It's one of the biggest understatements of the year to say how excited I am to start
this new journey at Attica Public Schools. I want to thank everyone, staff and
community members alike, for making me feel so welcome to my new position.
I know all of you have also made our new faculty members feel very welcomed to
our school! I would encourage everyone to take that same type of energy and use it
to welcome our kids and families back to the new school year.
One of the most exciting things about the start of a school year is the new
beginning it creates for all of our students, families, and staff. Old memories are
cherished from last year and new ones are made throughout this school year.
To kick our year off I would like to have a few areas of emphasis we could focus on
as a staff. The links below will help guide us through the themes we can all set our
intentions on through out each and every day with our students.
Trauma with Understanding not Discipline
How do you want to welcome them everyday into your classroom? Do you want
to use handshakes, high-fives, fist-bumps, hugs or come up with your own way to
greet? The research on greeting whether it be a handshake or some other type of
greeting sends a message to our unconscious state that "people think positive of
one another. Here is a great article to reinforce this state.
Handshake and the Meaning.
As the school starts and moves throughout the year, I would encourage you to
think about how to greet your students everyday at the start of the day but also
each time they come into your room.
The next topic I want to focus on is something that has been talked about in to use handshakes, high-fives, fist-bumps, hugs or come up with your own way to
greet? The research on greeting whether it be a handshake or some other type of
greeting sends a message to our unconscious state that "people think positive of
one another. Here is a great article to reinforce this state.
Handshake and the Meaning.
As the school starts and moves throughout the year, I would encourage you to
think about how to greet your students everyday at the start of the day but also
each time they come into your room.
education for years, but this time with a different spin. Most of you have heard about
closing the "Achievement Gap" in education. I would like for us to focus on closing
the “Opportunity Gap" for our students. In a small rural community sometimes
students don’t know what they don’t know. Let’s show and give them the
opportunities which are out in our world. The videos below are just a few examples
of the opportunities for careers which will become a way of life for us.
Is this technology used in Kansas? Amazon has three major
"Fulfillment Centers". Kansas City, Gardner, and Lenexa, Kansas.
The link below not only uses technology in Kansas but also right here
in Attica, USA! Realtor and Google Maps
So how do we help our students work towards the jobs which don't even "Fulfillment Centers". Kansas City, Gardner, and Lenexa, Kansas.
The link below not only uses technology in Kansas but also right here
in Attica, USA! Realtor and Google Maps
exist today? Research will discuss getting kids to learn in a collaborative
setting. This will reinforce social and emotional kids need in their future.
Learn to have a state of mind which looks for solutions, opportunities and
choices. Academic skills are needed but they are not the point of emphasis
in student learning. Have them start learning about who they are and how
they operate in hardships and joyful moments. This Future Jobs article
helps reinforce what I'm referring to.
This new school year will be an adventure is new to some of us and
routine to others. Together, with our students and families, we can make it
exciting school year for all of us!
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