Small Town Times
April 2018
Career and Technical Education curriculum review (Ag, Business and Industrial Tech) (pg. 8 – 16)
Attached are pathway offerings that are required by NDE to have official Career & Technical Education Pro-
grams to qualify for Perkins funding. I have marked the pathways that we have offered the past two years in
our Career and Technical areas of Ag, Business and Industrial Tech.
NRCSA Spring Conference
I will be attending the NRCSA Spring Conference in Kearney on March 22 nd and 23 rd .
Litchfield Schools will be receiving a plaque for “Closing the Achievement Gap” in the area of Math. Our test
scores show that the gap between our Free and Reduced Lunch students and Non-free and Reduced Lunch stu-
dent has closed by the improvement of F/R lunch students.
Principal Report
Matt Drew
3-20-18
Graduation Update
1. Will begin Student Class Schedules
a. Drama/Speech as a Class
b. Building up Band- Require Band/Choir
c. Junior High
d. Business Reconfiguration
e. English 7 and English 8
Preschool update
Elementary Curriculum Review
A. Math Good
B. Reading Good
C. Social Studies ¾ going to change
D. Science- New Standards
i. OER- Open Ended Resources
Academic Pep Rally 3-19-18
A. Guest Speaker- Ms. Kathy Schall- Doctor,
C. Rewards for Improvement
D. Set Goals with Teachers
Graduate, Good Talk
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