The Board of Trustees for Sheridan County School District Two approved Molly Swan as interim Highland Park Elementary School principal. The action came at the Board’s most recent meeting on June 14. Swan will begin her new role as interim principal early next month. According to a District Two media release, Swan’s career in education spans a total of 29 years, including ten years teaching in Natrona County School District No. 1; nine years teaching in Sheridan County School District No. 1; and ten years with Sheridan County School District No. 2. Swan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Carroll College, a Masters degree in Education and K-12 Reading Endorsement from Chadron State College, and a principal endorsement from the University of Wyoming.
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ORONO The Fifth annual Suzanne W. Cole Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Institute will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 20. The conference, which will be conducted virtually via Zoom, will be hosted by the University Training Center for Reading Recovery and Comprehensive Literacy at the University of Maine. In previous years, the institute has attracted more than 100 reading recovery teachers, literacy coaches and education professionals from across Maine.
University Training Center Reading Recovery trainer emeritus Lori Taylor will offer the keynote address, “Forever Changed: Lessons from Reading Recovery.” Her presentation will examine research findings and personal experiences that illustrate the influence of Reading Recovery on teachers, and teachers as learners. According to Taylor, many who complete the Reading Recovery training say it is the most rigorous and life-changing learning experience of their careers.
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Boomer sleeps in the crook of Callum Milkinsâ neck while he plays video games, and snuggles up to his chin in bed. Parrots make affectionate pets, so Callumâs mother Melinda bought one three years ago to ease her sonâs loneliness. Boomer has been a loyal friend, and his companionship is even more valuable now that Callum has quit school and spends most of his time at home.
Callum plans to look for a job but work can be hard to find in Lance Creek, a small town outside Wonthaggi on Victoriaâs Bass Coast, and the 17-year-old has an extra hurdle: he struggles to read. Thatâs why he refused to return when classrooms reopened last year after the first COVID-19 shutdown. Callum, a stocky young man with brown curls and clear blue eyes, is softly spoken and looks at his hands when he speaks. Heâs fascinated by astronomy and adores his pets: along with Boomer, thereâs a lizard, dog and chooks. But thereâs no mist