February 2, 2018

This week, partially due to the full moon and it's effects, I decided that I would write 5 post cards to students daily about their progress, their positive attitude, etc.  My goal is to send to the entire 980 population by the end of the year. =)  I know a few others that do the same and they were my inspiration!

I am determined to make this happen!  Care to join me?!?!  We have them in the front office so just let me know and we can do it together!  It truly has made me feel good to send these out!!

Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn.

~Ben Franklin

Sound familiar?  We have all heard this quote and MUST truly drill it into our teaching.  Seriously.  We STILL have so many teachers that are spending all 52 minutes talking AT our students.  AT THEM!  Why aren't you making them work harder?  How can we be MORE intentional with our teaching??  How can you incorporate movement since NO ONE loves to sit for close to an hour?  Please take a moment to read THIS ARTICLE about ways to make it a natural thing in your classroom!!

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??

HERE ARE SOME OF THE SHOTS FROM TWITTER AND AROUND OUR CAMPUS THIS WEEK!   SEND US A TEXT TO COME VISIT AS WE LOVE IT!!

       

       

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!  KEEP THEM COMING!  We love the "I Noticed..." and will add as many as we can!

Click HERE to add! (146)

• SUPER awesome shout out to MANY TEACHERS and STAFF for checking on each other during block schedule to give a break! ~Don and Sue
• SUPER awesome shout out to Jason for attending a meeting regarding tutorial and taking it even further! ~Sue
• SUPER awesome shout out to Carol for taking time to guide me on supporting my EL students! ~Barb
• SUPER awesome shout out to Ken for really being a great listener for one of our students who just received devastating news in her family =( ~KC and EB
• SUPER shout out to Christen for helping us with a super struggling student! ~KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to Kristy for ALWAYS being there when I have questions!! ~Barb
• SUPER awesome shout out to Jason for constantly helping me after school with that cross walk!  I appreciate it! ~KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to Heather T for her work in our English Department!  She is facilitating conversation, exemplifying best practices, and being inviting, positive colleague! Maddie Bauer was right about you! ~Jason
• SUPER awesome shout out to Josiah for continuing to come to GVMS with a smile on his face in spite of the hard loss in his family.  He remains strong and positive with our students, putting them first! ~Aubry
• SUPER awesome shout out to Heather T for organizing an informal collab that helped organize all of our grade level writing and resources in one area! ~Julie 
• SUPER awesome shout out to Don for already writing 11 Good News Referrals for February already!!
• SUPER awesome shout out to Annette, Karen, Ken, Alex, Tamia, Alisa, Sue, Lynn, Ryan, Kristy, Megan, Jamie, Kimberly, Katherine, Josiah, Lacey, Julie, Christen, Sandy, Aubry, Allison, Heather T., Paula, Carol, Barb, Susan, Michele S., Michele L-R, KC and CL for writing 223 Good News Referrals for January!