Archive for January 2022

Corey the Dribbler is a 4 Time Guinness World Record Holder that played for the Harlem Globetrotters. He came to visit Benway to teach us tricks and spread his positive message of the three Rs. Respect, Responsibility and Resilience!

Benway School participated for the fifth year in a row in Computer Science Education Week. Computer Science Education Week is an annual call to action to inspire students to learn computer science, advocate for equity, and celebrate the contributions of students, teachers, and partners to the field. Students spent at least an hour during the…

Students from Benway participated in the CoderZ Coding Competition.  CoderZ is an international virtual competition designed to engage students, regardless of their coding experience, with exciting challenges and opportunities to work collaboratively in teams. This year we entered three teams. Short Bytes our novice division (grades 4-6) in which Noah, Canddies, and Izabella placed 104th…

This year our Art teacher, Ms. Decoursey, has been nominated for 3 different teacher of the year awards.   Shannon Decoursey  beloved teacher at Benway School found her calling to serve the special education community in her early years as she, a student with SLD herself, volunteered to help the low instance special education classroom in…

Students earn monthly academic and incentive based trips at Benway. Recently, Benway tackled an issue with students’ motivation by decreasing the point average needed to earn the field trips by just 3 points. Benway found that the slight change made students feel like the trips were more attainable and thus were able to turn student…

Caroline Maguire provided a virtual training on SEL instruction to the Benway staff and various sending district CSTs. Thank you Caroline for making this topic engaging and approachable to all parties. Caroline provided resources from her book, “Why Will No One Play With Me”. Caroline says she is, “All about real world, easy to follow…