Reflecting on Excellence

December 18, 2011

Excellence is a process that should occupy all of our days.                ~Ted Engstrom Week 17 in Review Last week was amazing.  From our job-embedded learning together to our pep assembly and finishing with our amazing faculty lunch, I found myself thinking about how very fortunate I am to work at Benton High School.  Every day [...]


Twelve Days of Excellence

December 11, 2011

I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. ~ Abraham Lincoln  Week 16 in Review As I think about this last week, and the last sixteen weeks, I realized I have so much to be thankful for on [...]


An Excellent Life

December 4, 2011

Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hand, till someone dash it from them.  ~Sophocles   Week 15 in Review Last week, we lost a dear friend and iconic servant for the St. Joseph School District.  Brenda Elifrits was a woman who encapsulated excellence in the work place.  [...]