Be with family and friends.
Relax and refresh your mind.
Enjoy your time away from school and school work.
Alone time should be scheduled.
Know that all of your school stuff will still be here when you return.
But first, let's focus on today, and make it the best Friday of the week!
Great things I saw this week...
A student really helping another student with a project (provided suggestions, and more suggestions, and never gave up).
A Zoom session with an author, in Math class.
The Student Showcases from our 5th graders and 6th graders. They were so good that Mike and I didn't do a Principals' Report. Thanks, Heidi, Becky C., Sarah, and Becky P.!
60 8th graders taking the Spanish placement test altogether in the Little Theater. Boy was it quiet!
The 8th grade Underground Railroad simulation kids did a great job, at least in the library where I was.
Watching the 8th graders struggle with Vex robotics and then watching, some of them, figure it out with some guidance from Dave.
Annotating poetry and writing essays in Language Arts, on the Wednesday before Spring Break.
Calendar
Intermediate School Special Events
Forward Exam Schedule
Saturday, March 23rd- Sunday, March 31st
Spring Break
Monday, April 1st
Start of 4th quarter
Wednesday, April 3rd
Final Yearbook group pictures
Thursday, April 4th
Grades due at 8:00AM
Tweets, quotes, and blogs
| We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us? |
| Lydia Sigourney, poet |
| It doesn't matter what your background is and where you come from. If you have dreams and goals, that's all that matters. |
| Serena Williams, tennis player with the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles among active players |
Every Day (from Pernille Ripp)
(seen at volleyball practice)
| Lack of effort bends me out of shape. |
| Bernadette Locke-Mattox, first woman to serve as assistant coach for a men's NCAA Division I basketball team |
8 Ways A Child's Anxiety Shows Up as Something Else (from GoZen, and I think it applies to us, too!)
Somewhere in the Middle (from George Couros)
On Forgiveness... (from Pernille Ripp)
How You Might Be the Best Part of "That" Student's Day (from Bored Teachers)
Do you know, or remember what's behind these closed doors?
It's our outdoor classroom, complete with a whiteboard. There are benches that go along with this, too. With the weather changing for the better, at least I hope, it's a great place to take a class for a new experience. There is no sign out, so please communicate with everyone if you are going to use it.
I hope that you have a great Friday. Take a moment to make a difference to one of our students today, especially the ones that might be testing the limits a bit today. Reread the first paragraph after school is over today, and have a relaxing Spring Break.
Be the spark!
Jay
Take care of the kids. Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell
Somewhere in the Middle (from George Couros)
(From Jon Spencer, and it doesn't just pertain to new teachers!)
| I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to ... behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word -- politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit. |
| Fran Lebowitz, author |
| If there's anything you've wanted to do for yourself, just get out and go for it. |
| Arlene Pieper, first woman to finish a US marathon (Pikes Peak Marathon, 1959) |
Do you know, or remember what's behind these closed doors?
I hope that you have a great Friday. Take a moment to make a difference to one of our students today, especially the ones that might be testing the limits a bit today. Reread the first paragraph after school is over today, and have a relaxing Spring Break.
Be the spark!
Jay
Take care of the kids. Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell
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