Weekly Update - Friday, May 17, 2019

Happy Friday, everyone! 

What if Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?
Take some time to read this blog entry on discipline - and do some reflecting on your practices, approaches, and relationships with students.  It's a mindshift to move away from behavior always resulting in a consequence.  As we know, behavior is a communication - what is the student communicating?  What skills are they missing?  How do we support them?  Take some time to do individual reflection - are you in alignment or disagreement with this blog post?

Last Day of Interventions & EL Services:
Our last day of intervention & EL services will be Friday, May 31.  After this, these teachers will still be around to support students, learning, and end of year activities.  This is the date that official services will end. 

End of Year Activities:
Here is a link to our building end of year activities.  Please remember to let the office know of any special events that will take you off-site or bring families to school. 

Building Weekly Newsletter:
Click here to access the building weekly newsletter

McKinleyStrong Educator of the Week:
Our McKinleyStrong Educator of the Week goes to 5th Grade Teacher, Eric Oppegard!  Eric is a relationship-focused educator who strives to make every student feel safe, welcomed, and valued in his classroom.  One of the things that impresses me most about Eric is the depth of relationships he builds - students know Eric is there for them.  Even his former students stay in touch with "Mr. O".  Keep being #mckinleystrong, Eric! 


Have a great weekend, everyone!
-Justin