Thursday, April 18, 2019

Turn it off this weekend

My friend, Jon Harper, writes a blog post that inspires and makes you think.  This weekend, Jon wrote this blog post called Always On.  Please take a moment to read it.


I don't know about you, but I have friends that just don't understand what it's like to be an educator.  Jon gives a great glimpse into a few things that may help our friends have a better understanding.  That being said, I'm giving you permission to turn it off this weekend.  You may think that you have to tweak a lesson to make it better, and you sure can do that, but pick just one day, or a half day, to work on school work.  We'll have a stretch of incredible opportunities in April and May to be on with our kids and with our colleagues with learning as our focus.  Take the time this weekend to recharge and reconnect with family and friends, and then be ready for the stretch run.  The Kentucky Derby is just around the corner and I can just hear Dave Johnson's (You can hear it here at about 2:00.) famous line, "...and down the stretch they come!"  We've got this!

Great things I saw this week...
Robot competition in Science.
Roller skating in PE.
Continued focus during Forward Exams.
Early morning volleyball practices.
Making wet mount slides in 8th grade Science.
Students discussing correlation and causation in Math.
Students discussing the books they are going to read after seeing a book trailer.
The preparations before our 5th graders took a Math test.
Sitting next to three students discussing their book club book.  Loved is it internal and "outernal"?

Calendar
Intermediate School Special Events
Forward Exam Schedule

Friday, April 19th-Monday, April 22nd
No School

Tuesday, April 23rd
7th/8th grade Forward makeups at 9AM in the STEM lab
School board/Community Forum 7PM

Wednesday, April 24th
5th/6th grade Forward makeups at 9AM in the STEM lab
5th grade LA Forward Exam (final one!)
Algebra placement test

Thursday, April 25th
College Day for 8th graders

Friday, April 26th
Career Day in the morning
Jay leaves at 10:00 of OKC Marathon

Monday, April 29th
BLT meeting  4:15PM
School board meeting 7PM

Tweets, quotes, and blogs
Relentless Principal Rallies Underdog School with UFC and Skateboarding (Video about my friend Hamish Brewer and his school.  You will be inspired for 12 minutes, and it's more than worth your time!)

(from MindShift)

Human Disconnection (from George Couros)

It's not the load that breaks you down. It's the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz,
former football player, coach and analyst 


(Taken from Jessica Johnson's "Johnson Memo" to her staff)


Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.
Cicely Tyson

(from Autumn Zaminski)

Every attempt to reach new milestones holds opportunities for us to learn, adjust and progress.
Jim Bridenstine,
NASA administrator, after Israel's Beresheet spacecraft crashed on the moon
Next week is going to be a very different week for me, and for many of you, too.  We have no school on Monday and there is an all day field trip for our 8th graders to visit WCTC, UW-Waukesha/Milwaukee, and Carroll University on Thursday.  Friday morning is Career Day and I'll be leaving around 10:00 to catch a flight to Oklahoma City to run a marathon on Sunday.

Have a great long weekend, and I'll see you all on Tuesday!
Be the spark!
Jay
Take care of the kids.  Take care of each other.  Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell
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