Happy Halloween!

Be safe! Eat lots of candy! (especially those Snickers Peanutbutter squares. 'Em are good!)

Wonder staff!

Two Clark Kents.

Mrs. Tullis' class made me a princess lego pumpkin. 

Office staff -without makeup. :)

A very powerful article...

As teachers and administrators, we strive to make all of our decision-making around one fundamental question: What is best for the student? Often times this means choosing student achievement and their social/emotional support over our own adult comfort.

This article is about a teacher who was becoming a teaching-coach at a high school. Her principal asked her to spend two days looking through the eyes of a student, following the student, taking the same tests and doing the same work. Her experience was very eye-opening for her.

Click here for the article

Of course, this was from a high school perspective but it reminds us that we need to do our very best to make the experience of EVERY STUDENT as intentional, as purposeful, and as gratifying as possible.

Principal Connect -Oct. 28th

Mark your calendars:

I will be hosting the first Principal Connect of the year on Oct. 28^th in our Library at 6:30pm. This is a chance for us to meet and discuss education topics. October’s topic: Common Core State Standards (CCSS): Facts and Myths. As many of you may know there is now a (almost) national standard for student learning. For Washington state, these standards are tough, but attainable. For some states, these standards are extremely rigourous. On Oct. 28th, I'll be sharing the primary focuses of these standards, how they align K-12, and how they are different than what we grew up with. Or even different from a few years ago. 

Even if you don't care about the CCSS but have other issues or questions, please drop in. 

Hablamos. Mas o menos. 

-Rob

McTake-over Night

Thank you to all the teachers who worked and students who coerced their parents into going to McD's tonight. We had a steady stream of Robert Lince Huskies all night long!