Dr. Stacey Schmidt

Porter County Career and Technical Center Have you heard about the amazing offerings through our Porter County Career and Technical Center? Boone Grove High School students have the opportunity to take advantage of these course offerings as Juniors...

Next week begins our next installment of the ISTEP+ assessment for grades 3-8 and 10th graders. Following the ISTEP+ window our high school students will jump into ECA testing. Our high school students this year are in a transition year where they...

It's fourth quarter and we are in our final push of the year. We still have many things to learn, state testing, and the chance to knock this last quarter out of the park! We are a team, and as I'm sure you can remember from your days in school - it...

Last week I learned about an app that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has developed to help parents practice how to have a conversation about substance abuse with their kids. I serve on the steering committee...

Thank you to all who completed our survey last week. You taking the time to complete that survey is valuable to us as we are always seeking to learn, grow, and improve. We value your feedback! I have internet access at home: 99% said yes My child...

Heather Lint, Director of Nursing at PTSC, has been hard at work updating the PTSC Health Services website. When you visit our main webpage, click on "Services" in the left column and then pick "Student Health" to find many great resources. It is an...

PTSC Standouts: Check out 8th grade flute player, Katie Brei! She was selected to perform with hundreds of other middle school band students from throughout Indiana! This band is called "INpact Indiana's Future Band" and performs before thousands of...

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the dinner for the 2014 BGHS Academic Hall of Fame. It was a wonderful celebration of students who have worked hard and achieved top honors at BGHS and each student also honored a teacher that has made a...

Recently my husband and I were eating dinner together and we found ourselves needing to set perimeters for cell phones at the table. As we were discussing this topic, we were also talking about how different family meals have become even since we...

I can't believe it--but we are in the final month of school. Each year seems to go by at a more rapid pace. Although it is our last month of school, we still have a lot left to accomplish! As you know, ECA and ISTEP+ testing have been going on last...