AM Bus: Thomason
Fullmer
Rodriguez
PM Bus: Garcia
Terrell
Moore
Staff Room: Vandenbosch
Meetings/Reminders for the week:
February 13th, 2017- Monday- Eval Team
February 14th, 2017- Tuesday- Intervention Meeting
February 14th, 2017- Tuesday- Valentine's Day Parties in Afternoon
February 15th, 2017- Wednesday- CSI and Harrison STEM K-1 check in- 7:40 am, room 17
February 15th, 2017- Wednesday- Little Miss Dance in Gym- 6-7:30 pm
February 16th, 2017- Thursday- New Teacher Check In- 7:00 am -IHOP
February 16th, 2017- Thursday- 4th Grade Hygiene Visit with Nurse- 2:00 pm
February 17th, 2017- Friday- Leader in Me Training in room 17
February 17th, 2017- Friday- Box Tops due
February 17th, 2017- Friday- CR Baseball visiting during morning recess- in lunchroom
Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:
Porter- Habit 8: Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs
Please let us know in the office if any students need Valentine's Day cards.
Most of the pictures this week were from Leadership Day. We also have a young man that used a walker for walking, for the first time. These pictures would be great to share with students:
Pictures This Week and Leadership Day
Please share the weekly schedule with families:
Schedule This Week and Notes for Families
We had two training opportunities for staff this last week. One was a Leader in Me symposium in Las Vegas, and we already have great ideas being implemented in classrooms and around the school. We'll hear more at a March staff meeting. The second training was the Idaho Refugee conference in Boise, and the following videos are from that training. We will also have more information shared at a March staff meeting.
This video from the refugee conference is a great reminder that everybody has a story. Every US citizen, every immigrant, every refugee, every human being. It's important to seek first to understand:
Falafel Story
It's hard to imagine only having one language spoken, only one culture represented, only one interest among friends, or only one perspective at the table. I've been out of the country twice in the last six months. The real world is very diverse, and that is a good thing, a great learning opportunity. Our school and students are an example of that. This video from a session at the refugee conference about building bridges with Muslims, is a great reminder that we are all human beings. We have more in common than we realize, and it's ok to have differences. Differences should be thought of as exciting and a learning opportunity:
Meet a Muslim
This video from the refugee conference is longer, a Ted talk, but has an important message. There is no single story. Imagine people forming opinions about people or countries, from only one book or one media story:
The Danger of a Single Story
Imagine if we asked people what they had to contribute, how they could help solve a problem, or how they have helped others. We are all human beings:
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