August Staff Update
By Jamie Frank, Superintendent
Dear Windom Eagle Team,
Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year. I hope you had a great summer filled with fun, hobbies, and doing everything that made you happy and filled your bucket. Mike, the girls, and I visited Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons for the first time. It was 100% beautiful!
I've had some time to reflect on the last school year and dream about the future of Windom Schools. The first thing that comes to mind is all of you! I get really excited thinking about our team, your talents, and the impact you make on students every single day. Building skills and knowledge in students gives them confidence, a leg up in comparison to others. We, as a team, build skills and knowledge on many levels and in many content areas every single day. When you teach kids that letters make sounds and sounds go together to make words (yes some words you can sound out and others you just have to know), you are building skills and knowledge. When you facilitate a conversation between two students to resolve differences and seek understanding - you are building skills and knowledge. When you give students a safe space to debate a topic and teach them how to respectfully disagree - you are building skills and knowledge. The list goes on - teaching the two strands of DNA, identities of polynomials, 3.14= pi, prepositions, parts of a letter, writer's perspective, steps to throwing a ball, the treble clef, rhythm, the color wheel, conditioning training, strength training, using a saw, using the plasma cutter - again the list goes on and on. Every time we give students experiences to engage with new content we give them new skills and knowledge. Confidence! Confidence that empowers students to leave Windom Schools one day and pursue their dreams. You - Windom Eagle Team - you are the reason that students are equipped to go forth and be anything they want to be. You give them the skills and knowledge needed for a successful future!
Windom Schools will create a safe, responsive, and nurturing environment in which every learner receives a high-quality, challenging education that empowers them with the skills and knowledge needed for a successful future.
Here's to a great school year with a talented team!
Jamie
Fall In-Service Schedule
Fall In-Service is right around the corner. To view the Fall Inservice Schedule for August 29-31, please click here.
Paras will work on August 29 and 30. See the schedule for hours and details.