June 16, 2022
Angie Hammons Celebrates 15 Years with the University of Missouri
Earlier this month, the Mizzou Academy team surprised Angie Hammons at their all-team meeting to celebrate her milestone 15-year-anniversary with the University of Missouri. Angie Hammons joined Mizzou Academy in 2018 as the Director of Curriculum and Instructional Technology. However, she has held many positions at the University, beginning in 2007 with an educational technology role at Missouri S&T. Instructional Designer Julie Phelps has been on multiple teams with Angie. She remarked, “It’s hard to believe that I’ve known you longer than 15 years! There is a reason I’ve worked with you at 3 different jobs (eMINTS, S&T, Mizzou…
June 2, 2022
University of Missouri High School hosts senior graduation
On June 4, more than 880 high school seniors from around the world will graduate from University of Missouri High School, the flagship online program of Mizzou Academy.
April 26, 2022
Mizzou Teacher Candidates Visit Classrooms in Brazil
ELPA 4060 is a required upper level course for teacher education candidates in the College of Education and Human Development. This semester (Spring 2022) the course is being co-taught by Dr. Kathryn Fishman-Weaver and Sarah W. Walters. The course explores legal and ethical practices in schools. Mizzou Academy has played an important role in the course this semester with faculty guests sharing best practices in blended/online instruction and connected teaching. In recent weeks, scholars have focused on global contexts including learning from current and former partner Mizzou Academy teachers. One ELPA 4060 student group wanted to take their…
April 20, 2022
A Lab School Approach: Preparing Teachers for Online and Blended Classrooms
By opening their virtual doors to preservice teachers, Mizzou Academy has been able to enrich field experiences for rising educators.
March 24, 2022
Student Authored Magazine Highlights Community Engagement
We are overjoyed to announce the release of our first student-authored magazine, available here. With the guidance of Shivi Pandey, National Honor Society (NHS) student president, 14 National Honor Society students combined their talents, voices, and passions and published the magazine linked above. This publication focuses on student-led service initiatives related to our 2021-2022 school service theme of expanding educational access. With projects spanning across the United States, Brazil, and India, these scholars shared ways they are making a positive difference in their communities. From food drives, to partnerships with…
March 22, 2022
David Prats Vidal – Spring Honor Award Recipient 2022
An overflowing zoom room waited with anticipation as Tami Regan and Kathryn Fishman-Weaver announced the Mizzou Academy spring Honor Award distinctions. This is the second year of this quarterly award to recognize staff and faculty excellence. In alignment with our strategic priorities around cultivating a culture of celebration and recognition, the Mizzou Academy Honor Award was launched in 2021. This peer-nominated award is open to all faculty and staff, including part-time and student employees. This quarter’s recipient is David Prats Vidal. David serves as the Mizzou Academy World Language chair. With 23 different world languages at Mizzou Academy,…
March 17, 2022
Celebrating Women’s History Month: A Teaching Workshop
As the zoom room began to fill, Jill Clingan wished participants a Happy Women’s History Month! A few people danced and sent celebratory emojis. Later, Kathryn Fishman-Weaver challenged the group to audit their lessons for that kind of joy. “In our work to affirm young people and teach more complete stories, we want to offer stories of joy and celebration.” The twenty or so participants attending this workshop hoped to learn more about teaching Women’s History Month in the middle and high school classroom. They also brought ideas, resources, and invaluable perspectives to share. Most of the educators in…
Feb. 4, 2022
Teaching and Learning with Global Neighbors – Faculty Spotlight, Kimberly Kester
Since fall of 2021, Missouri has recently welcomed close to 2,000 Afghan refugees. Several members of the Mizzou Academy faculty are involved in resettlement and welcoming efforts. This month, we want to highlight Kimberly Kester’s work teaching an English class to a group of Afghan refugee women in the Joplin, Missouri area. Ms. Kester shared that in her class, “There are eight women and many children. As newcomers who have lived through trauma, navigating these early needs is multi-layered. Before we work on academic learning, we have to focus on food and shelter. Access to educational resources is a cultural…
Jan. 11, 2022
Mizzou Academy is Recognized as a “Hometown Hero”
Earlier this month (January 2022) Mizzou Academy was recognized as a Hometown Hero by New Chapter Coaching, a non-profit consulting and coaching group. Last year, our leadership team worked with New Chapter to develop and launch our current strategic plan. We were honored to be featured in their recent newsletter. Please find this bright story below. Hometown Hero—Mizzou Academy Mizzou Academy Graduation Housed in the University of Missouri’s College of Education and Human Development, Mizzou Academy is a blended, global school system. Mizzou Academy serves close to 8,000 students annually in its elementary, middle, and high school…
Dec. 8, 2021
Socks of Hope – Mizzou Academy Service Initiative
Our Mizzou Global Scholars program teaches young people that they don’t have to wait to start making a difference on the issues that matter to them and their community. In this service feature, read about how a group of Grade 8 scholars inspired action in both São Paulo, SP, and Columbia, MO. Grade 8 student leaders organizing socks during the project The Grade 8 Scholars at Colegio Magno (São Paulo, SP) wanted to do something meaningful to support the homeless community near their school. After researching key needs of the housing insecure population, they learned that socks are a priority…