It was great to see lots of students in clubs yesterday after school, between Josh starting the new session of Maker Space Club and Michele D and Megan D operating the new improved Newspaper club, we had lots of students exploring their interests. Thanks to all Club supervisors for your time before and after school that allow students to explore their interests beyond the traditional school day.
Thanks to April and Margaret for their continued effort with our Fish closet. Securing and facilitating high interest prizes are an important part of this motivational process. Please continue to look for opportunities to reward students with Fish Slips for "Being There", Making Their Day", Choosing Their Attitude" and "Playing".
Using feedback to drive student growth.
I enjoyed our staff learning meeting on Wednesday. Teacher self-care and reducing stress are vital for us being our best for our students, teammates and families. Thanks for everyone's participation. Let me know if you think of ways that we can improve our school systems or procedures to help in these two areas.
Congrats to our Varsity basketball team who won in the first round of the playoffs Thursday Night. Best of luck to Matt, Dan and our boys as they continue the playoffs on Saturday.
We have a Board of Education Meeting on Monday Evening. The meeting will be held in the Benjamin Multi-purpose Room as we will be honoring our 4.0 students. Dr. Salamone will also be presenting on the Student Service department.
On Wednesday evening we have our NJHS Induction Ceremony for our students. Thanks to Jessica and Jen H for their preparation to make this ceremony special for our students and families.
Three ways Magic School can help our EL students.
Three ways Magic School can help our EL students.
Thanks to Mark Bradbury for leading our Washington D.C. parent meeting on Wednesday evening. He always does a great job of highlighting the trip details and answering parent questions.
I am very excited for the Benjamin Art Show that Marisa is organizing for Friday, January 16th. It's exciting to have these opportunities for our students to show their artistic talent and creativity.
Dr. McGill and myself enjoyed our learning walk this week seeing our specials teacher's classes. We will be visiting our special education teachers next week. I think the Learning Walks have been a great addition to get our admin team in the classrooms together to see the great work our staff is doing daily.
If you are on cycle this year please set-up your second formal observation with me soon.
“Don’t criticize what you don’t understand, son. You never walked in that man’s shoes.”
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