RUNNING



Running with the Goal in sight

     Each day we begin a new chapter in our lives and we have the choice to decide how we want to handle change.  No two days are the same. We can choose to cultivate passion or mediocrity. We can choose to cultivate resiliency or complacency.  We can choose to be hemmed in by obstacles or we can choose to seek out opportunities. Nonetheless, it all depends on how we set our sight on the goal. Running with the goal in sight makes the accomplishment seem that much nearer. It makes the goal a reality because we can see it, hear it, touch it and taste it. When we visualize the goal, we become formidable in our intensity to conquer the odds.       

     Staff our goal for Francis Scott Key is to raise our school’s grade by increasing the rigor of our learning community and building a Culture of Achievement. This task is obtainable. We are presently centralizing the fortitude of our combined energy to make synergy; of our creative ideas; of our professional and personal development; and of our district support in order to make this happen.

 Let’s run with our goal in sight. It is obtainable. It is near. It will happen.

Mrs. Shelia F. Burlock, Principal    

 

 

 

 

Quote for the minute: “Changing who you are now to who you think you ought to be is the decision to write a new story about your life”.  Taken from the book, Leading Change in Your World by Smith and Lindsay

 

 

 

 

 

Positioning

 

 

 

                                  Memo Minutes

 

November, 2014

Positioning ourselves to make a difference in the lives of children is the“Energized Paradigm” of thinking we should have as we move forward this school year.  We must reframe, refocus, and recharge our performance and position ourselves to prepare through professional development in order to give the best for our students.  We must position ourselves in creating possibilities; in building new relationships with staff, students and parents; in anticipating positive and productive change.  We must position ourselves in hoping for progress, with a new attitude to persevere (be finishers); to collaborate (be listeners); to grow (be learners) and to empower the world around us (be leaders).

Education is all about moving forward. Education is all about positioning ourselves to make a difference in students’ lives.

Staff as we move forward this school year, proceed with the expectancy that we will make a difference in the lives of our children. Let’s move forward with intensity and intentionality that our input is a significant and integral part of the whole.  We all need one another like the rungs in a ladder, in order to climb and move forward toward increasing the productivity of our school’s learning community.  Let’s continue to move forward this school year, looking ahead and positioning ourselves to make a difference in each child’s life.

Quotes for the Minute:
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas Alva Edison

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." Walt Disney

 

 

Mrs. Shelia F. Burlock, Principal of Francis Scott Key Elementary