Hackberry Howl
Love-Serve-Care
Vol.5 No.22
PLC THIS WEEK
Monday, January 13th--- Kinder/3rd Grade---RTI
Tuesday, January 14th---Kinder/3rd Grade---PLC
Wednesday, January 15th---1st Grade/4th Grade --PLC
Thursday, January 16th---2nd Grade/5th Grade---PLC
Friday, January 17th---1st Grade/4th Grade--RTI
Moving From Your Point A to Your Point B
In 2013, I had a goal of running a marathon. I had a plan, set goals and started training. My running became better and better each month that I trained. The overall focus was to get into better health and my running was my measure.
Compare that to 2012 when I first started running. I remember distinctly sharing my goal with a fellow coach, and they asked me to go for a ten-mile run in the morning. At that point, if I was running two miles in a day, that was great, and ten was out of reach for me at the time. I am pretty sure the person knew that it was out of reach for me, but they wanted to push me to a place where they think I could have gone. Could I have done it? Maybe. The problem is that if I did do it, I probably wouldn’t have been able to run for the next few days.
My goal for each day of exercise is to push myself hard, not to push myself past a point where I don’t want to be active the next day.
A few things about this and hopefully some reminders for learning in our classrooms.
1. When someone else solely decides what success is for you, it might have the opposite effect of what’s intended. It can make us feel more like a failure than was expected.
2. The goal is too often to move from point “A to Z” when we should be celebrating the move from “A to B.” When we celebrate small steps along the way, you are eventually able to get from “A to Z,” but when we look down on those that aren’t able to make the giant leap in one step, we might encourage them to disengage entirely.
3. The picture of success can be framed differently for every individual. What progress is to you, is not necessarily success to me, and vice-versa. When we compare ourselves (or our students) to one another, we can get caught up in what we can’t do as opposed to what we can do. Success should be measured against ourselves, not someone else.
It's going to be a great semester!
Keep Howling!
-SR
Hackberry Happenings!
Monday, January 13th
- Happy Birthday Irene!
- RTI-Kinder & 3rd
Dress: Jeans/dress/slacks/skirt
Business Professional or Business casual Attire
(T-SHIRT are not Professional or Business Dress)
Tuesday, January 14thth
- Richardson out AM
- Whitehead out PM
- Faculty Meeting 4:00-5:00 (All Teacher and specialist)
- NISE groups meetings
Dress: Jeans/dress/slacks/skirt
Business Professional or Business casual Attire
(T-SHIRT are not Professional or Business Dress)
Wednesday, January 15th
- Whatley on campus---Classroom visits
- State Rep Jared Patterson visit 4th and 5th classrooms
- Happy Birthday Mrs. Biggs!
Dress: Jeans/dress/slacks/skirt
Business Professional or Business casual Attire
(T-SHIRT are not Professional or Business Dress)
Thursday, January 16th
Dress: Jeans/dress/slacks/skirt
Business Professional or Business casual Attire
(T-SHIRT are not Professional or Business Dress)
Friday, January 17th
- RTI-1st & 4th
Dress: Jeans and House Shirt
Either the team House or our staff shirt of the year shirt otherwise you need to be in a business professional or business casual attire.
Howl Outs!
Brodsky howls to Sawhney for being Sawhney. You fill my bucket :)
Brodsky howls to Olsson for diving headfirst into the craziness of run club. We couldn't have made it this week without you.
Brodsky howls to Masai. Your heart for all of the kids here shows.
Brodsky howls to Melba & Hatcher for problem-solving.
Cruz howls to entire Hackberry staff: The New Year stands before us like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. By Melody Beattie
Moreno HOWLS to Myers for preparing our kiddos for the online STAAR test!
Moreno HOWLS to Schroeder for creating a fun incentive program for Imagine Math!
Rollins howls to Lackey for working hard in 1st grade and being a good friend
Rollins howls to Schroeder for coming back and giving it her all this week
Rollins howls to Finch/Delgado for loving tough kiddos so well
Kate howls to the first grade team. I love coming to work with all of you ladies each day. You get it! I’m proud to call you friends.
Kate howls to Lackey for working so hard and jumping in. Proud of you!
Kate howls to Lawson for our impromptu lunch date! Love you friend!
Kate howls to Marta for making the cutest baby boy! You are making the best momma! I can’t wait until I feel better to meet your sweet baby!
Kate howls to Measles for all of your help! You are such a blessing.
Kate howls to Brodsky for being an awesome partner in morning choice.
Kate howls to Stephen and Jill for all the encouragement and being the two best leaders that constantly pour into us.
Kate howls to Sandra for always answering my questions.
Kate howls to Robinson for being a true friend, a listening ear, and mentor.
Kate howls to Schroder-I’m glad I could make you laugh! I enjoy all of our various chats and am thrilled I get to learn from you!
Kate howls to Julie for being so flexible with my library time this week.
Ratliff howls out to Anderson for bringing us delicious bundt cakes for our first day back.
Ratliff howls out to Lackey for a great first week balancing Music and 1st grade.
Ratliff howls out to Thomas for volunteering to help me with the Morning Announcement Club.
Ratliff howls out to my Specials team for being flexible to change up the schedule for programs.
Ratliff howsl out to Hardeman for planning the Multicultural Night and coming up with great reading events for our kids.
Ratliff howls out to Finch for having a Morning Book Club that the kids LOVE and are so excited about!
Masai howls to Brodsky and Olsson for all of your hard work on morning choice and helping kinder be apart of it. They are so excited!
Masai howls to Sandra for all of your help with the kinder field trip. You are greatly appreciated!
Masai howls to Measles for your help with getting our kiddos started on LLI and offering to push in our classroom so we can finish our DRAs. You are the best!
Masai howls to Lacky for your heart and willingness to jump into the 1st grade classroom! Those kiddos were so blessed by you!
Masai howls to Lay for all you do everyday. You are amazing!
Sawhney howls out to Sylvia for finding a sub for me at the last minute. You are the best. We are so blessed to have you.
Sawhney howls out to Harper and Branch for covering my morning duty on Friday. Thank you, ladies. You are awesome.
Sawhney howls out to Nancy for making sure my kiddos had snacks on Friday. Thanks sweet friend!
Sawhney howls out to Masai for always reaching out and helping and for her continued support. Thank you so much, sweet friend, for making sure that my kiddos were ok and for taking care of my special friends. And a big howl for making all my copies for the week. I am so blessed to work with you.
Sawhney howls out to Darcie for her guidance and support. It means a lot!
Nulty Howls to everyone! Happy New Year!!!
Nulty Howls to Hardin for a great job on the file cabinet it looks Great!
Stephen HOWLS to Kate for diving in deep as the new team leader in 1st grade!
Stephen HOWLS to Lecrecia and Ashley for getting the 5th grade chart your course completed!
Finch HOWLS to Bonner for sharing her Kagan resources.
Finch HOWLS to Romig for laminating sheets.
Finch HOWLS to All of the 5th grade team for collaboration.
Finch HOWLS to Lawson for bringing books for my lesson.
Finch HOWLS to Lackey for enthusiastically jumping in for 1st grade.
Finch HOWLS to Darcy and Richardson for scheduling book club. We are loving it!
Finch HOWLS to Sandra for all of your awesomeness.
Finch HOWLS to Sylvia for always having a smile and friendly greeting!
Contact Information:
Email: Srichardson@littleelmisd.net
Cell Phone: (940) 391-3864
Jill Whitehead
Email: Jwhitehead@littleelmisd.net
Cell Phone: (903) 456-4004
Sandra Garces
Email: Sgarces@littleelmisd.net
Cell Phone:(214) 682-6339