PRAISES OF THE WEEK 10-27-2008

Ms. McKinley, Ms. Word, and Jacob Scott for their wonderful efforts in making the office a more welcoming environment and the third floor hallway.
Ms. Levene for setting up the Bodies Exhibit trip. The kids had a wonderful time.
Ms. Vega for her tremendous efforts in preparing and packing the tests this week.
Mrs. Palmero and Mrs. Iorizzo for their great contribution in making testing go as well as it did.
Mrs. Quiamboa and Mr. Foley for your great feedback on how we can improve the testing for the next one.
Mrs. Iorizzo for doing a wonderful job collecting data for the math department and compiling it as well.
Mr. Tatum for your incredible honesty. I appreciate it.
Ms. Hilda for being everywhere. It felt like you were working on a million things this week and everything you touched only got better.
Ms. Baitz-Unger for organizing one of the best Open Houses we ever had.
Ms. Terri and the rest of the Organizational Cabinet for your wonderful ideas which set up one of our best Open Houses ever.
Ms. Kathy for reminding me how great of a person you are. I look forward to seeing how you can top last year’s test results
Ms. McKinley for our talk this Friday. I appreciate your wise words.
Ms. Blanding for filling in for Ms. Selina on Monday. You moved forward and did a great job with little questions. The initiative I saw was unbelievable!!
Mr. Seeram for adjusting so quickly in the Assistant Principal position. You are doing great. Keep up the good work.
Mr. Ciano, Mr. Allen, Mr. Deatherage, and Mr. Mezan for taking the time out of your day to help out a colleague. Your words are inspirational and will last a lifetime.
Mr. Young for maintaining a stable environment on Friday. We had a challenging number of staff out of the building and everything seemed to run as smooth as usual.
Mr. Ciano for taking his time to help a former student. Your time is precious but you shared it anyway.
Mr. Eisenberg for a great job on Friday. You constantly were checking in to see how you could help out with the day.
Mr. Foley and Ms. Chaffee for facilitating one of the best Think, Pair, Share I have ever seen.
Ms. Willis and Ms. Scott for having a great conversation with me on Wednesday. I am happy we can always lend an ear for each other.
Mrs. Quiamboa and Ms. Levene for constantly checking in on Friday even though you were not in the building. For anyone I forgot to mention, your efforts are truly appreciated. Keep up the great work.