Good Morning!
I am certain that we exercised our best judgment on taking our classes outside yesterday. The interesting observation is that "our" best judgement is not universal. Some classes were outside for 30+ minutes, while others shortened their experience or stayed inside. We base our individual decisions based on our experiences and beliefs about the weather and what we and/or our students can "handle." Today our "feels like" temp at 9 am is forecast to be 18 degrees, at noon - 29 degrees and warming to a balmy 33 degrees by 3pm. Based on these numbers I am going to ask each of you to be thoughtful and base your recess decision on what is best for your class. Maybe you have a young man that always wears shorts or a young lady who only wore a light sweater to school, "sorry class we are not going outside today but don't worry, we will stay inside and have an amazing time!" If your class is prepared, and by this time in the year you know if they have the group think to enjoy a blustery day, then take them out for 15 minutes.
Bottom Line;
1. Make decisions that you can live with
2. Make decisions that are in the best interest of your class.
3. If the "Feels like" temperature is under 32 - reduce outside time to under 15 minutes.
Today at our faculty meeting we will explore the powerful story of Rachel Clark and discuss our magnet recruitment period.
Now that we have talked about weather and magnet school concerns, I want to shift them on the back burner and encourage us to focus on CORE instruction that engages our students in their academic development. Covey said it well, "Keep the main thing, the main thing."
Rosemary Hazy for Earline
I am certain that we exercised our best judgment on taking our classes outside yesterday. The interesting observation is that "our" best judgement is not universal. Some classes were outside for 30+ minutes, while others shortened their experience or stayed inside. We base our individual decisions based on our experiences and beliefs about the weather and what we and/or our students can "handle." Today our "feels like" temp at 9 am is forecast to be 18 degrees, at noon - 29 degrees and warming to a balmy 33 degrees by 3pm. Based on these numbers I am going to ask each of you to be thoughtful and base your recess decision on what is best for your class. Maybe you have a young man that always wears shorts or a young lady who only wore a light sweater to school, "sorry class we are not going outside today but don't worry, we will stay inside and have an amazing time!" If your class is prepared, and by this time in the year you know if they have the group think to enjoy a blustery day, then take them out for 15 minutes.
Bottom Line;
1. Make decisions that you can live with
2. Make decisions that are in the best interest of your class.
3. If the "Feels like" temperature is under 32 - reduce outside time to under 15 minutes.
Today at our faculty meeting we will explore the powerful story of Rachel Clark and discuss our magnet recruitment period.
Now that we have talked about weather and magnet school concerns, I want to shift them on the back burner and encourage us to focus on CORE instruction that engages our students in their academic development. Covey said it well, "Keep the main thing, the main thing."
Rosemary Hazy for Earline
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