GHAEA Voice

1/1      Jennifer Christensen 1/3      Olivia Lickteig 1/4      Casey Abler 1/4      Kim Wise 1/6      Susan Marshall 1/8      Nancy Boswell 1/8      Janice Hughes 1/9      Eunice Bohanan 1/9      Leah Olson 1/10    Emily McGuire 1/10    Mike Peters 1/10    Jennifer Reed 1/13    Amy Mendoza 1/14    Lori Durand 1/14    Emily Kallsen 1/17    Amy Kading 1/17    Amy Rommel 1/18    Connie Hiatt 1/20    Connie Fenn 1/24    Emily Schwartz 1/28    Marsha Guttau 1/29    Carrie Powders 1/29    Laurine Price 1/30    Jennifer Adams-Potter 1/30     Sarah Girres 1/30    Daniel Kenkel 1/30    Alex  Reed    1/31    Denise Young

1/2      Ashley Denton 1/2      Sarah Girres 1/3      Stacy Buresh 1/4      Marjorie Armstrong 1/4      Laurie Peterson 1/5      Mollie Frazier 1/7      Martin Mulligan 1/8      Maryann Farrell 1/11    Andy Ruff 1/19    Keri Riddle

Green Hills AEA Early ACCESS providers, Diane Emsick and Sarah Girres, delight in celebrating a final adoption with a family.

Winter weather is here (whether we are ready or not). Green Hills AEA uses a program called Schoolreach to alert you of an office closing. To ensure that you get a message in the event of a closing, please make sure you have listed the phone number(s) and alert type (phone call or text message) for which you would like to receive this information. The Schoolreach program must have documentation that you've agreed to accept text messages on your phone. Therefore, if you have listed a cell phone in our personnel system as a means of notification, you will be receiving a text message today,, December 22nd at 11 a.m. asking you for approval to receive future messages from Schoolreach. Schoolreach will send a text, which will be displayed on your phone as 67587. It will show on the display yes or no. You will need to respond to this text. (An email was sent out yesterday with a visual description) A broadcast test message will be sent to all staff on today at 3 p.m. This message will

In an effort to create consistent branding and communications, we encourage you update your email signature to the following appearance: Font Type: Sans Serif Font Size: Normal or 10 Font Color: Black Left Aligned < GHAEA logo image> First & Last Name Title (as listed on contract, along with any other) Green Hills Area Education Agency ghaea.org • 800-Phone Number and Ext. Also, welcome: Degrees, Endorsements, etc. following your name Quotes after the signature (recommend same font & color, but add quotes or italics) Social Media links to GHAEA or Professional Profiles Need Help? How to Create a Gmail Signature Right click on the logo above and select "Save image as", then use this image to insert into your signature.

A change has been made to the GoSignMeUp Room Management section. No bookings will be able to be created for dates after June 30, 2018. On this date, Room Management in GoSignMeUp will expire.  The Green Hills technology team is meeting today to discuss options for a future system. Keep your eyes peeled for more information to come. If you have questions, please contact Michelle Lidgett 

Make 2018 a healthy one. Start a New Year's resolution, have fun with some friends, or challenge yourself to participate in a 10 week wellness challenge from Live Healthy Iowa. You and your team will track active minutes and/or weight loss through the provided website. The website's dashboard allows you to sync your Fitbit and Garmin watches as well. Join today to have fun, be healthy, and have a chance to win prizes!

To Our Everyday Heroes, Though you wear no cape, nor fly though the air, There's no one else who can quite compare. You give time, energy, and even sweat. And because of you, our goals are met! Your days are often busy and wild, But you'd do it again for just one child. We're challenging kids to reach higher and higher, But you're the ones who light the fire. All it takes is compassion and care, Something you're always willing to share. So maybe we don't always say it enough, Thank you all so very, very much. Happy Holidays, Everyone!

   Rachel Eikenberry is a School Psychologist for Green Hills, as well as Tri-Center's Head Volleyball Coach. This dual role started over 20 years ago, with the help of one colleague. Rachel tells us,  " I was serving Thomas Jefferson High School while working out of the Peterson Office. I interacted with Mike Bond who was a Special Education Lead Teacher and head volleyball coach  at TJ . He knew that I had played college volleyball and always liked to pick my brain about volleyball drills and philosophies. He asked me if I'd like to be an assistant volleyball coach for him at TJ. I wasn't sure if it was possible, but my AEA administrator, Cal Sinn, loved the idea of me trying out both roles." After her first season, Rachel and her husband were expecting their first child, so she stepped away from coaching to focus on parenting.     Fast forward 20 years, t hat baby now attends Cornell College, where she has started on the volleyball team as a freshman, and wa

   Marland Gammon, Director of District 7, will serve as this year's Board President. Marland has been with the agency since 1975, first starting in the rehabilitation program for adults. His passion for advocating and working with people with disabilities has been driving him since 1965. After high school, Marland worked at the Glenwood Resource Center, he later moved to Nebraska where he served in the Educational Service Unit as the Coordinator of Special Education Services. Marland also taught for a period of time in Auburn, Nebraska, as well as founded Nishna Productions in Shenandoah, Iowa.    One of the most impactful moments of his career occurred while he was working as a teacher associate in Glenwood with toddlers. There was a young boy who was blind that Marland worked with daily. Using an exercise ball for support, and eventually a grocery cart to navigate, Marland taught him to walk. The boy went on to graduate high school. Marland still runs into the boy's parents

Start your holiday festivities with Jennifer Dillon and Lori Lynn Ahrends as they star as  Mrs. Cratchit  and  Ghost of Christmas Past  in the Omaha Community Playhouse production, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens . If you haven't seen them this year, make your way to the playhouse between now and December 23 to catch a show. For more information click here .

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