Category Archives: Parent Information

Back Pack Extra Mile Walk– April 28, 2018 10 A.M. East High

This year I am a Co- Captain of  this wonderful program at Norwood Park. Here are some basic information. BackPack Extra Mile Walk is Saturday, April 28  2018 at 10 am at East High T- shirt information An adult walker … Continue reading

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Happy new school year and ELL changes

Welcome Back to school  2015-2016. Open Houses at both Brownell and Meadow Lane were successful last night!! This year the big change in ELL is that we are now using 10 Standards for reporting progress based on the Common Core … Continue reading

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Equity Notes- Center for People in Need February 2014

Field trip to the Center for People in Need on 27th Street On Thursday we went and visited the Center for People in Need. Deb Daily was our presenter.  This is a great community resource.  The face of poverty is … Continue reading

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Working with interpreters

I have attached “7 Helpful tips to work effectively with an interpreter” (At the bottom of this post).  This is to help everyone since we all need a refresher. I know even with all my experience it is still difficult … Continue reading

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Mapping where English is not the language at home

Here is an interesting article about Mapping where English is not the language at home from the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/us-language-map/ If you look at the map of Nebraska,  look at Lancaster county at least  10% of our county  speaks Spanish.  … Continue reading

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West Lincoln Kitchen Staff and Jack and Dave on KLIN radio.

We have a wonderful Kitchen Staff here at West Lincoln.  In fact, they are so fun and great they were nominated to be on a local radio station.  Even though it is a radio program, the radio hosts, Jack and … Continue reading

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ELL Update- The Danger of a Single Story

In January, The ELL teachers attended a staff development on Culturally Responsive Writing and Technology. One of the most powerful parts of the evening was a video by a novelist on the Dangers of a Single Story.   The speaker is … Continue reading

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ELL Update #6 What do we do in ELL?

What do we do in ELL? As ELL teachers we  have the opportunity to observe the daily teaching of our General Education colleagues every day as we are picking up and dropping off our ELL students.   However our colleagues do … Continue reading

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Hoa Tran, Vietnamese Liaison

It is with sadness that I learned that  West Lincoln’s Vietnamese Liaison, Hoa Tran  passed away.    Here is a link to an article on the LPS website that tells more about Hoa.  

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West Lincoln by the NUMBERS- August 2012

West Lincoln ELL by the numbers August 2012 28 students tested out in July 2012 147 students are in ELL k-5 levels 1-5 26 kg students 44 1st  grade students 24 2nd grade students 17 3rd grade students 41 4th … Continue reading

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