April 5, 2019

One of our VERY favorite things to do each day is be in classrooms.  Quite frankly, when we aren't, we get a little depressed.  We love a classroom where students are sharing what they are learning (not what their weekend plans are or what they just saw on SnapChat), we love them demonstrating their learning, and we love when our staff is engaged with them.  Going into a quiet classroom, with the teacher behind a desk and no interaction going on is not our thing.  Why is engagement so important?  We have also said is MULTIPLE times: high engagement yields high learning and low behavior issues.  Don't believe us?  Check out THIS ARTICLE on ways to increase engagement and the research behind it.  Yes, another article proving it =)

YEP.  We are here.  The time when motivation for students (and adults!) can be a STRUGGLE.  What can we do?  The struggle IS real....Do we sit back and "just get through it"?  NOPE!
We help students motivate themselves through choice, independence, constantly ask thinking questions, and make it a mystery/controversy to show what they know.  Take a look at THIS ARTICLE to spark engagement, get students (and yourself!) motivated and finish STRONG!

How do we #finishstrong?!?!  I know we are tired.  I know we are stressed.  I know there is a lot of pressure.  I know we ALL have things going on outside of GVMS.  I also know that we are here, with each other (and awake usually), more than we are with our families. So, again, HOW do we FINISH STRONG and encourage others to do the same??  Well, I think the pic above nails it.  Mic drop.  Keep Moving.  Plan for success. COLLABORATE.  Grow as an educator. Evaluate your goals and ask for feedback.  

CELEBRATE CELEBRATE CELEBRATE!

Celebrate YOU!  Celebrate YOUR/OUR STUDENTS!  Celebrate PARTNERS at GVMS!

SUPER HERO SHOUT OUTS!

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• SUPER awesome shout out to Angie for all of her work with our students and parents!  Thank you for being here while Christine was on maternity leave! ~KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to Elizabeth for the great effort and work sh puts forth with our students! ~Peter
• SUPER awesome shout out to HISTORY for taking on Naviance, registration, Soul Shoppe....anything else? =) ~KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to Julie for always meeting with me with parents and taking over when I need her to! ~Lynn
• SUPER awesome shout out to Lynn and Sue for saving me and helping with Ryan's grades and such! ~KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to Tamia for getting projections done super duper fast and submitting them!! ~KC
• SUPER awesome shout out to Julie for helping me make sense of the testing schedule!~ Karron
• SUPER awesome shout out to Dustin for always keeping the line of communication open! ~Tara
• SUPER awesome shout out to Larissa, Kevin, Julie, Megan, Lynn Cristina, Kristen and Sandy for helping with Academic Olympics....much appreciated or the activity does not happen!~ Sue
• SUPER awesome shout out to ALL staff for filling out the SST and 504 feedback forms!  It helps the process go a lot smoother and you all have ROCKED it! ~Heather