March 29, 2024

Capturing their hearts

More than 50 Newton Community School District teachers took advantage of a three-day professional-development workshop this week called “Capturing Kids’ Hearts,” produced by the Flippen Group of Texas. Here, elementary teacher Doug Smith, near left, role-plays a child who repeatedly ignores directives to allow another “student” answer a question, asked by Lynn Bray of the Flippen Group, who is standing.