Smoky Hill Education Service Center celebrated its 30-year anniversary on July 1 with the reveal of a new logo, designed to better reflect SHESC’s name and mission.
Chris Moddelmog, SHESC Executive Director, said that reaching the 30-year milestone presented a perfect opportunity to reconsider and modernize SHESC’s brand, while still honoring and connecting to the previous logo design. . . .
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Resources and Information for Journalists Covering
Smoky Hill Education Service Center
About Smoky Hill Education Service Center (boilerplate)
Founded July 1, 1990, Smoky Hill Education Service Center is a cooperative consortium of more than 50 school districts across 25 counties, formed to provide cost and efficiency savings in a variety of educational services for its participating members. . . .
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K-8 Math Learning Online
Thanks to a partnership between Smoky Hill Education Service Center and DreamBox Learning Math, educators can get discounted access to this valuable digital platform!
Independent studies show DreamBox can improve math scores by nearly 60% with students using the learning tools for just one hour per week !
School or district leaders who sign up before June 30, 2020 , are also eligible for a year . . .
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State School of Character and Honorable Mention School of Character
Criteria for selection are based on Character.org’s 11 Principles of Character, which include providing students with opportunities for moral action, fostering shared leadership and engaging families and communities as partners in the character-building effort.
In Schools of Character, adults embrace their critical role . . .
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Keep Current on SHESC and Education News
Individual news items for members are here .
The SHESC monthly newsletter is now published on our web site in PDF format. This allows readers to click on hyperlinks within the articles, e-mail SHESC staff members directly, and save a digital copy of the newsletter. Previous months' newsletters will be available too. We hope this makes the newsletter more convenient and user-friendly. To view the most recent newsletter . . .
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SHESC is currently able to supply KN95 respirator masks while supplies last to educational, non-profit, and governmental organizations.
Click the image of the order form below to download a form-fillable pdf. Complete it and upload it (along with a purchase order) to the dropbox at the bottom of the page to send to vp@smokyhill.org and place your order!
Remember to also attach a completed purchase order . . .
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SHESC has scheduled its workshops and events for Summer 2020.
The workshops and events are listed on the SHESC Calendar which is available HERE .
To see a complete description of the workshop and additional details, click the workshop title on the calendar.
A workshop flyer can be downloaded here.
We have removed the summer brochure from the website because we . . .
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UPDATE ON JULY EVENTS
At Smoky Hill Education Service Center, health and safety are our foremost concern, while we continue to offer services, help and guidance in the most consistent way possible.
Following the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and the Kansas State Department of Education, we have moved all workshops and events scheduled at SHESC . . .
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Educators with USD 298 Lincoln experienced a hint of life in poverty on January 3.
John Girodat and Noalee McDonald-Augustine, Smoky Hill Education Service Center Consultants – along with the assistance of about 15 community volunteers – guided the poverty simulation for more than 50 participants.
“You’re playing a role, but it’s not really a game,” Girodat said. . . .
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