Science teacher Emily Telford knew that it would be a lot more interesting for her freshman to examine sea level rising while flying over waterways in a blimp, so that’s exactly what she had them do- virtually, that is, through Oculus Go headsets that her classroom has access to.
The 10th annual conference is a hands-on, engaging learning opportunity designed to provide skills and knowledge on the use of educational technology to current and aspiring educators.
Zack Gilbert, M.S. ’07, emphasizes playful learning in the classroom to store knowledge into students’ long-term memory.
University High School will present Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 5-6, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 7.
University High School teacher Bob Fitzgerald has been named one of thirty state finalists for the prestigious Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Since August 2015, we have invested in teaching our students the seven learner qualities: I Wonder, I Think, I am Self Aware, I Reflect, I Question, I Have Grit, and I Connect.
We’d like to invite you to Metcalf’s Winter Festival on Friday, February 8th from 5:30-8pm at the Children’s Discovery Museum in uptown Normal.
The Scholastic Book Fair, which will support the library and teacher classrooms, will be held February 5-7 in the Metcalf Library. Times are listed on the Metcalf calendar. On Wednesday, February 6, we will be having a special family night where the library will be open for shopping from 5-7 p.m. Our Scholastic fair homepage
On November 9, 42 fourth graders, 12 eighth graders, and their teachers from Illinois State University’s Metcalf School toured the Department of Technology’s Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Caterpillar Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory in Turner Hall.
University High School will premiere Tracks and The Bully Plays, November 30-December 2.
