Take a close look at this slide I found on Twitter while following the AWSA Elementary Principals Conference going on this week in Green Bay. It's circled in yellow and I dare to say that we all believe the statistics. The question is, "What are we doing every day to bring that potential to life?" Each one of you has a different answer and no answer is wrong. There are also easy answers as well as hard answers. Please think of answers in both categories. Share these answers with our BLT representatives. It will be an agenda item for our BLT meeting on Monday. I see the potential in each of you and I know you see the potential in each of our kids. So, what else are we willing to do to bring that potential to life?
Great things I saw, and heard, this week...
Positive comments and conversation during an IEP meeting that made all on the team smile.
Laughter coming from the 6th grade lounge while I was covering a study hall.
5th grade band learning to play together, and sounding pretty good, too.
A group of educators came together to figure out the best ways to meet the needs of kids (Actually happens more than I can even keep track of every day.).
Watching 5th graders using the Google Expedition goggles in Science.
The jazz band sounded awesome on Thursday morning!
The color run was just plain awesome, and the slime was much easier to clean up from this year.
The 6th grade band practicing outside after the color run was really cool.
I enjoy our grade level meetings more than you will ever know. There are too many reasons to even explain. And the reviews are mixed on me bringing fruit instead of donuts.
Calendar
Monday, October 16th
BLT 4:15
Tuesday, October 17th
Homework Club 4:15
Wednesday, October 18th
MAPs staff meeting (LA, Math, and Special Education teachers only) 8:00 in the Little Theater
Culver's Night 4:00-8:00
Thursday, October 19th
Grade level meetings (Specials meeting at 1:30 in the art room)
Homework Club 4:15
7th and 8th grade invitation conferences 4:30
Friday, October 20th
5th grade interviews 1:00
Tweets, blogs, and quotes
"I Got To" versus "I Get To" (from George Couros)Less Work, Deeper Learning (from George Couros)
Our Perfectly Average Child (from Pernille Ripp)
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(from ASCD K-12 Leadership Brief)
Thanks for all that you do every day for our kids that no one will ever know about.
Be the one!
Jay
Take care of the kids. Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell
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