Teacher Appreciation

 Last week, Vivian Galey and I were invited to the Dubois County Junior Achievement Banquet by Brenda Stallings.  Brenda is the founder and CEO of Matrix Integration and was inducted into the Business Hall of Fame.  We have grown to know Brenda as she has partnered with our students at Perry Central and actually funded Vivan's entrepreneurial project last summer.  

At the banquet, one of the speakers talked about Junior Achievement.  Junior Achievement's motto is "Empowering Young People to their Own Economic Success."   That statement got me thinking.  Not only does Junior Achievement strive for this kind of success for our students, but so do all of you.  Ensuring students have opportunity for a high quality of life, including helping students connect to careers that give them purpose and economic success is the bread and butter of your work! 

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week.  As you look forward to some great treats this week, I hope you can look at each student and realize the influence you really have on each of their lives.  Even though many of the kids do not realize it yet, they will.  You give them the foundation, encouragement and hope that drives them do great things after leaving your classroom.  

Just like Brenda Stallings has poured into Vivian, you are pouring into your students.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart, not only as a principal, but as a mom and community member who cares about the future of our community and world.  The work you do makes the world go around - I hope you don't forget how important you really are.  :-)  

Important Information: 

Teacher Appreciation Week - You received a post card from Janet with all of the goodies for the week.  We are entering the last few weeks of the school year!  Hope you have a SUPER FANTASTIC week!

ILEARN - I can't express enough to all of you how hard the 7th and 8th grade students worked on ILEARN.  Even some of our students that have been struggling in 8th period to get their work completed put their heart and soul into the test.  Thank you to all of our junior high teachers for preparing our students.  This week, we will be testing math on Tuesday (periods 1-3) and Wednesday (Periods 2-3).   HERE is the ILEARN schedule.  All locations are the same.  

Administrative Assistant Day - Last week, our office celebrated Janet and Sheila for Administrative Assistant day.  We are so blessed to have two wonderful ladies with smiling faces welcome all of our people from the outside and take care of all of the student's needs - and OUR NEEDS!  Thanks, Janet and Sheila!

Spring Calendar - Please find the Spring Calendar HERE for an up-to-date list of activities/testing dates.  We are entering AP exams and Biology ECA exam time as well as other fun activities. 

Keeping Focus - We are in the end of the fourth quarter, the game is tied, and every shot counts!!  Time to dig deep, team!!!!  This is an important time to create fun, engaging lessons that are outside of the box!  Share your favorite past time with them, find a way to give back to the community, play educational games, provide fun labs/learning experiences, have fun with them!!  We all need to come to school focused and ready to work each day so our students will keep up the expectation as well.