Friday, January 13, 2017

1-13-2017

Wow!  Yesterday was one of the best basketball games I have watched in a long time.  We lost by 1 point but both teams played extremely well and showed good sportsmanship.  Congrats to coach Baker and Tylk for the coaching job they did with the boys.

The cheerleaders really were impressive as well, doing their routine with precision and enthusiasm.  Nicole has done an excellent job getting the team to Gel together.  They have come a long way since the beginning of the season.

Finally, the premiere of the Pep Band under Mr. Turek's direction was outstanding.  The kids sounded awesome and provided a great spark of energy.  Yesterday's game was a great showcase of our Benjamin Community of students, coaches, teachers and parents supporting each other!

17 ideas to help combat learned helplessness.
https://www.middleweb.com/33614/17-ideas-to-help-combat-learned-helplessness/

Photo published for 17 Ideas to Help Combat Learned Helplessness

I'm looking forward to putting on my dancing shoes tonight for the 7th and 8th grade dance.  Thanks to Colleen and Alex for putting it together and to all of the teacher chaperones!

I'm always amazed at the attention to detail that Ellen does with decorating for our "food" days.  Ellen and Kim did a fantastic job of serving up a great potato feast.

Elon Musk takes a customer complaint from idea to execution in 6 days.  Now that is taking action.
http://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/elon-musk-takes-customer-complaint-on-twitter-from-idea-to-execution-in-6-days.html?cid=sf01001&sr_share=twitter

Melissa brought in the West Chicago Choir and their director to work with our students this morning.  What a great collaboration to inspire and improve our students!  They sounded awesome.

Get your skate on, Jen and Lynette will be starting the roller skating unit with the students on Tuesday when we get back.  Feel free to come up and participate.

128 words to use instead of Very.  Very good list!  I included the link so you could get a bigger image.
http://imgur.com/gallery/L5lA8IN



128 Words to Use Instead of Very


Thanks to everyone for working on student growth and evaluation materials on Wednesday.  Please let me know if you have any questions that I can help with.

Todd, Jen P, Gail, Marissa, Megan P, and Allison A did a great job of getting trained in CPI procedures on Wednesday.  Having these staff members certified adds to our already CPI certified staff members to create a great team ready to support Benjamin.

10 ideas to get started with Virtual Reality in the classroom.
http://blog.atomiclearning.com/10-ideas-to-get-started-with-virtual-reality-in-the-classroom


The 8th grade team did an excellent job of getting the students ready for high school registration by taking extra time and providing materials that will help the students organize themself to register for classes.  Thanks for going the extra mile.

11 strategies to support students with disabilities.
http://blog.atomiclearning.com/11-strategies-to-support-students-with-disabilities


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