Celebrate the Gift of Learning
GE Newsletter - December 2016
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— Warren Bennis
GE This Week
Word of the Week
imminent - about to happen; coming soonQuote of the Week
Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin FranklinLife Principle of the Week
Charity - Kindness or help for the needy or suffering - Learn More!Click below to see all of the GE WoW, Quotes, and LP's
Inservice Ideas for Principals
The Great Expectations Story
The Great Expectations Story: A Transformation Plan for America’s Schools elaborates on the components that are the bedrock of the premier teaching methodology called Great Expectations. Great Expectations, often referred to as GE, is a beautiful weave of the absolutely best practices in teaching, and its effectiveness is substantiated by the current, ongoing research in education. Some of its most acclaimed value lies in its emphasis on high standards of character.
Besides offering a succinct overview of the elements of Great Expectations and providing personal accounts from practitioners, this book allows the reader an entertaining way to visit a Great Expectations school system through the eyes of the Hanson family who are newcomers to a GE town. The family, a first-year teacher, and all the other people whom the reader meets in this story are fictional, but the experiences of Great Expectations – related as if they were part of the characters’ lives – are all based on true happenings in actual GE classrooms and schools.
Great Expectations is a way of life which leads to rich academic excellence and a spirit-sustaining culture of respect, and The Great Expectations Story is an ideal way to gain insights into the life transforming experience of GE.
Order today at greatexpectations.org and click on the resource tab
Kid Friendly Jokes
What do you get if cross a snowman and a shark ?
Frost bite !
How do you call an Eskimo cow ?
An Eskimoo !
Knock Knock
Who's there ?
Holly
Holly who ?
Holly-days are here again !
http://kidsjokes.co.uk/jokes/other/christmasknock.html
Dates to Remember in December
12/01 - National Pie Day
12/04 - National Sock Day
12/07 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
12/17 - Wright Brothers Day
12/25 - Christmas
12/26 - National Candy Cane Day
12/28 - National Pledge of Allegiance Day
12/31 - New Year's Day
Debbie Kerrigan - GE Instructional Coach
Email: debbie@geok.org
Website: greatexpectations.org
Phone: 682-226-1985
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Great.Expectations.Foundation
Twitter: @djkerrigan