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...and honor for me to learn in this school district."In its "Spotlight on Success" segment, the board also honored JDHS teacher Kristy Germain, who was named Advisor of the Year by the Alaska Association of Student Governments for 2012 for her...
Dzantik'i Heeni's newest assistant principal will be Juneau-Douglas High School teacher Kristy Germain. Germain has taught social studies and English at the high school since 2003. She also taught for a year at Floyd Dryden Middle School.
Ten students at Juneau-Douglas High School were selected by their teachers to be honored Dec. 14, for their hard work and other positive contributions to their classes.
...knowledge is limited."She understood education was about inspiration, touching the hearts first," Good said.JDHS teacher Kristy Germain said the student council will host a student remembrance in honor of McKenna.While details of the event...
Sometimes as a teacher I feel as if I have no life of my own. I teach, I grade, I plan. I do make time for my Juneau friends and an occasional phone call to my family and friends outside of town, but it's usually not enough. So, in an attempt to "have a life," as my students would say, I vowed to adopt a new mantra this year: "I'm sorry, but no." When I became a teacher six years ago, I think I was secretly tattooed with the phrase "sucker." In order to foster as many great connections with kids as I possibly could, I did as many school-related activities as I could fit into my schedule. I said "yes" to every request.
...Koelsch, a former Juneau Assembly member and a retired JDHS teacher who opposes a second high school. "The only reason...ninth-graders in junior high schools, said Clay Good, a JDHS teacher and one of the ballot measure's sponsors. Another...
...that really meets their needs," said Clay Good, a JDHS teacher who is one of the initiative's sponsors. But the...Koelsch, a former Juneau Assembly member and a retired JDHS teacher, favors that idea. He'd like to see Marie Drake...
...campuses. Students now are free to leave for lunch, and some don't return for afternoon classes. Clay Good, a JDHS teacher who opposed the Dimond Park high school, said the proposal had the advantage of offering two schools with more defined...
...best how to help the dropout rate, because they do have expertise," she said. Story noted that next school year JDHS teachers will mentor 15 to 20 students each, providing a type of academic counseling. Superintendent Peggy Cowan said district...
...weighted grades more accurately reflect the grades that Advanced Placement students deserve. In a district survey of JDHS teachers, 18 opposed weighted grades, and seven favored them. Many of the school's 70-odd faculty members didn't respond...