Hopefully you are fired up for this week. I am! We are fortunate to have the best students in Garland ISD and we are all charged to provide them with the best educational environment possible. Game on Rangers! Two meetings took place this week in order to help us...
I often talk to you about reflection. October is a great time of reflection as we round out the first semester. Soon it’ll be Thanksgiving break and Christmas will be right around the corner. I have spoken to many teachers who have talked about being more...
Whew! Homecoming is over. Our students had a great time last week for Homecoming. We capped it off last night with a great Homecoming dance. The students were on fire! It was also great to win big over North Garland in the football game and the volleyball game. Go...
It’s Homecoming! You already know our students will be super excited this week. Remember to be firm but flexible. We want them to enjoy their homecoming week but we have to keep them focused on what’s important. Learning is the most important thing we do. So...
Welcome back to your best week yet. This will be a busy week for all of us. Grades will be due at the end of this week. Most of our students have shown mastery and have done exactly what has been asked of them. Unfortunately, some of them may have missed the...
The fifth week of school starts now. Hopefully all of your bodies have gotten used to the new school year. It’s so important to try and use some of your weekend to get some rest. We are officially in full swing. I was talking to a student that is new to Naaman from...
The weekends sure do go fast. It’s crazy how that happens. Lol! Nevertheless we are back and have the opportunity to make differences in the lives of our students. Every day that they get to spend time with you is another day to make a positive impact on their...
Two weeks down, and many more to go. It was sort of refreshing to get an extra day off to recharge and be rested in order to give our students our best. Hopefully all of you enjoyed the GISD Convocation. It was a great program. I loved your spirit and enthusiasm. ...
Welcome back! Is that you? Glad you are back for week two. Hopefully you got some good rest. Once again thank you for a great first week. Great things do not happen without us working together. The time is now to start your march toward reaching your goals. Every...
I had a long message ready to send to you. I know you’ve had to read several emails over the last few days with very much needed instructions. So I’ll keep this short. Today is game time! I encourage you to do the things that matter the most when you first meet...
It’s the last week of school! The finish line is here. The day that we all work for is almost here: graduation. It will be so joyful sharing in that day with our students. This week will become harder for many of our students because they’ll miss each of you and...
Hopefully each of you had a great Memorial Day and Memorial Day weekend. Our country has been made greater by those who fought and lost their lives while defending our country. We are grateful for their sacrifice. We only have 2 more weeks of school. Let’s work to...