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Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0A public forum\u00a0 at Jamestown High School\u2019s Auditorium on Tuesday, addressed the future of Jamestown students, educational needs, as the prepare to enter the workforce.<\/p>\nJamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0A public forum\u00a0 at Jamestown High School\u2019s Auditorium on Tuesday, addressed the future of Jamestown students, educational needs, as the prepare to enter the workforce.<\/p>\n
The presentation, \u201cCan Jamestown students be most likely to succeed?\u2019 was shown, and addressed 21st<\/sup> century learning in Jamestown Schools and feature an abbreviated screening of the documentary Most Likely to Succeed<\/em> followed by a panel discussion, and finally questions from the audience.<\/p>\n The video addressed the 4-C’s: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking, all needed for young people to thrive in today’s world.<\/p>\n The video was recorded at San Diego’s\u00a0 High Tech High School, which Gehlar attended, adding his unique perspective to the community, which was\u00a0 included in his presentation.<\/p>\n The public was encouraged to\u00a0 take part in the \u00a0discussion about what employers will need from employees, how students can be prepared for successful careers, and why a focus on success is more important than ever.<\/p>\n Jamestown School Superintendent Rob Lech says now is a good time to have the discussions as many Jamestown Public School District building systems are nearing the end of their life.<\/p>\n He says following Tuesday’s program, the school district continues to work on a series of videos featuring\u00a0 questions and answers to be sent out.\u00a0 The edited videos will be further available to the public, averaging about one per week over a two month period.\u00a0 They will include, what is the vision for Jamestown Public Schools in the future, and focus on 21st Century education.<\/p>\n The videos will be available\u00a0 on the JPS web site, YouTube, Jamestown One App, school newsletters and social media.<\/p>\n Lech pointed out that the Citizen Advisory Group continues to work, gathering a representative perspective of Jamestown. He says community input on the future of Jamestown Public Schools is critical and will be sought in the coming weeks for listening forums, focus groups and general comments.<\/p>\n Tuesday evening’s forum was sponsored by the Jamestown Public Schools, Greater North Dakota Chamber and the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0A public forum\u00a0 at Jamestown High School\u2019s Auditorium on Tuesday, addressed the future of Jamestown students, educational needs, as the prepare to enter the workforce. The presentation, \u201cCan Jamestown students be most likely to succeed?\u2019 was shown, and addressed 21st century learning in Jamestown Schools and feature an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119891,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119886\/revisions\/119891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BaeslerKirsten-300x202.png\")
The video was segmented, interspersed with comments by the panel, consisting of\u00a0 State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, Jamestown Superintendent Rob Lech, Jamestown High School Principal Adam Gehlhar, and Jamestown Chamber of Commerce Board Member and Chief Financial Officer at First Community Credit Union Sean Rinkenberger.<\/p>\n