Eventful Secondary Leadership Network meeting as we learned about special education programs, experimented with robots, & celebrated behavioral health student outreach in our region. #GIRESDSupportingSchools
10 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
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GIRESD Staff - Mark your calendar! Gratiot-Isabella RESD September 2024 Benefit Workshops will be held on September 9th from 5:00-7:00 at Winding Brook Conference Centre in Shepherd and September 10th from 5:00-7:00 at Gratiot-Isabella RESD Mahoney Center in Ithaca. These sessions are intended to help answer your benefit questions before open enrollment begins. Please bring the benefit booklets that you received on opening day for reference material.
10 months ago, Shelly Jones
GIRESD Benefit Workshops
Great things happening at GIRESD and throughout our region! Special thanks to Brad Thornburgh and his collaborative efforts on the project! Please see this press release for details! https://bit.ly/MDE23hPR #GIRESDSupportingStudenrs
10 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
Many times students come to Forest Hill Nature Area and other times FHNA comes to students! Students get a chance to tag monarchs and learn how this citizen project helps scientists understand the great migration of these small insects. The RESD supports students in many different ways!
10 months ago, Erika Kemler
Monarchs are ready for tagging!
Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed species exclusively
Students learn how to collect data and learn the tagging process from FHNA staff
Caterpillar on milkweed
These butterflies have received their tags and are ready to be released!
The monarchs from this area will migrate south to Mexico where they overwinter in forests.
September is Suicide Prevention Month. Gratiot County Child Advocacy has a calendar of events that are going on throughout the month. Below is a list of the events if you want to check them out and help raise awareness! On September 10th from 5-7 pm, there is a Hope in the Park event at Wright Park in Alma to help spread HOPE.
10 months ago, Joshua Boutwell
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Systems and Data Engineer, Keegan Hartman helping to ensure the overall health of our network. #GIRESDSupportingSchools
10 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
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Daryl Dawe, Teacher Consultant-VI /Orientation Mobility Specialist shares the wonderful experience of Camp Tuhsmeheta with the GIRESD Board of Education. #GIRESDSupportingStudents
10 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
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Forest Hill Nature Area guide training in session on September 5th starting at 8:30am! Make an impact on youth by fostering a deeper understanding and awe of our natural resources. We inspire, connect and celebrate science, math, technology and problem solving solutions with students.
10 months ago, Erika Kemler
Nature Guide Training
Forest Hill Nature Area students learning how to bird.
Bird banding science demonstrations
Plants have powers!
Celebrating migratory birds.
Forest Hill Nature Area skull skills activity
Gardening and growing!
As students are returning to school, check out these flyers for tips on helping kids have a positive and strong start to the school year!
10 months ago, Tracey Galgoci
Parenting tips to start the school year
Parenting tips to start the school year
Tips for Teen to start the school year
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
10 months ago, Joshua Boutwell
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Another great day of learning Bookworms Intensive with Dr. Daley! Thank you St. Louis Public Schools for hosting educators from throughout our region! #GIRESDSupportingTeachers
10 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
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GIRESD Special Education staff participate in School Safety training with Chief Sawyer at Winding Brook Conference Centre.
11 months ago, Leanne Barton
Chief Sawyer provides school safety training to RESD staff
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
11 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
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RESD Special Education department participates in CPR getting ready for the coming school year.
11 months ago, Leanne Barton
RESD staff participating in CPR as part of professional development
Practicing CPR for professional development
Preparing to save lives!
Special Education staff participating in an ASPIRE workshop
Early Literacy Leaders Learning Together! #GIRESDSupportingTeachers
11 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
Early Literacy
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! 😊
11 months ago, Chelsea Giles
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GIRESD Orientation
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.
11 months ago, Joshua Boutwell
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Our GIRESD Team is participating in a summer-longPD leaning experience about the use of AI in education for Teachers & Students! #GIRESDSupportsSchools #GIRESDSupportsStudents
11 months ago, Paul Hungerford
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We are happy to be starting July with some new faces at Gratiot-Isabella RESD! Welcome to the team!
12 months ago, Chelsea Giles
L to R: Stephanie Dunton, Tracey Galgoci, Heidi Barnaby, Alex Bush, Eugene Binder, and Keegan Hartman
Celebrating district success stories with Dr. Jim Harris! #GIRESDSupportingLeaders
12 months ago, Shelly DuCharme
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