1. Secondary Principal ’ s Report February 9, 2015

2. Mission Statement The mission of the Pender Public School District is to provide quality educational opportunities in a safe, positive learning environment that motivates and challenges all students to become productive and responsible citizens.

3. Workshops/Meetings Attended Past Meetings/Trainings BYOC – Social Studies – ESU 1 APL Training for Administrators – ESU 1 Rick Wormeli Presentation on Standards Based Grading – SSC Future Meetings/Trainings None until March

4. Pendragon PRIDE Preparation, Respect, Integrity, Determination, & Excellence Since the last Board of Education meeting, 5 secondary students have been recognized – Gabe Perez – Brianna Jorgensen – Kamryn Anderson – Amber Lown – Destiny Parker

5. Student Honors Shelby Roth – Wayne State College RHOP Scholarship Recipient – Rural Health Opportunities Program Vanessa VonSeggern – Young Artist Award Winner – Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Will be honored April 8 at a banquet in Lincoln

6. Testing Nebraska State Accountability (NeSA) – 8 th and 11 th grade students have finished the writing assessment – Reading, math, and science testing window is from March 23 through May 1 The National Assessment for Education Progress (NAEP) – 8 th grade test is scheduled for February 12 – 4 th grade test has been completed English Language Development Assessment (ELDA) testing window is from February 9 through March 20

7. EHC Honor Band Today in Lyons Lexi Ostrand Sydney Heineman Lexi Schmedding Alyson Schilling Christina Svoboda Kennedy Morgan Jordan Springer Hayley Schmidt Leland Bowder Cierra Kirkland Caleb Jasa Karlee Johnson Bryson Bovee Kody Wageman Josh Springer Corbin Lamplot

8. EHP Coop Track – Schedule has been finalized – Uniforms have been ordered – It continues to be a positive experience – We are continuing to talk transportation Speech – Started at the beginning of the second semester – 2 consistent participants from Pender – Competitions have already started JH Sports – Coaching assignments have been made, but they will be re-evaluated at the end of the school year – Some uniforms have been ordered, but there is still a lot yet to order

9. Student Schedules 2015-16 Mr. Nixon has registered all students in grades 6-10 He is completing registration with all juniors to look at individual student needs As problems/challenges/issues present themselves, corrections are being made

10. Upcoming Activities Wrestling – District Tournament – February 13 and 14 @ Creighton – State Tournament – February 19-21@ Omaha – State Dual Tournament – February 28 @ Kearney Basketball – Subdistrict Girls Basketball – February 16, 17, and 19 @ Wisner – Subdistrict Boys Basketball – February 23, 24, and 26 @ Wisner – District Finals, GBB – February 27 @ TBA – District Finals, BBB – March 3 @ TBA Spring sports practices begin March 2 – Track (EHP Raptors – Pender, Emerson-Hubbard) – Baseball (TC Thunder – Pender, Bancroft-Rosalie, Emerson-Hubbard, Lyons-Decatur) – Boys Golf (Pender Pendragons)