Lawrence Superintendent's Corner
Dr. Ann Pedersen
October 2017
Fall in Love with Learning
To fall in love with learning our learners need to foster GRIT to persevere through academic challenges. Quizzes, tests, and homework assess the level of mastery, soon followed by progress reports and report cards. In GRIT, Angela Duckworth quotes the Chinese proverb, "Fall seven, rise eight ". We encourage our learners to use all supports to "rise up" and improve; attend extra help, set aside dedicated time to study, ask questions in class, be on time, be present and be attentive.
May the falling leaves serve to remind us all of the ever-present cycle of renewal that the school year and the season of fall present.
Proudly Lawrence,
Dr. Ann Pedersen
Superintendent of Schools
"Each of us should be allowed to rise as far as our talent and hard work can take us”
Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures
Changes in our Learning Environments
Home environments can also foster learning through routines and schedules, discussions about learning and encouraging 'Grit' to face challenges.
Take a stand on Learning!
That's our bell tower!
Full Steam Ahead
Changes in the Primary School
Changes in attendance
Changes coming soon!
"One form of perseverance is the daily discipline of trying to do things better than we did yesterday "
Angela Duckworth, GRIT
Changes as Learners
Learning in Lawrence
Learning in Harvard
Lawrence Mission Statement
The mission of the Lawrence Public Schools, a unifying force at the heart of a cultural mosaic, is to ensure all learners reach their highest individual potential, through an academically rigorous educational system that inspires life-long learning; focuses on creative, student-centered teaching and learning; and enables all to possess the confidence and abilities to meet life's challenges.
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