Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Who did you lift up this week?

Last Friday, I encouraged each of you to fill out a "National Compliment Day" sheet.  I hope that you all completed one and I hope that you all got one, too.  Sometimes complimenting someone can make you feel better than if you received a compliment yourself.  On a related note, did you lift up a student this week?  We have Mustang Medals, #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay, Merton Rockstar Lanyards in 7th and 8th grade, and the opportunity to acknowledge our students with words, a hug, a high five, or a fist bump.  I encourage you all to find a student today to acknowledge and compliment.  It will make them feel great, and you'll probably feel pretty good, too.

Great things I saw this week...
I say this every week, but I appreciate so much all that each of you do to help out when staff is absent, from helping the guest teacher to covering a class.  Thank you!
The energy in classrooms when you are facilitating learning.  If you are passionate about the learning, the kids will be passionate about the learning, too.
The Student Senate Executive Committee wowing the school board on Monday night.
NJHS students helping out students in Homework Club.
Students behaving well for our guest teachers.
Some 5th grade girls that sat with me at lunch today because all of the 5th graders I was sitting with went outside.
Silent reading time and all of the kids reading.
Michelle trying out Screencastify for a lesson in the morning because she had a guest teacher in the afternoon.

Calendar
Monday, February 5th
7PM  Strategic planning

Tuesday, February 6th
4:15  Homework Club

Wednesday, February 7th
AWSA conference after lunch
5th and 6th grade family conferences

Thursday, February 8th
AWSA conference all day so no grade level meetings
4:15  Homework Club (I could really use some help with this today as I'm in the Dells for a conference.  You are compensated with actual money.  Please email me if you are able to help out.  Thanks!)- Lindsay is helping, but if anyone else is willing, that would be great, too!
5th grade family conferences

Friday, February 9th
AWSA conference in the morning
7PM  Mardi Gras dance
  • Important future dates
  • February 13th- Resource officer assemblies
    • 12:10-1:00 7th and 8th grade (no 5th hour)
    • 1:10-2:00  5th and 6th grade
  • WIN Wednesday with Corinne and Sarah
  • March 13th- concerts
  • March 14th, 15th, or 16th- Whitewater Wheelchair basketball (tentative)
  • March 19th-31st- Forward exam
  • April 12th- NJHS induction
  • April 19th- High School Musical Junior
    • 6th-8th see in the AM
    • 3rd-5th see in the PM
  • May 11th- Grandparents Day
  • May 15th- concerts
Tweets, quotes, and blogs
The Work Behind the Work (from George Couros)

(from Pinterest)

It's Time (from Jon Harper)
(from Pinterest)

Video challenge for Digital Learning Day
I'm so looking forward to seeing the great things that you do with this challenge.  If you have a chance, invite me in when you're giving it a try.  Here is the link for the challenge if you don't remember where it is.

And the new recipients are...
Rockstar- Jim Binney for his work with Google Expeditions and Google AR
Fix It Award- Jackie Kohnert for all of the work she does with our kids to help them overcome difficult times with family and friends.

I appreciate all that you do with and for our kids and each other every day.  Have you ever just reflected on what you did for the day?  I do that all the time, and I make sure to find one thing that was a positive from the day.  As people, and educators, we often focus on the negative.  Do yourself a favor and find that one really positive thing from today and carry that through the weekend.  It will make your weekend so much better.
Be the one!
Jay
Take care of the kids.  Take care of each other.  Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell

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