Thursday August 31st, 2017

We have Kindergarten hearing screening today.

Please help remind students and families that school is out at 12:30 on Friday. We also sent home reminder notes.

The thought for today is courtesy of Mrs. Rodriguez:

Wednesday August 30th, 2017

We have service leaders, service learning initiated by students, and service opportunities within classrooms. We need kids to learn, play, work, and give with service. All four areas are important, and we strive to integrate often. That's educating the whole child. Here is a post about service learning:

Service Learning

Be you, especially because kids love you for being who you are:

Tuesday August 29th, 2017

We have grade level teaming today.

The Robotics kick-off is tonight.

This infographic has a few quotes from the current Educational Leadership magazine. The September topic is all about working with families:

Family Matters

This image fits really well with how we try to look at behavior at Harrison. Behavior is communication:

                                                                                               source: @bethhill2829

Monday August 28th, 2017

Students are starting their classroom and school leadership roles. You can feel it in their air. Our kids are never the same from the starting place that they come to us, and that is exciting to watch. Thank you for giving second chances, taking deep breaths with kids, patience, and for encouraging all students to find their voice.

 Meetings/Reminders for the week:

   August 28th, 2017- Monday- Eval team

   August 29th, 2017- Tuesday- Grade level teaming 1st-5th

   August 29th, 2017- Tuesday- Robotics Kick off- 5:30-7:00 pm

   August 30th, 2017- Wednesday- District 1st year teacher training

   August 31st, 2017- Thursday- Kindergarten Teaming

   August 31st, 2017- Thursday- Kindergarten hearing screenings

   September 1st, 2017- Friday- Early Dismissal @ 12:30 and no Kinders


Habit of the week/Classroom leading morning announcements:

   Anderson- Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

next week: Habit 3- Blair


We have great pictures from this last week. These would be great to share with students, and you can click on them to view in a larger size:

Pictures This Week


We educate the whole child. So true:

Friday August 25th, 2017

Here is a great post with real pictures from classrooms that have integrated flexible learning spaces. Several items mentioned are items we've seen in classrooms at our school:

Flexible Classrooms

Have a great Friday and remember to sharpen the saw with your friends and family this weekend:

Thursday August 24th, 2017

We have the second day of Thinking Maps training today with 3rd-5th grade. Thank you for welcoming and helping our guest teachers throughout the school day.

It should be a little cooler today, but the temperature will be rising again. Please help remind students to be drinking water.

Anything ordinary and routine can get boring. Enjoy the journey this year with kids, learning and growing together. So true:

Wednesday August 23rd, 2017

We have a staff meeting after school today. Our goal is to start at 3:10 in the library. We have two of my favorite topics.

One item will be certified evaluations. We get to experience learning and growth every day, both certified and classified. We have so many talented people to learn from in our building. We are super lucky at Harrison, especially our kids. The second topic will be discipline and behavior. We get to join the journey with our kids, and experience change and growth everyday.

Our students are 'our kids.' We all work with students and devices. Regardless of the setting, online or in person, we need our students to be good people, great citizens. Here is a resource for digital citizenship:

Digital Citizenship

This thought fits perfectly with our staff meeting today: