Nominations are open for the Redbird Educator Teaching Awards which celebrate outstanding PK-12 teachers who are Illinois State alumni and faculty associates at the ISU Laboratory Schools.
Celebrate a Redbird Educator!
Unit: Laboratory Schools
Traveling maps at Metcalf make social studies matter
Dr. Irenea Walker and Kimberly Carthans partnered to make space for geography by implementing the Traveling Maps project in a third-grade classroom at Thomas Metcalf School.
Metcalf School sixth-graders design, build, and donate a tiny house to homeless shelter village in Bloomington
Metcalf School sixth-graders designed and built a tiny house in their makerspace class that Home Sweet Home Ministries (HSHM) will put in its new shelter village.
Camp site: College of Arts and Sciences units welcome youth campers to explore careers in science
Forty-three kids ranging in ages from 5 to 13 who attended Metcalf’s Camp Wildcat were treated to a day of programming provided by Illinois State University.
Graduating Redbirds: Ethan Edwards is leaving Illinois State a more accessible place
A Laboratory Schools alum who will soon become an Illinois State alum, too, has left a legacy at Illinois State.
Redbird Explorers: Where kids can explore their passions at Illinois State
This summer, Redbird Explorers wants to help get children excited for their future by finding and exploring their passions in the classroom! Metcalf School is partnering with faculty and staff at Illinois State University, reimagining what their summer camp can do for you.
‘Teacher of teachers’ Dr. Normand Madore leaves lasting legacy helping students in their pursuit of a career in education
As his life was coming to a close, Dr. Normand Madore shared with his only child that he wanted to create an endowed scholarship to help the next generation of elementary education students.
School of Teaching and Learning alumna Jessica Wentz ’11 honored with ‘Oscar of Teaching’
The principal at Lincoln Grade School in Washington sent out an email saying the state superintendent would be visiting to celebrate test scores and asked that the teachers not wear jeans that Friday. But that wasn’t the real reason behind the dress code, or the visit.
Congratulations Angel Yin!
Angel Yin was selected as the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizens Award and Scholarship winner.
Congratulations to the U-High Debate Team!
Tim Park and Connor Duncan won the Varsity Public Forum division, making them the co-Novice, JV, and Varsity champions in Public Forum over the last two years!
