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All Call #s Follow up to the questions regarding calling out from our phones; Dial *1 then, #110 – Emergency All Call (interior and exterior) #111 – Interior only #112 – Exterior only Kids Do Well If They Can In … Continue reading →

“With nearly 35 million children across the country at risk for toxic stress, what if the person giving the biggest daily dose of healing treatment for toxic stress isn’t a doctor or a therapist, but a teacher?”             Marcus Buckingham and … Continue reading →

Riverbend Church I want to provide a little more background regarding Riverbend Church using our building on Sundays.  I apologize for the length, but there’s just a lot of stuff to cover so there’s no way around it. Once upon … Continue reading →

Book Fair  If you think you have some students who would benefit from a “Book Angel” to cover the costs of a book or two from the book fair, please talk to me asap.  The book fair is coming up … Continue reading →

Veterans Day Lunch Thank you for your flexibility today with lunch.  That was not nearly the crowd we had last year, but it was still much easier to get people through the line by allowing the older kids to eat … Continue reading →

Growth Mindset I don’t like to use too many professional sports examples, but this one is too good to pass up.  Baseball statistics have always fascinated me. When I was kid, there were a few teachers who used baseball very … Continue reading →

“Every time you think of calling a kid ‘attention-seeking’, consider changing it to ‘connection-seeking’ and see how your perspective changes.” – Dr. Jody Carrington 2020 Winter Culmination Planning Survey – survey window will be open until Friday, November 15.  (If … Continue reading →

Serious Inspiration! If you would like some serious inspiration visit this site. The challenge to break a 2-hour marathon happened and the story is incredibly heart-warming. Some people have compared this accomplishment to putting a human on the moon. Great … Continue reading →

SIW Changes!!!  Please note. We were told to make some adjustments to the SIW schedule to make sure the week before conferences are reserved for conference prep.  Sorry for the change again, but 10/16 will revert back to conference prep. … Continue reading →

Upcoming Meetings: EBISS 1st grade – Monday 2:45-3:30 Staff Meeting – Wednesday 1:30-2:00 Storyline SIW – Wednesday 2:00-3:30 Leadership – Thursday 2:45-3:30 Dreambox Thank you Marina for getting a few more teachers up and running this week.  The next workshop … Continue reading →