PRAISES OF THE WEEK 5/25/2009

Dr. Phelps, Ms. Hilda, and Ms. Word for setting up our PTA/SLT for the first time before we enter a new school year.
Mr. Ciano, Ms. Noble, Ms. Goldsmith, Mr. Evans, Ms. Azad, Ms. Williams, Mr. Foley, and Ms. Willis for organizing and chaperoning trips for our great students
Ms. Mildred and our fabulous nurse for their phone calls and hard work verifying that none of our students have been identified to having swine flu by contacting families, doctors, and hospitals.
Ms. Tu for administering our testing to our ESL students
Mr. Allen, Mr. Tatum, Ms. Stephens, and Mr. Deatherage for administering one our last periodic assessment for our 8th graders
Ms. Mayers for doing an incredible job moving the ELA department forward. She will be missed until she returns in September.
Ms. Brown, Mr. Tatum, and Mr. Unger for doing such an incredible job using data to target their instruction during class. If you have not seen it in action, let me know so I can set up a visit.
Mr. Ciano for doing an excellent job maintaining communication about potential cases of swine flu.
Mr. Foley for covering the Physical Education classes for Friday. He was greatly needed and he stepped up to help us out.
Mr. Seeram and Ms. McKinley for being available for the PTA/SLT elections. Your presence allowed the night to move forward.
Ms. Tri for bringing the turkey to the Mother’s Day Celebration. It was raffled to our parents. It was just another fantastic addition to a wonderful day.
Ms. Vega for doing a wonderful job working in the Time Out room. You faced some challenges this week but maintained your composure.
Ms. DeStaffan for doing incredible research to find an art curriculum and having great talks with me.
Ms. Blanding for reminding me that I am not only in this flight of life and the turbulance it may bring.