2-3-2017

A Huge Thank You to Jim Allard, the Harvard night crew, Frank and Tim who were able to intervene last night to stop some water damage that sprang up suddenly.  All of their fast thinking and action limited the damage.

Good Article:  6 Techniques to build reading skills
https://www.edutopia.org/article/6-techniques-building-reading-skills-susan-barber?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow


Thanks to everyone for making the Souper Bowl..super yesterday. Having the food days once a month is a great opportunity to eat/talk and laugh with one another.  You can have another opportunity today after school with the get-together posted in the lounge!

Resources for teaching about Black History Month.
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2017/02/02/more-important-resources-for-black-history-month/


Great job by all of the PST staff and grade level teachers for having productive data meetings yesterday.  By working together we are helping kids grow and learn.

From the great Todd Whittaker.  Never were there truer words spoken.  I feel blessed to be working with this staff:


Please make sure you get back to Melissa if you plan on possibly donating your time or talents for the Foundation Trivia Night.  Or you could form a Teacher Trivia Superteam that would take no prisoners and go home with the coveted Trivia Trophy on Feb 25!

J.K. Rowlings on Creativity and Talent Development.
http://talentdevelop.com/1510/j-k-rowling-on-creative-imagination/

Theater Club has done an awesome job on transforming the piano box into a brickwall work of art.  Go to the Gym Lobby to check it out!

6 ways to build relationships with your students.
http://inservice.ascd.org/six-ways-to-successfully-build-relationships-with-your-students/

Thanks to Ellen and Kim for doing a great job in the office.  The school cannot function without your positive customer service and efficiency.  thank you.

Against all Odds Fair and Equitable Education for All
http://inservice.ascd.org/against-all-odds-fair-and-equitable-education-for-all/



Thanks to Michelle Fiorini for running the Cougars and Caudill reading program.  Great incentives to get kids reading!

11 Puxsutawney Phil Facts for Groundhogs Day
http://mentalfloss.com/article/54821/11-punxsutawney-phil-facts-groundhog-day?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.

Alexander Hamilton