Palouse Prairie School

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73751157691460665462011-06-07T23:33:53.353-07:00Palouse Prairie SchoolNews and notes from the Board of Palouse Prairie Charter School, a new public charter school being organized in Moscow, Idaho.Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-1745710109904997462008-11-02T06:13:00.000-08:002008-11-02T06:19:11.742-08:00Charter Start-up Grant Submitted

On Oct 31 our grant application of $651,950 was submitted to the State Department of Education for three years of charter startup funds. The budget is subject to negotiation at the time of award.Most interesting was developing a set of project goals for school opening, as opposed to the school itself:The 5 goals below relate to the Charter and focus on the process of launching a successful school

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-10698992780955845442008-07-30T10:56:00.000-07:002008-07-30T13:01:15.522-07:00UI Interior Design students to help design remodel

I just had a very productive meeting with Miranda Anderson on the UI faculty about her students doing a project with Palouse Prairie to design the remodel of the Now & Then facility for use as our school.UI students will collaborate with Palouse Prairie on the design for the remodel of the school. While this won't be an "Expedition" in EL terms, it has many of the elements: integrated curriculum,

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-18688930802287229922008-07-17T09:32:00.000-07:002008-07-17T09:36:05.171-07:00Time line to opening

The Board has begun to work on a time line of issues to be solved before the school opens. You may be able to contribute to our thinking on some of these issues. You may see issues we have not yet added to the list. In either event, comments are welcome here, or direct thoughts privately to Nils Peterson.

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-204313912297320932008-01-23T09:44:00.000-08:002008-01-23T09:46:09.179-08:00Agenda for Board Mtg Jan 24, 2008

Agenda of Board MeetingJanuary 24, 2008 Peterson Barn, 847 Travois Way, Moscow Idaho6:30 PMAgenda:1. Welcome and updates2. Approval of Minutes from Jan 103. Announcements/Updatesa. Charter Workshop – Boise Jan 29 – Nils to presentb. Summer Expedition – any updates/deadlines?c. Vision Grant - information on situation4. Other Grant seeking – Discuss strategy5. Submission of

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-80373956819172903522007-12-13T13:45:00.000-08:002007-12-13T13:47:00.963-08:00Agenda for PPSEL Board 12.17.07

Note meeting is Cafe Silos, not Peterson Barn6:30-8:00 PMCafe Silos on Styner1. Welcome and updates2. Approval of Minutes from Nov 25 and Dec 33. Approval of Revised Board Job Descriptions – Janet4. Dates for meeting Jan-May.5. Advisory Board – general concept orientation6. Vision Grant. FYI, solicit feedback by email; discuss budget ideas (approve budget and submit Grant at

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-63265714832739661052007-12-03T21:02:00.000-08:002007-12-03T21:06:49.010-08:00Vision is an image of the future

As part of the process of educating the new Palouse Prairie Board, we have been working on key documents and organizational structures. One of the pieces we found was missing was a Vision Statement. Our November 26 meeting was devoted to talking about our vision for the school and finding words to describe it (appended below). Between then and tonight we drafted various ideas, and Ashley found

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-47224241534030978882007-11-19T14:30:00.000-08:002007-11-19T14:42:29.478-08:00Unapproved mintues from 11/05/07 Palouse Prairie board meeting

First, this is not where I'm envisioning uploading notes from meetings - I just couldn't figure out another place to do it and Nils and I have conflicting schedules today (we work in the same office). So, for the time being this is where they are. Nils had in an earlier post suggested that since these notes are public information, we should be as tranparent as possible and I agree. November 5,

Ashley Ater Kranovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04104663861889273947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-32643236513626276692007-11-19T12:01:00.000-08:002007-11-19T14:22:09.962-08:00Proposed Vision for Palouse Prairie School

In preparation for our next board meeting, November 26th, I am posting my proposed draft of our vision - please post your drafts as a comment. I'm thinking we can all review the proposed visions prior to our meeting.Proposed Vision: "Palouse Prairie School will become a leader in expeditionary learning. We will promote active and reflective learning throughout the school community that honors the

Ashley Ater Kranovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04104663861889273947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-38956560315611175822007-10-22T21:12:00.001-07:002007-10-22T21:17:03.095-07:00Refining the web strategy

After a Board meeting tonight I'm figuring out more of how to organize the web tools.This blog now emails to a Google Group (Palouse Prairie), where you can subscribe. The purpose of the blog is to chronicle Board events in detail. There is also a Board Calendar who's RSS appears on this Blog.For the less addicted, there is another Google Group (Why Palouse Prairie) which can serve as a

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-29294833165988332102007-10-21T21:13:00.000-07:002007-10-22T21:19:33.085-07:00Developing a new web strategy

Ashley and I (Nils) were discussing strategies for managing the web presence of Palouse Prairie. Its a public organization, so why do we not make documents public? Why not post most all our business straight to the web?So, here is where I'm going with that thinking. Blogger (this blog) permits multiple authors posting, so authorize all the Board. Allow comments from people with Blogger

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-61205635116948541352007-09-20T21:08:00.000-07:002007-09-20T21:13:18.377-07:00Rising Again

In August we reported that Palouse Prairie was at a crossroads and asked for new energy and ideas.Tonight I'm just back from a meeting with parents and educators interested in providing that energy and taking the reins as a new Board. We have several tasks ahead of us but the goal is still to assemble sound answers to the Idaho Charter School Commission's 3-part question put to us last April:

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-5145708325446846942007-08-28T21:06:00.000-07:002007-09-20T21:08:03.142-07:00Palouse Prairie at a Crossroads

Friends and supporters of Palouse Prairie School,This is a long message, the key question I have for each of you is near the end.I'm writing to share progress on the project, and because we have reached a crossroads.As you recall, we got feedback from the Charter Commission on our Charter in April. There were some revisions to the Charter, but more importantly they asked us to address three

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-37293031403694786952007-04-16T12:33:00.000-07:002007-04-16T12:40:05.074-07:00Parent Visit to a EL school

Parents Nancy Wilder, Lahde Forbes, and Dwena Nosebar along with PPS Board Chair Nils Peterson visited Summit School in Spokane Valley on Friday April 13. It was a lucky day, we saw the school in action and met with ELS School Designer Lorri Edwards, who is the designer assigned to Palouse Prairie School.A request for each of the parents was that they write a reflection on what impressed them

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-57644092190069812142007-04-10T06:30:00.000-07:002007-04-10T06:32:24.596-07:00Launching the Campaign for students and site

Palouse Prairie Charter School seeks students, site Proposed school has first hearing before Idaho Public Charter School Commission By Kate Baldwin, Daily News staff writer Monday, April 9, 2007 - Page Updated at 12:00:00 AM The Palouse Prairie Charter School is looking for students and a building before its second hearing with the Idaho Public

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-20801593407900330192007-04-09T07:20:00.001-07:002007-04-09T09:39:27.298-07:00Palouse Prairie Expedition to the ICSC

Palouse Prairie School had its day in the sun with the Idaho Charter School Commission (April 5). Commission staff had provided comments on the petition prior to the hearing. The comments were clear and the Palouse Prairie Board was able to address many of them prior to the hearing. Several Commissioners expressed awareness and appreciation of the Expeditionary Learning model chosen by Palouse

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-51799831175702553462007-04-03T20:36:00.000-07:002007-04-03T20:41:50.172-07:00Presenting the Charter to ICSC

The Idaho Public Charter School Commission (ICSC) will hear the Palouse Prairie School petition in its meeting on Thurs April 5, 2007 (link is to the agenda/minutes page). The Board has been busy revising some items in the petition in response to feedback from the ICSC staff. There is a way to dial in and listen to the proceedings live, and later they will post the audio to their website. Here

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-61057546176272073252007-03-23T09:42:00.001-07:002007-03-23T09:49:14.800-07:00Building a Charter School Building

I ran across Mary Lang's book Building a Charter School Building: Creative Financing Options (PDF) (c) 2003 based on her experiences building the Moscow Charter School. Mary & MCS pioneered new ground in Idaho, creating both the first Charter school and then developing mechanisms to secure financing for a school building -- something not initially addressed in the Idaho Charter School

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-76557627569424955122007-03-21T11:23:00.000-07:002007-03-21T11:26:47.555-07:00Update: Charter Hearing Set for April 5

We have the official word that the Idaho Public Charter School Commission has set a hearing date on the Palouse Prairie School charter. Their agenda can be found here: http://www.chartercommission.id.gov/meetings.aspPresently, Board members Bill Rivers, Donal Wilkenson, and Nils Peterson will be attending and presenting the school's petition to the Commission.

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-42993942496219095732007-03-08T20:34:00.000-08:002007-03-08T20:35:52.312-08:00Palouse Prairie Charter School nears a milestone

Idaho Public Charter School Commission to receive proposed Moscow school's petition in April By Kate Baldwin, Daily News staff writer Wednesday, March 7, 2007 - Page Updated at 11:41:42 AM The proposed Palouse Prairie Charter School could be one step closer to opening.Palouse Prairie Charter School Board Chairman Nils Peterson said the Idaho Public

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-34699073955093701002007-03-05T11:43:00.000-08:002007-03-05T11:49:33.628-08:00Workshop: Talking to Children About Their Schoolwork

The idea for this originated while Nils Peterson was working on rubrics for the Palouse Prairie charter. (see How are we doing? 228K PDF). Nils was trying to understand how the guiding documents of the school could help him talk with his daughter about her Montessori school work and about her personal artwork. While valuable as parental approval, "I like it," is not the kind of input that helps a

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-5995288777277611932007-03-05T11:40:00.000-08:002007-03-05T11:43:32.974-08:00Expeditions to Area ELOB Schools

Palouse Prairie School is organizing "expeditions" for interested parents, teachers, Education students and others who would like to see an ELOB school in action. There are two trips planned in April, one to Summit School in Spokane Valley, WA and the other to Kettle Falls Elementary in Kettle Falls, WA. An additional trip to Summit is being planned for May. Dates for these trips will be posted

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-30254302877264475602007-03-05T11:33:00.000-08:002007-03-05T11:40:08.173-08:00Charter Goes to the Commission

At the April 5, 2007 meeting of the Idaho Public Charter School Commission, the Palouse Prairie Charter will be "received." This is a formal step indicating that the Commission staff have reviewed the charter and found it sufficient to begin its formal hearing process by the Commission. The event also will mark the beginning of the 60 day clock for the Commission to schedule a public hearing on

Nils Petersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7375115769146066546.post-11324122727865189712007-01-01T11:31:00.000-08:002007-03-05T11:33:44.784-08:00Charter School Moves Ahead

Charter school moves ahead with plans Proposal could be approved Jan. 11 and sent to state commission By Kate Baldwin, Daily News staff writer Monday, January 1, 2007 - Page Updated at 11:28:01 AM A proposal for a new Moscow charter school should head to the Idaho Public Charter School Commission this month after facing some delays this fall.Palouse Prairie Charter School board chairman Nils

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