TO DO:

If you haven’t already, please complete your Measure 98 funding worksheet ASAP. Let me know if you have any questions regarding this, as well as take a look at what your colleagues have in their plan if you are looking for ideas.

As a reminder, MS and HS will not be posting next year’s openings (except for some hard-to-fill spots) until all secondary school staffing plans have been approved. Please let me know once you have your plan completed so I can take a look. So far, a few middle schools have completed plans and I believe a couple of high schools are complete as well. Make sure we also talk before you reach out to HR regarding any postings you want to submit. Although there is no hard deadline, the sooner all staffing plans are completed, the sooner you get to post and fill any openings you will have.

THIS and THAT:

And speaking of staffing plans, Katie and I will meet next Wednesday (4/10) to review the plans that are complete, to see where any holes are in plans, and begin taking a look at the employees that will be returning from a leave, going on leave, or have resigned in order to make sure we have a spot or an opening for each of these employees. If your staffing plan will not be completed by next week, please have it finished no later than April 19.

Starting this coming Monday, a parent can view an unofficial student transcript directly in ParentVue… for high school students. (Originally, the button was labeled MS or HS transcript, but Patty was able to change the name of this button.) I wanted you to have a heads-up on this and know that it only works for HS student transcripts.

There is a professional development class occurring on April 18, Youth Mental Health First Aid, posted in Performance Matters. I took this training a few years ago and found it very worthwhile. Some staff that I would suggest attend are admin, counselors, SPED teachers and any classified employee. The training is free (provided by Deschutes County), but subs would be the responsibility of your building. Registration needs to occur by April 12 in order to verify adequate numbers will be attending.

Here are some pages produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention related to e-cigarettes. I thought this information might be useful for your knowledge or sharing with staff, students, and parents. My guess is that many parents are not aware of what e-cigarettes look like or are made of.

Just a heads-up that I will be out of town (available only by cell or email) on Monday afternoon (4/15) through Thursday (4/18). The ESD is bringing a team from Central Oregon to the Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education, and Gary, Jay and I are representing BLS.

As an FYI, interviews for the PBMS VP opening will be next Friday, 4/12.

REMINDERS:

Our next Horizontal meeting is on April 22. We’ll be discussing (first!) chapters 10 – 12 of The Culture Code.

TO DO:

Earlier this week, Wendy Reeves shared the Measure 98 document with you that I referenced at our Horizontal meeting. Please have a draft of how you might spend these dollars into this Google Form by Friday, April 5. You can make adjustments later, but a draft needs to be completed in order to meet a reporting deadline.

THIS and THAT:

I was able to clarify with Shay around a question that came up regarding staff check-out at the end of this school year. As you know, the student’s last day is Friday, June 14. Typically, the following workday is a staff check-out day. This year, if staff are ready to checkout with you on June 14, then they may. If they are not prepared to checkout with you on Friday, then they may do so on Monday, June 17. Also, you do not need to verify any additional hours worked outside of their regular work day to allow a June 14 checkout. (This is different information than what I had shared with you at our Horizontal meeting earlier this week.)

Earlier this year, Chris shared the following document with his staff prior to fall conferences. I thought this was something that you all might find useful so I am passing it along to you (with Chris’ permission of course). Although conferences look very different this spring, I thought it was still worth passing along! (If you happen to use any of these documents in the future, remember to replace “PCMS” with your school before sharing.)

As a follow-up to a question raised at our Horizontal meeting, I learned that the end of the third and fourth quarter (as well as second and third trimester for you Robi) have been moved back. Third quarter now ends on Friday, April 12 and the end of the fourth quarter is now Friday, June 14.

Also from our meeting this week, Lauren Wood (Drug-Free Communities Coordinator with Deschutes Co.) offered to share some parent resources around vaping/e-cigarettes. Here are those resources:

Centers for Disease Control Parent Tip Sheet

Keep Kids E-cigarette-Free

E-Cigarettes: What’s the bottom line?

E-Cigarettes Shaped Like USB Flash Drives: Information for Parents, Educators, and Health Care Providers.

A few of our schools have received a bogus letter entitled Federal License Management. If you receive a letter like this, please contact Scott Bojanowski for clarification prior to acting on any steps outlined in this letter.

Here is some information regarding the Honorary Page Program (for students aged 12 – 17) that is sponsored by the OR House of Representatives. Please pass it along to anyone you believe might be interested.

REMINDERS:

We have a Leadership meeting on Monday, April 1, at 3:15. Jay emailed you an agenda on 3/20, with a note that this meeting will be for current administrators only. We are asking that all deans, student services, admin interns, or other non-current administrator employees not attend this meeting.

TO DO:

I learned late last week that I will be out of town during our scheduled MS Horizontal meeting in April. Please adjust your calendar to move the meeting from April 15 to April 22. Please let me know if this change of date will NOT work for you.

Please add the BLS Job Fair to your calendar (if you haven’t already). It is April 4 at the fairgrounds, starting at noon. Lunch will be provided!

By spring break you should (to stay on track) have four of your six (or two of three, off-year) mini-observations completed. Let me know if you are not close to being on track. And, don’t forget to be logging your follow-up conversations in TalentEd.

Please communicate this to your staff regarding school days that we missed due to snow (Feb. 25 – 28): Any sick or personal days will be returned to the staff member. (Even if leave requests have already been submitted, they will be adjusted prior to leave actually being recorded against employees leave record.) Anyone on FMLA leave during this time will be able to extend their leave for an additional four days (these days will not count against them). HR has already reached out to employees still on FMLA leave, but if you have had someone return since the snow days, please communicate this to them. Finally, if any employee has any question regarding leave, please have them contact HR.

We are looking for students to feature in our Family Handbook & Calendar and need your help! We love to highlight students from all backgrounds and abilities and hope you will take a moment to nominate a student. Submit a suggestion here: https://goo.gl/forms/xtezfi6qeTjsNup12

THIS and THAT:

There was an article this week in the Bend Source that I wanted to pass along to you in case you have not seen it yet. Although the article does not report on any incidents occurring in our middle schools, it does paint a story of experiences some of our students of color are having in our district (and likely our middle schools). Equity/Race was a topic at our last Leadership meeting and next fall we will begin collecting student behavioral data around race (the article incorrectly states this was implemented this year), but I’m sure we can all agree that this is not enough. If you haven’t already, self-reflecting with your building leadership team on the six equity questions provided at the last Leadership meeting, or interviewing students of color in your building, may be a good next step.

Feedback Requested: STAS

The Student Threat Assessment System Team seeks feedback from administrators, school counselors, school psychologist, school resource officers, and others who may have participated in a Level 1 or Level 2 Threat Assessment over the past 18 months.  Please complete the survey by April 1.

Proper Recording and Destruction of Substances

Drugs and drug paraphernalia seized at school or at school events should be provided to law enforcement following investigation for destruction. Seized drugs and drug paraphernalia that are ‘lost property’ should also be destroyed through law enforcement. Drugs and drug paraphernalia should not be stored at school sites. Call your school SRO or the non-emergency line (541.693.6911) for collection and destruction. Controlled substances could include, but are not limited to: prescription pills, pills, marijuana, etc. and anything that may contain marijuana or controlled substance residue.

It is illegal for any person under the age of 21 to legally buy or obtain tobacco products, inhalant delivery systems, and tobacco product devices. Enforcement of the law began on January 1, 2018. Vape pens and products taken as evidence should be turned over to law enforcement or returned to owners 21 or older – if you are confident it does not contain marijuana oil. Alcohol can be poured out and the container destroyed.

Photographs of seized substances should be captured and stored in the student’s discipline file, if applicable. Staff involved with seizure, return and destruction of substances should maintain a log that includes items seized, by whom, amount, whom released to or whom released for destruction to and on what dates. 

As an aside, you should always wear gloves when handling controlled substances.

Big Sisters of Central Oregon has a problem that you may be able to help with… they have more mentors (Bigs) than they have girls (ages 6 – 18) to mentor (Littles)! Here is a bit more information regarding this local youth program: A mentor assures young people that someone cares, will be there through challenges, and help them see the strength in themselves. Mentoring has been shown to improve the futures of mentees through better grades, achievement of higher levels of education, and improved relationships. Essentially, young people with a mentor grow personally and have a better social and economic opportunity than those who do not. Yet many kids in Central Oregon never have this opportunity. For those who are mentoring, the experience not only offers the opportunity to have fun in our community and see the world through a youth’s perspective but builds leadership and management skills. It is an empowering way to touch the future. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon serves the Bend, La Pine, Redmond, and Madras areas. We are a part of the nation’s largest mentoring network solely supported by donors and volunteers.  Our Bigs spend about 6-12 hours a month with their Littles doing all sorts of activities out in the community for a minimum of one year.

I believe most of you know that I start my Wednesday mornings in Sunriver, at a Rotary meeting, before continuing South to visit schools. The Rotary Club I belong to raises funds through a wine dinner/auction once a year that are then returned to the South County community (schools and other non-profits). Our major fundraiser will take place on May 31 this year – and as a member of the Club, I get to sell wine raffle tickets. If you are interested in trying your luck in this raffle please click on the link above or let me know and I will provide you more info – there is NO PRESSURE to participate (that is why this is not a “TO DO”)!

REMINDERS:

Here is the agenda for our Horizontal team meeting on Monday at CMS, beginning at 3:15. Additionally, I’ll share some Google slides with you at the meeting.

TO DO:

Please verify that all of the submitted ACR forms have been processed in your building. Brad Henry will be providing staffing allocations for the 2019-20 school year prior to spring break – and completing the ACR changes in Synergy across the district will dictate when he provides these to schools in the next two weeks. (ACR process for middle schools includes both those students who will be in middle school next year, as well as your current 8th graders who have submitted an ACR to attend a HS other than her/his home school.)

As you know from Shay’s email to all staff, there have been some changes made to our upcoming conference dates (and LPMS end of trimester grading day) due to missed snow days – specifically that these have become student contact days instead (along with an additional student day at the end of the school year). Although conferences days have been changed to school days next month, it is still an expectation that parents have an opportunity to meet with their child’s teachers. In light of this, please plan on 1) Devising a plan within your school (include multiple building leaders in the discussion) for how to approach providing a conference opportunity for parents; 2) Communicate this plan to parents; 3) Please do not plan on having any conferences on Friday, April 12. This is the one planned conference day for all elementary schools; 4) If any of your conferences will require an interpreter, please utilize the normal process for making a request for one to be present. We will not be coordinating building or level interpreter needs through the district or ESD – but rather on an individual/teacher level. Let me know if you have any questions regarding any of these things.

THIS and THAT:

I won’t say much to direct your path on this besides to say that I have recently read this book by Dylan Wiliam and believe there is much we all could learn from his thinking. Here is a short overview of Creating the Schools Our Children Need. Additionally, here is a quote he shared in a recent webinar that supports his beliefs: “If I had to reduce all of educational psychology to just one principle, I would say this: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him [or her] accordingly.” (Ausubel, 1968 p. vi)

Mid Oregon Credit Union in Partnership with KTVZ is sponsoring the One Class at a Time program that highlights one classroom a month that is doing something unique with our students. The teacher is rewarded with $500 to use towards a project. Consider nominating one of your teachers for this OR send this info to your staff so they can enter themselves! Here is a link for additional details.

REMINDERS:

Don’t forget to move your clocks forward one hour this Sunday!

The new HS principal interviews are this coming Monday and you have probably seen the announcement regarding the four finalists sent out earlier today. There will be a public forum that evening, beginning at 4:00pm, in the board room that you are all invited to attend.

TO DO:

If you haven’t already read chapters 7 – 9 of Culture Code, please do so prior to our next Horizontal meeting on March 18.

When I come visit with you at your building this month I’d love to have you talk me through where you are with your SLGGs (think mid-year review). This conversation is not intended to be an elaborate presentation, but more of a conversation in which I’d love to hear what you’ve done so far, any data you’ve been able to collect, and where you are headed these next few months.

THIS and THAT:

I will be out of the office and a little more difficult to reach next Wednesday and Thursday (3/6 and 3/7). Tuesday afternoon I’ll be driving to La Grande in order to be a part of their high school accreditation visit for those next two days. As such, I will not be checking my email often during the day, so if you need to reach me please send a text and I’ll reply as soon as I am able. I plan on being at work Friday morning.

Andrea had a few parents reach out to her regarding their concern with not getting an ACR turned in by March 1 due to the school closures this week. Because of this, she created a fillable ACR form and emailed this to these parents – with the request that they fill it out and send it to the school office manager. I wanted you to have the form if you needed it, as well as be aware that you may receive an ACR electronically.

This video around the topic of how (some) young people (in this case Oprah) can mitigate or overcome trauma is one that Wendy shared with her staff last month – and I wanted to share with all of you. The power of relationships (love shared from one human to another) in school is powerful.

UPCOMING:

We do not have a Leadership meeting this month.

Daylight Savings Time starts on Sunday, March 10.

TO DO:

Some changes have been made to the Field Trip process. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with these changes. Here is the NEW Field Trip Permission Slip form. Please use this form for all trips, from now on.

These “to do’s” all fall under the larger umbrella of “interpreters for conferences” which we need to begin planning for. As we did in the fall, I’d like to have a meeting in a few weeks with principals who will be requesting an interpreter. Prior to that, I’d like these principals (and not a bad idea for all of you) to have a few conversations with some of your staff:

• Check with your staff (especially classified) to see if there are any bilingual adults who may be interested in doing interpretation during conference times. (We are in need of additional interpreters and those who are not working during conference times would be good to target.)
• Check with your SPED staff to see if there will be any IEP meetings scheduled during conference hours that will require an interpreter. (It is not uncommon for interpreter requests to come from the building AND for an IEP meeting – in the same building. We are going to see if we can coordinate these overlaps and work around them if possible.)
• Check with your ELL teacher to verify which families (and how many) need interpretation services. The purpose is to verify perception with reality.
• Consider “priority conferencing” with your dual language families. Would it be possible to work with your ELL teacher, your Latino Liaison (and any others?) to contact families needing interpretation in order to determine if there is a preferred time block when they would like to attend conferences. The goal of doing so would be to provide you with interpreters when you need them, and not when you don’t.

THIS and THAT:

In this article, Fostering Positive Academic Mindsets in Students, the authors present four mindsets that they claim are important – even necessary – for students to successfully learn (Marshall Memo 758, Oct. 22, 2018). What I found most thought-provoking were the nine teacher actions that foster these mindsets. I think taking a deeper dive into any of these nine moves/actions would be valuable PLC discussions [discuss, implement, review, new learning, implement, review…].

Last week I let you know that Dr. Tim Feeney is coming to Bend on March 5 and will focus on strategies for providing collaborative supports for youth who demonstrate significant behaviors. What I didn’t know then is that our district admin have an opportunity to meet personally with Tim on March 8 (7:30am – 10:00am in the Board Room) to speak with him about working with students who demonstrate challenging behaviors. Please let Hayley Etnier know if you plan on joining on March 8. Here is a flyer for additional information.

As you know, the Hope, Help, & Heal Series is coming up in March and April. In order to make these events go smoothly, we are needing volunteers for each event. Volunteers can help in 4 different ways:

• Registration & Resource Table: Welcome attendees, distribute group wristbands, ensure attendees sign in, staff resource table at the conclusion of the event.
• Group Escorts: Assigned a group to rotate with, assist with group management if someone triggered connect them with a Mental Health Support person.
• General Escorts: Remain in halls during breakout sessions and direct attendees to their rooms, monitor hallways during the event, connect anyone that needs mental health support to the Quiet Room.
• Mental Health Supports*: Professional Mental Health or Behavioral Health provider who will be assigned to staff a safe room OR staff a break out session. Provide support to attendees that express needing extra support. Before signing up for this role, please contact Misty Groom ([email protected])

Folks can sign up to volunteer here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYLuKv1eI16Cb_sjcl2hOxhhfbJ78BdDokaUhtcfZ2U/edit#gid=235871403If you are willing and able, please consider volunteering for a role. If you are already speaking at this event, or If you know of someone in your organization who you think would be a great fit for a volunteer position, please pass this along. After folks sign up, they will receive an email with detailed instructions.

This next announcement might be a fit for a health class. I’m not sure how Cassidy plans to collect student feedback, or how many Dutch Bros cards she has, but I’d encourage you to have a health teacher reach out to her if they are interested. Here’s more: The substance abuse prevention team at Deschutes County Health Services is looking to interview middle school students about prescription drug misuse/abuse. These interviews are part of a federal grant awarded to Deschutes County that aims to investigate prescription drug misuse/abuse in 12-25 year olds throughout the county. Students will not be asked about personal prescription drug misuse/abuse but rather what their and their peer’s perceptions are around this topic. Further, when the data is analyzed from interviews, any information that would allow others to identify the students, individuals that they may identify in the interview, or locations mentioned will be removed. Interviews take around 30-45 minutes and students will receive a Dutch Bros gift card for their time. If interested in participating, please reach out to the project coordinator, Cassidy Brewin, at [email protected] or at 541-388-6606.

TO DO:

This may not be a “to do” right now… but please try and add this as a checklist item whenever you have a group of students leave your building. For all field trips (including overnight trips), please notify your school nurse well in advance of the trip, as well as provide a list of students who will be attending. By doing so, if there is a medically fragile student participating then plans can be arranged in advance for her/his care while away from your building.

THIS and THAT:

This week I wanted to share a video with you (so I am!) regarding “praising” students. The idea of fostering mindsets is not a new topic or one that you necessarily will find new learning from after watching this video, but I do think it does a great job of reminding us what type of praise is most (and least) effective with students (and adults for that matter). This video, based on Carol Dweck’s work, is one to have in your treasure chest of messages to share with your staff and/or students when needed.

As you are likely aware, it is our goal to have at least two people in each school be ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) trained. As the name suggests, this is a best-practices approach to suicide intervention. It is common for school psychs, counselors and others (e.g. admin, health teachers, etc.) to be trained. Here is the current list of those who have been trained at each building. The next training is in early April and participants must pre-register. Here is additional information you can share with staff regarding it.

From Lora:

First of all, I want to thank all of you who took the time to shadow a student. While I know everyone is busy, I believe the opportunity to see the world of school through a student’s eye makes us all better leaders. I encourage all of us to make this a part of our routine once or twice a year! And now for the news you’ve all been waiting for…the WINNING horizontal team: our elementary team, with 58.6% of administrators participating! Middle school was close behind, with 58.3% (and yes, Eric Powell, I included you in the middle school count J). High school had a 50% participation rate.

Dr. Tim Feeney is coming to Bend to share his thinking on “self-regulation intervention.” This all-day training will take place on March 5 and will focus on strategies for providing collaborative supports for youth who demonstrate significant behaviors. Here is a flyer for additional information.

FAN updates:

• Boundary changes and changes in school/district demographics will potentially impact staffing.  Dana will contact site administrators prior to any information being shared with Advocates.  Dana will do her best to make as few as changes as possible.
• If your school is considering a fundraiser that will benefit FAN, please give Dana a call first.  Ensuring that we follow Board Policy and Business Office protocols will help get the funds to the right place and not cause any further work for staff.
• As we approach evaluation time, Dana will be in touch if your FAN Advocate is due for an evaluation.  She loves having input from site administrators when completing the evals.  
• As always, if you need anything FAN related, please don’t hesitate to call or email Dana.  

REMINDERS:

Just wanted to remind you that a training has been added to Performance Matters that I hope you will pass along to your staff (and support with a sub if needed). It is entitled Youth Mental Health 1st Aid and has been taught a few times in the past. In this course, participants will learn about the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, build an understanding of the importance of early intervention, and given ideas of how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge. (When I took this training a year ago there were many SPED teachers and EAs in attendance who found this to be very valuable learning.)

President’s Day is Monday… no school.

Next Wednesday (2/20) is the third of our four District SIWs for the year.

TO DO:

Mark your calendar and spread the word: next year’s Summer Leadership Academy is going to be held on Aug. 14, 2019, at the Riverhouse. Feel free to share this with your ICCL team. (Thanks to all who weighed in on their date preference!)

As we start off the second half of the year, please remember to input your mini-observations into Talent Ed. Each summative employee needs 6 minis and non-summative folks need at 3 minis. I have your overall building totals entered into Talent Ed (as of last week), so let me know if you’d like to compare totals to make sure they are being recorded correctl.

THIS and THAT:

It is no secret that I include articles, videos or quotes as part of this Tribe update to (hopefully!) make you think, reflect, try something new, consider leading in a slightly different way, etc. Well, it dawned on me as I was preparing to include this short article/video from Simon Sinek that sometimes I share items with you because I simply believe in them and want to share this “thing” I value with you. Such is the case this week.

The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools will open the 2019 Classroom Grants program on February 18, 2019. Educators may submit one grant but schools may submit several grants with principals indicating priority of requests. The online grant application and guidelines will be available at www.engagedminds.org beginning Feb. 18th. The program closes at 5pm on Friday, March 22, 2019. An email communicating this information to all BLS educators and staff will be distributed by the Superintendent’s office on February 19th.  Last year the Foundation awarded over $89,000 in innovative STEM, art, music & wellness grants!  Any questions? Contact Michelle Johnson, Executive Director at [email protected] or (541) 355-5660.

If you are interested in working with a local psychologist to provide mindfulness (stress reduction) training to your staff, please let me know. I am assuming there would be a cost for such a training, but do not have a price estimate of what it would be.

REMINDERS:

MAC day is next Tuesday, Feb. 12.

TO DO:

The training with Dr. Ross Greene on May 17 is filling up fast. If you are interested in attending or sending someone from your building you should register soon as spots are going quickly! Here is the flyer with more info – including a link to register.

Thank your counselor(s) next week for the things you see them doing, and the things you know they are doing that you don’t see! Feb. 4 – 8 is National Counselor Appreciation Week.

THIS and THAT:

A few weeks ago Colleen shared a link with me to a Ted Talk with Dave Mochel, a mindfulness coach. (Lisa Birk and Colleen were able to hear Dave talk recently.) His talk is titled What are You Practicing Right Now? and I believe is worth spending the just under 17 minutes to watch. What I can’t decide is if Dave’s message is more for me as the listener/learner, or for me as a leader to share with others. Likely, it is both… Hope you enjoy it.

As an FYI… I am “subbing” for Mary Thomas at Summit HS next Tuesday. You may recall, because I keep bringing it up, that I filled in for a kinder teacher last year – and only survived because I had Christie’s help! Looking forward to spending a day at the high school and trying not to mess too much up in Mary’s absence.

A training has just been added to Performance Matters that I hope you will pass along to your staff (and support with a sub if needed). It is entitled Youth Mental Health 1st Aid and has been taught a few times in the past. In this course, participants will learn about the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, build an understanding of the importance of early intervention, and given ideas of how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge. (When I took this training a year ago there were many SPED teachers and EAs in attendance who found this to be very valuable learning.)

Thank you for the thoughtful conversation on Monday afternoon at our Horizontal meeting. I appreciated your willingness to engage and help process the information Austin had collected from you during his visits this past fall. Since our Horizontal meeting, Dave, Austin and I have met and spent some time digesting and strategizing about what we heard. In short, I’m excited about the possibilities the three of us discussed not only for our level but also for the district as a whole. Stay tuned for more to come on this…!

REMINDERS:

We meet as a Leadership group on Monday, starting at 3:15, in the board room.

New admin (only) have a training in the board room on Monday as well, beginning at 2:00.

Move up day is May 21, 2019. Gary will be asking elementary principals to touch base with your regarding the timing of this event and then putting in the bus request.

Thank you in advance for taking some time in the coming weeks/months to talk with your 8th-grade students (as well as communicating with their parents) regarding the three Celebration participation expectations. You have all done a great job of doing this in the past as well, thank you!

To Do:

• When you are at the Ed. Center for meetings in the future, please make a point of taking a left upon entering the building and walking through the Tamarack program. Hayley and I want you to look for and touch bases with any of your students currently attending there, as well as having the opportunity to get a better feel of what the program looks and sounds like for when you do have students attend there.
• If you’d like to take a look around the “Brinson campus” (home of Skyline and Realms High Schools), the best time for that will be to come a bit early to our meeting there on Monday afternoon. I have emailed both Roger and Mike to let them know that we’re coming for a visit and some folks may show up around 2:50ish to take a self-guided tour.

This and that:

• The transition from semester 1 to semester 2 in the year is not only a signal of reaching the half-way point, but is typically also a good time for a “pick-me-up” for your staff (and possibly you!). I think you all know what a fan I am of the Heath brother’s writings – particularly their last two books. Well, not too long ago they put together a Collection of Readers’ Peak Moments based on their book The Power of Moments. The stories connected to education begin on page 9, but I thought I’d share the entire document with you as you may enjoy the emotional lift from reading some from other arenas (including business, personal, family, coaching, etc.). I hope you find these inspiring!

Reminders:

• See you all Monday (1.28.19) afternoon at Realms HS (20730 NE Brinson Blvd.). We’ll start right at 3:15. Also, keep in mind Tony Hsieh’s work from chapter 5 of The Culture Code as we spend time on an activity that afternoon.