Making Time

 Principal ponderings...

Hermione's time turner.  I have been thinking about that magical tool lately.  If you have read the third Harry Potter book (If you haven't we need to talk!), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, then you know about Hermione's time turner.  The third book is my favorite in the series.  

The time turner has this inscription in it:

So there is no outrunning the sun for us.  No time turner that let's us redo the last hour when you taught math and teach reading...basically double booking our teaching and learning time within the same amount of time in the day.  Hermione used her time turner to take double the courses at Hogwarts.  Wouldn't it be nice to be able to turn back time so that we would could basically double our time?!  We always say there is never enough time.

Unfortunately, I don't have time turner necklaces to hand out to all of you.  But we do have a staff meeting this week.  And we can put our heads together to think differently about time and scheduling.  I want us to look at the whole day schedule and try to figure out how we can create time, rearrange times, transform our time.  As we continue to come out of the pandemic, we have the chance to think differently, to be creative about how we utilize the hours and minutes in our school day.

Looking forward to seeing what ideas you will discuss and brainstorm.  How will you take time to make time?

Currently reading:

I listened to the book All American Boys by Jason Reynolds.  Can't believe it took me this long to read this one.  I love all of his books.  This book is about police brutality, black vs white, high school students trying to understand a situation that happened between a black student and the police officer brother of a white student. 

I was excited to get an advanced reading copy of Cynthia Lord's book Marco Polo, Brave Explorer.  Emerson and I are reading that one at home. 

I can't wait to dive into the book I got from the book fair...Rescue by Jennifer Neilson.  I have read her other historical fiction books and loved them so I think I will enjoy this one. 

Events this week:

**Happy National Assistant Principal Week!  Thank goodness we have Mrs. Ramos at Mayo!!

Monday - Laura at AP Conference in Franklin

Tuesday - 5th grade ELA MCAS, K enrichment program in the art room, CST Meetings at 8 and 8:30, PTA meeting in the library @ 6:30

Wednesday - Staff Meeting in the library, 5th Grade Visit to Mountview, Community Reader Day! Report Cards available to parents 

Thursday - 5th grade ELA MCAS, Liz in PLT meeting from 9-11, Wendy O'Leary free Zoom workshop for parents @ 7:00pm

Great things I noticed last week:

• Thank you Chris and Nicole for helping several students during our after school math club.  Last week I got to see some problem solving involving Taco Bell and addition practice with dominos. 
  
  
  
• Friday was an amazing and exhausting day with a principal for the day and our author visit!  Cynthia Lord was awesome!  The 5th graders that interviewed her asked terrific questions.  Her assemblies reached every grade level.  And she even took the time to visit with K writers in Mrs. McSweeney's classroom. 

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

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