Jon Hood

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  bexleyalumni.hypermart.net/FeaturesArticles/sciencecomp - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/14/2007    Last Visited: 1/12/2008  

  Jon Hood, principal of Maryland Elementary School and a former Bexley Middle School science teacher, has led this effort for several years.His leadership has been an essential element to the ongoing success of the program in Bexley.
  
  I believe the successes enjoyed by our students are also due to Jon's coaching, encouragement and dedication to these most talented students.
  
  He now directs the Christopher Columbus Academy in Disney World each summer.The academy consists of a week-long camp for the contest finalists.The contestants are able to meet with NASA astronauts and Mars mission engineers.
  
  The students also work with, meet and ride with Disney engineers on the rides the engineers designed.
  
  Jon's most recent work has been with Pentagon this past year.He was invited to speak with Pentagon staff about improving science education for middle-level students in America.
  
  I wish to thank Jon Hood for all of his hard work and dedication.

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  BHAA - Bexley Students Win National Competition - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/14/2007    Last Visited: 10/14/2007  

  They are, from left, Carrie Schedler, Emily Roth, Sarah Friedberg, Kathryn Scurci and science teacher Jon Hood.
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  Led by Bexley science teacher Jon Hood, the girls composted a dead cat, a roadkill groundhog and two euthanized dogs in various mediums and found that composting in layers of sawdust was a simple, environmentally safe way to dispose of animal carcasses.
  
  The project - one of 2,000 submitted to the competition nationwide - was selected as one of 10 finalists, winning the girls the Disney World vacation.

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  BHAA - Roadkill Investigation - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/3/2006    Last Visited: 10/14/2007  

  The students, from left, are Carrie Schedler, Emily Roth, Sarah Friedberg and Kathryn Scurci, with their science teacher Jon Hood.
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  Jon Hood, a seventh-grade Bexley Middle School science teacher, selected the girls to create a project for the Christopher Columbus Awards competition, held annually to encourage middle-school students to explore scientific solutions to community problems.
  
  Hood has had teams participate in the competition the past two years, with one group winning the trip and college scholarships.
  
  The road to roadkill composting started in September with a brainstorming session in which the girls tossed around topics ranging from tire traction on wet roads to frozen fire hydrants.After hearing about the overpopulation of deer in Ohio and studying landfills with Hood in seventh grade, they settled on the composting idea.

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  Bayer/NSF Award Winners Use Science and Technology to... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/19/2001    Last Visited: 7/20/2001  

  Science and math teacher Jon Hood coached the team.
  
  Like the Crow Nation team, this team of eighth-graders turned a problem into a solution.

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  Bexley board says no to full-day kindergarten -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/29/2009    Last Visited: 6/29/2009  

  The research committee, with the support of Maryland Avenue Elementary School Principal Jon Hood, determined that the extra time would allow teachers to better deliver the curriculum and identify learning difficulties.
  
  Parent Marlee Snowden, who headed the committee, said she was disappointed that Bexley children will not be offered a program that the research supports, and that has the backing of the majority of board members, administrators, parents and kindergarten teachers.
  
  "I understand that they have to be good stewards of the taxpayers' money, but they also need to be good stewards of our children's education," said Snowden, who has one child who will attend kindergarten in the fall.
  
  Snowden said she can enroll her child in the K-Plus program through the YMCA, as she did with her two other children, but she is concerned for families who cannot afford that option.
  
  Hood said he continues to stand by the committee's recommendation that full-day kindergarten is a beneficial program and that the district should pay for it.
  
  He pointed out that it's "inevitable" that Ohio will mandate full-day kindergarten, as do a majority of other states.

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  Bexley school board hears report on full-day... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/29/2009    Last Visited: 6/29/2009  

  But the parents want it and the kids need it, according to Maryland Avenue Elementary Principal Jon Hood.
  
  Ninety-six percent of the parents of kindergarten-age children in the district are in favor of a full-day program rather than the half-day now available, Hood said.
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  Hood explained that the teachers don't want to cram more into the heads of kindergartners, but instead want more time to instruct.
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  Hood conceded that there are some parents who want to keep their children at home longer, but added that more than half of the kids in this age group attend after-care programs.
  
  He didn't think offering both full and half-day programs would be an option, since it appeared that few parents were interested in the truncated schedule.

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  Bexley school board stands by fees for full-day... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/29/2009    Last Visited: 6/29/2009  

  Maryland Avenue Elementary Principal Jon Hood, who has helped oversee the study, said that there is "overwhelming research" that all-day kindergarten benefits all children by providing more time for instruction, and for intervention in the case of learning difficulties.

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  Bexley school's newest staff member has tails wagging... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/29/2009    Last Visited: 6/29/2009  

  The dog was provided through Canine Companions for Independence and is the responsibility of counselor Erica Hecker during working hours and Principal Jon Hood after the last bell rings.
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  Canine Companions, the national organization which raises and trains dogs for institutions and people with disabilities, conducted a lengthy screening process for the school, including site visits and an interview with Hood.
  
  In June the school was put on a waiting list, and by August it was time for Hecker and Hood to undergo their own obedience training in an intensive one-week session.
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  That's when they met Glazier, and in "a matter of seconds we were attached," Hecker recalled, especially Hood, who would be the one taking the dog home at the end of the day.
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  Kids who were having trouble getting to school on time now come early to see Glazier, Hood said.
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  When the final bell rings, Hood takes Glazier home and the dog is able to take off his official Canine Companions vest and relax.

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  Christopher Columbus Awards » Coaches/Teachers: Tips &... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/11/2007    Last Visited: 10/31/2008  

  — Jon Hood
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  — Jon Hood, 2001 Finalist Coach, Hot Rots Team Bexley Middle School, Bexley, Ohio
  
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  Team Members Talk

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  Christopher Columbus Awards » How to Enter: National... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/11/2007    Last Visited: 4/29/2007  

  Mr. Jon Hood

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