http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org Kimberly Moritz, Assistant Superintendent, talks about school management, student achievement, and life in G-Town. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:40:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's all over the local news by now, but one of our former teachers and advisors was sentenced today for grand larceny. The former teacher advised several student activities and coached during his years at GCS. During that time he managed to short our student activity accounts to the tune ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/25/former-teacher-sentenced-today/ This past Friday, our Thoughtful Classroom group at GCS met with teachers from three other school districts in our HS Library. They came to our district to carry on with our learning about Thoughtful Classroom strategies. I've written previously about Thoughtful Classroom, Harvey Silver and Susan Morris. I join three high school ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/18/sharing-learning/ Valentine's Day is an interesting day in a school. There's just too much pressure. We have kids who have been dating and who sometimes have differing expectations and therefore end up arguing. We have students who decide this is the perfect day to show how much they like someone. We ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/14/st-valentine-brings-it/ DABA: deserves a bigger audience. Well, I had actually developed an audience of readers when I was writing regularly, so this post by Dr. Scott McLeod at dangerously irrelevant should motivate me to include blogging as a regular practice again. This is perhaps the nicest welcome (back) I've ever received. I am thrilled to ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/13/daba/ For any school administrator who has ever had something come back to her which wasn't anything like what actually was said or happened, blogging is a solid communication tool. On my last two posts, readers can see where I received a comment from Nancy, a reader who was clearly ticked ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/08/blogging-for-clarification/ In a comment to my last blog post Nancy writes, Nancy Says: February 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pm So let me get this straight. You will finally have a comprehensive reading program in grades K-6 AND this week a decision was made to discontinue the mandatory summer reading program - making it optional ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/some-clarification-of-summer-reading/ We need a consistent, coordinated K-6 reading program. That's what headed us down the path of piloting four different series/approaches in our district this year. And that's what we heard over and over again from our reading pilot teachers today. Our decision making group of eight invited our pilot teachers to talk ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/what-do-i-know-for-sure/ I don't know how anyone reads the fine print on a pill bottle or a CD insert or our budget sheets. I know how I read them a year ago, but they are suddenly making the print much smaller. I finally broke down and purchased a $17.99 pair of reading glasses at ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/05/age-as-an-advantage/ Believe it or not, a significant portion of our school community accesses the Internet through dial-up. This includes our house and it's not necessarily through choice but through a total lack of options. We can't even get cable where I live and when I call the company to ask "when", ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/03/dial-up-only-access/ Our son, Tallon, plays hockey for a 15-18 year old league in Fredonia, New York. This weekend his team hosted a tournament, the Aaron Gibb tournament, named after a player on the team who was tragically killed in a car accident last April. The team played really well, with 12 ... http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2008/02/03/a-little-perspective-gained/