Happy New Year

Teachers,

Here is your weekly dose of “5-Point Friday. 

Happy New Year—

Another year is here? Is it just me or do the years get faster and faster? Maybe it is just me. I was reading an article this last week about New Years Resolutions. It talked about how we make new year resolutions and within a couple months we have given up on them or decided it was not worth keeping because the goals were too hard in the first place. The author suggested that instead of resolutions and goals that we are in the habit of not keeping that we create a theme that we follow throughout the year to guide us. Every decision we make will go through the theme to see if it matches. If it does, run with it, if it doesn’t, change it or don’t do it. The theme we have as a school its to improve literacy. Every decision will be made through the lens of literacy and how it will improve our school. So what theme will you have as a teacher? What will your theme be at home for the year? What will your personal theme be? 

Quote I’m pondering —

“Every day of our lives, we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.”

— Mignon McLaughlin

What’s Happening This Week —

Tue., Jan. 8 - School Board Meeting

Favorite Article This Week —

Oprah Winfrey starts every meeting with these same 3 sentences

These are three questions we should be asking when we meet as teams and as a school. If we can answer them honestly it will make our teaching and students more successful.

A Big Thank You —

Thank you to everyone that participated in the PBIS retraining morning. I appreciate the teachers that presented and how well you did letting the students know how to act in the school. I thought they have done well so far, but the reminder will be good to get them started in the new year. Thank you for the presentations. I also want to thank the teachers and aides that walked around with the students to remind them how to walk in the halls and how to act in a presentation. It is so fantastic how well you all do at the things you do, if that makes sense. You are all amazing and so important to this school, the students, and this community. Thank you for all you have done. Thank you.

One extra thank you goes to Lauren and all her help she has given us. She has been a huge help to Lisa and to Kindergarten. Thank you, Lauren, for all you have done for us. Thank you for all you do. Thank you.

I appreciate all of you and your hard work. Have a wonderful weekend.