Happy MEA Break!
I hope you are planning to spend the next four days focused on the things and people you love!
Transition Day - Monday:
This Monday, October 23, we have our first Transition Day. Our transition days are found after long breaks and are focused on re-establishing routines, re-building relationships, and regulating students. We found that students (and us!) need a "soft start" after a long break. These days have helped ease back into the swing of school. On these days, don't forget to wear your McKinley gear and comfy pants!
Thank you to Sami, Jess, Michelle, and Gia for organizing this day. Click here to access the bingo board for the day.
Productive Struggle:
Please take the 2 minutes to watch the below video on productive struggle. One of our goals is to build independent learners. Understanding productive struggle and utilizing it in the classroom is a deep way to build this independence - at any grade level!
Jen Schwab Update:
An update on Jen from Jodie -
As many of you know, our friend and colleague Jen Schwab is still in a current battle with breast cancer. She was so hopeful to have her scheduled Bilateral Mastectomy tomorrow, but there were a few road blocks. Her last chemo treatment left her with infection and extremely low white blood counts. She was hospitalized for 10 days, and very weak. She also has been dealing with a very painful kidney stone that she had removed through surgery yesterday. The painful drainage tube will finally be removed on Friday this week! In other good news, the most recent PET scan showed no cancer anywhere else in her body!
Her surgery has been moved to November 15th. We decided maybe this is a blessing as her daughter is due to have a second baby any day! Jen feels like this might also give her time to get her strength built back up.
Jen misses her students and being at work with all of us so much! She is grateful for any communication, cards, emails, etc. I begged her for other ideas of anything we could be doing, and I finally got her to come up with some gift card ideas if anyone is interested in wanting to something other than the meal train.
1. Subway
2. Mizuki
3. Fresh Cafe
4. Old Town Bagels
5. Hy-Vee
Her home address is: 185 Hickory Lane NE Owatonna -55060
Another option is donating to the Go Fund Me donation page that has been set up for her. Go Fund Me: Jen Schwab
Please know how appreciative she and her family are for all that everyone is doing and has done. She was in great spirits tonight, and despite being disappointed that surgery was postponed, she is looking forward to some time with family this MEA.
Thank you so much! As one of Jen's close friends for the past 31 years, I know that she is sincerely grateful, and would be the first one to do any of the above ideas for anyone else.
Have a great long weekend!
-Justin
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