Josh Boutwell and Kiley Kochensparger promoted physical activity in the household for the families in Gratiot County at Project Connect, the Health and Safety Back to School Fair. Physical activity has many benefits for adults and children. The event took place on August 14th at the Gratiot County Fair for Youth. Each child received a jump rope and other gifts to take home with them. The kids participated in a jump rope contest to see how many jumps they can do in a minute.
Promoted was InPACT at Home, a free evidence and home based program that enables K-12 students to engage in health enhancing physical activity with their families.
https://inpactathome.umich.edu/
Also, the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge and American Heart Challenge raise awareness to help others, where students will make a real difference in the fight against heart disease and stroke. Families are able to learn Hands-Only CPR through the American Heart Challenge initiative.
https://www2.heart.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=khc_resources_educational
Another great day of learning Bookworms Intensive with Dr. Daley! Thank you St. Louis Public Schools for hosting educators from throughout our region! #GIRESDSupportingTeachers
GIRESD Special Education staff participate in School Safety training with Chief Sawyer at Winding Brook Conference Centre.
Teachers from area schools are spending three days this summer working with Dr. Jaime Daley and GIRESD's Lit. Coach Heidi Barnaby to learn about Bookworms Intensive. They are excited to apply their new knowledge in their classrooms once school begins. #GIRESDSupportingTeachers
RESD Special Education department participates in CPR getting ready for the coming school year.
Early Literacy Leaders Learning Together! #GIRESDSupportingTeachers
We're kicking off the 2024-2025 School Year with a new hire orientation.
HR Director, Chelsea Giles and Benefit Coordinator, Kim Greening presented to our new staff today.
Stay tuned... they're all coming to a classroom near you soon! 😊
My Michigan Health is putting on a Health, Safety, and Back to School Fair called Project Connect. Parents and children will be able to visit local vendor booths and tour emergency response vehicles. Backpacks and socks for children will be available first come , first serve.
Project Connect is Wednesday August 14th from 4-6. pm at the Gratiot County Fair For Youth Fairgrounds.
Our GIRESD Team is participating in a summer-longPD leaning experience about the use of AI in education for Teachers & Students! #GIRESDSupportsSchools #GIRESDSupportsStudents
We are happy to be starting July with some new faces at Gratiot-Isabella RESD! Welcome to the team!
Celebrating district success stories with Dr. Jim Harris! #GIRESDSupportingLeaders
This is a fantastic group of District & Regional Public School Administrators! Thank you to our sponsors for our time together this week!! GIRESDSupportsSchools
Our GIRESD Annual Dist/Bldg. Retreat has begun! We welcome Dr. Jim Harris as our keynote speaker for the 3rd consecutive year. GIRESDSupportsSchools
Dedicated teachers from across the MiSTEM Region spent 4 days learning to support their students in developing deep understanding of early addition and subtraction. The AVMR 1 course was facilitated by Math Recovery Champions Shelly Spayd, CGRESD, and Brad Thornburgh, GIRESD.
Educators from Gratiot and Isabella Counties toured Alma Tire Companies, CMU Athletics, and Konwinski Construction yesterday. The Educator to Industry Tour allows educators to learn more about local employers through on-site visits and presentations at local businesses. All three businesses gave extensive tours of their facilities, which allowed educators to gain perspective on how to connect their classroom content standards to real world applications and business practices so that students have a better sense of the connection from school to work.
GIRESD's most recent podcast the Central Michigan Manufacturers Association. This relationship has existed for many years promoting CTE programs and talent development. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0KwcJ6jCGxrRLtMbPsfrfq?si=-rpFv5zLQL-S-baejnXtLg
#GIRESDSupportsIndustry
Paul Hungerford and Greg Wolfe getting ready for the GIRESD staff picnic!
Just a few of our great staff doing great things at The Special Olympics!
GIRESD Isabella County Early On playgroup participates in the Young Athletes Special Olympics at CMU on Friday, May 31st!
GIRESD CBE students receives Certificate of Completion on Wednesday, May 29th from Leanne Barton, Associate Superintendent of Special Education.
