Perryton ISD highlights STEM classroom, teacher training and family outreach for English learners
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Board members heard praise for a new 'STEMporium' at Williams Elementary, an alternative certification 'Rise Academy' for teachers, and an emergent bilingual parent night explaining TELPAS testing; district staff emphasized hands-on STEM and family strategies to support students.
District instructional leaders briefed the board on a combination of classroom innovation, teacher development and family outreach.
Unidentified Speaker 3 and Unidentified Speaker 9 described a recently visited hands-on STEM classroom at Williams Elementary (referred to as the 'STEMporium') and commended Mrs. Skaggs for using experiential lessons to engage elementary students in science and engineering concepts. The district said all elementary students will rotate through the STEM space as part of instructional plans.
Staff also described a Rise Academy program for alternatively certified teachers that includes multi-day training sessions and module completion to support teacher certification. Unidentified Speaker 9 said the academy has been well received and that some participants completed multiple modules during sessions.
The board heard that campus staff hosted an emergent bilingual parent night for Williams Intermediate to explain TELPAS (the English-language proficiency assessment), show families how to review students' TELPAS results online and offer at-home strategies to help students improve. Unidentified Speaker 9 reported about 15 families attended the session and praised the engagement.
The meeting also included recognition of student achievement — honor-roll lists across junior-high and high-school grades, kindergarten perfect-attendance counts, positive office referrals and Rotary students of the month — and athletic honors including state-level cross country and district volleyball recognitions.