In The Spotlight 🔦

Learn more about the amazing experiences members of our Authentic Learning Network have been involved in!

Creston Early Childhood Center, STEM Awardee

The Cougar Den - CAM

Fall 2022

CAM members of The Cougar Den presented at the 2022 Future Ready Iowa Summit. Many gathered to learn as the students shared about their journey that started as a small business and has now grown into a fully remodeled storefront in downtown Anita with CAM products designed and create exclusively by students.

CAM Cougar Den

Fall 2022

CAM students continue to pump out new merchandise available in uptown Anita. If you can't visit them in person, check them out on Facebook at this link.

The Crossing in Creston

Fall 2022

Creston High School, The Crossing, students have new merchandise available for all of your fall activities! Find them on Facebook here.

IKM-Manning Spark

Fall 2022

IKM-Manning middle school Spark students show their school spirit with homecoming gear and a tailgate party! Learn more about their projects on their Facebook page.

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Nike Missile Base and Green Hills AEA's Halverson Office

Summer 2021

Students at Griswold High School researched the history behind the Green Hills AEA building that is located between Council Bluffs and Treynor. It was previously a Nike missile site and the students unearthed information, oral histories and images to help tell the story. Read more here.

CAM Cougar Den does STEM Day

Summer 2022

CAM students attended the Iowa State Fair to represent The Cougar Den and their digital media program at the 2022 STEM Day! Check out their booth here.

Cougars help plan Sesquicentennial Celebration

Summer 2022

CAM students and instructor get involved in planning Anita's Sesquicentennial celebration for the summer of 2025. Check the video out here.

CHS Student Broadcaster

Winter 2020

Senior Brodie Wallace talks alongside KSIB's Damon Helgevold during a Creston Basketball pregame show.

STEM Teacher of the Year

Winter 2020

Mrs. Shelly Miller of CAM High School received honor of being the Southwest region's STEM Teacher of the Year during the 2020 STEM Day at the Capital.

Student Commentator 4A State Softball Tournament

Summer 2020

Senior Cole Strider immersed in an authentic learning opportunity by working alongside KSIB's Damon Helgevold doing the play-by-play call of the 2020 State Softball Championship game broadcasted on KSIB radio.

Iowa Clearinghouse for Work based Learning

Winter 2020

Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise dropped by Griswold to see the district's work first hand. From left are teacher Holly Esbeck and student Shelby Steffen with Director Wise. In front of them is the communication technology they acquired through their STEM BEST funding. Click here to read the full article and learn how Holly is embedding authentic projects into her classroom.

CAM Small Business Class

The CAM Small Business class presented Mrs. Kathy Ehrman, CAM high school librarian and grandmother to Steele McLaren, a check for $3,000 this morning. This money came from the sale of the #32Strong and #StrongAsSteele decals the class sold after Steele's accident last October. Thank you to Atlantic Hy-Vee for selling them for us at their Customer Service Counter as well. This money can be used by the family for anything they need in the coming months.

Iowa ALN is Born

Winter 2019

UI alum co-creates network connecting educators with businesses. Read the full, Daily Iowan article here.

CAM Student Sportscasters

Friday games involve students in many ways: playing football, leading cheers, marching in the band .... and don't forget the kids in the booth. WHO-TV shares CAM's broadcasting journey.

Click here for the full story.

CAM Cougar Channel

We are proud of these 2 guys for passing their commercial drone license test today!!! Congratulations to Ethan Fast and Cade Ticknor!!! On to profitable projects for the CAM Digital Media class!!!

‘The Crossing’ at CCHS

Fall 2019

Creston students opened their own student-run, retail store! To read about their journey in The Creston News Advertiser click here.

Hitchcock House Virtual Tours - Griswold

From the instructional coach: "Just wanted to share with you a very special moment this morning. I just returned from Mr. Kunze's room where Tessa, Shelby, and I shared the drone video and the interior video of the Hitchcock House. Mr. Kunze was literally moved to tears of joy. He stressed to the girls how important it is to preserve this historical information, especially since so many of the board members are elderly. He was emotional because he said a couple members have passed away this winter, and he stressed they would have loved viewing the project because it is something they have talked about for years. He wants to take a flash drive with the video to a meeting this weekend at the Western Trails Museum in CB and show it to the regional director of the National Park Service. He was very passionate about how incredible their work was, and he hopes the class will continue to help with projects.

CCHS CAST Community Collaboration

Fall 2017

Read the full article from the Creston News Advertiser here.

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