State Wrestling/FFA Iowa Degree Work/How Are They Collaborating?

State Wrestling
Congratulations to Coach Hemann, his staff, and the Chickasaw wrestlers on winning the Regional Duals last night.  They will wrestle at 11 am next Wednesday at Wells Fargo Arena.  There will be no school next Wednesday, February 14, 2018.  We hope to see you in Des Moines supporting our student-athletes.  In addition, individual state wrestling is February 15-17 in Des Moines.  Students attending should return with ticket stubs to be exempted. District wrestling in Aplington-Parkersburg on Saturday will determine how many of our 12 qualifying sectional qualifying wrestlers will advance.

Also, the girls' and boys' basketball teams begin their road to the state tournament Saturday and Monday respectively, both teams competing against Union-LaPorte. Let take this chance to support all of our winter sport teams and athletes!




FFA Iowa Degrees Due
Many Agriculture Education students are working on completing their applications for Iowa Degrees this week in preparation for state convention in Ames in April. This application requires student to outline their activity in FFA and Ag Ed during their high school career and the highlights of leadership throughout that time. Students receiving Iowa Degrees will be recognized at the State Convention this year.

How Are They Collaborating?
Collaboration in classrooms and in schools is one of the 4 Cs of Project Based Learning and also extends into all classroom work. Students at NHHS can be seen collaborating throughout the day in a variety of ways. Collaboration skills are one of the top skills wanted by colleges, training programs, and employers in the 21st century.  In fact, it has far surpassed competition as one of the skills needed in the work force. We see collaboration in classroom during lab work, group directed practice, questioning activities, and project work, just as a start. Collaboration requires that students are prepared and ready to work to become well informed, with the help of peers, to gain knowledge of the subject matter.  This often puts the learning directly in the hands of students as they assist one another in discovering information.