Sidney Rotary gives back to local children
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JACKSON CENTER Children in the Students With Disabilities Unit at Jackson Center Schools have a reason to smile this Christmas.
The Rotary Club of Sidney recently delivered Christmas presents to every child in Mary Sayre, Katelyn Seger and Patti Schmiesing’s classrooms.
Club President Kurt Barhorst said this is the 81st year of holiday giving for the Sidney Rotary Club. They have supported the Jackson Center classroom for at least a decade. The club also provided gifts for students in SWD units at Anna and Sidney City Schools this year.
“The Rotary motto is service above self. As a local chapter, providing a little fun for students with developmental disabilities certainly kicks off the spirit of the Christmas season for all of us,” Barhorst said.
Grants help SCS move towards 1:1 with devices
SIDNEY – Sidney City Schools, with the supportive planning of its technology partner, Vartek, has managed to leverage grant money to increase the number of individual learning devices within the district, pushing the district forward on the path to being 1:1, devices to students.
“Through different grants we have been awarded, our district has managed to prioritize the purchase of technology to address the old, nearing end-of-life status of what we currently have,”said Brooke Gessler, director of Curriculum.
Despite the ongoing challenges related to COVID-19, Sidney City Schools has found opportunities to develop new processes and procedures to improve workflow, increase communication with students and their families, and introduce new technology into the district to improve digital learning for both students and staff. The latter opportunity is one that perhaps stands to have the strongest and most lasting impact on the district
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