Week 8: October 22, 2018

Mr. Browne's Precept

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. 

~Ian Maclaren

Honey- Do List 

• 10/23/19     Submit BIMAS plan email to Jen Mederios-Crabbe

10/31/19     Action Plan Template for Unit Completion

11/1/19       Register for whole-school PD in TeachPoint

11/12/19     Superintendent's Visit to Lee Academy

11/22/19     Picture Day Make-Up

Shout Outs 

This week's shout out is for everyone! Just like when a teacher leaves the classroom they may feel anxious about how their classroom will run, a school leader feels that way when they are out of the building. Of course, it did not help my anxiety or yours that all of the first responders were at the conference with me.  This team, as always, was the ultimate in professionalism and the day ran smoothly.  I don't know what I was worried about, YOU are amazing.

The Conference

The conference that we went to was really well done. I think that we all got some good ideas about inclusive literacy from Dr. Kim Parker. Kim is a resident of our neighborhood and the mother of a 5-year-old son. I am hoping that we see her at some of our community events. 

Jessica Minahan the author of the "Behavior Code" gave a two-hour presentation that seemed like 5 minutes. She provided some strategies that I was able to put into place today. They worked!

I am looking forward to unpacking some of these as a staff and creating a common language around behavior. 

All-Star Line-Up

Behavior Action Team- Team Captain Jen

Meghan

Alyce

Jodi

SST- Team Captain Alyce

Lindsay

Shandolyn

Nee

Marc

Keri

Literacy- Team Captain Sarah

Noreen

Meredith 

Math- Team Captain Brian

Amelia

Rose

Priscilla

Sunshine Wellness Team- Captains Sam & Eleanor

Seth

Stephanie

Ben

Danielle

Traffic

We continue to make one step forward, two steps back with this issue. We have our cones thanks to facilities. We had a police presence twice last week.  On Wednesday there was a verbal altercation between the family and some of our families. Starting next week we are going to start "Ticketing" cars. Hopefully, this will be another way to help. 

Morning Announcements

I am planning on being here on Monday so this week's word of the week will be considerate.  I will be sticking with character traits for the next few weeks. I know that is what many of you are working on. 

The Quirky Holidays for next week are:

• 10/28 National Chocolate Day
• 10/29 National Cat Day
• 10/30 National Candy Corn Day
• 10/31 National Doorbell Day
• 11/1   National Author's Day

Please let me know if you think morning announcements are going better. They certainly are faster. 

TeachPoint and Professional Development

Our whole school PD is now on TeachPoint and available for you to sign up for. You will be able to manage your own PD and print your own PDPs. 

BIMAS

Thank you to all of you that have started putting your data in. Please send a quick email to Jen about when you plan to complete your data entry. Jen has also offered to provide some coverage for you if you need it complete the work. 

Governing Board Elections


This week you sent home Governing Board Nomination Forms with your students. They are due back to school on Monday. If you get some returned please send them to me in the office. I am expecting at least 5. Voting will take place during the week at before school and after school