Break for Learning --- Teachers Become Students

This time last week school was out, kids were home, many families took time away for a fall break. There was one group from the Hill that did not take a break--our teachers. For the second time in the past 18 years KHCS had its own mini-convention here on campus. Six representatives from Bob Jones Press came over to do workshops for the new elementary math curriculum. The teachers attended 50 minute sessions from 8:00 till 4:00 both days. Workshops on writing and other subjects were also conducted, but the main focus for elementary was math related, providing new ideas, tools and the best methods for teaching the new curriculum to a variety of learning levels.

Another series of workshops that took place were with the Minio instructors. Makers of the interactive white boards that operate in half of the classrooms at present(totaling 12 boards) conducted workshops on how to implement this technology into the elementary and high school classrooms to maximize its potential for learning.

The fall break was not all about work --- on Thursday evening the faculty and staff and their spouses enjoyed dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse!

Next year, the plan is to return to the GACS convention, but for this year the time spent here at home was worth it. "As a teacher, I need to be constantly learning just as much as my students, so that I can provide the best education to everyone in my classroom. This conference helped me not only see and meet the needs of my struggling students, but also encouraged me to challenge my advanced students beyond the average class level."
5th grade teacher---Allyson Lewis