VWSD Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Integration

05/05/2022

Have trouble scanning the QR code? Use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEwol9GaLCJYyKAqqneeVPXOZNPZac6XcuyOjEgreREQtuww/viewform to register your VWSD student for NASA camp.

05/05/2022

Have trouble scanning the QR code? Use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIKyFPxOHyGcr5JFshVyq5bGlylPThXM_Dth_R7nWYPp3NNw/viewform?usp=sf_link to register your VWSD student for summer learning.

05/04/2022

Do you know a student from sixth to twelfth grade interested in STEM? Sign them up for a GEMS camp! We're hosting sessions at our laboratories in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Hanover, New Hampshire; and Champaign, Illinois, this summer.
Learn more and apply by May 11:
- Vicksburg: https://www.usaeop.com/program/aoihq/

Do you know a student from sixth to twelfth grade interested in STEM? Sign them up for a GEMS camp! We're hosting sessions at our laboratories in Vicksburg, Mississippi; Hanover, New Hampshire; and Champaign, Illinois, this summer.

Learn more and apply by May 11:

- Vicksburg: https://www.usaeop.com/program/aoihq/
- Hanover: https://www.usaeop.com/program/hanover-nh/
- Champaign: https://www.usaeop.com/program/champaign/

05/03/2022

VWSD Summer Learning Camp Opportunities

05/25/2021

Congratulations to May’s School of the Month - Academy of Innovation!

05/25/2021

Congratulations to May’s Rookie of the Month - Morgan Craft! He teaches 9th grade Biology at River City Early College. He attended Mississippi College where he earned his Masters of Science. His educational tag line reads, “A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.”

05/24/2021

Congratulations to May’s Champion of the Month - Jennifer Price! She teaches Second Grade at Sherman Elementary. She attended Mississippi College and is currently pursuing her Masters of Education. She has been teaching for 7 years and her tag line reads, “Education is a key to the door to all of your dreams!”

05/24/2021

Congratulations to April’s Champion of the month - Amy Weidenfeld! She teaches First Grade at Dana Road Elementary. She attended Texas Tech University and has been teaching for 13 years. Her educational tag line reads, “By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others.”

05/24/2021

Congratulations to April’s Rookie of the Month - Mr. Jerry Price! He teaches 9th and 10th grade Geometry at River City Early College. He attended The University of Louisiana at Monroe, Liberty University, and Jackson State University with a Masters of Arts. His educational tag line reads, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

05/21/2021

Check out the Learning at Home Family Resources for Birth through 12th-grade!

Years of research have shown how important the continuation of learning during the summer is to all students. The Mississippi Department of Education, along with the Mississippi Library Commission and Mississippi Public Broadcasting, challenges districts and parents/guardians to continue the learnin...

05/18/2021

The National Institute for Effective Teaching has shared new ideas on fostering using the instructional strategies Academic Feedback & Motivating Students. Giving students the chance to talk & write about their learning is a simple way to help them take ownership. Check it out:

05/11/2021

One idea for scaffolding student supports is the “knowledge organizer.” NIET calls knowledge organizers instructional placemats…filled with the facts/knowledge that all students needs to dig into the standards and practice. Check out the link to lean more.

  Sadie McCleary, Chemistry Teacher extraordinaire and Science Department Lead at Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School, is a good friend of Team TLAC. She’s a TLAC Fellow and constantly keeps in touch to share ideas she’s adapting and developing. And she has a special interest in Knowledge O...