"And in the end, it is not the years in the life; it's the life in the years." - Lincoln

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

New Year Begins!

We started off our new year of 2012 with an in-service on Monday, January 2.  It was a good day and a nice way to come back to school.  There were staff meetings in all three buildings, PLC time, curricular meetings, and then plenty of time to work on grades and in rooms.  Seeing several teachers still here at WMMS when I left tells me maybe there was not plenty of time to work in rooms.  Can a quality teacher ever have enough time?!

As hard as it may be to believe, one semester is down for this 2011-2012 school year.  It has been awesome to be in our new middle school with everything going well, and from all reports, the school year has been very positive in all of our educational buildings.  Hopefully, that trend will continue as we move forward into this coming year.

On the horizon are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills.  Reading, math, science, and language arts tests will be administered the last week of January.  The norming data is new this year, a first in many years, so it may not be a true comparison of results.  Last year's ITBS results were very positive, so obviously that will be our goal for the results from this year's tests.  Preparations in both skills and mind frames will occur in the next few weeks.


Happy New Year to You and Yours!

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