2011-2012ANOTHER SCHOOL

YEAR IS HERE…

Grading policyLesson planningCurriculum MeetingsOpen houseDuties (thanks Mo!)More meetingsClassroom set-up

Sped bindersCHAMPsNew technologyEven more meetingsStudent recordsCopy center forms

And another $%&@ meeting!!!

AND AGAIN WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO…

AND WE OFTEN FEEL LIKE THIS?

BUT MAYBE WITH OUR MINDS ON ALL THESE

THINGSWE FORGET ABOUT

SOMETHING ELSE VERY IMPORTANT…

THEM!!!

Perhaps it is time to start asking some questions again!

Not really new questions

In fact, some old questions

But what if we look for new answers, and let those answers

change us!

Questions like…

WHAT IF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN KIDS GET ON THIS AFFECTS WHAT THEY DO…

…WHEN THEY GET INSIDE THAT?

COULD WHAT THEY LEARN IN ONE OF THESE SEATS IMPACT…

HOW WELL THEY LEARN IN ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS?

HERE’S A QUESTION:

WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR STUDENTS’ LIVES BEYOND THESE WALLS

OF RBMS?

ARE THEIR FAMILIES LIKE THESE?

OR MAYBE THIS?

NOT LIKE THIS, RIGHT?

DO WE CARE?

…OR IS THAT SOMEONE ELSE’S

JOB?

AFTER ALL, OUR PAYCHECK COMES FROM WHAT WE DO HERE.

BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT IT’S NOT THAT

SIMPLE!

RESEARCH (AND COMMON SENSE)

TELLS US…

THAT WHAT HAPPENS HERE…

OR IN THERE…

TENDS TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HOW KIDS PERFORM HERE…

AND HERE…

AND, YES, EVEN HERE!

BECAUSE WHETHER THEY LIVE HERE…

OR HERE…

…THEY ALL COME HERE!

WHAT ABOUT STUDENTS WHO FEEL LIKE THIS?

OR THE ONES THAT GO THROUGH LIFE LIKE THIS?

IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY, THEN YOU CAN HEAR

THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT OUR

STUDENTS ARE ASKING:

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WALK…

WHILE IT IS NECESSARY TO SEE OUR STUDENTS THIS WAY,

SOMETIMES IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO SEE THEM THIS WAY!

AND TO REMEMBER THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

TEST DATA AYP FIGURES

DISCIPLINE REPORTSATTENDANCE RECORDS

ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THIS!

And each and every one of them lives

BEYOND THESE WALLS

2011-2012THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!

HAVE A GREAT YEAR!