Chancellor News and Notes
May 29 - June 2, 2017
We are in the last week! Woo-hoo! (Unless you teach summer school, then maybe it's just another week!)
Things are wrapping up, getting put away, thrown away, boxed, and sorted, and the kids are going home with all kinds of randomness as "gifts" (of course I want that anchor chart, teacher!). Remember this is a great week to relax, have fun, and enjoy your students for the last week of the school year, but also remember, it's the last week of the school year! Keep behavior expectations in place, and keep students occupied in meaningful ways. The SAC room is not a place we want anyone to spend their last days in the school year, away from friends and teachers, so please do not send anyone down unless absolutely necessary. :)
Yesterday was Memorial Day, a holiday for us, but a day to remember those who have sacrificed all...
Greatness Requires Sacrifice
From Jon Gordon's newsletter:
As we celebrated Memorial Day in the United States on Monday and remembered all those who sacrificed their lives to serve their country, I couldn’t help but think of an important truth: Greatness requires sacrifice.
Whether we are talking about the ultimate sacrifice our heroes made for their country or other kinds of sacrifice that people make every day for the good of others, it is the sacrifice of oneself that leads to true greatness.
Besides our Memorial Day heroes, greatness can also be found in every corner of the earth, in class rooms, locker rooms, kitchens, farms, laboratories, hospitals, non-profit meeting rooms, factories, and in the hearts and actions of those who serve and sacrifice for a cause greater than themselves.
- Great scientists invest their lives in finding cures for cancer and other diseases.
- Great teammates sacrifice for each other.
- Great leaders selflessly serve their teams and organizations.
- Great managers give everything they have to bring out the best in others.
- Great marriages often sacrifice what each person wants for what the marriage needs.
- Great parents give of themselves to their children.
- Great social activists and entrepreneurs sacrifice money, brain power and resources to find new ways to improve the health of people in developing countries.
- Great nurses and doctors give their all to help their patients recover and keep them alive.
- Great folks in ministry sacrifice themselves to love and care for others.
- Great teachers sacrifice their time and energy to improve the lives of their students.
- Great athletes, actors and musicians sacrifice thousands of hours of practice to develop their talents that ultimately entertain and inspire audiences.
The list goes on...
So, if you want to be great, I hope you realize it’s not about what you can accumulate for yourself, but rather how much of yourself (your time, your energy, and your talents) you can give to others.
You may not give your life for your country, but you can give your life to a cause greater than yourself.
You can give yourself selflessly to others and become great in their eyes.
You don’t have to be great to serve and sacrifice. But you have to serve and sacrifice to be great.
How will you sacrifice and serve today?
- Jon
Statistics from the life of a teacher...
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Our last Comet of the Week this year is... Bonnie McCarthy!
Mrs. Lopez has nominated Bonnie McCarthy (pre-K teacher) for the following reasons: "She has organized and worked tirelessly with the Kids Save the Earth Club and helped get our Chancellor gardens and ground looking awesome! She has also been very dedicated to getting as many of our Burmese families involved in school as possible. She has made visits to the apartment complex to hold conferences, organized an event to be held at the apartment complex for the families that don’t have transportation to get to Chancellor for our family events. She offers tutorials for students and parents to teach the parents how to help their children more at home. She is a strong child advocate and we are lucky to have her at Chancellor! I appreciate all she does for our students and school!"
Ms. McCarthy earns the Comet of the Week parking spot, a jeans pass, a snack shack coupon, and the nomination for the first Comet of the Week when we return in August! Congratulations!
This week...and that's it!
Please refer to your Countdown sheet and your emails regarding this week and wrapping up the year. You will turn in your countdown sheet on the last day with all required signatures, so make sure you have completed all end of year tasks that need to be done!
May 29 Memorial Day
Staff and
student holiday
May 30 EDC 175
REID meeting
Violin Recital 5:30
KSE Chess Club
Leading Ladies No PLC
May 31 EDC 176
5th grade Celebration
STUDCO No PLC
June 1 EDC 177
Last day with students!
Report Cards go home
No PLC
June 2
Staff Workday