I appreciate Danielle and Angela doing the "Know your Benjamin Students activity with teams since we used our October meeting for safety. They also did a great job of explaining it's importance in their coaching newsletter. Todd and Nicole will do the second part finding out student's trusted adult.
Want to improve your emotional intelligence.... start using these phrases.
Margaret is officially in charge of Purchase Orders....you can still also include me on them as I can help out as well.
April has made a final call for spirit wear and PTA has just sent me their link for PTA school related spirit wear with an October 16th deadline. Get your spirit wear on!
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PTA Link
4 ways math teachers can differentiate instruction
Our activity bus has added more stops and more students are using it as a result. I appreciate our new bus companies flexibility and service model.
We love our subs and I appreciate Jamie, Kelly and Jill who have been subbing a lot lately. I also appreciate Nicolette and Holly as they have made the switch to sub when needed when no one else was available. Jamie will be leaving us for a while as she explores new adventures and we wish her the best of luck. If you know anyone that you think would make a good sub tell them what a great school district we are and encourage them to see Solly!
Just a reminder to look at the meeting schedule for the month as it is a little different than most months. Next week we have a School Board meeting on Monday, a Mentee Meeting on Tuesday and another staff learning meeting on Wednesday with guest speakers from the DuPage Co Sherriff's office to go over scenarios and answer questions.
Proud of our science teachers as our ISA results came in with great scores. 70% meeting and exceeding in 7th grade and over 80% meeting and exceeding in 8th grade.
Something to ponder:
Check out the new Fish store cabinet that has been wowing the students as they turn in fish slips for prizes. Thanks to April for the upgrade that makes prizes much more visible and accessible for students.
Best of luck to Bill, Dan, Joe, Megan, and Matt along with our Volleyball, Cross Country and Soccer Teams as they enter their last week with final meets and tournaments.
Using small wins to motivate students!
Would you like to be part of an assessment committee? Think about it...more information coming soon.
"No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced."
-- David Attenborough
"Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself."
-- E. B. White
