March 10, 2017

The Energy Bus Continues...

Rule 2: Desire, Vision, and focus move your bus in the right direction.

Our thoughts are magnetic.  What we think about, we attract.  What we think about expands and grows.  Are you thinking about the positive things that are going on in your classroom and with your students?  Stop thinking about what we don't want and start to focus our energy on what we want: successful, happy, healthy, cared for, safe, positive, energetic (the list goes on and on) students AND work place! =) 

Whatever word you want to call it (sharing, collaborating, stealing, etc) it MUST continue to grow.  There are SO many things, strategies, ideas, and lessons we can gain from one another and keeping our "doors" closed to each other is not working.  Check out THIS ARTICLE for some interesting ideas to make this happen.  We, at GVMS, must continue to #listen, #learn, #grow #observe and #share!

We would LOVE for everyone to use it, share it and show off their classrooms!  It's SO easy and we have so many teachers doing AMAZING things!  Check them out at #gvmsteachers and SPREAD THE LOVE!!  More and more of our staff are reaching out and sharing other ways to collaborate ideas, share practices, laugh, hug, and encourage each other!  Share your hashtag!  Share your handle name!  Follow US on Twitter @gvmsvikings and a few others @mstollgvms @MrsMansour @lynnlaffey @mckennamathsci @knitaholic2006 @kindersue @mrcloudhistory @clucerogvms @MikasaDiaz @gvmscounselor @AnitagrGreen @DavidFu40855060

I cannot seem to stress this enough:  We are GOING to become a 1:1 device school (yes, we are working on faster Internet as well!)!  Therefore, PLEASE take a few minutes out of your day to CLICK HERE enter to win a COMPLETE set of Chrome Books for your class.  It is Due MARCH 31, so don't waste time!!

PTC is working to see if they can cover the ENTIRE cost of the projects (along with the matching efforts of Google.org) for those that have put them on Donor's Choose.  We are using funds from the Spring Fling!

We have been taking care of the storage for all of the ones that we are getting from Donor's Choose and covering the licensing cost for all of these.  DO IT!  It's SO easy!!

No Excuses is COMING to Fairfield-Suisun and we WILL be there!  We opened it to Leadership and then decided we wanted GVMS to TAKE OVER this awesome opportunity for creative, collaborative, and caring PD with one another!  This two day event will focus, reiterate, and reinforce what we, at GVMS, already believe: All students can succeed!  Let me know ASAP if you want to attend July 31 and August 1 at RHS (local!) and counts for Buy Back for next year!!  All our newer teachers:  This is an AWESOME opportunity!!  All not so newer teachers: This is an AWESOME opportunity!

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!

• SUPER shout out to Brenda, Michele S., Susan, Michele R., and Christine for an awesome registration night on Wednesday!
• SUPER shout to Sarj for help with the set up for registration!
• SUPER shout out to Lynn and her Robotics crew for their awesome presentation at Thursday's Board meeting!
• SUPER shout out to Lynn, Rosa, Mimi, Aida, and Christine for attending the board meeting!
• SUPER shout out to Kristy and Ken for their parent info night on Thursday!
• SUPER shout out to Dan Peckham for another fabulous music performance!
• SUPER shout out to Diaz, Olvera, Fulton, Pereira, Silva, DeVries, Russell, Pozzesi, Rosa, Aida, Wheeler, Bates, Booker, Toll, Cloud, Mary Jane, Walker, Cherry, Phillips, Laffey, and Love for already writing GNRs!
• SUPER shout out to Dalal for attending the Coach 4 Success training!
• SUPER shout out to Heather Toll for being the very first to retweet #observeme to invite others into her class!  Keep those tweets coming!  We WANT to continue the sharing and the learning!
• SUPER shout out to the English and History Department for being willing to share Chrome Books for NAEP Testing!
• We have had 188 Good News Referrals for March and it's only been EIGHT DAYS!!! KEEP THEM COMING!! **We had TEN referrals in March so far, for profanity and disruption/defiance... 
• What to nominate a fellow SUPER HERO to be recognized at our next faculty meeting?  Click HERE!!  

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

*March 14- Open Forum with Superintendent after school!
*March 17- REU Band here from RHS!  Assembly schedule coming!!
*March 17- LAST DAY TO SUBMIT PTC RECEIPTS!!
*March 29- Dine and Donate at Mary's Pizza Shack

*April 24-May 12- Block Schedule for CAASPP test!

*May 23- Nightmare on Puberty Street Assembly- Assembly schedule!