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21st Century Learning! What’s it All About?

21st Century Learning! What’s it All About?
Rio School District students and staff are working towards new learning goals. Like many Districts across the country we call them 21st century skills or practices. This acknowledges that we live in times that are rapidly changing and in many ways very different than just a few decades ago. Success…
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Extended School Year
Extended school year services shall be provided for each individual with exceptional needs who has unique needs and requires special education and related services in excess of the regular academic year. Such individuals shall have handicaps which are likely to continue indefinitely or for a prolonged period, and interruption of…
Caring…..How to Score a “5” on a scale of 1-5 for Caring
Caring is a 21st century skill and practice and has always mattered and will always matter in any century. Rio’s students, staff, and community care. This is why we have made the point of having 5Cs for our 21st Century Learning Aims: Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity, and Caring. Caring…
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Science Art Google Academy
The Science Art Google Academy (SAGA) is a one week academy that focuses on expanding knowledge with the Google Apps for Education and other Google Tools to promote 21st century learning. The program features Google Apps for Education Ninja Instructors. The academy welcomes all Rio School district children interested in finding out more about Google Apps…
Migrant Summer School
Summer services have historically been a key element of Migrant Educational Program design. It is the most appropriate time to provide clear supplemental services to MEP students, and provides the opportunity for extended learning time to fill the gaps caused by the students’ mobility and the disruption of the school…
The Centrality of Reading
In the last three year at Rio, we have gone all in for reading. We have added many high interest books to our libraries and made sure our libraries are full time places to learn and explore books. We have encouraged students and teachers to engage in our Accelerated Reader…
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One to One to the World
This month, October 2015, the Rio School District will achieve its goal of having one connected computer device for each child enrolled. This is sometimes called one to one computing or even one to the world which is, perhaps, a better term. We’re calling it One to One to the…
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