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Year: 2014

Numbers Don’t Lie (but do they tell the truth?)

By David Posted on December 15, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it’s about experience, it’s about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious. ~Daniel Libeskind Americans love numbers and statistics. …

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Feedback is not Fatal

By David Posted on December 6, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Feedback is the breakfast of champions. ~Ken Blanchard This year I had the opportunity to have a 360-Degree evaluation completed to help me better understand how I (and my team) can make improvements to the way I lead our schools. …

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Wise Advice

By David Posted on November 15, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized 3 Comments

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. ~Anne Frank Those of you that know me know that I am fond of …

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55:45, the Magic Ratio

By David Posted on November 8, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game. ~Michael Jordan As we think back on our own school experiences, I am sure our thoughts wander to a favorite activity or being a member of a team.  Maybe you were the star …

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Bullying Prevention at 5-8

By David Posted on November 1, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. ~Benjamin Disraeli Our schools are wonderful places for kids to learn and grow.  We work hard to implement a curriculum that is both challenging and engaging and provide a variety of extracurricular activities …

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Technology Boot Camp Takeaways

By David Posted on October 26, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. ~Carl Rogers Today over 500 parents and thirty teachers from across the township came together to learn and grow.  Today we hosted our …

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Crack Goes the Pencil 📝

By David Posted on October 18, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Don’t tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work. ~Artur Rubenstein The sound of the pencil cracking in half is deafening.  All she has to do complete 10 problems on combining fractions.  How did we get …

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The Abstraction of Numbers

By David Posted on October 11, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. ~Plato We live in a data-driven world.  The watch on your wrist not only tells you the time, but can track your food intake, calories burned, steps taken during …

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I ❤ The Red Pen

By David Posted on October 4, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized 2 Comments

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go. ~E. L. Doctorow Learning is seldom linear and is often messy.  It is in this “messiness” that we make mistakes and learn from them.  In the learning, …

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Free Range Kids

By David Posted on September 27, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. ~Fred Rogers Many of us remember hearing our mother yell, “Be home …

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