Friday, April 29, 2011
Registration Forms
7/8 Classes
Please bring your Adventures in Reading book & return it to the co-op.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Costume at Peoria Players
I was able to contact Peoria Players and the only opening they have for this week is Friday, April 29th beginning at 3 pm. I asked about hats, and she said that they will only lend out hats to individuals who act responsible enough to wear them.
The cost for renting at Peoria Players is $15 a costume, plus dry cleaning. Some smaller items (i.e hats, gloves, etc) usually cost less.
Hannah Gay
Costume Director
Reminder to Jr & Sr. High Students
Evaluations for 2010-2011
Nursery:
I thinking having the baby nursery helps tremendously!
Since so many helpers flip in& out, I'm wondering if it would be helpful to have a card for moms to fill out stating the child's schedule and helpful hints.
Love it! Especially the change of toddlers and babies!
The split of ages is wonderful!
Having the babies separate from the toddlers has been working great!
Great having babies & toddlers separate.
I love the facility. The nursery for infants is very well done.
I worked in the nursery and all seemed to go very well. I thought would be nice if little ones could have 1/2 hour to run around gym.
Their doing a terrific job!
Music PK-4
Kind of boring for older boys. Maybe more up tempo.
Good!
Wonderful! My kids loved it. Donna created a wonderful show.
I like the variety of songs(& history behind them). The use of instruments adds interest and is fun for the kids.
Donna is a good match for this class. She is very patient and kind. It worked well. PreK-K seems like a long class they may need more hands-on to keep them engaged.
Donna has done a wonderful job!
Wonderful. I enjoyed the Christmas program.
My son loved this class. He loved the teachers. The program was fantastic.
I loved the Christmas program. It was fun to hear my 5 year old singing around the house.
PE
I would like more games. With a group of kids, I prefer that group games be the focus. Strongly dislike the Pres. fitness.
Excellent variety of games mixed with PE skills.
Very happy with this-my kids enjoy it. It seems like the moms who teach are well fitted for the class and enjoy it.
Great job PE teachers!
The PE team does a very excellent job!
I like Presidential Fitness!
My kids enjoy PE. The Presidential Fitness gets them practicing at home.
Was great to see the kids get their energy out!
Lifeskills
My kids loved it!
As my child says, "Perfect!"
Lots of fun!
I enjoy the science focus & keeping it hands-on for this age.
The teachers do a fabulous job with the hands on activities!
I wish I had a child in this class!
I wouldn't change a thing!
Wonderful!
Love the hands-on activities. Kids are retaining what they learn.
This is one of my child's favorite classes. He loves the activities and how Mrs. Nix gets them involved.
My kids loved the hands-on & science.
History Pk-4
My kids loved the blog - extra credit projects were a good fit.
Good-but would like each week to include at least one hands-on extra credit project instead of all written assignments.
Love the class! Would prefer no rewards for homework completed.
The blog is wonderful! Thanks for the variety of choices for "extra credit."
Love the history blog-please keep it! It makes history fun and my kids learn so much through it!
I wish I still had a child in this class!
The team is doing a phenomenal job! My kid loves history! Thank you for the blog!
BLOG is great!
My child finds this class noisy and hard to concentrate. My child likes the blog & finding answers on it.
History has been communicated well this year. Putting all of the extra credit at the beginning of the semester is helpful.
Love the blog and the homework. Please be careful to give a good variety of extra credit, not all writing asignments.
Find the homework for younger kids too hard. I was the one doing it.
Awesome! Love the blog!
ART PK-4
Really good ideas!
My child really enjoys it and I love that it goies along with the time period taught in history.
Thanks for great projects with different mediums & techniques.
I wish I had a shild in this class still!
This team does a good job giving the kids variety in projects.
My kids enjoyed the projects.My child enjoys this class. He likes to come home and explain what he's done and show it off!
5/6 History
Liked Story of the World better!
Love Mystery of History!
Fabulous job with History! It's very helpful to have calendar syllabus. I appreciate the project and book report requirements. Like Mystery of History, want the quizzes & reviews & optional activities.
My child has been stretched in this class but it has been super!
Thank you for the lesson plan!
I like that the kids have projects and reports to complete. Thanks for assigning the reading per day-lets kids be independent.
This class is a nice complement to what we do at home. The projects are nice, & my child enjoyed doing them & sharing in class.
You are doing a great job! Like the oarl reports & projects!
Love the projects!
Text is excellent, hands on activities were fun & engaging. Interesting class!
Thanks for being so organized! Like the fun & challenging activities!
5/6 Drama
My child loved it, turnid out to be his favorite part of co-op!
Great show--didn't like the "Jekyll & Hyde" too creepy for my child.
Excellent course. It taught the kids confidence & nice projection when speaking. This was my child's favorite class.
Great!
Enjoyed the show!
Excellent!
Great opportunity for the kids!
My child loved this class and Diane did a fantastic job!
Please let parents know when the lines need to be memorized.
Teachers were excellent,, but this class may best be offered as an elective.
Love it!
5/6 writing
Liked combining this with science report 2nd semester.
Love the IEW. I think we need a parent overview class at the beginning of each semester.
Love that writing teacher!
The teacher is doing a great job! My child has learned so much! Thank you!
Very pleased with assignments & positive feedback given to kids.
This was not an overly challenging class for my child. I'm sure new material was given to my child.
Great! Very helpful to coordinate writing with history book report. It would be helpful to have report critiqued before it is due.
I could use this class myself! My child really enjoys this class!
This is a good program. The homework was clear and valuable.
Great! Enjoyable yet challenging.
5/6 Science
Super!
Love the experiments! It would be helpful to have recommended reading or optional homework to be able to do at home.
Love it! My child loves the songs!
Great!
My child likes the projects. This is a nice complement to what we do at home.
I like keeping this hands on.
7/8 Lit.
22 kids are too mnay in a class.
The workload has increased, but I think it is good. The assignments are clear with plenty of advance notice. I like the reminder e-mails &feedback on student work. I love the novels.
My child enjoys this class. I appreciate the syllabus. Would be helpful as a mom to get feed back on child's participation, homework, & performance.
Love the work load for the fall. The syllabus needs to be e-mailed to moms and put up on the website. I would like to have an idea as to what the assignments and expectations are for the class.
Great job! Thanks for the lesson plans!
I like how Lit. & History work together on the paper.
Enjoyed the writing assignments & reading.
Good job, lots of enthusiasm.
My child enjoys it. They make it fun. Reading load a bit heavy 2nd semester. Suggest reading one novel over the break.
7/8 History
Love the class! Dislike Story of the World, prefer Mystery of History.
I like the reminder e-mails & feedback on student work.
The Story of the World is too basic, but lends itself to deeper studies elsewhere.
Like the coordination with Lit. Like Story of the World, good assignments.
Like Story of the World and appropriate assignments for this age. Wish when I misplace my syllabus, that I could go to the website and print it off again.
You've done a great job! Thanks for all the hard work!
The text was valuable & interesting. Teachers did a great job!
Good job, well prepared.
General Science
Good! My child had some confusion with the schedule & assignments.
The text is hard but not impossible. Doing the experiments at co-op is super! I love the organization & syllabus that guides the year.
Great text! Truly appreciate all the experiments done at co-op!
Thank you Stacey for working with us!
My child loves this class! Please make sure the parents get the syllabus.
Very well organized. Drawings a great idea. Module pace 2 fast. Have read module 16 after co-op in May in the past.
Physical Science
The labs are not always successful.
Good communication to parents.
HS World Lit
Great! x2
My child likes it.
My children are challenged.
Super!
Reasonable expectations. Interesting material. The assignments are applicable & valuable.
Challenging but good.
This is what my child needs. Thank you!
HS Government
I liked the book!
Class met expectations & was reasonable in scope & sequence.
Good class. A lot of terms!
Homework was tough, but good for them.
Great!
Would have liked this to have been a constitution class.
The classtime was a bit over my child's head. Would be nice to find a curriculum with tests & quizzes.
Good addition to co-op.
Economics
Great!
We loved the book.
Challenging Class!
Appreciate effort to make class practical.
Biology
Appreciate all the lab work done in class.
Struggled with the homework tiemline in the beginning.
Stupendous!
Good - this book is a lot to cover at co-op.
Enjoyed the labs very much!
Chemistry
Essay Writing
This was great for my 9th grader.
Thank you for working with my child. It was hard but so good for my child!
Heatharlynne did a great job teaching & evaluating.
Mrs. Wilkes was excellent. There was much valuable learning in this class. The highlight of co-op.
Research Writing
This is a good class to offer. I prefer a traditional research paper over I search. Maybe 6 weeks of research and 4 weeks of creative writing.
Tech support
My child is disappointed that this is not very structured. We may need a mom to help.
The Tech crew really need adult supervision and adult accountability.
Drama
Love this!
Excellent experience! We love Ms. Kim & her encouragement!
Kim is always wonderful.
Sculpting
Great exposure to sculpture with their projects! It would have been great for students to actually do pottery on a wheel.
My child enjoyed this class!
Harp & Bowl
This has given my kids great skills for worship team leadership.
It was difficult to keep interest in the kids with few instruments. I think we need to do a better job of telling why we do harp & bowl.
Sign Language
This has given great exposure to sign.
Speech
Would have liked to have seen the syllabus and be informed. My child enjoyed this class.
Extremely well organized. Great work load. Great class!
Spanish
If offered again, would like it geared to a beginner class. The teacher was organized & the class was enjoyable overall.
OTHER COMMENTS
-I think this year has gone well very well. This is a great group.
-My kids have struggled a bit to connect with other kids in the co-op. It feels a bit cliquey. I wish this was more of place for my kids to make friends.
-I would like to see the 5-8th grades have optional assignments to challenge advanced students. I would also like to see occasional tests & quizzes to help students learn how to study.
-Overall, we are so happy with Tri-county & enjoy being able to participate!
-We need to have JR & High students fill out student/parent agreements 2nd semester.
-This seems to be a less-inspired year for the high school. These things are usually multi-factored & worth time to dissect the year and regroup in other areas. Jr. High has flowed much better this year with seating arrangements that don't allow much social time.
It has helped them focus and cooperate. They have done a great job getting their assignments done and come to class prepared. I so appreciate all the co-op families and the privilege of sharing in this journey together.
NOTE FROM SUSAN
"Thank you" if you read all of these teacher evaluations. It takes quite a while to get these typed. I hope your encouraged as you should be! This is not my favorite thing to do. But this year, for the most part if you had something negative to say, you also said something positive. That made it easier!
Also, if you say to yourself, she didn't add_________. The curriculum comments are for the curriculum evaluation and meetings. Come to those and help pick out what will be in the classes and texts! You can always come to anyone on the board. You do have a voice! Thanks!