The Bengal Blog: 11-7-2025

Our Chess Team is underway......with two former students as Coaches. Devin Larimer and Lam Truong have come back to Benjamin to guide our students through this chess season. Welcome a-board. Chess Board that is.

The first night of Parent Teacher Conferences have gone swimmingly! Thanks to Kim for manning the office and Margaret and Kim for ordering the nourishment to keep you powered up throughout the night. These are important nights to build relationships and communicate with parents about being partners with us in their child's success.

Data meetings happened today and I am glad that Dr. Salamone could join us to help answer some questions. Thanks to Nicole for running these meetings.

15 tips to align your teaching with Brain Science.

15 Tips to align your teaching with Brain Science

Sarah Anderson has been doing a great job with "check-in check out". I appreciate her care and concern for her students as she individualizes their needs. Her list of students is going to increase starting next week with additions from the data meetings.

Basketball and Dance/Cheer are underway. I enjoyed watching our home games this week. NJHS was also on the job ...selling concessions to a hungry crowd with profits going to charity.

Wrestling Club is also underway with the team participating in their first meet at Hubble Middle School. I appreciate Joes dedication as the team has grown in participant since last season.

Between my Learning Walks with Dr. McGill and getting into my formal observations I have been in a lot of classrooms this week. From beat making in Mr. Lewis's room to first grade kiddos doing letter sounds to Ms. Harvel's Cereal Box presentations and everything in-between I have been very impressed with the level of engagement of our students.

Mrs. Smith and myself will be presenting our SIP plans at our board meeting this Monday. I will also be presenting our plan to you at our Institute Day on November 14th.

I appreciate Sherry Anderson's willingness to have parent volunteers in her room helping as she had celebrations for the Day of the Dead in her classes.

As we celebrate school Psychology week I am very happy that we have Dr. Huenecke as part of our team. His dedication to our students and staff is unmatched and his ability to connect with people is invaluable.

Thanks to Colleen and Alex for helping student council host the Pumpkin Contest. Here are the winners and some other great pumpkins.

Mrs. Choate and the Art Club students are making great progress with their Mural. It looks...Grrrreat! Sorry wrong cat....a Bengal not a tiger.

I am looking forward to our Institute Day on November 14th. It will be filled with learning, from Science and EL presentations to a captivating review of our school improvement plan and a ride on the Magic School Bus. Just kidding...Magic School presentation...not a bus.

"Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations." -- Edward de Bono