Kathleen Ayers makes up the other half of our Business Department at NHHS. She teaches exploratory business, accounting 1 and accounting 2 this year and has also taught entrepreneurship in the past. Mrs. Ayers bring a workplace perspective to NHHS as teaching is her second career and she returned to the classroom after a number of years in the accounting industry. Mrs. Ayers also taught in both Fredricksburg and Cresco before returning to New Hampton to teach in the same classroom in which she learned accounting!
Mrs. Ayers is known for being very upbeat, loving working with her puppets, and sharing her positive personality with all who are near her. In her free time, Mrs. Ayers enjoys music, gardening and antiquing.
Walk to School Day
National Walk to School Day was Wednesday, October 4. As part of the FISH philosophy followed by high school staff, NHHS staff and students took the opportunity to "Make Their Day" by volunteering to walk elementary and middle school students to school from the Iowa Big Office, Mikkelson Park, and the High School.
Seniors Attend Leadership Academy
Nine senior students were chosen by the PBIS team to attend the Ed Thomas Leadership Academy at Aplington-Parkersburg High School on October 5th. The had the opportunity to hear four speakers focused on servant leadership and the impact they can make in their school and communities as leaders. The students spent time with 500 other high school students discussing how they are and can be better leaders moving forward.
The group also discussed as a team how they could bring back the information and learning to NHHS through intervention time, senior leadership groups, and LEAD on a weekly basis.
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