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29

Parenting a Driver

June 29, 2009 | 5 Comments

Practically every time my son or nephew drive somewhere, I can be heard reciting my mantra, “be careful, don’t speed, pay attention”. I’m sure they don’t even hear me anymore. I also want to know specifically where they are at all times. I’m sure there are times when they resent it and think it’s because [...]

Jun

27

Door to Door Sales

June 27, 2009 | 7 Comments

I had a bizarre experience yesterday. When I saw my husband last night he told me about a young woman who had come to the house earlier in the day. He and my son were home and said a car pulled into the driveway and a young woman bolted up to the door. It wasn’t [...]

Jun

26

RCS Learning Clubs

June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’ve written here frequently about Thoughtful Classroom and the instructional strategies I’ve learned.  I’m extremely excited about the 30 teachers who have signed on for our Randolph Learning Clubs! Teams of two teachers will lead learning clubs for two hours per month after school in which other teachers participate. The teachers in the Learning Clubs will [...]

Jun

25

Saying Goodbye

June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

In my twenty years in education, I’ve had to say goodbye to treasured colleagues more than once. Either because someone took another job or because I was moving to a new district, it’s always bittersweet. While I wish the person well, I often miss our daily contact. If you think about it, we often spend more time with our [...]

Jun

24

Learning Leader

June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

As a school administrator, I’ve always attended workshops, conferences, and other staff development opportunities with my teachers. I guess I’ve just always seen it as one of my primary responsibilities to be the Instructional Leader in the building and now, in the district. For 20 years in education, I’ve continued to learn and grow each [...]

Jun

20

Fight Night Again

June 20, 2009 | 3 Comments

Here we go again. In November, I wrote about my son’s first amateur kickboxing fight. Since then we’ve missed one scheduled bout because he broke his hand sparring. This is the second amateur fight for Tallon and he’s trained just as hard, prepared just as much as for that last fight in November.
Why? I guess [...]

Jun

13

Lady Cardinals at State Finals

June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I couldn’t make it to States this weekend to support our Lady Cardinals Softball Team in the State Finals, but I may as well have changed my plans because it’s all I can think about this morning. I’m heading to the Arts and Crafts festival early and hoping to catch it on Jamestown radio station [...]

Jun

5

Mechanics Bay Lift–Again

June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

On Monday morning I met with Gary Sandburg from Sandburg Oil Co., Inc. in regard to the safety inspection of our bus lift. I’ve written about this problem previously on this blog–this is one of the reasons we put forth our proposition to the voters on May 19 for a project to construct a two [...]

Jun

4

Business First Rankings

June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments

Randolph Central may be in the middle of the pack for the school rankings for our elementary, middle school and high school but check this out—#3:

The following are the top 50 high school sports programs in Section VI, based on Business First’s analysis of competition in 18 team sports from the spring season of 2005 [...]

Jun

4

RCS Weight Room

June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Okay, so let’s talk about the weight room that’s open to the public here at RCS. It’s open in the morning and the evening, with a first aid/CPR/AED certified staff member required for supervision. That’s necessary for liability purposes should someone get hurt.  It costs the district roughly $20,000 per year for the supervision.
It’s wonderful [...]

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