Welcome back to the Forest! Hopefully all of you had a great Easter weekend with family and friends. It certainly was great to be back in the big city of Hearne with my family. I have been writing to you about remaining focused on what's important. Please continue...
It’s Monday again! Another Monday to reset and make a tremendous impact in the life of your students. It’s Spring time at a large high school so that means there are tons of things going on each day and night. What I love to see is the Championship spirit I am...
Hopefully each of you got some time to rest and relax over spring break. I certainly had the opportunity to get a small break. We are all back and it’s time to get to work. Spend a few minutes reconnecting with your students and go ahead and jump back into the...
Hopefully each of you got a good amount of a break from your race (thinking back to what I wrote about Friday) this weekend. We have to all push a little further until Spring Break. During Spring Break hopefully you’ll get some time to rest and do something fun....
Let’s all push super hard to Spring Break. As breaks approach students typically get excited and want to push the envelope. Collectively we can push back on this by having engaged classrooms, being at our doors between passing periods, and limiting their movement...
I hope all of you had a great weekend. It always seems that they go so fast. Thank you to all of you that wished me a Happy Birthday. I am thankful to know each of you and I am always grateful for the love that you show. Naaman is such a caring loving learning...
So the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl. I’m certainly not an Eagles fan but it is certainly good for that city to win their first actual Super Bowl. I’m always thankful for events like the Super Bowl that bring folks together that allow us to move past...
I saw a tweet last night that made me think of something that should be important to us all. In summary it pretty much asked what do you want to be known for…or what do you want your reputation to be as an educator. Do you want to be known as the person that did all...
In order to be the best you have to think like the best. I talked to you at the beginning of the semester about the Alabama Crimson Tide and how they have a reputation of being the best team in college football. I don’t like them, but it is what it is. They are the...
Hopefully all of you had a great weekend! Week one of the new semester is behind us and it’s time to take on another week. I know that many of you used last week to reestablish relationships and expectations with current students and the beginning of new...
The final week of the semester is here. Wow! That was fast! It’s like we just got started. Whatever the case I’m excited about the upcoming Christmas Holiday. It is important that we all finish strong this week. We’ll be busy with finals and I know many of you...
I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. Sometimes it seems like the weekends go by so fast. Oh well! We now have yet another fresh 5 days to positively impact the students of Naaman Forest. Are you ready for the challenge? As you all know we will be testing all...