The “Grand Prize Winner,” based on votes from the all-star judge panel and themed around the education revolution, can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/Jek9KF. Members of the winning team included the following New Tech students from Scottsburg New Tech High School in Scottsburg, Indiana:

• Savannah Barber, Sophomore
• Skylar Burke, Sophomore
• Amanda Amick, Sophomore

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Press Release: Scott County School District 2
For Immediate Release
May 11, 2012

Scottsburg High School New Tech Students Win The New Tech Network’s National Video Contest Challenge

Scottsburg New Tech High School and Scott County School District 2 are pleased to announce that three of our students were announced on Thursday, May 10 as winners of the inaugural New Tech Network Video Challenge. The video contest was to answer, “What’s So Special About New Tech?” The Scottsburg New Tech sophomores were: Amanda Amick, Savannah Barber, and Skylar Burke. The student’s video can be viewed at: http://bit.ly/Jek9KF. This group won a trip to New Tech Network’s summer national conference, which will take place in Michigan on July 18th. At the New Tech Network’s Summer Conference, the group will present its award-winning video to over 1,200 New Tech Network teachers, administrators, superintendents, students, and alumni.  Click here to see the full press release.  Click here to check out the winning video.

Scottsburg High School English Academic Superbowl Team Wins State Championship

Scott County School District 2 and Scottsburg High School are pleased to announce that the 2012 Scottsburg High School English Academic Superbowl team captured the Indiana Academic Superbowl Class 2 English State Championship on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Purdue University.

Scottsburg scored 18 points to defeat Mount Vernon (17), Leo (17), Wawasee (16) and Tippecanoe Valley (12) to win the title. In addition, it was noted that Scottsburg High School’s team outscored all English teams from across the state regardless of class.

“These girls have worked really hard to earn this championship and we are so proud of them”, stated coach Shawna Slaton.

The team members are: Cassie Simone, Aleesha Simone, Lauren Howser, Hyeree Ellis, and Emily Armstrong. They are coached by Mrs. Shawna Slaton.

Scott County School District 2 Press Release
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 30, 2012
National Teacher Appreciation Day – May 8

Scott County School District 2 is pleased to announce that Tuesday, May 8, 2012, is National Teacher Day, “Thank a teacher for making public schools great!” "Few other professionals touch as many people as teachers," notes Dr. Philip Deardorff, Superintendent of Scott County School District 2. "National Teacher Day is a good time to thank educators for the contributions they make to our community each and every day. Our teachers are working hard to make great public schools for every student. Public schools are at the heart of every community and are often what identifies local communities. When there are problems, we address them. When there are great things happening, we share them.”

“We all have to work together to make our schools even better, that means everyone in the community - parents, business owners, retirees, other workers, local government, and our most important stakeholder, our students. Community involvement brings learning to life,” stated Dr. Deardorff. “This is an opportunity for all of us to reach out to each other. I ask the community to learn about how we advocate for high standards for students, fair and meaningful evaluations of their work, and resources that go directly to the classroom. Even better than an apple or a thank you card is a community’s active support of our teachers’ efforts to teach and care for the community’s students.”

Scott County School District 2 would like to publicly thank all of our educators for their hard work in making Scott County School District 2 a great place to learn for all the students of our district.

National School Nurse Day
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The National Association of School Nurses, Inc. (NASN) has chosen May 9, 2012 as National School Nurse Day. National School Nurse Day falls on the Wednesday during National Nurses Week, May 6 – 12, ending on the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of nursing.

National School Nurse Day was established in 1972 to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational setting. Today, school nursing is recognized as a specialized practice that advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To this end, over 76,000 school nurses across the country promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student/family capacity for adaptation, self management, self advocacy, and learning.

Scott County School District 2 Superintendent Dr. Philip Deardorff encourages everyone to take a moment to thank our school nurses for all they do for our students and staff as we celebrate this important day.

District Health Coordinator Mary Jo Duvall
School Nurses Karen Anderson, Becki Hall & Robin McDonald

Scottsburg New Tech Video Challenge

Scottsburg New Tech High School has been notified that two of their sophomore group’s work have become finalist in the New Tech Network contest. The contest asked students to produce a short video that could capture the culture of a New Tech school. The Historical Foundations of Globalization class led by Travis Martin and Connie Deardorff made this contest a part of a project that explored the concept of what makes a “Revolution”.

Scottsburg New Tech students created, presented and submitted their videos in March which showed New Tech as a type of revolution. On April the 13th the school was notified that 2 of their entries were in the top 13 finalists which were chosen out of 100 submissions from around the nation. One selected video was created by Amanda Amick, Skylar Burke and Savannah Barber the other video’s team consisted of Paolo Brex, Aaron Barnett, Alex alexanderThese videos have been posted to facebook/twitter/youtube where they will compete for the most number of likes.

According to Krista Clark Director of Communications for New Tech Network (NTN), the panel assessing the video submissions will include members from the field of journalism, business, film industry, education and NTN. Five videos will be highlighted, and one group will be sent to the annual NT conference in Grand Rapids to present the winning video. The winning video will be featured in a national press release and have possible media interviews.

To support SHS’s New Tech please go to: http://newtechnetwork.org/​blog/ntn-video-challenge or NTN facebook page and “like” these videos. Help make our Scottsburg New Tech videos national winners.

Can sixth graders join the Archery Club? Will my child get an iPad and what will he/she be doing with it? How can I keep track of what is happening at school? What do I do if my child needs help? What do I do if I need help?

To find out the answers to these questions and more SCSD2 Fifth Graders and their Parents are invited to Scottsburg Middle School for an orientation meeting on Monday, May 7th from 6:30-8:00 P.M. Participants will hear a brief presentation about sixth grade highlighting the learning program, extra curricular activity opportunities, and information about the use of technology at home and at school. Parents with questions are encouraged to call Kristin Nass, Principal, at SMS at 752-8926.

 Dear Parents,

Scott County School District 2 officials send out "School Reach" calls to notify parents of emergency situations. Recently, SCSD2 officials sent out School Reach calls to parents concerning the storms on Friday, March 2nd.

The secretaries in the schools are experiencing issues with our telephone lines being inundated with calls from parents who see the school number on their Caller ID and call our schools or the Central Office to find out why they were called rather than listen to the message. We are asking parents to please listen to the message and refrain from calling the school offices. School officials need to keep the lines open for communication purposes. Our first priority is to keep our students and staff safe and in order to do that we need your help.

Thanks for your Trust!

Dr. Phil Deardorff
Superintendent

 INDIANAPOLIS (March 13, 2012) - TechPoint, Indiana's technology growth initiative, has announced the Finalists for its 13th annual Mira Awards presented by BKD CPAs & Advisors. Finalists in seven different technology categories will deliver presentations and answer questions during interviews with independent judging panels later this week
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Congratulations to the Scott County School District 2 for being awarded the Gary Sandifur Award.
SCSD2 was recognized for this honor because of their district-wide initiative to provide a healthy environment for their students and staff by going tobacco-free.