Artwork from Holdrege Elementary School is currently on display at ESU 11.
Holdrege Elementary School Art
Invention Convention 2012
The 21st Annual Invention Convention hosted by Educational Service Unit #11 of Holdrege, and organized by Tim Burke, Director of Gifted Education was held Monday, April 16, 2012 at Pioneer Village in Minden. 145 inventors in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 participated. Participating schools included: Alma, Cambridge, Franklin, Holdrege, Minden, and Wilcox-Hildreth.
This year’s winners of the Harold Warp Memorial Inventor’s Choice Award were Cydney Hoskins and Konnor Nielsen from Minden. Their invention was the “Squeaky Clean Brush”. They received a certificate as well as a trophy that will be displayed at their school. Each inventor at Invention Convention casts one vote for their favorite invention to determine the winner.
Students were first judged in their grade level which was divided into groups called “Inventor’s Circles”. There were 14 different Inventor’s Circles which each had a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner.
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Invention Convention 2011
The Twentieth Annual Invention Convention hosted by Educational Service Unit #11 of Holdrege, and organized by Tim Burke, Director of Gifted Education was held Monday, April 18, 2011 at Pioneer Village in Minden. 134 inventors in grades 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 participated. Participating schools included: Alma, Cambridge, Franklin, Holdrege, Minden, and Wilcox-Hildreth.
Students were first judged in their grade level which was divided into groups called “Inventor’s Circles”. There were 14 different Inventor’s Circles which each had a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner. Results were as follows:
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Technology Highlighted at Holdrege Board Meeting
Technology being used in the classroom was highlighted at last night’s Holdrege Public Schools board meeting. Kristin Olson, with the help of two students, demonstrated to the board how they use Moodle as part of their everyday classroom activities.
You can read more from this Kearney Hub article.
Digital Citizenship Symposium
ESU #11 participated with ESU’s 9 and 10 in hosting a statewide effort to host the first Digital Citizenship Symposium on Thursday, January 20, 2011. The day began with a welcome and encouraging words from Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning followed by a keynote address by Dr. Justin Patchin from the the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. A national speaker on digital citizenship, he provided extensive information on digital citizenship and the issues schools and students need to consider.
Additional speakers included Karen Haase, school attorney specializing in school law and Jeff Gaertig, Assistant NE Attorney General with focus on internet crimes involving children. Luncheon keynote was provided via distance learning by Andrew Churches from New Zealand. He discussed successful student involved digital citizenship programs in his country. School teams of administrators, teachers, students, parents and tech persons, discussed the issues in groups and made recommendations for next steps in bringing positive digital citizenship to their schools and communities.
ESU #11 schools participating were Alma, Cambridge, Holdrege, Minden, and Wilcox-Hildreth. You can also read more about the event from this Kearney Hub article.
