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PUBLIC FORUM: “If ISTEP Is Out, What Should Be Next?” – April 23, 2016

Saturday, April 23
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Cornerstone Center for the Arts Auditorium, Muncie

LWV ISTEP public forum (2)All are welcome to attend this important public forum about the future of testing in our schools. You will have a chance to share your concerns and learn how we can advocate for student learning and actionable feedback for teachers and administrators.

Panelists will include:

  • Senator Tim Lanane
  • Greg Beumer
  • Sue Errington
  • Steven Baule, Superintendent, Muncie Community Schools
  • Alice Johnson, Superintendent, Alexandria Community Schools
  • Sam Snideman, Director of Government Relations, Ball State
  • Gregory Marchant, Professor of Educational Psychology, Ball State

Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Muncie-Delaware County.

Co-sponsored by the following organizations: American Association of University Women Muncie Branch; Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc.; Cornerstone Center for the Arts; Muncie Black Expo, Inc.; Muncie/Delaware County Chamber of Commerce; Muncie NAACP; Muncie Public Libraries; United Way of Delaware County; and the Whitely Community Council.

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Contribute to the MCS Strategic Plan

Muncie residents have been invited by Muncie Community Schools (MCS) Superintendent Steven Baule to contribute to the development of MCS’s strategic plan.

Starting in February, Muncie residents may participate in up to five focus groups to hear preliminary plans and provide feedback. You do not have to have a child in the Muncie Community School system to participate.

The focus groups will be held at the Anthony Administration Building, Boardroom #4, 6:30 p.m. on the following dates:

Student Services, Support & Safety
Curriculum & Instruction
Finance & Facilities
Human Resources & Professional Development
Communications & Family Engagement		 Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Monday, February 29, 2016
Monday, March 7, 2016
Monday, March 14, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016

“We welcome and strongly encourage you to be a member of one of our focus groups; your role as a focus group member is critical to this process,” said Dr. Baule. “Thank you in advance for your willingness to serve our students and school corporation in this capacity.”

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Nature Play: Design Build Exploration with Children as Co-creators – Fall 2015

Pam Harwood, of the Ball State University Department of Architecture, led teams of students from various majors in this Immersive Learning project designed to combine learning and playtime for Muncie children.

“Our children are the first generation to be raised without meaningful contact with the natural world,” wrote Richard Louv. This project presented a variety of small-scale design-build opportunities for interdisciplinary teams of students to develop into innovative play elements for a nature-based outdoor learning environment at Head Start’s preschool in Muncie. An integration of design, making, teaching, and learning was paramount in this elective. Whether using salvaged timbers for a series of small bridges in the wetlands, or re-harvested wood in the knowledge wall, sustainable construction and environmental education was the goal of this nature-based preschool environment. Age-appropriate activity settings were co-created with children in a user-centered manner, where the approach to learning was gently guided, open-ended explorations in sensitively constructed learning spaces and natural habitats.

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Little Free Libraries – Free Community Birthday Celebration

BY5 is the leading organization for early childhood awareness in Muncie and Delaware County, Indiana. Through a variety of task force and volunteer efforts, BY5 improves opportunities for children aged 0-5 to reach their developmental potential. BY5’s Little Free Library Task Force is working to empower a joyful culture of literacy by supporting a network of Little Free Libraries in Delaware County, Indiana. Please join BY5 in celebrating the “birth” of the Delaware County Little Free Library Network.

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For more information about the local Little Free Library initiative and how you can get involved, please visit the BY5 website.

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Muncie High School Consolidation Oral History Project

During the 2014-15 academic year, the Center for Middletown Studies completed an oral history project that focused on the consolidation of Muncie Central and Muncie Southside High Schools. Center staff completed 25 interviews and developed a supporting archive. The interviews are available online athttp://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/MncHSCnsOHP.

Center staff will present a summary of the project’s findings on Wednesday night, October 28th, at the Muncie Public Library’s Kennedy Branch. The event will take place at 6:30 pm in the library’s meeting room.

The project was supported by the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County and the Muncie Public Library. The presentation is free and open to the public.