Thursday Thriller, November 16

 Thursday Thriller

November 16, 2023

Nuts-n-Bolts

1.    Shortest TT ever!!!

2.    Shout out to our cooks who made a delicious lunch/dinner today!!!  And for Bryan E letting me joke with him on GNN!! Taren, Erika and Tracy-You did a superb job with the meal!!

3.    Congratulations to Brent!  He is going to move back to Pioneer. His start date will be on Monday, November 27th.  Brent's replacement is unknown at this time.

4.    Tomorrow afternoon, Anges and Conor's 7th grade SST classes will be on a field trip to the Whitman Mission. They both sent out their rosters via email.  Tuesday the 21st, Yaz and Amy's classes will go in two groups AM and PM. 

5.    Wednesday the 22nd will be our activity day.  Please make sure and vote for which schedule on Wednesday you would prefer most

6.   Thank you for keeping up with the iReady data tracker!  It makes a difference.  If you need or want jolly ranchers as an incentive for lessons passed, let us know.  We can get you some.

7.  Please encourage students to use their coins. We are trying to incentive students to spend them.

8.  FRI YAY Swag day!! Count up the number of students who have legitimately worn Garrison Swag, email it to Kim and Nicole.  Little competition!!!

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* The Health Center is going to open on Monday!  The Health Center is an independent support located in Garrison.  There will be a full time counselor on staff.  Referrals will go through Steve and Nicole M. Nicole, HC staff and I met to discuss communication and processes.  We will communicate with staff in the next few weeks.  Right now The Health Center will be open for counseling services.  The medical services are on a 'needs basis.'  The HC is located two doors down from Mr. Bertram's room.  They have transformed those offices! Stop in and say hi!

*Student Support Team (SST) meetings for December:  

December 6th -6th
December 13th -7th
December 20th -8th

* Don't let students off the hook!

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Something to Ponder

AMLE website is great!  

Kim and Nate let me teach during their WIN classes this week.  I am definitely rusty but really loved teaching! Most of the students participated.  There were a few that I wanted to throttle. :) Some students just stared at me; comatose. I kept reflecting, like all of you do, on the student motivation piece and how to connect with students.  What could I have done differently to engage those that didn't?  

This is why this article caught my eye-Authenticity, Duplicity and the Philadelphia 76ers.  Motivation and connection-hope you find a gold nugget.