I can't believe it's the last post of the school year. It seems like just yesterday when the entire office staff was knocked out and kicked out with COVID the second day of school! What a year it has been. I loved listening to so many of you talk about different students during our reflection activity at staff collaboration time last week. Seeing you light up talking about certain students or hearing how much energy you devoted to certain students was definitely a highlight of my week. I also love the stories you have sent me about the students that I will be recognizing in our final whole school assembly on Monday. We started the year focused on "Constructing Stories, Building Connections," and I feel like that has consistently been happening all year long. From our focus on writing to our focus on making connections during monthly family time, we have absolutely grown closer as a school community. There is a lot to celebrate...students' growth in academics and social emotional learning. We also need to celebrate staff growth. So many of you have taken courses or webinars, attended or led professional development, collaborated with colleagues, stepped out of your comfort zones, and through it all...kept kids at the forefront, like our community norms says. I would love for all of us to stop and think about what went well this year and what we need to keep improving upon. I would love to hear what our "glows" were - what do we need to celebrate and be proud of? And I want to hear what our "grows" were - what do we need to work on? These could be things specific to your classroom or your role or these could be things school-wide. As I begin the work this summer of planning for next year, I want to make sure I am hearing from everyone. Please take a few minutes over the next week to fill out this "Glows and Grows" form. And get ready for an amazing last week of school! Here are some of the books that we have multiple copies of in the office. We will do our lending library again this summer. Sign out a book, read it, then return it so someone else can read it.
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