Day 2 MSA

Good day. Lots of meetings for me, but I think they went smoothly. This is a good process to go through because it causes us as a school to think and reflect about what we do and how we do it. It has been good to have to explain things and also get some feedback.

The staff and students are relaxing a bit more and see that the team is not the enemy. That is a positive! You wish that folks would understand it from the start, but being observed is often quite unnerving, so it is understandable. We move into Day 3 and know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Toot Toot!

Day 1 MSA

I walked into school this morning and found our maintence team out sweeping the roads...the public lane that leads to the school. That was too much!

It was a good start with the high school assembly (see Lip Sync Message blog).

Then I had a library class first period and the team was getting their school tours. The students would see them come in and straighten up, but only until the tour moved on. However it is a good class and today, we practiced notetaking with an article about the Pacific NW Tree Octopus.(Look it up if you don't believe me).  
Later in the morning I had a couple meetings with the team as a part of the leadership team and the planning committee.

After that I had my US History class and one of the team members came in to observe for about 10 minutes.

A lot is happening today that never has happened the rest of the year.  It is quite amazing and the staff is talking about it.  

Very interesting! On to day two!

Lip Sync Lesson

Today in assembly each class had a group of students who performed a lip sync song. It was quite good and the kids all did a fanastic job.
When all the hooting and voting was done the Seniors rocked it. However there was a message in all this... many times we try to be someone we are not. We act like others, dress like others, talk like others, and just try to be like everyone, but ourselves.  That is not who God called us to be. He wants us to be who HE created us to be!  We need to realize that and walk in His image.  I thought it was a great message for our students and staff to hear and I wanted to share it with you all.
May you live and move in who God has called you to be!

PT Conference - the Secondary Way

So last week, it was Parent Teacher Conferences for the high school. I actually had three parents sign up to meet with me for their allotted five minutes. I started off with a quiz. Most of the parents got the Lincoln question right, but no one could get the Jefferson Davis guy and what he was infamous for. I said, "Ask your kid."
It was an interesting couple of hours and I, not having much to do between conferences, snapped a couple photos of our great staff and parents working together.

CountDown

So the countdown is almost down. On Saturday the team begins to arrive and we all start smiling....more. I will keep you posted. 

Four Day Weekend

So on Friday, it was announced at the end of school that there would be no school on Monday. We already were off for the elections of Tuesday. It wa deemed a security risk to come in on Monday. So I am at home working on grades and getting ready for our visit next week.  The streets have been fairly quite. There is a two day 'silent' period before the big election vote on Tuesday. So all the campaigning is done and no more rallies can take place.  We will see what all this brings about.
Was thinking of having an Election Party on Tuesday and watch the returns, but not sure how it is done here, so figured I would head into work and get some stuff done there. We will see.

Just continue to pray for this country!

Last Celebration of the Week

Decided to meet and celebrate November with a group of friends.  Here are some photos. We played some crazy games and ate M&Ms, all while listening to Christmas music. It was a very relaxing and enjoyable gathering. 

A s'mores party

roaring fire

action games

making funny faces.