Welcome back folks!  It is my hope that all of you had a great time with family and friends during Thanksgiving week.  Hopefully you also got a chance to get some rest as well.  The next 3 weeks will move quickly but I know all of you are up to the task.  Testing,...

What if Naaman was an exemplar campus for the district?  What if your classroom was an exemplar classroom for the district?  These things are all certainly possible.  We just have to do the things that will make that happen.  Great relationships with students,...

Welcome to another busy week at The Forest!  The good thing is that Friday is a day of learning, and Monday we are off.  If you are like me, you are anticipating both of these days.  We could all use a little break to rest and rejuvenate ourselves. This week will be...

Welcome back to another wonderful week at The Forest.  Our students have starting settling in to the day to day of school life.  It is important that we work to ensure that they are all moving in the right direction.  The great thing about our students is that 97% of...

It is of my opinion that all school systems should spend intentional time helping to grow the leaders that they have in place.  They should also spend time developing individuals that aspire to be administrators.  During our great assistant principal leadership...

I got an interesting discussion started by a Facebook post that I made early this morning.  The post simply said: I have always had weird thoughts about grades and how we assign them in schools.  Many see “no pass no play” as a victory for schools and students, but at...

First, I want to say that many of you reading this may not agree with me on this.  However, I have had lot’s of time to think about it and I’m just going to speak my mind on the matter.  I was talking to a good friend of mine who is a newer teacher in a great...

Summer checklist for principals   What do Principals need to be doing in the summer to get ready for the school year? Podcast Episode 1: Summer Checklist for Principals  (Also available on iTunes: Search Primer, Herbert O'Neil, or Troy Mooney)

  Wow! If you are like me it’s hard to believe that the school year is just around the corner.  Especially if you work at a place like Life School where the students start school on August 12th.  Yep! I know that’s early!  But I am ready!  This morning as I was...