maybe you don’t have a lot of books at home, or maybe time at home is short and your family is always on the go. Ok. TALK! (Continued in comments.)

Give them their own grocery list when you’re shopping and help them figure out where to find those items. Use the signs above each aisle, pointing them out and reading them to your child.

Narrate what you’re doing. Narrate what your child is doing. Use lots of identifying words. Use lots of adjectives. Increase the number of “turns” you and your child take in a conversation by asking them questions.

All moved in for year two! 🥹

AHSTW Primary is looking to hire a full-time paraeducator for the school year. Please contact the district office if you are interested in applying.

To Every Teacher About to Begin Again… There’s something sacred about this time of year. The world doesn’t pause for it—but we do. We tidy up rooms, rework bulletin boards, restock our desk drawers with things no one else even notices… all for the sake of what’s coming. And what’s coming isn’t just students—it’s opportunity. It’s impact. It’s legacy. And whether you feel ready or not, you’re about to become part of someone’s story again. It might not be obvious at first. The kid who won’t look up. The one who sighs every time you speak. The one who walks in carrying a world you’ll never fully understand. But here’s the truth: your consistency will matter more than your content. Your tone will matter more than your title. And your presence will matter more than your perfection ever could. Every year, I remind teachers of this: You are not the system. You are the exception to it. You’re the one who turns test-takers into risk-takers. Who sees the child before the checklist. Who shows up—even when it feels like no one notices you do. And if this year feels heavy, don’t forget—some kids are walking through your doors needing one adult to believe in them. Just one. Not because you have all the answers, but because you looked them in the eye and said, “I see something in you.” And meant it. That’s the kind of teaching that outlasts standards. The kind that can’t be measured… but will never be forgotten. So as you step into a new year, remember this: You don’t need to be perfect. Just present. You don’t need a magic lesson. Just a moment that makes a kid feel seen. You don’t need to save the world. Just reach the one in front of you. Because that’s how the world changes anyway. Thank you—for everything you give to children who aren’t even your own. The world doesn’t thank you nearly enough. But I see you. And I’m grateful. Let’s go make it count. —Brad

@nigeljhorton All set! Excited to learn from you today!

Great ideas today @ SAI. Base behavior chart pts on the use of strategies in an instance of frustration, not on the % of their day where they had no frustrations. Using strategies is the goal, after all, not a utopian day of zero stressful moments. (Do YOU have those days??)