Principal's Update
September 16-20, 2019
EYMS Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a nurturing educational environment where students develop academic, physical, social, and emotional skills necessary for a lifetime of learning.
Leadership Challenge~Joe Sanfelippo
Even if you have been doing this work for 5 YRS, 10 YRS, or 20 YRS...always remember that it could be their FIRST and ONLY with you. When we create VALUE and CONNECTION they won’t want it to end.
VALUE and CONNECTION
Weekly Update
Monday, Sep. 16
Volleyball vs Bowman 5:00
Tuesday, Sep. 17
MAGIC Begins-3:30
Soccer vs Cane River~5:00
Football @ Cane River~5:30
Board Meeting~5:30
Wednesday, Sep. 18
Fall Pictures during PE classes
Thursday, Sep. 19
Soccer @ Mitchell~5:00
Volleyball vs Cane River~5:00
Friday, Sep. 20
Testing Meeting at Central Office~8:00-1:00
Get'er Done (Tasks that need to be taken care of)
Twitter Moments
Here are some of the things I'm reading on Twitter! If you haven't guessed, I love Twitter. It is a great resource. I have included a link (button) below to an "all things Twitter" newsletter. Twitter is not a social media tool for me but a way to connect with educators across the globe. I have found some great tools and resources by using Twitter.
K-12 Education Legislative Update
K-12 Education Legislative Update - Saturday, September 14, 2019
What's It Look Like?
Every standards-based system looks a little different, but they should all have a few things in common. First, there need to be standards that drive curriculum, instruction, assessment, and reporting. There are many different approaches to the types of standards schools choose, the grain-size they use for instructing or reporting, and their philosophy about skills and content, but all agree that the destinations for learning must be clearly articulated.
4 Things Teachers Shouldn't Be Asking Their Students to Do
As teachers, we can make kids do almost anything we want. They’re smaller than us. We have all kinds of power over them, from getting them in trouble at home to taking away the things that make school tolerable, like going outside for recess or sitting with their friends in class. But just because we can make our students do what we want doesn’t mean we should.
LOL Moments
Why Teachers are Secretly Obsessed with Laminating
Why Teachers Are Secretly Obsessed with Laminating