Wednesday, December 20, 2017

December 20, 2017


Happy holidays from the two of us to all of our GVMS Super Heroes!  We truly wish you the best for the holidays and hope they are filled with love, laughter, and light.  We all have "stuff" going on outside of GVMS and, yet, you all come here to be here for our kids.

Surround yourself with people who make you happy.  People who make you laugh, who help you when you're in need.  People who genuinely care about you this holiday season!

We know it's been a stressful time and there may be more along the way. We encourage you to take a break, enjoy family, don't check email =), take care of yourself, and come back ready to focus on all things positive and about our kids.  

Much love,
Kristen and Christine


Thursday, December 14, 2017

December 15, 2017



I know many of us go home and wonder why we are working so hard.  You probably ask yourself- am I even making a difference?  YES YOU ARE!!! Check out our Green Valley MS dashboard link HERE, as we are green in ALL categories!  This, of course, DID NOT happen over night!  It's hard work, collaboration, communication, support, making changes with our instruction, building relationships with staff and students, working as a POSITIVE team, and FOCUSING ON OUR STUDENTS!!!  Our students continue to grow because of your love of them and what you do, as well as, your dedication to our students and our school!  We can't wait to celebrate and see where this year takes us!!

Sometimes, we, as educators, can be the ONE person in a child's life that can make a difference.  




MORE ON ENGAGEMENT!  Until we are at 100%, we will CONTINUE this conversation as high levels of engagement directly link to higher achievement, lower off task behavior, and all around happier students!  How do we get students to make class discussions more engaging so that they are focused on the learning AND master content?  Check out THIS LINK to try 5 easy ways to make your class discussions more engaging!

WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS???
IF YOUR STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN YOUR CLASS, WOULD THEY SHOW UP ANYWAY??



I put this in family blog and I seriously think it needs to be in our staff one too...
Kindness.  Such an easy word to say and yet such a struggle to encourage kids and each other to practice.  Every single day, we remind our students to be nice, kind and caring.  To follow our school rules.  And every day we struggle with some of our students being mean, cruel and downright disrespectful to their peers and the adults.  Please help us encourage our Vikings and encourage each other ON STAFF to PRACTICE KINDNESS DAILY.  Here is an article about the Power of Kindness.  It makes SUCH a difference in everyone's life.
Check out some of the UPDATED Tweets that are ALWAYS going on around campus!  Stop by and see what's happening in your colleague's classrooms!  These pics below are updated WEEKLY! Aren't following everyone yet?  Follow US @GVMSVIKINGS and we have everyone's Twitter handle! =) 
SHOUT OUT to Kimberly, Tamia, Amy, Christen, Josiah, Dave F., Sue, Pozzesi, Jamie, Alisa, Liz, Heather P., Ryan, Lacey, Katherine, Anita, Cristina, Lynn, Heather T., Lorraine, Kristy, Alex, Dustin, Carol, Elizabeth and K & C for posting as many great things about GVMS as we can!  WE LOVE to brag about what's going on at GVMS!  

      

      



SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!  KEEP THEM COMING!  We love the "I Noticed..." and will add as many as we can!
Click HERE to add! (123)

  • SUPER awesome shout out to Jason and their newest addition! ~ALL STAFF!!
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Dave F. for writing the most GNRs in November!  We will award his prize in January!  Julie is nailing it for December so far! YAY!
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Heather P., Tom, Lynn and Ken for exciting kinds and parents during STEAM Night!  So exciting!  ~Kristy
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Sarj and Dustin for checking on G104! ~K&C
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Peter for assisting in Admin Boot camp!! ~Christine
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Rosa for the adorable personalized Santa hats that made our office cheery! ~Michele R.
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Heather P and Kristy for making STEAM night so engaging and exciting!  You worked really hard! ~Lynn
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Admin for a great December faculty meeting!
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Sue for building the confidence in so many students in math that they did great on the last math test! ~Carol
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Anita, Julie and Lacey for the great collaboration in ELA/History! ~Cristina
  • SUPER awesome shout out to our teachers for helping us out when we can't get subs! ~Brenda
  • SUPER awesome shout out to SPED SQUAD for email help with our students! ~Don
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Sue, Dave O., and Dustin for offering to take cross walk while we are VERY short handed right now! ~KC
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Rosa/Mimi, Elizabeth, Ken, Cristina, Alex, Sue, Lynn, Ryan, Megan, Jamie, Katherine, Dave M., Jason, Lorraine, Lacey, Julie, Christen, Amy, Aubry, Allison, Sarj, Heather T., Tom, Carol, Barb, Michele S., and Admin for already writing Good News Referrals for December!  We have had  194 Good News Referrals TO DATE!  KEEP THEM COMING!!
 **SEE BLOG AS IT HAS WAY MORE DATES**
*Wednesdays are College Days
*Mondays/Fridays are GVMS Spirit Days!






Thursday, December 7, 2017

December 8, 2017


This is worth a second time to post:  We STILL see objectives that are written but they are truly just activities.

Goals: The broad statement about what you are covering (standard).  It's long term....

Objective: The expected achievement that is well-defined, specific, measurable, and comes from the goal (standard)

Activity: Efforts or "things" done to achieve the objective (take notes, outline, complete graphic organizer)

Activities are NOT objectives.  They are exactly that: activities.  Check your whiteboard and revise your objective if you discover that you have an activity posted!


Annnnddddd we are BACK to engagement....Have YOU asked your students how they learn best?  Have you asked them how they stayed focused and engaged in your classes?  Take a look at THIS ARTICLE from a student's perspective as to how they learn best.  Take a look around your class.  Are they focused?  Are they engaged?  Is there anything that you can change in YOUR class to keep them engaged?

WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A STUDENT IN YOUR CLASS???
IF YOUR STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN YOUR CLASS, WOULD THEY SHOW UP ANYWAY??
Check out some of the UPDATED Tweets that are ALWAYS going on around campus!  Stop by and see what's happening in your colleague's classrooms!  These pics below are updated WEEKLY! Aren't following everyone yet?  Follow US @GVMSVIKINGS and we have everyone's Twitter handle! =) 
SHOUT OUT to Kimberly, Tamia, Amy, Christen, Josiah, Dave F., Sue, Pozzesi, Jamie, Alisa, Liz, Heather P., Ryan, Lacey, Katherine, Anita, Cristina, Lynn, Dalal, Heather T., Lorraine, Kristy, Alex, Dustin, Carol, Elizabeth and K & C for posting as many great things about GVMS as we can!  WE LOVE to brag about what's going on at GVMS!  

      

    



SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!  KEEP THEM COMING!  We love the "I Noticed..." and will add as many as we can!
Click HERE to add! (114)

  • SUPER awesome shout out to Sue for helping me with crossing guard duty while we are VERY short handed! ~KC
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Lynn, Kristy, Heather P., Tom, Tamia, and Ken for MAKING STEAM Night happen! ~K&C
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Sue and Jacob for coming up with a plan to help support ELA co-teach!  LOVE the collaboration! ~SPED Squad
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Sue and Dave F. for working on numbers and plan for a possible tutorial period within the school day! ~K&C
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Cristina for beating me out to yard duty each time! ~Sue
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Science and PE Dept's for having 100% attendance at our FUN December Faculty Meeting! We LOVED the camaraderie ~ K&C
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Elizabeth for supporting one of my students who really needed it.  It made her day! ~Julie
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Elizabeth and her WEB kids for reaching out to one of our DHH students that was alone.  Coolest thing I have seen all year! ~Alex
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Science for helping me push to be DOK 3 or higher! ~Don
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Ryan for having his students learn more about music in his Wheel Class with music appreciation!  SO awesome! ~Josiah
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Paula for helping in the library whenever we need it! ~Rosa
  • SUPER awesome shout out to OUR STAFF for the attendance, input, involvement in our IEPs!  YOU guys ROCK!  Thank you! ~Christen
  • SUPER awesome shout out to Rosa/Mimi, Ken, Cristina, Sue, Lynn, Ryan, Jamie, Jason, Lacey, Julie, Amy, Allison, Sarj, Heather T., Carol, Michele S., and Admin for already writing Good News Referrals for December!  We have had  193 Good News Referrals TO DATE!  KEEP THEM COMING!!
 **SEE BLOG AS IT HAS WAY MORE DATES**
*Wednesdays are College Days
*Mondays/Fridays are GVMS Spirit Days!





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