Students are in eager anticipation of the final bell that will ring on Friday afternoon, signaling that school is out for summer! With Alice Cooper's iconic lyrics in the background, a rush of students will chant "Schools' out for summer" as they hurry home for what promises to be the best summer of their young lives! Meanwhile, teachers will continue the planning process for the 16-17 school year as we strive to build upon a strong foundation at Calhoun City Schools. We will revisit how we have successfully moved the classroom beyond the four walls and howe we might continue this effort.
In directing teachers across the 6-12 spectrum, I will communicate the following step in the continuous improvement process: Stand on the tables! What? Did he really just tell us to stand on the tables? Yes! In short, we must do whatever we can to engage students and to grasp their attention and keep it! In a world of vanilla, we must be neapolitan! I recall sitting in a lunchroom as a senior in high school when the principal suddenly stood on the table. He didn't say a word, but the whole cafeteria fell to silence as he engaged over 500 students with one simple action. Why did it work so effectively? Because it was unexpected and it was dynamic. I will challenge our teachers this year to do the unexpected. I will challenge them to be dynamic as we move the classroom beyond the four walls. This is our charge! We will reach each and every student in a way which is both familiar and unexpected in order to help them achieve success both in and out of the classroom. Go Jackets!
Staff Spotlight
- Trenette Patton & Laura Payne
- Trenette engaged her students in life-sized keyboarding this week. Students went to Bernstein and learned basic keyboarding scales on a life-size scale. Now that is moving the classroom beyond the four walls!
- Laura Payne invited Justin Lindsey's students to come make rice krispy treats with them this week. Students from differing backgrounds worked together on one common goal. This was an outstanding display of collaboration.
Student Spotlight
- Black & Gold 8th Grade Nominees: The following 3 boys and girls were nominate for the Principal's Black and Gold Award for outstanding character, service and behavior. One boy and one girl will given the award at the 8th grade awards ceremony on Thursday at 1pm, but I believe it is a huge honor to have been nominated by their teachers. The nominees are as follows:
- Boys: Julian Ipac, Kendall Servin, Joshua Tolson
- Girls: Yesenia Garcia, Anne Fogel Jones, Idacia McConnell
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