December-Just Another Day-John Mellencamp

Meetings. classes, meetings, email, presentations, meetings-that seems to sum up my schedule in the last few weeks before the winter break. Every other week the district administrators come together to discuss big picture policy decisions, procedural updates, and leadership moments.




Class highlights:

Advanced Placement U.S. History classes had created interactive presentations on cultural interest topics of the pre-Civil War era.  Not only did students have to learn about the architecture of the time, but then they had to compete to create certain characteristics with Legos.  Other students were playing a game to review terms they needed to know for the A.P exam.



Advanced Auto students were self directed as they worked on individual projects.  Their knowledge was impressive!

French students created a memorial for the November terrorist attacks in Paris.



A math class practiced graphing while also learning the locations of the different Reservations in Montana.



Bio-Med and AP Human Geography students collaborated for a project on infectious diseases.  Bio-Med students provided the background on various diseases and created PSA's about their prevention while the AP Human Geo students presented information about the impact the diseases have sociologically and economically in different parts of the world.







In the meantime, I was also helping our admin team present annual school data to the School Board.

Getting calls at 5 in the morning because some pipes burst and were flooding a parking lot (luckily it wasn't a major problem and was taken care of by the time I woke up and heard the message),
 

inviting students to participate in a motivational speaker opportunity and watching this speaker get everyone in the gym to hold hands,


answering emails,

listening to presentations on the effectiveness of different programs in the school, 

 

appreciating working for someone who takes the time to say thank you to the staff (and enjoying eating Kevin's wife's amazing caramel popcorn!),

 and getting peanut butter on my clothes because I eat breakfast on the run (this was pointed out to me by a student at about 10am :)