Write a new ending...

You probably know that I like Brene Brown's book "Dare to Lead".  I saw this quote from her recently.

"Write a new ending for yourself, for the people you're meant to serve and support, and for your culture."

Wow!  Imagine if you could start every day with where you are and not look back at where you've been.  As I think about all of your incredible work to make a difference with our students, both academically and socially, you should know it makes me think about the new ending you are writing for them for this school year.  You are helping our students to become better students and, more importantly, better people.  Think about the impact you are having with our students.  They might not thank you to your face today, or next week, or maybe ever, but know the impact you have each and every day.  You are writing an ending for each of our students every day that they didn't know was possible.  Thank you for creating so many happy endings!

Calendar

Friday, March 11th    PTO meeting 9:30AM/ PTO Saz's Fish Fry fundraiser at Western Lakes 4-8PM

Monday, March 14th    School Board meeting 6PM

Wednesday, March 16th    Content meetings 7:45AM/ PTO Culver's Night

Thursday, March 17th    Group pictures for the yearbook (Final schedule will be ready on Monday)

Friday, March 18th    Jay is at the NCAA Frozen Four in State College, PA

Saturday, March 19th-Sunday, March 27th    Spring Break

Friday, April 1st    End of third quarter (It's not April Fools.  It's really the end of the quarter!)

Tweets, quotes, and blogs

(from Inspiring Quotes)

Stuck in Your Head and Heart (from George Couros)

(from Jessica Cabeen, one of my middle school principal friends. Please take the time to watch this today!)

"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other."

Brian Tracy

(from @teachergoals.  Our students' families can do this and so can we!)

(from Todd Nesloney)

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."

Dolly Parton, singer-songwriter, actor, businessperson

Thanks for your time and suggestions both Wednesday and Thursday as we work to finalize the Forward Exam schedule.  There are still some moving pieces that I will be working through over the weekend.  I tried, with the help of Maria, to make sure that our students are taking each content test with their content teacher.  We were able to do that.  What I messed up was not thinking about the musical week or April 4th-8th.  My apologies, but with the help of our BLT Thursday morning we were able make an adjustment that will be beneficial for our students taking the Forward Exam and all involved with the musical.  Once I share the schedule again on Monday I welcome any feedback you might have.  Regardless of the schedule, we need to make sure we provide the best opportunity for success for our students.  I'm confident that our students will be successful because of all of your effort and the effort of our students.  We've got this!

Thanks for a great week!  We've got one more solid week of school before Spring Break with a few NCAA basketball games sprinkled in.  Keep the kids engaged and it will help the kids behave as we know they should.  Have a great weekend, and #GoBadgers!

Jay

Take care of the kids.  Take care of each other.  Take care of yourself.- John Gunnell