Monday Morning Musings: Time for the 12 Days of What the Staff Deserves!

Principal ponderings...

We kicked off the school year with a focus on the book Kids Deserve It and have been focusing on the idea of every kid, every day. I have seen your dedication to students in action. Thank you for working hard to make a difference in the lives of all of our students. And now...it's the most wonderful time of the year. It's the time of year when we kick off the 12 days of what the staff deserves! That's right, you all deserve to have a little fun during the last days leading up to the holiday break.

Check out the following link to see what will be happening over the last 12 days, beginning on Thursday! https://www.smore.com/fx139

Currently reading:
As I was doing my grocery shopping, I listened to the end of When Breathe Becomes Air. Such a beautifully written book, although people were probably wondering why I was silently crying in the produce section while shopping! I read a fun picture book that I just got in the mail. It's the newest book by Josh Funk, The Case of the Stinky Stench, a sequel to the awesome book Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast. I can't wait to read this to some classrooms in the future!

I also got another book in the mail this weekend called The Miracle Morning for Writers. I already started reading it last night and am looking forward to trying out a new morning routine that gets me writing each morning. Beginning to start working on writing a book with some other principal friends of mine...excited to write even more!

Events this week:
Monday - Discovery Museum visits 1st grade, Hour of Code activities
Tuesday - Hour of Code activities, Liz out of the building at meeting w/the Commissioner and MSAA Board Meeting
Wednesday - Staff meeting @ 3:30, School Committee Meeting @ 7:00
Thursday - Melissa Stewart, non fiction author visits FloRo
Friday - Melissa Stewart, non fiction author visits FloRo, Melissa and Liz at SLT meeting 8:30-11:00

Great things I noticed last week:

I was excited to pop into Mrs. Taylor's class and catch the launch of reader's workshop. Students were excited to talk about mini-lessons, guided practice and independent reading. And Mrs. Taylor got them super excited about the idea of reading during this very special time of the day!
Thanks to everyone for welcoming educators from the Quabbin School District on Tuesday. We hosted 14 teachers and math specialists, and they were all so excited and appreciative of what they saw and discussed with all of you. It was great to see how your hard work and efforts to implement the math curriculum has truly paid off.
The principal of Ruggles Lane sent me some pictures of how two days after a visit to all of you...her teachers had already started trying out a math workshop model with Eureka. Love the idea of collaborating and learning with other schools! Just got a request from another district to come see our co-teaching teams in action! Thanks for making me proud.
Student Council is planning a hat and glove drive to collect donations for Transitions House at Devens. Thursday morning they were hard at work making posters to advertise the drive.
I caught this reader in the hallway, and he was super proud of his hard work! He has been working hard to persevere...keep up the good reading!
Holiday Fair on Saturday was a huge success! Thanks to the PTA for putting the whole event together. And thanks to Mr. Wiesner for the amazing performances by every grade level! Thank you teachers for taking time on a Saturday to stop by and support your students.