10-26-2018

I was able to get into a lot of classrooms this week and saw a lot of engaged students.  Thanks for "being there" for your students!

Take a minute to look this over:


Thanks to everyone who baked or volunteered at the Fall Fest last weekend. I had a blast being the costume judge and hanging out with District 25 parents, students and staff.

Fishbowl Method to spark student dialogue.
http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol14/num04/Inside-the-Fishbowl-A-Tool-for-Student-Discussions.aspx?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=Social-Organic&utm_medium=social


Thanks to Dan Baker, Matt Tylk, Bill Wadman, Keriann Moore, and Kerry Kuhn for presenting the student awards at our Fall Sports Awards Wednesday Night.  It was a great cap to some very successful seasons.

The 5 second rule for a talkative class.
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/5-second-solution/


Thanks to Gail for the great job she is doing with the "Check In / Check Out students.  Her thoroughness and consistency is a key component to help students that need some extra assistance.

I appreciate the 8th grade teachers efforts in organizing and helping to facilitate the HS PSAT Testing on Tuesday.



Congratulations to Melissa L, April and Danielle for running a very successful audition clinic and three days of auditions.  The stage is set for an awesome production. Now the hard work begins.



A big shout out to Michelle F for running our next book fair. It is such a great event for student reading and money maker for the LMC I appreciate the extra effort she will be putting into this event. It should be noted that she will not be working on her regular day to day duties during the book fair week ( 5th grade library skills as an example) so she can focus on putting on a great book fair.

Take some time to check out this website,  a lot of cool resources.  Search by subject, topic, teaching strategy.  https://www.teachervision.com/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=belinblank

Thanks to Colleen and Alex for providing student council kids with another great opportunity by taking them to their Leadership workshop today. Follow the Clues to the Leader in You!



Jessica Erickson and Newspaper Club put together another outstanding issue of the Tiger Times.  I am always amazed at the thoroughness and quality of the  paper.  I also confess that only got a 9 out of 15 on the PE Teacher quiz and had to google "Halloween Color" to get "purple" on the crossword!



In case you noticed the construction trucks in the parking lot yesterday.  We are having a sidewalk installed from the bottom of the outside stairs to the upper lot that will connect to the front sidewalk.  this will greatly improve student safety.



Thanks to Tim for working with our architect Andy yesterday and to Jim, Mark and Colleen for their continuous communication on the update of items to be completed in the science labs. 



Books saved me...Fairy tales are important not because they tell children dragons exist—they already know that. Instead they tell children terrible situations can be beaten, defied, or at the very least survived.” -Kate DiCamillo