Thanks!
It sounds cliche, but I cannot thank you enough for all that you do for our students, families, and each other. You always step up to the next challenge with great effort and a true belief that what you do is ultimately what is best for kids. Your conviction to get better for our students is incomparable. In the following paragraphs, I will try to explain what my "THANKS" stands for not just during the Thanksgiving season, but all of the time.
T=Thoughtful
You are a thoughtful group. You reach out to support our students and one another. You bring in extra snacks or winter items for students in need or just give them someone to care about them. Many of you notice when I'm swamped and offer to help. I'm sure that our students and colleagues have a multitude of examples of how we support our Dodgeland family.
H=Helpful
You are a helpful group. There have been so many times that you have stepped up to help out a student, a colleague, or myself. We have a handful of staff that put in extra hours to help students with their homework in PALS and others that spend prep/lunch time helping students or colleagues. Just a couple of weeks ago I had several staff help with the fundraiser pick-up after school. Once again, like the examples of your thoughtfulness, I'm sure that there are many more examples of how you step up daily to help our students and one another.
A=Attitude
Never in education has attitude been more important. The changes to the landscape of education, from curriculum to schedules to negative perceptions of teachers, could have stifled and altered your attitude. You have not lost your positive attitude. You say your piece, vent at times, but your attitude always returns to the belief that we are doing what is best for our students.
N=Nurturing
No matter the grade level, I see the nurturing nature that you have for our students. You want what is best for them and they, in turn really do their best for you. You may get frustrated with a student now and then, and I do too, but then you take them under your wing, develop a plan and move forward; celebrating their newfound success.
K=Kindness
You are a kind bunch. You truly believe in and encourage one another and our students. It's so much easier to be kind than mean and the benefits you reap from being kind can carry you through the day. Let's continue to be kind, and foster that in our students. They learn a lot more from us than just curriculum and whether you realize it or not, they mirror nearly everything we do.
S=Superb
You are all superb. What else can I say? The dictionary definition is excellent, superlative, first-rate. This definition fits you all. Continue to share with one another, push each other, and support each other. Together we will keep working on becoming the best that we can be, so our students can be the best that they can be.
Happy Thanksgiving!
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, thanks for taking the time to read this. My hope for you this Thanksgiving season is that you spend quality time with family and friends, enjoy a good meal or two, relax, refresh, and reflect to come back in December with the same vigor which you began with this school year.
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