Dr. Stacey Schmidt

If you have a child in grades 3-8 or enrolled in Algebra 1 or English 10 – then you know that we have been hard at work tackling state testing! As you may recall, last spring the state decided to opt our of the Common Core Standards in favor of creating …

Congratulations to the hard-working staff, students, parents, and community for making Boone Grove High School a Four Star School for the 2013-2014 School Year! There are many factors that lead to being awarded this distinction. Here are the factors the state …

Anyone who spends much time with me at all learns very quickly how competitive I am. Part of the joy of life for me is making things into a game and then winning that game. But in life we do not always win. There are unexpected twists and turns in the road …

This year we’ve been talking about our strategic plan and items that need to be addressed with our school facilities. While there are many to consider, we are focused on being considerate of our community tax payers and want to address our facility …

At the school board meeting last Thursday, a plan to move to each student having an iPad at BGE and BGMS was approved. The staff at the two buildings have been hard at work this year investigating and exploring what they wanted to be able to do with a device …

It seems each year I am somehow caught off guard by arriving at the fourth quarter of the school year. It seems like just yesterday we were welcoming students for the first day–but as opening day is happening in baseball I know we’ve reached the …

Mr. Ben Parrish began today in a new role–he will now be the PTSC Assistant Superintendent overseeing our Alternative School Program, our High Ability Program, School Safety, and other key district functions. As you may know, Mr. Parrish was previously …

Have you ever made one of those decisions that a day or two later you wonder what you were thinking when you committed to that? Recently I was presented with the opportunity to run the Chicago Marathon in October in order to raise dollars to help provide …

I am sure you are like me and excited to see temperatures reach the upper 50’s this week. It fills me with great hope that the intense winter weather is behind us. I’m ready for spring! As you know, this year we launched into a new endeavor …

ISTEP+ Assessments for students in grades 3-8 begin on February 25th, 2015 and run through March 13th, 2015. This is the Applied Skills portion of the assessment that is being taken through a paper and pencil test. After receiving considerable negative …