Thursday Thriller
January 25, 2024
Photos from the Field
It is so fun to see students playing games and having fun in the library!
Nuts-n-Bolts
1. Students are doing so well on the iReady!! It is clear-students who completed their iReady lessons ARE doing better! It will be fun to share results!
2. Friday, Feb 2nd is our Activity/Bowling/Finish Lessons/Work day :). We will have an assembly to quickly on honor students who made growth on iReady, pie in the face fun and then dismiss to either bowling, activity day or working on lessons. Christy, Nate F have volunteered to be pied in the face. Would love to have more of you. :D If you would like to chaperone bowling, please email Kim. Robin is one chaperone. We will get permission slips. It will be tricky if students are not all the way done. I hope we will be. I don't have all the answers to the possible scenarios. However, if you email Nicole and me your questions, scenarios we can begin to formulate plans.
3. If you have a student who needs to see the Health Center Counselor, they have permission to go. Mariana has shared with me that she is trying hard to work with availability of the Delia's counseling schedule and openings with reaching out to students' teachers to come up with the best option. She also shared that some teachers have not allowed a student to go or sends them at the end of class with hardly any time left. We need to let students go. It is unfair for us to deny a student access to a service they clearly need. Please come see me if you want to discuss this further.
4. Spirit week is next week. ASB officers made a proposal and were VERY EXCITED to share this with me and a little nervous. Friday the 2nd is "Anything but a Backpack" day. There are CLEAR expectations around what students can bring. ASB officers wanted the chance to prove that the student body could do this. It's a half day, students who do not comply will have consequences AND there are going to be some really creative ideas that will be in the 'guard rails' that will make us chuckle!
5. THANK YOU for emailing your sub plans! Nicole and I appreciate it!
6. Friday, Feb 2nd in the afternoon we will have Shelby from ESD 123 presenting part 1 of gang activity information. She is knowledgeable and very relatable. I have seen her present before. She is also the go to team leader when we do a Level 2 threat assessment for students.
7. Best of luck to Mike Bertram and students travel to Cheney this Saturday for the First Lego League Competition!!!
8. Michelle Carpenter sent this information out this week. Are you interested in School Leadership? Leadership comes in many different capacities. I could email her if you have questions or might be thinking about next steps in your career.
K-12-School Leader Information
I've been reflecting on the concept of teamwork, particularly its significance within an educational setting. The accomplishments of our students hinge on our collective teamwork. Numerous students have reached out to express their excitement in the growth they have made from the fall to present. As we navigate through a very busy period of transitions, field trips, registrations, and testing—from 5th to 6th, 8th to 9th—we must maintain our cohesion as a team. Our individual strengths, when pooled together, define our uniqueness. Sometimes, nudging our teammates into action is essential, all geared toward the singular purpose of advancing towards our goal: ensuring that 100% of our students feel a sense of belonging, are motivated to attend school, and are invested in their learning. There's work ahead, but together, lifting one another, engaging in difficult conversations when necessary, and acknowledging achievements, it's all about being a unified team.
In a great podcast, at the 37:55 mark, Dr. Mike Massimino, a NASA Astronaut, shares his journey to becoming an astronaut. Between 37:55 and 45:04, he talks about a chapter from his book, "No One Leaves the Pool Until Everyone Passes the Test," providing an example of teamwork. It prompts us to consider how we can leverage our strengths to support those who may not be as proficient, ensuring everyone "passes the test." I hope you find a gold nugget in this podcast!
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“We’re not going to talk about what we’re going to accomplish. We’re going to talk about how we’re going to do it.” — Nick SabanPreliminary results from ELA and Math Diagnostic!! WHOOP!! WHOOP!!!
