Hinton Community Schools

Long-time association activist Terry Dahlquist greeted us on the afternoon of March 14th when we visited Hinton Community Schools. Terry (pictured at left) is retiring at the end of the school year from his position as a High School Social Studies teacher. Terry was able to lead us throughout the building from classroom to classroom as his student teacher was leading instruction in their homeroom.

Terry, we wish you well! Thanks for your leadership in the classroom as well as in the association!

The first classroom in Hinton that I was able to share a favorite picture book with was in Mrs. Laurie Bird's Kindergarten. It was great to reconnect with Laurie(standing at right), as I had a chance to visit her room last year and Laurie has been an association activist too! Pictured with Laurie's Kindergarten classroom is her teacher associate (standing at left) Mrs. Bondrak. Thanks for all you do Laurie as a leader in and outside the classroom!

After finishing reading to two groups of 1st grade, we all posed for our photo. Pictured here are Mrs. Jan Heimgartener (standing at left) and Mrs. Diane Joanning (standing at right) with their homerooms of 1st graders. The children were particularly excited about receiving the pencils from Team ISEA. I always tell students, "This is a reminder that the Iowa State Education Association is working for great public schools for all of Iowa's students."

The last group of students that I had a chance to share a favorite book with at Hinton was Mrs. Diane Culver's 1st grade. Diane (pictured at right) has an enthusiastic group of students that made great predictions as we worked our way through the read aloud.

Thanks Hinton educators for the great work you do every day to involve students in challenging curriculum!