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DIPAC thanks our community volunteers

...Game education section for lending us their great kids salmon costume as well as assisting as a teaching volunteer. Patty Newman of the Juneau School District made it possible to spread the word to interested teachers. All the teachers, parents...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-12-30/dipac-thanks-our-community-voluntee
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Coeur invests $75,000 in youth literacy

...rates decrease."Without substantial help, poor readers in the third grade are poor readers in the ninth grade, Patty Newman director of teaching and learning for the Juneau School District said."Our six year olds, our first graders have...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-09-14/coeur-invests-75000-youth-literacy
Local
Sealaska Heritage to partner with JSD, UAS

...management and admissions; Richard Caulfield, UAS provost and executive dean of the School of Career Education; and Patty Newman, the district's director of curriculum, instruction and assessment."We're very happy to formalize this...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-04-19/sealaska-heritage-partner-jsd-uas
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JSD board narrowly passes new teacher evaluation program

...was only meeting basic aptitude in all categories, the district wasn't requiring a professional development plan. Patty Newman, director of curriculum, said there are a number of ways to improve teacher performance, including instructional...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-06-07/jsd-board-narrowly-passes-new-teacher-e
Local
JDHS passes AYP

...proficient in each group. "Generally we're very pleased and encouraged with the progress the district is making," said Patty Newman, district assessment director. "Our graduation rate is up. The district uses a variety of assessments. We really...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-08-13/jdhs-passes-ayp
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Mailbox: thank you letters

...Game education section for lending us their great kids' salmon costume as well as assisting as a teaching volunteer. Patty Newman of the Juneau School District made it possible to spread the word to interested teachers. All the teachers, parents...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2011-12-11/mailbox-thank-you-letters
Neighbors
Districts' AYP results improving, work remains

...meetings with principals, a leadership team and staff to go through data and state tests to see what the problems are. Patty Newman, curriculum director, said they want to break down to see if there's a reading problem, and what that problem's...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082210/loc_698777244.shtml
News
Working to keep students in school

...develop K-12 programs to ensure that all students graduate. The strategy work is being done by a committee, led by Patty Newman, Mendenhall River principal, and Phil Loseby, JSD curriculum and assessment coordinator. Committee members are analyzing...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/121504/nei_20041215025.shtml
Neighbors
Community School meeting to address Montessori plans

...classrooms for Montessori students. That might bring 50 to 70 additional children to the campus, estimated Principal Patty Newman. The school already has about 380 students, so redistricting is being considered for all elementary schools in the...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010608/loc_20080106012.shtml
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Neighbors mailbox

...Moose Lodge, Northern Sales, the Odom Corporation, Pepsi Cola Bottling, Safeway, Super Bear, Walmart, Principal Patty Newman, the MRCS teachers and staff, student volunteers from Juneau-Douglas High School and Floyd Dryden Middle School...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/110207/nei_20071102008.shtml
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