9-3-2021

 Curriculum Night was a great success.  I heard many positive comments about teachers and the night in general.  Thanks to everyone for the work you put into your presentations and the extra time you spent answering parent questions.  Also thanks to Ellen for running the office and helping parents with schedules and more.  

Thanks to Michelle and Kathy for the wonderful job they did hustling in the bookfair.  They made over $3000 in sales and earned money and books for our library.  We appreciate your dedication to our library and student reading.  

I appreciate our teaching assistants so much.  Kendra, Holly, Debbie, Sam, Michele S, Carrie, and Michelle D have been done a wonderful job supporting our students and our teachers.  I really appreciate the flexibility you showed in adjusting your schedules to help support the positions we are still trying to hire for.  You guys are the best.

Teaching assistants aren't the only ones pitching in Nicole, Jen H, Megan D, Todd, Melissa, Jen R, Betty and the list goes on and on.  I have seen  so many staff members put in extra time and effort to help other staff members. The care and support you show each other is why Benjamin is a special place to work.

Thanks to Jessica and Alex for volunteering to enter ELA and Math Star scores for our students we are monitoring.  It is appreciated.  

Please make sure you get your vaccine info to Marcia and don't forget to complete your trainings.

Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Superb Speech on the Life of the Mind, the Art of Creative Reading, and the Building Blocks of Genius

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/08/31/emerson-the-american-scholar/

  

Please see Dan Bakers email on signing up for sports supervision if you can.

I was able to get in some classrooms this week.  This is the favorite part of my job.  Rich, Melissa L, Jim and Mark all created great environments for student learning and questioning.  

7 things teachers can say to create a supportive classroom environment.

https://www.edutopia.org/article/7-things-teachers-say-create-supportive-classroom

SASED will be stopping by team meetings on Wednesday the 15th to talk about instructional coaching.  

Thanks to Chris for pushing out the BB300 already this year.  

Enjoy your extended weekend.  Since I am a former history teacher...here is a short video on the history of Labor Day......it's 3 minutes....you have time

"Don't stumble over something behind you." -- Seneca the Younger

"The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it." -- Voltaire

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." -- Ingrid Bergman