Dr. Stacey Schmidt

For me, often much of my day is spent thinking about the curriculum and standards that need to be taught, the assessment and growth of our students, how to better meet the needs of each student, how to improve school safety - you know, the nuts and...

Have you wondered how you can better help your child with their homework or even what role you should take in homework as a parent? You are not alone! Homework is often a widely debated topic. Here are some resources from great organizations that...

Last year we sent out a survey to determine how we would make up our snow days. The results were fairly split between making them up at the end of the year, trying online days to make them up, or working with a Saturday schedule. Ultimately it was...

As you may have heard last spring, Indiana pulled out of the Common Core Standards and worked to create our own Indiana College and Career Ready Standards in Language Arts and Mathematics. These standards were rolled out by the Indiana Department of...

At about this time last year I spent a week posting about some intriguing questions posed by David Warlick about how we are to prepare students for a world which we ourselves cannot imagine. This fall I seem to be returning to the same types of...

Hopefully you have noticed some new safety procedures at the front doors of our buildings. This summer we worked on safety plan revisions for the district and our buildings. Part of what we looked at was how we "buzz" people into our buildings. Some...

If you're like me, I'd rather not get up fifteen minutes earlier to make a healthy breakfast, even though I know the benefits of eating well for the most important meal of the day. As a result I'm often grabbing something on the go to make sure my...

The Boone Grove High School Golf Team (pictured here) won Sectionals with an impressive team score of 300. The team finished 3rd at Regionals, with a team score of 309, which qualifies them for the State Championship. This is the second time in...

Today we began our final four days of school. While this brings a variety of emotions, it also presents a variety of opportunities! Educationally, summer can be challenging as there is a potential for learning loss. As we currently have a calendar...

Recently my husband and I were eating dinner together and we found ourselves needing to set perimeters for cell phones at the table. As we were discussing this topic, we were also talking about how different family meals have become even since we...