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MV Teacher Leadership
Maquoketa Valley is now in the third year of the Teacher Leadership and Compensation program in which teachers assume leadership roles and spend part of their day working with other teachers to improve student achievement. As coaches in these leadership roles, two days never look the same for us! Here’s a brief summary of what…
High School Life-Long Skills for Success
First of all, I’d like to say thank you to the staff, students, parents, community members, and board of education for their support in my new role as 6-12 principal. It has been a smooth transition for me, and this is a direct result of the great people in our community and the staff who…
MVCSD Sportsmanship
Players, Coaches and Fans, You hear our announcer say it before every home event, “as a guest of the Maquoketa Valley Community School District good sportsmanship is expected from all who attend the game. Please show respect to the players, coaches, officials, and other fans by exhibiting good sportsmanship and appropriate behaviors while cheering. Poor…
Our New Makerspace!
Last year I was asked the question, if money wasn’t an issue, what would you do at Maquoketa Valley with technology? “Start a Makerspace,” was my response. A Makerspace is a common area where children are able to engineer, explore, tinker and discover through creative building opportunities. It is a DIY (Do it Yourself) space…
Getting Involved in Your Child’s Education
At the time of this writing the beginning of our school year is just around the corner. Our construction process is at a frantic pace trying to make sure areas that we need ready for school are actually ready. I would like to personally commend our students, teachers, parents, patrons and guests of Maquoketa Valley…
Welcome Back!
With the beginning of a new school year, it is always a time in which student and staff expectations and enthusiasm runs high. It also seems to always coincide with a number of changes throughout the district. Obviously this year is no exception! First and foremost we are in the midst of a school renovation…
Remodeling and Addition Update
On Monday March 27th our Board of Education Directors approved the low bid from Tricon Construction for the High School remodel and addition project. The base bid from Tricon includes a new elevator, a set-building room, a locker room remodel, a weight and fitness room addition, restroom and offices remodel, concession stand relocation and remodel,…
Remodeling and Addition Project
Maquoketa Valley Schools will be accepting bids for their projected $4-million dollar renovation and addition project at our high school facility until March 21st. The project includes rearranging and remodeling public restrooms, adding windows to the commons and entryway, remodeling the high school locker rooms, remodeling the office and guidance office areas, adding a public…
Breaking Barriers
Maquoketa Valley Middle School was honored in January by the State Board of Education, as well as state leaders, for their work to raise achievement in literacy and math among groups of students who traditionally face challenges in the classroom. The Breaking Barriers to Teaching and Learning Award was created by the State Board of…
The Wildcat Way – Let’s Celebrate!
Be Respectful! Be Responsible! Be Safe! These 3 statements are the foundation of the Wildcat Way, our school wide behavior system for grades preschool through eighth grade. Students were introduced to the Wildcat Way behavior expectations at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year. They learned and practiced the proper behavior for many areas of…
