The North Judson-San Pierre School Board finalized a few personnel changes Tuesday. Board members accepted Julie Berndt’s resignation from the elementary school principal position, effective June 30. In practice, Cary McKay has been serving in that role for the past few months.
Continue readingNJ-SP Elementary School Improvement Plan Emphasizes Improving Test Scores
North Judson-San Pierre School Board members received presentations over the annual school improvement plans when members met for their September meeting.
Continue readingNorth Judson-San Pierre Principals Cover School Improvement Plans
When the North Judson San-Pierre School Board met last Tuesday, members heard school improvement plan presentations from both school principals
Both Elementary School Principal Julie Berndt and Middle/High School Principal Jim Polite emphasized creating curriculums that are driven by test results, specifically, scores from the Northwest Evaluation Association test or NWEA. Continue reading
NJSP Elementary School Principal Speaks Highly of Successful Attendance Initiatives
At Tuesday night’s North Judson-San Pierre School Board meeting, Elementary School Principal Julie Berndt informed school board members about a few initiatives that are positively impacting the attendance records of her students.
Principal Berndt talked about the “Attendance Champions” program where each teacher’s attendance percentage is posted every month. The class with the highest number gets announced and receives a bag of candy, a temporary trophy for their class room and bragging rights. She said so far it has been a pretty competitive and successful initiative. In November, there weren’t any classes that reported less than 91 percent attendance. Continue reading