ISAT Island creating confidence: They all support each other
Sixth grade teachers came together at Lewis and Clark Middle School in Meridian to put on a fun Survivor inspired activity to prepare students for the ISAT. Author: Tami Tremblay Updated: 11:42 AM MDT May 13, 2021
MERIDIAN, Idaho The Idaho Student Achievement test, or ISAT, is taken by 6th graders at the end of the school year to help understand they re learning. One teacher team in Meridian put together a fun activity to get their students ready. We had sat down and talked about what do we want to do to prepare the kids for the test, explained Kayla Kiemel, with Shannon Schwartz. They are both 6th grade English teachers at Lewis and Clark Middle School. We want them to go in having a positive outlook, not looking at it as being a test to be afraid of, or nervous about, and a chance to just show what they ve learned.
Larimer County reported 22 new outbreaks this week down from 25 the last week and all but one had five or fewer cases. The overall number of active cases dropped as well, to 109.
Outbreaks newly reported this week included five assisted living and nursing facilities, three middle schools, two car dealerships, a domestic violence shelter and one elementary school.
This week’s largest outbreak was at City Park Church, 1725 W. Mulberry St. in Fort Collins. The church reported seven cases two staff and five attendees to the county. The outbreak was reported to the state on May 11.
Calls to the church seeking comment were not returned.
Some politicians are trying to take credit for schools being open for in-person classes, but the credit should really go to those who work in the school system.
A few minutes after their scheduled start time, a couple young adventure-seekers made their way into a video chat room. Playing as a monk and a barbarian respectively, 13-year-old Allison Briones and 14-year-old Andy Foley greeted their dungeon master, Elizabeth Hood of the Athens-Clarke County Library. It was the partyâs third monthly Dungeons & Dragons session of 2021.
D&D is a dice-and-map role-playing game. Players create characters based on common fantasy models â think halfling, elf or dwarf â and customize their abilities. Games are played in an open world of the dungeon masterâs design, often guided by books detailing the monsters, storylines and maps encountered in each campaign. Players decide their charactersâ actions with dice, and whether the roll helps or hurts the player depends on their chosen traits.