Great things I saw this week...
5th graders fired up about social concerns work in Social Studies.
Students working with clay in Art.
Great mid-year discussions about SLOs, PPGs, and mid-year LA coaching goals.
Our 7th and 8th grade students and staff giving e-learning a try on our snow day. I'm proud of them!
6th graders presenting their newscasts in Social Studies.
Focused students during a Math test on Wednesday, the day after our snow day.
Two part harmony in 6th grade choir.
The kids' effort during the skill check in Language Arts.
Listening to the 5th graders ask their classmates about their chocolate milk letters.
A meeting with one of our students and his teachers to make a plan to make Wednesday better than Monday.
The Great Chocolate Milk Debate in 5th grade (Yes, we will still have chocolate milk at lunch.).
Watching teachers working with individual students and small groups to provide them the support they need.
The joy on Michael's face as he shared with me that our 7th and 8th grade choir was selected by the Brewers to sing the National Anthem before a game this season.
Calendar
Intermediate School Special Events
*Don't forget to schedule your mid-year SLO/PPG with me as soon as you have your mid-year results (MAP tests completed or other in class assessment that was used)
Wednesday, February 20th
Culver's Night
Thursday, February 21st
4:30-8:00 5th, 7th, and 8th grade invitation conferences
Friday, February 22nd
2:00 NJHS induction ceremony
Tweets, quotes, and blogs
(from MindShift)
No Way! Way! (from Jon Harper- A story about a lesson or two that didn't go so well for Dave Burgess)
(from School Leadership 2.0)
The Importance of Not Stepping In (from George Couros)
24 ways to use Screencastify (from Matt Miller)
| None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody -- a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns -- bent down and helped us pick up our boots. |
| Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court justice |
Where do you focus your attention for the growth of your organization? (from George Couros)
Family smore from 2.15.19
It was a three day week, and I'm getting kind of annoyed by them. We have a series of 5 day weeks ahead of Spring Break so we can get back into the routine you have created because of your expectations and procedures. But expectations and procedures alone don't create the routines. Your classrooms are built on relationships. So spend the next 5 weeks fostering and improving on those relationships. It takes effort and caring and hugs and high fives and fist bumps. And sometimes it just takes a smile or a listening ear. We might not be able to make everything better for everyone, but listening and smiling are a great start to making things better.
Be the spark!
Jay
Take care of the kids. Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell
It was a three day week, and I'm getting kind of annoyed by them. We have a series of 5 day weeks ahead of Spring Break so we can get back into the routine you have created because of your expectations and procedures. But expectations and procedures alone don't create the routines. Your classrooms are built on relationships. So spend the next 5 weeks fostering and improving on those relationships. It takes effort and caring and hugs and high fives and fist bumps. And sometimes it just takes a smile or a listening ear. We might not be able to make everything better for everyone, but listening and smiling are a great start to making things better.
Be the spark!
Jay
Take care of the kids. Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell
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