#Good2BGreen

 What a great start to the 22-23 school year!  I stopped by many classes the first week and saw so many reasons why it is #Good2BGreen: 

* Jason Barnett had students working in teams to stack cups without using their hands!  What a great
way to build a collaborative culture!

* Brennan Malone had students brainstorming in teams what they could do in their class to create the best opportunity to learn.  They were sharing what a good teacher and student looked like - with the ultimate goal of creating non-negotiables.  Students were determining what they wanted their successful classroom to look and feel like!

* Sean Schaefer had student teams building towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows.  They were discussing the importance of failure and how that leads to learning.  They also discussed the 1% rule of improvement!  

*Emma Bettag spoke to students about her classroom jobs and how students can earn Commodore Cash.  (They were really excited about Commodore Cash and House Competitions!)

I also loved seeing Heidi Zellers playing board games, Stephanie Walsh - Human BINGO, Ty Guillaume's funny video of the day and favorite things list and Debbie Dauby starting her lesson with a very engaging interest approach for mid-point that really got the kids thinking and reviewing content.  These were just a few of the many things going on in classrooms this past week.

Thanks for working so hard to develop relationships and start diving into the rich content that you have to share with students.  The first days of school are when students are the most excited about diving into new routines, new relationships and new content.  

So far. . . We have having the best first few days ever!  

Important Information: 

PLC Team Meetings:  PLC Team meetings will occur this week.  Team meeting dates are the following:  Math - Monday, Science - Tuesday, ELA - Thursday, Social Studies - Friday.  PLC facilitators will have agenda's prepared!  Looking forward to great meetings!

Project Aware Site Visit:  This Tuesday there will be guests in the building for a Project Aware Site Visit.  We want to thank Tara and our counselors for leading this grant opportunity!  The grant is helping us develop a sustainable school-based mental health infrastructure that will serve our students for many years to come. 

Evaluations:  Phil and I have been able to finish all of our evaluations in the SFS system.  You should have received an email from SFS inviting you to review and sign-off on the form.  If you have any questions/concerns about your evaluation or the process, please let us know.  Our doors are always open!

    2022-2023 Evaluation Plan - Here is a link to our evaluation plan for the 22-23 school year.  You can see who your official evaluator will be in this document.  Please let us know if you have questions.  Like anything else, we want to work together and just continue to focus on being 1% better!  

   * We will set SLO goals again this year.  Details about this process will be outlined at our PD Day on September 6th.  

Purdue Bound - I will be out of the office on Friday for a personal day to take Jace to God's Country!  :-)  I will be available by phone or email all day long.  I will try not to cry in your ear!  

Have a great week!  Good luck to volleyball, cross country, football and band this week!