Sharkfeed

In episode 2 of our teacher features, Dr. Healey sits down with Mrs. Hull a counselor at Colgan High School. 

Congratulations to Najah Ghani Perryman, a senior who committed to Talladega College for basketball. In this episode, Director of Counseling Mrs. Handville share's Najah's story, including what basketball means to her.

Twice a year families meet with teachers to "touchbase" on the student's progress. During these informal meetings, teachers share a student's progress on formatives and summatives. In episode 4, Dr. Healey shares the purpose behind standards based grading, and how formatives are the build to a summative. 

In our new one-on-one series, we sit down with a Colgan faculty member to discover their WHY in the classroom. This week, we meet with Mrs. Stephanie Brown. A biology and AP biology teacher at Colgan High School. 

Congratulations to Melanie Rosado who is a National Merit Semi-Finalist. In this episode, Director of Counseling Mrs. Handville share's Melanie's story, and her drive for success.

Read more about Melanie's story in our Weekly Spotlight. 

Wrapping up our series on building connection coming out of a pandemic, Dr. Healey, Dr. Parrish, and Mr. Watts discuss opportunities for families to connect with Colgan through PTSO, PAC, Boosters, and the impact of sharing informal facetime during Colgan events. 

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Director of School Counseling, Claire Handville, shares the vision of the Shark Spotlight series. Join us each week as students share their story and together we celebrate their successes.

In episode 2, Dr. Healey and Mr. Watts share the stories behind the learning spaces around Colgan that promote creativity and connection. When Colgan opened in 2016, the campus was constructed with a vision to design spaces that prepare and inspire students. Dr. Healey shares the vision behind the learning spaces, and how he embraced the power of "yes" when staff, students, and community propose ideas.

The school year started, and for many Colgan students it is their first time in a school building in over 500 days. Many have attended Colgan for over a year, but wonder what being a Colgan Shark is all about. Since our opening in 2016, a focus has been building a school culture for students, teachers, and families around the common mission to prepare and inspire students for their future. The pandemic placed a detour in our culture development, but with the return to in-person learning, our focus has returned. It started with our leadership students tell their individual story that ended with "I am Colgan," and has become a school-wide focus. We Are Colgan. Discover the story and vision in our introductory episode for season 2 of the Colgan Sharkfeed podcast. 

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The year 2020-21 school year is almost over. We have made it; navigating a pandemic while making the most of hybrid learning. In this episode, Dr. Healey discusses what the 2021-22 school year might look like, and answers questions related to the parent survey released the week of May 24th.