10-19-2018

Thanks to Chris for putting together the BB300 Newscast Friday morning.  The kids had a blast and the mic issue will be fixed by next week.  Please make sure that you send any announcements you have for Friday to Chris and Ellen T by Tuesday afternoon because they film on Wednesday and edit on Thursday. I know it requires to plan ahead.  Thanks for doing this for the kids!

Building relationships with students. 
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2018/10/response_building_relationships_with_students_is_the_most_important_thing_a_teacher_can_do.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw




Huge thanks to Corey for all that he has done for our school and best of luck in his future.  Yesterday at Outdoor Ed Corey and I walked into the lunchroom at the same time and every table of kids had their hands up screaming "Mr. M"!  wanting him to sit at their table.  Needless to say I slinked away to a table that accepted me as long as I didn't talk to them😁

Thanks to Sherry and Marcia for all of the work they are doing to communicate to one of our families on a student medical issue.  Going beyond expectations is appreciated. 

Tips on the google products you use.
https://www.blog.google/products/search/tips-people-behind-your-favorite-google-products/

If you are on the regular evaluation cycle and haven't scheduled your first formal observation with me you should be asking yourself the following question "Why haven't I scheduled my first formal observation with Mike yet?"

Thanks to all of the staff who are chaperoning Outdoor Ed. It is a huge commitment of time and energy! Also, thanks to our awesome Substitutes!  We couldn't do it without you.


I want to welcome Andrew Hunter who will be taking over as the PE teaching assistant position on Monday.  He is subbing this week in PE so please stop by, say hi and welcome him to Benjamin. 

Thanks to the 6th grade team for setting up Dr. Ehrhardt and Sarah Phelan to come in and give an excellent talk to our 6th graders about the history of Benjamin on Monday.


I sent an email out earlier in the week to share the link Michelle gave me on Digital Citizenship. If you didn't check it out then.  Please do so now. 
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship#digcit-program.%C2%A0


Randy Johnson who is volunteering in the Maker Space and supervising the Maker Space club stayed for 2 hours with the students on Wednesday's early release day.  Thanks Randy!

Congratulations to Todd who will be going to Bloomington on Saturday to pick up his Those Who Excel Award.  He is definitely deserving of the recognition.  I'm hoping he will let me sit at his table. 

Finding your Chord.
https://seths.blog/2018/09/in-search-of-your-chord/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/sethsmainblog+(Seth%27s+Blog)

Melissa and I want to thank everyone for the "Bosses Day" gift.  We appreciate the job that you do to make our life easier. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Ehrhardt on behalf of our entire staff for being the example to follow on how to do things right and walking the walk for us everyday.

Article on What are your Beliefs?  Good stuff.
http://esheninger.blogspot.com/2018/10/what-are-your-beliefs.html 


I hope to see some of you at the Fall Fest this Sunday.  It is a great event for your families and a way to support the Foundation who supports our schools. 

"If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum." -- Holly Near