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Bulldog Bulletin

* Skyler Brill V O L U ME

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*Nolan Hankins

*Branson Smith

Advisors:

*Luke Anliker

*Annie Stiasny

District Meets Regarding School Safety In light of recent events across the nation, the Dolores County School District has had several meetings/conversations about school security and how to best ensure the safety of our kids. We would like to send out a few reminders of the things that the school does in regards to school security. First off, there is an Emergency Operations Manual that our school security team has spent many hours constructing with community resources and security professionals. This manual has step by step processes of what we the school will do in different emergency situations. Moreover, there are posters hanging throughout both buildings that remind the staff and students what different types of emergencies we prepare ourselves for (Lockdown, Lockout, Evacuate, and take Shelter). Also, the school district would like to remind the community that we do have several armed staff members in both buildings. The staff members who carry are required to have extensive defensive handgun and safety training. There have been several discussions with staff about how to increase the security measures in each building. The school is looking into a buzzer system for allowing people to enter the building. Finally, the school board is putting together an open forum meeting on March 6th at 6:00pm to discuss school security. If you have any questions/concerns/ideas on school security, please join us. We would like to ensure our community that we are doing everything we can to be proactive in regards to your children’s safety and see it as our top priority.

First and Second Grade Study the Olympic Games As the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea come to a close, our first and second grade students finish a full Olympic project based learning unit in their classrooms. Mrs. Beanland and Mrs. Huskey both felt as though the Olympics were an important topic to teach their students. This unit was an exciting way to provide the students with a rich understanding of the culture and tradition that comes from the two weeks that the world comes together and focuses on watching people from different nations represent their country and compete for the gold. Initially, students started out by keeping track of the medal count for each country every day. They would tally how many medals each country had and put them in order. They also learned about the Olympic Torch, how far each person carries it (200 meters), how many people get to carry the torch (7,500), and the symbolism behind it. They were even able to make their own torch in class. Furthermore, each student was able to pick a winter sport that they wanted to learn more about and were able to research different facts and figures on that sport. They created posters and wrote sentences that described the sport they chose. They have done several “challenges” where they need to figure out angles that a hockey puck must hit to score a goal and have even made their own miniature curling games. To wrap up the unit, the students have written paragraphs on different Olympic sports and are presenting their knowledge to the class. Overall, this unit brought together pieces of math, history, science, engineering, english, and public speaking. Thank you to Mrs. Beanland and Mrs. Huskey for bringing some new and exciting curriculum into these kids schooling.

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