March 28, 2018 Edition
46 DELICIOUS FACTS ABOUT PIZZA
Including #45: Pizza Hut briefly considered engraving the company's
logo on the moon with lasers. They abandoned the idea when
astronomers told them that the image would need to be the size of
Texas to be seen from Earth.  |  click HERE for more...pizza?
IN THIS EDITION:   2018 Montana AP® Summer Institute in Missoula  |   Fall 2018 Co-op Food Order Opens May 1  |   Science Summer Institute Aug. 13-14 in Bozeman  |  Congrats to PBS SPARK Grant Winners  |   SWMSS Unveiling New Website Apr. 2  |   IEFA Online Book Study May 15 - July 15  |  J oke of the Week  |   Addt'l Professional Learning  / Resources / Discounts  |  Newsletter Archive  
  
2018 MONTANA Advanced Placement® SUMMER INSTITUTE
June 25 - 28  |  Missoula, MT
  
AP® Summer Institute workshops are directed by exemplary teacher presenters who have been selected for this work by the College Board. Workshops are open to both new and experienced AP® teachers and teachers who serve as distance learning facilitators for AP® courses through Montana's Digital Academy or other remote providers. Subject areas include: 
  
AP® Calculus AB  |  AP® Chemistry  |  AP® English Literature and Composition

  
Register before April 25 for early-bird pricing.  Low
enrollment may cause cancellation of some subject areas.
  
2018 Montana APSI Flyer  |  Click HERE to register
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~ SAVE THE DATE ~
FALL 2018 CO-OP FOOD
ORDER  OPENS MAY 1
  
Food Service Managers, mark your calendars for the Fall 2018 Order Window May 1 - 22, 2018. Our distributors are busy sharpening their pencils to give our schools the lowest prices possible on 430+ items, many of which are only available through this program. SWMSS will award the bid April 26th.
  
Last year our program saved schools over half a million dollars.
What part of that was yours?
  
For more information click HERE; to register as a new user, please contact:
Jennifer Brekke  |  jbrekke@swmss.coop  |  (406) 624-3336 ext. 0
~REGISTRATION COMING SOON~
SCIENCE SUMMER INSTITUTE 2018
August 13 & 14, 2018  |  Bozeman, MT
  
Join us this summer for a fantastic two-days immersed in science education best practices and content just before school starts! Session strands include:
  • NGSS and 3D Learning--focus on best practices for implementation of newly adopted MT content standards based closely on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
  • Science content refreshers--beef up your science background!
  • ST(R)E(A)M--connecting science with not only technology, engineering (an NGSS focus) and math, but also reading and art!
We are featuring TWO amazing keynote speakers at this event - Brandon Rodriguez,  the Educator Professional Development Specialist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory , and Emily Morgan, author, science consultant, and former middle school and elementary science teacher. BOTH keynotes will offer a session strand to attend. Registration coming soon!
  
Jeff Blessum  |  jblessum@swmss.coop  |  (406) 624-3336 ext. 2
  
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MONTANA PBS SPARK GRANT WINNERS WHO ATTENDED OUR 5TH ANNUAL TECH SUMMIT
  
10 people applied for the Montana PBS SPARK Grant that was offered at the SWMSS 5th Annual Tech Summit in February, and 4 projects were selected for funding! A huge round of applause goes out to:
  • Joe Horn, Townsend - podcasting project
  • Mary Williams, Boulder - BreakoutEDU and Pear Deck Subscription
  • Angie Johnson, Belgrade - Coding with Sphero and Ozobot Bit
  • Scott Seibert, Stevensville - Coding with Microbit 
IEFA ONLINE BOOK STUDY
MAY 15 - JULY 15, 2018


Earn 30  OPI Renewal Units by completing this 2 -month independent study involving classroom applications. Your $85 registration fee includes: a mentor read-aloud text,  Sweetgrass Basket , a poetry-prose genre by Marlene Carvell, and supporting books  My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling   (a historical fiction journal)  and picture book award winner Shi-shi-etko . Discover how to use all three books in classroom book club structure that transcends curriculum.
 
Led by SWMSS Instructors Kim Quigley & Melissa Tovaas
  
Click HERE 
for Registration :)
JOKE OF THE WEEK
  
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ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & RESOURCES
THANK YOU TO OUR 
BUSINESS SPONSORS & PARTNERS:
  
2018 CONSUMER SHOWS 
Butte - April 16  |  Helena - April 17
Bozeman - April 18  |  Billings - April 19
Please RSVP HERE by April 1
Click HERE for Details

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