USD 489

About 150 local and educators across the state attended the EdCampKS hosted by USD 489 on June 11 at Hays High School.

The goal of EdCampKS is to provide teachers with the ability to learn best practices from one another.

Marie Henderson, instructional technology specialist, brought the idea to the district after attending a camp last year.

Extensive planning took place to prepare for the event. Alicia Brungardt, Larissa Whitney, Alyssa Dees, Lisa Renz, Aubrey Brooks, Mandy Meagher, Denise Danielson, Melanie Folkerts, Gina Johnson, Shaina Prough, Jessica Groff, Shauna Zweifel, Joan Steinkuhler, Shanna Dinkel and Kelly Ackerman comprised the planning committee.

Jeff Arnhold and HHS custodians, as well as Scott Summers, IT Director, were on hand to ensure the camp went smoothly. Educators were given the ability to sign up for various topics such as STEM, technology utilization in classrooms and targeted grade level objectives.

The district thanked Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson for taking time out of his busy schedule for speaking to the educators at the Hays EdCampKS.