March Madness is a very exciting part of the year for all lovers of the game of basketball. This year has been particularly exciting as our Purdue Boilermakers will play in the Elite 8 tonight (first time in 20 years.) I was fortunate enough to be at the game on Thursday that led to this exciting part of the bracket. I am still not really sure how Purdue won!
Thursday night as I sat in the rafters of the YUM Center in Louisville with hundreds of other Boilermaker faithful, I had time to reflect on the novelty of the situation. Sitting around us that night at the game were the young and the old. All of us lived in different locations around the country, pursued different careers, and have different backgrounds but that night we were there for one reason: those Purdue Boilermakers!
The night reminded me about how I feel about working at Perry Central. Everyday, we have many individuals who come to school to work with kids. Each person has their own background, life story and experiences. But, when it comes down to it, we are all there for one reason: our Perry Central Commodores (our students.) Everyone that works at Perry Central believes that students can learn, can be successful and will make a difference in the world! Perry Central faculty and staff pour their heart and soul into each child by providing wrap around services both academically and social emotional to ensure that all students find great success.
Just like our favorite basketball teams bring together many faithful fans, our students bring together our faithful faculty and staff. I feel so lucky to work in a school that believes in every student and will sacrifice daily to ensure their success. You are the reason our students are winners every time!
I hope your brackets are still alive! Boiler Up!
Important Information:
Learning Objectives: As you are aware, we have been working hard to make sure we have learning objectives posted and students are connected to this work. Research shows over and over that it is the first major step to ensuring that formative assessment work is productive and that learning takes place! This work has also been a part of an action research project that I have been working on for the Principal Leadership Corhort that I am involved in. I have learned so much over the past few months and I appreciate all of hard work and dedication all of you have shown to our students. I look forward to continuing to learn with you over the next few years! This week I visited several classrooms and saw some amazing learning occurring! I also found great examples of Learning Objectives - I listed a few below as examples. Keep up the great work!
* I can identify the difference between a hero and an idol. I can define the word "archetype".
* I can identify the characteristics of 3 rock types.
* I can evaluate expressions involving the roots and rational exponents & negative exponents.
* I can describe the likelihood that an event will occur.
Perry Central Goes to the State House: Vanessa Johnson, Bo Gibson, Mary Roberson and myself will be visiting the State House on Wednesday, April 3rd to testify in support of HB 1404 which addresses school accountability. This Bill would essentially take testing OUT of grades 9-12 and allow us to focus on student outcomes, shifting the accountability to dual credits, certifications and student engagement 6 months after high school. We are excited about this opportunity and feel that Perry Central would be ready for this change. If you have any comments you would like us to take with us, please let us know! :-)
National Autism Awareness: Melissa Toothman is leading us to celebrate National Autism Awareness Day on Tuesday, April 2nd. We will invite everyone to wear blue on Tuesday and faculty and staff are invited to wear jeans all week for a $5 donation. A donation jar will be in the high school office! Thank you Melissa for leading us in this special event!
Career Fair: Tuesday, April 2nd, Maria Sweat will be helping around 65 juniors and seniors navigate the Career Fair in Spencer County. The Career Fair is a partnership through the College Success Coalition and the PCDC to help promote summer and full-time employment for our students. Students will leave around 9:15 a.m. and return in time for lunch and 5th period. Thanks to Maria for leading this effort!
Snowflake for 8th grade: All 8th grade students will be participating in Snowflake on Friday, April 5th. Students will be visiting the Perry County Jail and the Courthouse. Specific details will be released later this week. Roughly the event will affect 2-4 periods. Students will be back to Perry Central for lunch and WIN. We appreciate Judge Lucy and Alan Malone for giving us their time for this important event.
ISTEP/ILearn Testing: Just a reminder for ISTEP testing dates: Math: April 16,17,18 and English: April 23,24,25 I am currently working on a detailed schedule for these tests. It looks like we will not have to interrupt other classes very much for the test. We will do our best to keep the school day uninterrupted! ILEARN testing will be the last week of April and first week of May. Scheduling is going to be difficult as the tests are not timed. We will get that information to you at a later date.
Spring Schedule - Here is a link to the spring schedule to help you with planning: LINK
Important Dates:
Monday, April 1st - April Fool's Day (be careful!)/ Varsity Softball @ H vs. Springs Valley 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 2nd - Varsity Baseball @ Corydon Central 5:00 p.m., Varsity Track @ H vs. North Harrison 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 3rd - Varsity Baseball @ North Harrison 5:00 p.m., Varsity Softball @ H vs. Corydon Central 4:30 p.m.,
Thursday, April 4 - Varsity Softball @ Home vs. Orleans 5:00 p.m., Varsity Golf @ Boonville 4:30 p.m., Varsity Track @ HH 5:00 p.m.
Friday, April 5th - Snowflake for 8th grade students, Concert Band Competition @ Floyd Central
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