Jacqueline, teacher at Decker, has provided a display of college opportunities for students preparing to graduate or those who have already graduated. She is hoping to instill in the students a desire to continue their education post high school.
Robber Baron Trading Cards
Students in Brenda’s Social Studies classes created trading cards about the Robber Barons of the Industrial Revolution. They wrote a newspaper article about the Triangle Shirt Fire, and are currently researching ancient civilizations to present to their respective classes. Brenda prepares the templates for students to use, pushes them out to the laptops via LanSchool, […]
AIM for Faculty Meeting
During a recent faculty meeting, Sandy and Eric, teachers at AIM (Adolescents in Motion), provided the YESS staff with an insight into AIM. This is a program run by Valley Behavioral Health for students in grades 6 or 7 through grade 12. Sandy, Eric and Jill, teachers at AIM, along side Cathy, the registrar and […]
GSD Wiring Guys
Granite School District has some amazing guys in the Network Wiring department! Justin and Will are able to climb tall towers to put up wireless radios, scale rooftops to install wireless devices, climb through ceilings, and make sense of bunches of tangled wires! They have gone the extra mile in support of equipping YESS with […]
A Little Bit of Tech
How many pieces of technology can you see in this picture?
The Dynamic Duo!
Who needs Pinterest when we have this creative duo, Ann and Carol! Here they are preparing for the upcoming holiday faculty meeting.
AV Super Guy
He’s got the whole world, well…at least YESS’s AV tech, in his hands! Zach is Granite’s AV tech guy assigned to take care of our AV needs in YESS. When it comes to keeping our AV going, he is as super as they come! We appreciate you, Zach!
Tennis Ball Math
Todd, a teacher at Youth Services in the Crisis Residential classroom, incorporates fun activities into his lessons. One student, who was disinterested in the class, eagerly participated in the activity. Here’s Todd’s description of the lesson: We bounced a tennis ball, counting how many bounces per 10 second intervals. We took a cumulative total and […]
YESS Supports DBT & Mindfulness
YESS works closely with the agencies whose youth we serve in an educational capacity. The Mindfulness and DBT approaches are utilized at all of the YESS locations by the facility staff. The YESS staff recently participated in DBT and Mindfulness training to equip us to implement these strategies within the classroom setting. This training has […]
A Tech Approach to History
Brenda, Social Studies Teacher at Decker Lake Youth Center, integrates technology into her lessons. Today, students entered class and got to work on a self-starter with information from the online NY Times website. Their assignment today was to create a digital presentations on Ellis Island.
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