Dear Families,
I hope you had a lovely week and enjoyed the weekend! Great job to my Vikings for beating our rivals (Packers) yesterday! Needless to say, my Sunday was a beautiful day! I watched a few movies this weekend. Thumbs up for Disney's Jungle Cruise. I liked it better when it was called Raiders of the Lost Ark. However, Jungle Cruise was entertaining and I would recommend for the adventure! A little long, but good family movie!
Thanksgiving is the time of the year where we reflect on the things we appreciate about our lives! I am thankful for my friends and family and being the Principal of this wonderful school! I love the job, the kids, staff and our parents! I hope you enjoy this coming weekend!
Selfie Challenge!
I met with out Leader's Committee on Monday to discuss our November activity - Selfie Challenge. I informed the kids of the importance of building positive relationships through acts of kindness. I challenged the kids to introduce themselves to a peer or teacher they do not already know. Students were provided examples of how to find common interests and interesting facts about the other person. If comfortable, the pair of students would submit what they learned about their partner to TREtoday. I find it very important to create a caring school environment. The impacts will be significant to the social and academic outcomes of our children! Please encourage your child to extend his/her comfort zone and to participate in the activity!
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Congratulations!
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Not In Our School!
Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Richard Fastnacht, presented on anti-bullying laws and shared school data with our team on Wednesday. We take tremendous pride in promoting pro-social behavior at East and thank Mr. Fastnacht for his time!
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Congressional App Challenge!
Justin Vletri and Kyle Glabicki rose to the challenge and created an educational App as part of the Congressional App Challenge. The App is called Ion Inc. and it was developed to teach children about the various forms of renewable energy. If selected, Justin and Kyle will receive an invitation to attend the House of Code in Washington, D.C. and will present their App! Good luck Justin and Kyle!
East is Committed to Move Forward!
On Friday, we held two Professional Learning Workshops at East. Select staff engaged in meaningful data evaluation and discussions of disruptive and insubordinate behavior and the impacts to effective instruction and student outcomes. The group identified specific strategies to address the behavior in support of student success. The objective of the other workshop was to begin the process of assessing recent district and state test results and to determine strategies to improve mathematical outcomes. The group discussed standards, school assessments, and made recommendations for our follow up workshop.
Our Climate and College and Career Connection Committees met this week to discuss future career presenters and schoolwide activities to keep morale positive! Great job! Our I & RS Committee also met to discuss tiered interventions to support at-risk student needs! Thank you! Our Equity Team met to discuss our participation in a Global Citizenship Workshop!
Toms River High School East
