Tuesday, October 2, 2007

School update

The start of a new school year is both exciting and challenging with many new faces and procedures appearing in our schools.

Benjamin Valdez reports on some of the changes taking place at Life Skills Centers in Colorado and Arizona.

According to Valdez, The Western District in Arizona and Colorado has welcomed Cathy Mills as the district’s new curriculum and training specialist to help with professional development.

A new reading program called Language! is aimed at identifying reading and comprehension difficulties so teachers can provide the individual help students need to raise their reading comprehension.

Valdez said his district is preparing to submit two new charter applications in Colorado. The goal is to open Life Skills Centers in Aurora and Commerce City for the start of the 2008-2009 school year.

The Life Skills Center of Arizona has a new administrator, Diana Lopez. She comes to Life Skills from the Colorado Distance & Electronic Learning Academy and brings with her a wealth of teaching and administrative experience.

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