2012 Educators' Choice Award Recipients

This was the second year for Triad’s professional teaching award for certified staff, called the "Educators’ Choice Award". This award recognizes tenured staff members in Triad Schools who, by their continued efforts for students and toward excellence in the profession, has demonstrated outstanding ability as an educator. Specifically, the educator has demonstrated distinction in the five criteria of Leadership, Innovation, Communication, Curricular Knowledge, and Professional Growth.

To explain a little about the process… Selection was based on a two-part process. First, an on-line system was created so that certified staff members could cast one vote for what they determined was the most worthy nominations. The nomination forms had the name of the building and person removed in an effort to keep the judgment of the nomination more closely aligned to the criteria. Second, the district’s professional recognition committee who helped formulate the award, evaluated the nomination forms in greater depth using a scoring rubric. Hence the name, Educators’ Choice Award.

The award winners received an original piece of artwork done by Triad High School Art classes. The artwork depicts their version of the five criteria areas - Leadership, Innovation, Communication, Curricular Knowledge, and Professional Growth and how that is symbolized on a person’s profile. 

We want to honor and congratulate the two recipients chosen for 2012:

Theresa Loehr Triad Middle School	Stephanie Maedge Triad Middle School

Triad Athletic Camp Schedules Released

The start of the spring season brings the anticipation of the athletic camps available to students in our area.  The Triad Athletic Department is offering a variety of camps to enhance the abilities of young athletes.  Athletes will be able to participate in numerous activities that coordinate with the Triad athletic programs.  Camp dates start as early as May and continue through July.  In the past, the Triad District camp schedules were distributed to the students at all of the District buildings.  This year, the Triad District, in an effort to reduce waste, will post the camp schedule and form at the link provided and on every building’s homepage and on the Parent Resource page.  There will be forms available in each building’s school office.  Camp forms should be mailed to Triad High School, 703 E. US Hwy 40, Troy, IL 62294 or brought to the High School Office.  Please submit a form for each camp your student(s) will attend.  For additional information, Parents/Guardians may contact Jeff Faulkenberg at Jeffrey.Faulkenberg@triadunit2.org.  Click here to access the Athletic Summer Camp Form. 

Kindergarten Informational Meeting/Registration

Each year, the Triad School District gives Parents and Guardians of Kindergarten age students the opportunity to prepare for the upcoming school year.  The Kindergarten registration/informational meeting will be held on Thursday, April 12^th at 6:00PM.  Henning Elementary and Silver Creek Elementary parents will meet at Silver Creek Elementary.  Marine Elementary parents will meet at Marine Elementary.  St. Jacob Elementary parents will meet at St. Jacob Elementary. Child care will be available during the meeting for children, ages 2-10, but reservations are required in advance.  Parents attending from the Silver Creek Campus and the Henning Campus will need to call C.A. Henning to make reservations for child care.  Please use the numbers listed below to reserve child care for the evening of the meeting.  Parents/Guardians seeking additional information may contact the school building that your student will be attending in the Fall.  See attached flyer for more information.

• C.A. Henning Elementary- 667-5401
• Silver Creek Elementary- 667-5403 
• St. Jacob Elementary- 644-2541
• Marine Elementary- 667-5404 

11^th Annual Triad 5k Run & Kid's Run Results

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Triad 5K on May 5th.  We had over 250 5K runners and over 40 kids participate in the kids ½ mile run.  Thanks also to all of our sponsors and volunteers who help to make the event a success.  The following links will take you to the overall and age group results.  We hope to see everyone next year! Click here for Race Results: http://www.enduranceracetiming.com/results/2012/triad5koverall.htm.Click here for Age Group Results: http://enduranceracetiming.com/results/2012/triad5kagegroup.htm

Triad School District Introduces Our New
"Virtual Backpack"

Triad CUSD#2 continues to work toward a paperless direction for many of its home-school communications.  We have recently launched this “Virtual Backpack” webpage to assist parents obtaining information to community resources, services and information in our area.  The categories on this page will assist you in locating district approved informational flyers, notices and registration forms released by area non-profit organizations, intergovernmental agencies and business partners. 

Parents and Guardians are able to access information on activities in the surrounding communities from Family Movie Events in the Park to Athletic camps and activities by clicking on the
Parent Resources link in the navigation column.  Recently added events include Little Knights Basketball beginning September 22 for girls and September 28th for boys in grades 4th, 5th, and 6th. Little Knights Wrestling sign-ups will be held on  October 5th, 6th, and 11th. Girl Scout and Boy Scout information can also be found on this link as well as YMCA information.  Vistors are also given the opportunity to subscribe to this page, which will notify the subscribers of new information posted  to the page!  Everything posted to the Parent Resource page has been approved by the Triad Central Office.

Stay Connected with us...

We are excited to have announced during our parent teacher conferences the launch of a new service to deliver important information to your cell phone via SMS text messaging. While we will continue our current practice to contact parents through the use of a pre-recorded voice messages/building email distributions for such things as school event announcements, school closings, and other parent notifications, we are also now able to offer an immediate SMS text message to registered family cell phones.  The process is simple and only takes a few seconds to complete. Simply text… “yes” or “optin” to the number 68453. [ More Info ]

Those Who Excel Recipient Announced 

The Triad School District is excited to announce Kathy Cook as the recipient of the Those Who Excel Award by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). ISBE recognizes educators throughout the state for their outstanding contributions and commitment to public education. Mrs. Cook is a third grade teacher at C. A. Henning  Elementary School. She is a leader in the field of education and demonstrates compassion for her students while putting their needs first.  Mrs. Cook has been an instructional coach for the district and presents at numerous conferences where she shares her expertise with others. Congratulations Mrs. Cook!

Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award
Laura Pruett, 4^th /5^th grade teacher at St. Jacob Elementary, has been selected to receive the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award for the Triad School District.  Mrs. Pruett is known as an exceptional teacher.  She has created a safe classroom where her students can be easily engaged and motivated to work and to learn with their peers.

For the last two years, Mrs. Pruett has implemented a 4th and 5th grade multiage level class.  She embraced the multiage concept as a catalyst to explore and use research-based best practices in an educationally rich environment.  She has made the multiage classroom configuration successful and beneficial for all her students.  Not only is this evident by the growth of her students academically, socially and emotionally, but also by the positive environment that exists within her classroom community. 

Mrs. Pruett is known as a leader and well regarded among her colleagues as an expert of instructional practice that leads to student growth and achievement.   Although Mrs. Pruett serves as a mentor to most, she continues to be innovative and eager to try new practices in her classroom.

Even though the majority of Mrs. Pruett’s time is spent on classroom preparation and instruction, she manages to find time to attend nearly every event that takes place throughout the school year at St. Jacob Elementary.  Laura Pruett is a superior educator and very deserving of the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award.