Happy National Fast Food Day and Happy National Button Day
Too much of one can put a real strain on the other:)
November 16 - RPDC visit - Assessment Capable Learners
November 17 - Data Meeting in Library @ 2:45 (PLC leaders only)
November 18 - Mid Term window opens
November 19 - Board Meeting @ 7:00
November 20 - Mid Term grades go home
November 25 - Collaboration Day
November 26 - Thanksgiving - No School
November 27 - Black Friday - No School
November 28 - Connie Warren - Birthday
December 4 - Beta convention
December 8 - 6th grade collaboration
December 8 - Christmas Program
December 9 - Faculty Meeting
December 10 - 5th grade collaboration
December 11 - Spelling Bee - 5th grade @ 8:00, 6th grade @ 9:00
December 11 - Lois Graham Birthday
December 11 - Jennifer Edwards Birthday
December 12 - Sheryl Talkington Birthday
December 17 - Board Meeting @ 7:00
December 18 - End of 2nd Quarter
December 18 - Shirley Crandell Birthday
December 27 - Melissa Lovette Birthday
December 28 - Melissa Marbain Birthday
I want to thank you all for a wonderful Veteran's Day assembly last week. Your students were very well behaved and I thank you all for that. I am always looking for ways to showcase our school to the public and the Veteran's Day assembly is a perfect opportunity to show what we are doing here and where our values are. I appreciate all that you do to make that happen.
A special thanks goes out to Julie and Jamie for organizing the whole thing. It wouldn't have happened without them. Thank you.
Back in 1911, two men set out to lead expeditions to the south pole. Robert Scott led one expedition and Roald Amundsen the other in a race to be the first to reach the south pole. There were many differences in their approach to the trip, but the one that I want to highlight here is the 20 mile march. Amundsen's team was a very disciplined group of Norwegians who traveled by dog sled. Scott's team was British and traveled by pony. Amundsen's strategy was to travel 20 miles each day. It didn't matter if it was 20 below zero or 40 below zero, his team marched 20 miles each day. They never got up in the morning and said, "You know what, I don't feel like 20 miles today. I think I'm going to do 15." They never said, " I'm going to sleep in. I'll make it up tomorrow." They marched 20 miles each day regardless of how they felt about it.
Scott's team didn't have the same strategy. The difference in these two approaches meant that Amundsen made it to the pole first and Scott, along with five other men, perished on the return trip. Of course, the use of ponies versus dogs played a role in Scott's failure, but ultimately he died eleven miles short of his destination. The 20 mile march was the difference.
The moral of this story, aside from "never go to the south pole", is "to make your 20 mile march every day." We are tasked with teaching kids. We do it everyday. Be sure to teach your best lesson with your best effort every single day. I know I want my child's teachers to teach their best every day. That's our 20 mile march.
I visited with you all about MAP scores during your last collaboration day. I wanted to share this video clip from a school in Texas that takes the STAAR test. If you think I was pushing you to do better, you should see this guy. He is a total Nazi about it:)
A special thanks goes out to Julie and Jamie for organizing the whole thing. It wouldn't have happened without them. Thank you.
Back in 1911, two men set out to lead expeditions to the south pole. Robert Scott led one expedition and Roald Amundsen the other in a race to be the first to reach the south pole. There were many differences in their approach to the trip, but the one that I want to highlight here is the 20 mile march. Amundsen's team was a very disciplined group of Norwegians who traveled by dog sled. Scott's team was British and traveled by pony. Amundsen's strategy was to travel 20 miles each day. It didn't matter if it was 20 below zero or 40 below zero, his team marched 20 miles each day. They never got up in the morning and said, "You know what, I don't feel like 20 miles today. I think I'm going to do 15." They never said, " I'm going to sleep in. I'll make it up tomorrow." They marched 20 miles each day regardless of how they felt about it.
Scott's team didn't have the same strategy. The difference in these two approaches meant that Amundsen made it to the pole first and Scott, along with five other men, perished on the return trip. Of course, the use of ponies versus dogs played a role in Scott's failure, but ultimately he died eleven miles short of his destination. The 20 mile march was the difference.
The moral of this story, aside from "never go to the south pole", is "to make your 20 mile march every day." We are tasked with teaching kids. We do it everyday. Be sure to teach your best lesson with your best effort every single day. I know I want my child's teachers to teach their best every day. That's our 20 mile march.
I visited with you all about MAP scores during your last collaboration day. I wanted to share this video clip from a school in Texas that takes the STAAR test. If you think I was pushing you to do better, you should see this guy. He is a total Nazi about it:)
BTW - We will continue to have jeans days.
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