August 26, 2016

With our focus this school year on student Academic Conversations, PODs, tech integration, PBIS, lots of support through Professional Development, and more, we ALL need super heroes to share with, to compare with, to plan with, and to support one another.  Can you name your super hero on campus already?  

We challenge EACH of you to be THAT super hero for at least 5 students. Can you already picture them in your mind?  We can.  

Take a sec to think about a positive chain reaction.  What if all of our #gvmsvikings were greeted with smiles on our faces and hugs?  What if we showed them DAILY what is means to be their HERO?  Every one of our students comes to school daily with a story that we know NOTHING about. Think about the "battles" they are fighting outside of the safe, positive, super awesome school environment. =)  Think about how EXCITED they are to come see YOU each day!!

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!

• Shout out to Dalal for making MAP so easy to follow and use!
• Shout out to English and Math for completing MAP and beginning of the year placement assessments!
• Shout out to our office super staff (Brenda, Michele, Michele, and Susan) and terrific trio (Rosa, Mimi, and Kristy) for handling all issues positively, effectively, and smoothly!
• Shout out to having NO OVERFLOWS and ALL student contacts under 34 in 6th and 170 in 7th and 8th by WEDNESDAY!!  Whoo hooo!
• Shout out to Heather and Dalal for leading our PD and to Sarj, Tom, Kimberly, Aubry, and Barbara for attending!
• Shout out to Dave F., Lorraine, Dalal, and Kristy for working with Aubry to get Chrome Book sharing!
• SUPER shout out to those that have already reached out OR sent up GOOD NEWS REFERRALS, especially to those that have NEVER written them before!! We have already had 68 written so far!!!  Keep them coming!
• What to nominate a fellow SUPER HERO to be recognized at our next faculty meeting?  Click HERE!!  PLEASE!!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

*August 31- Back to School Night 5-7

*September 4- Labor Day

*September 5- 1st Faculty Meeting

August 19, 2016

Welcome To 2016-2017!

Why Super heroes you ask? 

We are so excited for this school year and hope that you are too!  Why are we so focused on super heroes?  We need super heroes in our life for a multitude of reasons: to pick us up when we are down, to give us hope, to deliver justice, and to save us when we are in trouble to name a few. 

This is what we think you strive to do for our students and truly strive to do for each other.  More on that in this article too....

With our focus this school year on student Academic Conversations, PODs, tech integration, PBIS, lots of support through Professional Development, and more, we ALL need super heroes to share with, to compare with, to plan with, and to support one another.  Can you name your super hero on campus already?  

We challenge EACH of you to be THAT super hero for at least 5 students. Can you already picture them in your mind?  We can.  

After some time to relax and rejuvenate we are in an awesome spot to search and reflect on our OWN individual "why" we are at GVMS and why we are in education. There are many reasons that we got into education and many of those are the same reasons we remain in education.

*To witness students to find their inner genius and watch that light bulb moment....

*To help build positive culture in our school...with our students and our staff

*To support teachers in their effort to continue to grow and support students

Without education we can not have our innovators, our designers, our doctors, our lawyers, our presidents, our FUTURE.

We are as passionate as ever about all of our teachers working on thinking out of the box, sharing their learning with each other and empowering our students. We REALLY want to encourage each and every one of you to take risks, make mistakes (especially in technology!) to show you are trying and to push yourself to try something new this year.  Take off on your creative journey as your student's guide and leader. Learn from them!  Ask them for help!  Learn from one another!  Ask them for help!  Don't become complacent. When you find yourself having struggles or fears, reach out and find support. We are an unbelievable team with an amazing amount of knowledge that we have yet to tap into; we must be a united force and a "super hero" for each other AND our students!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

*August 22- MAP Window opens!

*August 25- Google Training after school!

*August 26- PCT Meeting!

*August 26- Picture Day!

*August 26- Site Council Parent Ballots due!

*August 31- Back to School Night 5-7

*September 4- Labor Day

*September 5- 1st Faculty Meeting