by Empowerment Collaborative | Feb 8, 2022 | Blog
Recently, Upshur County proposed a bond for a new high school and a redesigned middle school. In response to the upcoming bond, 7th grade students at Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School were challenged to identify the career pathways they would be most interested in...
by Empowerment Collaborative | Dec 9, 2021 | Blog
The following is a guest blog written for the Empowerment Academy Districts’ blog by Calhoun Middle School student, Isabella Cronin, a student from Ms. Jarvis’s publishing pathway who functioned as an embedded reporter on Mr. Cosgrove’s manufacturing...
by Empowerment Collaborative | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog
Empowering Ecosystems: Strategic Doing as a Catalyst for Action-Oriented Collaboration By Amber Ravenscroft, M.S.Ed. Manager of Innovation, The EdVenture Group, Inc. 304-296-9021 ex. 17 aravenscroft@advgroup.org www.theedventuregroup.org November 3,...
by Empowerment Collaborative | Dec 6, 2019 | Blog
One of the main tenets of the Empowerment Academy initiative is to afford students opportunities to dive deep into career exploration. The 6th grade Enrichment Classes have been studying career possibilities by considering the 16 National Career...
by Empowerment Collaborative | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog
I had another great visit to Calhoun County Middle High School last week. There are so many great things I could write about but will keep it short and only write about a few..I have purposely avoided visiting teacher classrooms in a scheduled routine, instead...
by Empowerment Collaborative | Nov 18, 2019 | Blog
I recently had the chance to work with Peterstown MS faculty. The 7th grade team is busy creating and aligning projects into a culminating event at the end of the school year in the form of a fair/carnival for the community. They have incorporated CFWV ,College...
by Amy Stewart | Oct 31, 2019 | Blog
Most of my time spent with Westwood Middle School this year has been in their cozy conference room getting deep into planning instead of out in classrooms. I did get to observe Royce and Fordyce’s PE class one day, and it was a pretty cool day to pop into PE....
by Empowerment Collaborative | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog
Empowerment Academy Coaching visit to Calhoun Middle/High School..Amy and I had an opportunity to spend time in Calhoun County last Friday (10-18-19). I think we were able to witness every stage of various PBL projects from project launch to a reflection...
by Empowerment Collaborative | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog
I recently had the opportunity to visit Westwood Middle School and check in on the status of their Empowerment Academy efforts. This was my first visit to Westwood this year so there were some changes that I needed to figure out; new rooms for 6th and 8th grade...
by Amy Stewart | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog
On Friday, September 27th, I was able to attend the Calhoun County Molasses Festival. As their first foray into the Empowerment Academy, Calhoun Middle School opted to have all of their middle school grade levels join in on the task of bringing back value and...
