“You don’t start
climbing a mountain to get to the middle.
Why be content with being average?”
James Hart
News/Timelines/Due Dates
Principal of the Day –
As part of American Education Week, schools are having persons from the
business world serve as principal of the day.
We will have Preston Penn with us Wednesday morning to serve in this
role.
Governance Council
Update – Today’s Lions Roar has the slate of parent candidates for the
governance council. Elections will take
place the week of November 26 – December 2.
Elections for teacher positions will be held that week also. The candidates for the two positions are as
follows:
One-Year
Term: Elizabeth
Ferree/Erin Hoerr
Two Year
Term: Allison Rose/Stephanee
Stephens
Pride - This
Friday, November 16, we will continue with our service project theme in an
activity titled “One Influences Many”. This is a team building activity
where students will be involved in various challenges to earn letters to find
the secret phrase. The emphasis should be on how one person can make a
difference. Last Tuesday, a mini version of this lesson was demonstrated
in our faculty meeting. Please make sure you locate the flipchart called
“Nov. 16th – Service Project Survivor Challenges” in the PRIDE
folder in Technology How To’s. If you do not have a way of using the
flipchart, please team up with your PRIDE buddies that were emailed out a week
or so ago from Sarah Buck.
PRIDE Buddy Clarification – The PRIDE buddies
are there for a purpose and are to be used in a variety of ways. Over the
last few years, there have been times when topics discussed in PRIDE or the
format of activities were more comfortable for some than others. Having someone
to collaborate or even combine with would have been helpful in making the topic
more meaningful for our students. PRIDE Buddies have been created to
assist us with just that. You may find that your PRIDE Buddy is more
comfortable with or has a particular strength in the activity format so feel
free to collaborate with them for ideas on how to present the material.
Even though we should be making every effort to be in
attendance on Fridays, there are times you may not be here and groups should
combine with their PRIDE buddies to continue with the advisement lessons. Although we are fortunate to have some really
great substitutes that fill in for us when we are out, remember the goal of
PRIDE to build relationships with our students, and our PRIDE Buddies can
continue to help foster those relationships when we are out. On silent reading days, your PRIDE group can remain with
your scheduled substitute.
The other reason for PRIDE Buddies is for times like this
week and last when our room locations do not meet the needs of the activities
such as the ability to stream videos or use the Flipcharts. Many of you
have done a fantastic job of partnering with someone when the need arises but
we would like you to begin using the PRIDE Buddies that were sent out for
future needs.
During the second semester, some of our activities are built
around using our PRIDE Buddies and combining groups. If you did not look
to see who your PRIDE Buddy is please make sure you take time to do that.
Thanks for making our PRIDE program a successful one and
fostering relationships with our students!
Where is Livingston?
Dana Griffin says, “I would like to pass
Happy Birthday
Lana Chisholm November
17
Maureen Innes November
19
Sonya Purdy November
19
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