What a great first week (technically 3 days) at Kennedy! As expected, there were a few tears, but the smiles and laughs outweighed the few. I appreciate everyone’s help and extra care during arrival. Thank you to ALL staff for going the extra mile to help get our year off to an amazing start. Let’s keep that up this week, as well!
As we prepare for our first full week with the students, I hope you will take a few quiet moments to put aside lesson planning, forget about administrative tasks and consider our purpose, or “our why” as we called it on opening day (as a school, and as individual educators). When we walk in on Monday morning, please remember that you are a difference maker! The small gestures you make to welcome students and show an interest in their lives will have an impact. This year, you will have opportunities to build confidence where it hasn’t existed, develop connections that have never been present, and generate hope with your students. Our classrooms are filled with individuals with a variety of needs, and it’s up to US to make sure they thrive! The only way for that to happen is to build a connection with each student. When we truly know them all as individuals, we can understand them as learners.
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Here’s our week at a glance:
(08/19) Happy Birthday Lauren Oraham 🙂
Monday, August 20th
1st Day of PreSchool
MAP Testing Window Opens <—be sure to schedule your classroom’s testing times
Let’s get our “flex time” routines started soon!
Tuesday, August 21st
Happy Birthday Lisa Bilotta 🙂
Turn in the yellow ABC Pool Party envelopes to office by noon.
Karli T will pick them up & issue wristbands to those who paid. A second envelope will be placed in your mailboxes for any remaining orders. Teachers will help distribute wristbands on Friday for students to talk home.
Wednesday, August 22nd
Thursday, August 23rd
Friday, August 24th
Kennedy Bus Evacuation Drills – (Schedule to Sign Up for a time slot will be emailed this week).
5 by Friday! As a school, let’s all commit to making 5 positive connections by Friday of every week! Use the Kennedy postcards that were in your swag bag. All out? No problem! Positive Postcards can be found in the main office!
*Remember, we must also make an effort to build relationships with our families, too! Read this awesome blog post here about how to successful engage with our families!
(08/25) ABC Pool Party 7-9pm