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Employee Spotlight – Meet Teshome Balkew
January 15, 2021
Welcome to Employee Spotlight. For this edition of our Employee Spotlight series, get to know Teshome Balkew.
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Technology is Transforming Art Classrooms (and Upping the Fun)
December 3, 2020
Move over macaroni necklaces. Technology has landed in K–12 arts education, and it’s becoming as common in art classrooms as paintbrushes and pastels.
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Top 10 Benefits of a Flexible-Seating Classroom
December 2, 2020
As part of our series on that topic, we’ve combed through a heap of online data and compiled the ten biggest benefits (in our opinion) of flexible seating.
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Employee Spotlight–Meet Jack Johnson
November 20, 2020
Welcome to Employee Spotlight. For this edition of our Employee Spotlight series, get to know Jack Johnson.
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How to Boost Student-Teacher Engagement During Remote Learning
November 5, 2020
Giving students a personal desk-chair setup at home can improve focus, and that benefits everyone – learners, teachers, school districts, and parents.
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Employee Spotlight – Lauren Weinheimer
October 8, 2020
Welcome to Employee Spotlight. For this edition of our Employee Spotlight series, get to know Lauren Weinheimer.
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New Smith System Product Line – Flowform®
October 2, 2020
You can be sure that as we continue to serve you, we’re taking every precaution to keep our employees safe. We’ve painted social distancing cues on our shop floors, provided PPE and, among other things, we are performing temperature checks.
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Space of the Week
September 28, 2020
We’ve seen how the right tools can help spark inspiration and found that working together with dealers, designers and school systems results in what’s best for the school, teacher and student. Each week, we will be featuring an influential space that was created in the past week that inspires a creative and dynamic learning environment.
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Little Kids Talk Life On Our Cameras
September 15, 2020
Enjoy These Candid Moments from a Smith System Video Shoot. What do little-ish kids really think about life?
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Employee Spotlight–Meet Chalew Mekuria
August 20, 2020
Welcome to Employee Spotlight. For this edition of our Employee Spotlight series, get to know Chalew Mekuria.