March 4, 2016

So I am IN- taking a chance and going to send my weekly newsletter in blog form. I had another colleague challenge me-  I can NEVER resist a challenge. As many of you know I am very competitive J 

Here is the 1, 2, 3, 4 5 Connected Educator Challenge!

1.  What has been your ONE biggest struggle this year?

Seriously.  One?  I struggle with so many things from time management of family vs. school to keeping my cool.  I think my biggest struggle is keeping my patience with people who truly don't understand that I try to MAKE DECISIONS in the best interest of our students and staff.  Always.!!

2.  Share TWO accomplishments you are proud of this year

Again.  Seriously?  Just two?  I have SO MANY!

I am so proud to have all of our new students and staff here. We are working on Restorative Justice and focusing on POSITIVE recognition. I know that it is not perfect, and we already know what to change for 16-17.

I am also proud of the collaboration among our staff!  The sharing, stealing, borrowing, and WORKING TOGETHER has been AWESOME and makes my heart happy DAILY!  I love that the classified staff (yard duty, office, custodial) jump in to help anywhere at anytime!

3.  What are THREE things you hope to accomplish before the end of this school year?

I hope that we can accomplish collaboration that works for our staff!  

I hope that we can recognize ALL the positive things our students do on a daily basis!

I hope that we get accepted as a California Gold Ribbon school for our AG program. We have made it to the second step!

4.  Give FOUR reasons you remain in education in today's rough culture.

I love our kids.  Period.  They test every one of my boundaries and yet, I still love them. I love our staff.  Period.  It has been a five year journey of building trust both ways and I love the POSITIVENESS (is it a word??) that we continue to spread.

I love that we can continue to make more POSITIVE changes to support our students from the multiple people watching out for their safety and many, many, more!!

I love being a cheerleader for our students and staff and SCHOOL!!  Everyone needs a cheerleader!!

5.  What FIVE people do you hope will take the challenge to answer these questions? 

I know that you are all busy and the first 5 ROCK STARS that take this challenge have a prize waiting for them from me!! CLICK HERE YOUR ANSWERS!!

Suisun Valley School is a regional winner of the Get Schooled 2015 Fall Attendance Challenge. 

We are excited to celebrate all of your hard work and accomplishments!  As one of the regional winners of the Challenge, Suisun Valley School has earned $1,000 and a DJ dance/pizza party as well as some other cool/fun things to incorporate into the event.

Thank you for engaging your students in the Challenge and keeping them focused on their educational goals.  We appreciate all the great work you and your students are doing every single day throughout the school year. Suisun Valley did an amazing job in the Challenge and had an attendance increase of 4.29%.  We also completed close to 2,000 educational activities on GetSchooled.com to increase our score in the Challenge.  Nationally, SuisunValley came in 5^th in the competition.

The event will be March 8 from 1:30pm – 2:40pm in the multi for our 6^th-8^th graders.

Check out this vocab video on the word IMPROVE click here

Observable Fish Moments at SV:

Be There: for each other and play basketball as a staff after school on March 8th. So SAD that I am missing it!! Wonder if I an Skype in :)

Play: Thanks Katie and Janice for planning our AR celebration. Get Schooled attendance party should be so much FUN!! Thanks Vicky!!

Choose your attitude: 

To actually choose how you respond to life, not just react, you must be intentional. Ask yourself throughout the day, "What is my attitude right now? Is it helping the people who depend on me? Is it helping me to be most effective?"

Make Their Day:  

Fill out a good news referral and make a student’s day.