May07

Join tomorrow’s BoardDocs webinars

  Join Wednesday’s BoardDocs webinar events and learn about their paperless meeting services.   BoardDocs provide school boards and districts state-of-the-art services that save money, streamline operations and reduce time spent producing board packets.   Over 750 of organizations worldwide have chosen BoardDocs to improve transparency and communications with stakeholders!   Learn more about their

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

May07

What is Common Core?

Each month, ASBSD President Pam Haukaas will highlight a topic that is helping advance K-12 education in the Bulletin. This month’s Bulletin will be published tomorrow (5/9). Check the ASBSD Blog for more information.       South Dakota along with 44 other states has adopted the Common Core State Standards. These standards promote: Deeper

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

May06

Thank a teacher

Thank the teachers of your district for their hard work and dedication as part of National Teacher Day on Tuesday (May 7).  

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

May03

Honoring those who serve K-12 education

  Let’s honor those that give their time and effort to enhance K-12 education at the local and state levels. We need you to submit candidates for ASBSD’s Outstanding School Board Member of the Year, School Bell and Community Service awards.   “It’s a busy time of year for schools, but we need administrators and

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

May02

Salute your senior

By Pam Haukaas Monday I was able to touch the future! How you ask? Well, I shook the hands of 200 of our top academic graduating high school seniors in the State of South Dakota. It was a thrill to share this day with the many students, parents, educators and special guests in attendance at

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

April30

State’s top seniors honored at banquet

Gov. Dennis Daugaard joined in celebrating an accomplished group of graduating seniors and encouraged them to grow their own roots in South Dakota during Monday’s 23rd Annual Academic Excellence Banquet in Pierre.   “Some of the greenest pastures in America are right here in South Dakota,” Gov. Daugaard said, noting the low cost and high

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

April25

A safe and sound strategy

Tuesday offered a reminder of the need for emergency policies. Belle Fourche’s South Park Elementary School was placed in a lockdown state after gun-shot like sounds were reported in the area. The noises turned out to be nothing more than a vehicle backfiring in the area and students were in no imminent danger, but swift

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

April22

Register for Joint Convention

Registration for the 2013 Joint Convention is open.   ASBSD and SASD are offering a great deal for any member district registering 3 school board members they will receive FREE registration for one administrator.   This year’s convention will feature two keynote speeches, with Thursday headlined by Tom Vander Ark discussing mass customized learning and Friday

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

April19

Subterranean Study Session

What would it be like to descend 4,850 feet into the earth and discover a fascinating world of science?   Members of the ASBSD Board of Directors and Executive Director Wade Pogany did just that on a tour of the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead prior to the April meeting.   “It was an

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More

April18

ASBSD Officers attend NSBA Conference

ASBSD officers Pam Haukaas, Denise Lutkemeier, Randall Royer and Bev Banks attended the National School Board Association’s 73rd Annual Conference in San Diego last weekend.   “The conference was exciting,” ASBSD President Pam Haukaas said. “It highlighted how local school boards establish a structure and environment that allows all students to reach their full potential.”

• Posted by asbsd
• 1 Tags
• 0 Comments

Read More