Growth vs Attainment
Success is not an accident, success is a choice. ~Stephen Curry Each year, my wife and I take a few minutes and record each of our children’s height on a door frame in the kitchen. It is great to see …
Year: 2018
School Safety In The Era Of Mass Shootings
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ~Aristotle On Saturday the nation once again watched the details of yet another example of unexplainable violence unfold in our living rooms. This most recent mass …
More than you can handle
Be Strong when you are weak, Brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious. As many readers of this blog know, my youngest son Noah has been battling adrenal cancer for the better part of a …
A Commitment to School Safety
Safety doesn’t happen by accident. -Author Unknown At Pleasantdale School District 107, we have made a commitment to safer schools. As part of our Board approved Strategic Blueprint, the district convened a school safety planning task force to develop and …
What does it mean to be a “good steward of taxpayer dollars”?
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ~Warren Buffett Over the course of the past three years, the district has worked hard to tell our financial story. The Pleasantdale Board of …
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Great Financial Stewardship Leads to Bond Rating Upgrade
This is a piece I wrote for our local newspaper…. Over the course of the past three years, we have talked about how the Pleasantdale SD 107 Board of Education has been responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars. Our district boasts …
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No One Struggles Alone
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ~Aristotle Many of you know that about three months ago, my youngest son, Noah, underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his adrenal gland. This …
Random Acts Of Improvement
Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why. ~Simon Sinek In Pleasantdale schools, we have a clear focus on doing what is best for students, families, and staff, and to that end, we …
From Struggling To Striving
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. ~Napoleon Hill Over the course of the school year, our district has focused on learning about the Growth Mindset and how to better focus on process rather than outcome. …
Challenges Become A Challenge
Adolescence is society’s permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility. ~Terri Apter The goal of this blog is twofold. The first is to communicate the amazing things happening in our district, and the second is to offer observations …