Students dissect sharks at Gordon Cooper Technology Center
The Shawnee News-Star
A group of homeschool students had the opportunity to do some hands-on learning this week when they dissected sharks at Gordon Cooper Technology Center.
The students are all members of AIM Academy, run by Rhonda Ellard. They range in age from 6 to 13, and come from all over the area.
Two days out of each month, Ellard said, the students meet to do different activities relating to various topics. In April, the students will do STEM, and in May they will learn life skills such as cooking. The shark dissections, which were originally scheduled for February but pushed back because of the winter storm, are part of a life science topic.
The Shawnee News-Star
About 745 teachers and education staff from various schools in Pottawatomie County participated in a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday and Friday hosted by SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Shawnee and the Pottawatomie County Health Department.
The school districts with educators attending the clinic included Shawnee, Tecumseh, Asher, Bethel, Dale, Earlsboro, Maud, Macomb, McLoud, South Rock Creek, North Rock Creek, Gordon Cooper Technology Center, Grove and Pleasant Grove.
According to Carla Tollett, SSM Health communications and marketing consultant, those who received their first shots will receive their second round of shots March 25-26.
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The Shawnee News-Star
Nearly a thousand Pottawatomie County educators and school staff members participated in a COVID-19 vaccine clinic Thursday and Friday hosted by the Pottawatomie County Health Department and SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Shawnee.
According to Angi Mohr, President of SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Shawnee, the hospital was happy to work with the health department and provide this opportunity to districts.
“Teachers and education staff do very important work as they help shape the minds of our youngest community members and it’s important to us to keep them healthy, Mohr said.
Tecumseh Public School Assistant Superintendent Robert Kinsey said around 126 faculty and staff received their first of the Moderna vaccine shot Thursday, Feb. 25.
Update: Pott. County School Board filings
The Shawnee News-Star
The second of a three-day candidate filing period for 15 Pottawatomie County school district school board seats continued Tuesday, Dec. 8 and the overall filing period was ongoing at press time Wednesday and was set to conclude at 5 p.m.
The Board of Education positions at stake will be filled at the Board of Education Primary Election scheduled February 9, 2021 and the Board of Education General Election on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. If only two candidates file, the position will be filled at the General Election. If more than two candidates file, a Primary Election will be held. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the total votes cast in the Primary Election, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will meet in the General Election.