Thursday Thriller
March 18, 2021
SPIRIT DAY TOMORROW!!! Wear your favorite college colors and SWAG!
Nuts-n-Bolts
1. Thank you to the Social Studies teachers for taking class time to complete the EES survey with students. Parents have receive their link and staff will be sent their link on Monday the 22nd.
2. Staff Meeting Monday the
22nd at 3:00. Brent Cummings is going to discuss the summer program for
pre-school through 12th grade. IT IS AMAZING!! The FREE opportunities
offered to students through the YMCA, Parks and Rec. plus a plethora of other
choices like sports, field trips, art, etc. It is going to be
good! Zoom Link The link is also on your calendar
if you accepted the invite from last week.
3. ELPA testing
begins on Monday in the library. We have approximately 26 6th graders, 20
7th graders and 14 8th graders testing. The goal is to complete testing
Monday through Wed of next week with make ups on Thursday and Friday.
4. Resources for you regarding Tuesday's Asian-owned spas in Atlanta. Very tragic and sad. While these resources are specific to anti-Asian discrimination, definitely some resources to take a look at. The speak up pocket guide is good. The 'Kindness Heals' has some elementary components like coloring the face mask that might not be age appropriate However, the prompts on the writing reflection piece might be worth talking to students about.
School wide the library
has launched the Diversify our Narrative book challenge.
Are you participating? I think the more we can educate ourselves on the
resources out there the more we learn about ourselves which we can then help
our students.
5. Jamie Dally is
a temporary para in the RISE program. She will be with us through
June. Welcome, Jamie! :D Margaret began at Lincoln this past
Monday.
Something to Ponder
A topic of conversation
with many of you has been around motivation. How do we motivate
students? Unfortunately, the mojo fairy isn't coming to sprinkle the
magic dust so what other strategies can we try?
Dave Stuart, Jr. simply
puts it: Thus for both us and
for our students, the idea is straightforward: habituate what we can, then
motivate what we can’t. And
throughout it all, simplicity wins the day.
Start
with the routine of entering and exiting class. What routines can you
start (never too late to start) that will eventually become habitual? Standing
at the door greeting students, handing students their entry task as I have seen
some of you do daily. Having something ready for students to engage in right
when they enter the classroom. Little things that many of you are doing
right now! Ask each other what routines/habits have been helpful once
implement. This will cut down on what you have to motivate. :D
Habituate what you Can, Motivate What You Can't
Instead of a Little
Humor let's have a BIG SMILE
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