What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. ~Margaret Thatcher
Week 29 in Review
Here are a few excerpts from our walkthrough letter that I thought I would post…
“After every district data consult (Fall) or building walkthrough (Spring), I always send you an overview of what we discussed during our time spent with our district supervisors. Together with our instructional coach, your Admin Team met in consultation with Mrs. Patterson and Dr. Dial for over four hours talking about our work at Benton this school year — both the successes and challenges. After 6 years of participating in this process, a total of 12 consultations, this is the first year I knew going into the event that, without question, we could show with quantitative and qualitative data that we had travelled our journey toward excellence and come through the year knowing exactly where we are going and exactly where we’ve been…
…The best news is that our next steps were exactly what they challenged us to improve. In 2012-2013, we need to continue to improve our data teams process. Specifically working on improving unpacking our power standards and improving our assessments to enable us to understand even more precisely what knowledge our students have and where the breakdown of knowledge is occurring. We need to get smart about this. We also agreed to continue our focus on enhancing our digital instructional toolbox and processes used in 21stCentury Learning. Our challenge is to tie our learning to SJSD Learner and Project Connect outcomes. I promised we would continue our focus in this area. Finally, we said we were continuing our journey toward excellence by continuing to build leaders on our staff and in our student body. “
Week 30 – A Look Ahead
And this week will fly by like the crazy winds I hear we will be experiencing this coming week.
Monday iZ someone specialZ birthday. (also DS…know who that is?) Please make sure you spread the word!
Wednesday is ACT Academy first session for the April test. Mrs. Steeby will be talking to the kids on Monday and a finalized list will be sent to you all. Also Wednesday is our Project Lead the Way Certification visit during the entire morning hours. Please support your IT team and Mr. Burright as they work through this process.
Thursday is an early out for building PD. We will meet in the library at 1:00 p.m. to start. (The motto in JROTC is…”To be on time is to be late, to be early is to be on time.” Hu-ah!) Please do not be late. Also Thursday the owners of School Wires (our web page designers) will be at Benton High School for a two day filming session to create ads for their company. Benton was one of the district’s TOP USERS and selected to be the only school in this filming. #cardinalproud If they are filming you, you already know it. :))
Friday is our Spring Sports Assembly. Normal pep assembly schedule. Coach Z has the agenda and will release it on Thursday.
Finally, SATURDAY is a momentous day for Benton! We will be walking a neighborhood leaving flyers about our election from 8:30 (meet at the East Hills Mall library) to get materials, and pass stuff out until you’re done. It’s that simple. Then, at noon, join us in our CELEBRATION and ground breaking ceremony for our Field House. There will be a short ceremony and then a reception following. It sure would be awesome if our staff could come for the 30 minute event bringing your children and spouses with you. How amazing would that look on the news! We will have balloons, cake and conversation. Short and sweet. Please don’t miss out on making a difference then on making the news!
~Excellence is a journey, not a destination.~
“A Good Walk” is available CC on Flickr by Demmer ღ