Miner Mondays
Placerita Jr. High School - November 11, 2019
This Week at Placerita 11.11.19
Welcome to Week Four of Quarter Two!
This Wednesday is the Cross Country Meet at Central Park at 10:00 AM. All the Jr. High Schools in the valley will be competing. Go Miners!
Placerita will have a team of 8th graders representing us at the Speech Competition this Wednesday evening at 6:00 PM at Arroyo Seco. If you would like to join us, drop in and cheer them on.
This Friday is the date for the progress report for the second quarter. Remind your students to review what they have due and get it all complete before Friday.
Let's have a great week.
Pictures from Robotics Competetion
Newcomer Field Trip to the Library
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. Alexander Hamilton
Cross Country Meet
Leadership Team Meeting
Speech Competition
Why ‘the Best’? Will Good Do Instead?
FROM Dave Stuart's Blog
November 5, 2019 By Dave Stuart Jr.
We lose all kinds of energy and vitality when we aim to be the best at something rather than trying to be good at it.
Aiming at best will guide our hearts toward competition, comparison, and viewing others as threats. It has to. That’s what best means. There can only be one. Best means scarcity. Only one person wins with best.
Good, on the other hand, tends toward cooperation, learning, and viewing others as collaborators. It really has to. The quickest path to getting good at something is to learn from people who are better than you. But there can be infinity people who are good at something. Good means plenty. Everybody can win with good. In your school, right now, every teacher can become good at teaching, but only one can become best.
In most domains of life, there’s a way to try being best and there’s a way to try being good. In almost all cases, the superior path is the one that aims at being good.
In teaching, it’s always wiser to aim at being good. Aiming at best is a waste of effort. It’s actually a pretty good way to make sure you’ll never be the best. So stop trying. Be ///////credible instead.
In leading professional development, it’s always wiser to aim at being good. Take it from a guy who knows: trying to be the best PD person is soul-sucking, but trying to be a good PD person will give you life and purpose in the work.
The only domains where “best” is the better way are those over which we have total control. This year, I’d like to be the best husband Crystal has ever had. I’d like to be better than Last Year Dave was. I’d like to love her and appreciate her and like her and enjoy her more than that guy, that punk . And guess what? Those things I just listed depend completely on me — not my circumstances, not Crystal, just me. These are the only circumstances I’ve found where competition and comparison make me more of a human, not less.
So if you want to compete with someone, compete with you! Competing with Past You is good, clean fun. Picking on her is, too. After all, she tried her best!
And this year, we will, too.
DAVE STUART JR. is a husband, father, and high school teacher who writes about education. He reads extensively across the disciplines so that he can create uniquely satisfying professional development experiences for his colleagues around the world. His mission is to encourage and equip educators on the journey to long-term flourishing and professional excellence.
Link to above article below...
In Honor of Veterans Day - Travis Mills' story is amazing
Inspirational Story of an Inspirational Teacher
Important Dates for Parents this Fall
We will need your help with snacks for staff. We will send out Sign-up Genius forms for each event. Two events this Fall - October 18 and December 13
Placerita Parent Organization
Breakfast Meetings - Right after Drop-off in the morning in Tanner Hall.
Two more in the Winter and Spring - January 15 and March 18
Student of the Month Meetings for Selected Students (Parents Invited)
December 6, February 7, March 6, and May 1
Placerita's Calendar for 2019-2020
Click on the link below for a PDF of the calendar above
Important Upcoming Dates in November at Placerita
Veterans Day No School 11/11 Holiday
Department meeting week 11/12 All Week
Leadership Team meeting 11/13 2:45 Room 44
2nd Progress 11/15 For 2nd Qtr
Spirit Week 11/18-11/22
Faculty Meeting 11/20 2:45 Library
Staff vs Students Dodgeball Game 11/22 Extended Brunch
Turkey Bowl 11/22 12 -1 pm
Thanksgiving Holiday 11/25-29 Holiday
Placerita Jr. High School
Email: jturner@hartdistrict.org
Website: www.placeritajuniorhigh.org
Location: 25015 Newhall Avenue, Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone: 661-259-1551
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1506369076295455/
Twitter: @placeritajhs