Lots to Share

Team,

We have a lot of boards to showcase all the great stuff that we do here at QUEST, and we need each team to adopt a board and keep it full with all the positives that are happening at your level. So far, we have had a couple teams communicate a point person or share that they have a rotating schedule for their board. We are working to label these boards so families and the community know what level they are looking at when they walk by. Just an FYI, we have one board for:

•  k 
• primary
• elementary 
• intermediate 
• special area
• IB
• PTSO

Summer Day Agenda

Summer Day is arriving...ready or not (August 30th). All presentations will be on Google Classroom AND printed out for those uncomfortable right now with this format. Our class code is zeldl2 if you would like to join the classroom early. We will meet in the auditorium.

A look at our agenda:

9:30-12:30: 

Our morning to-do:

• Entry Plan overview
• Entry Plan Team Questions
• Social Media Use as an Employee 
• Overview of new HW Policy
• Vote on SWEET day of the week (Wednesday or Friday?)
• Visit from Tom

12:30-1:00

Lunch--pizza and chips (sorry for those on low-carb diets!)

1:00-3:00

Team time to unpack planner #1--Andrea will be coming around

Sign-Up for Committees via blog link

AIS meet with Derek 

5:30-6:00

K-Bus Ride

6:00-7:00

Ice Cream Social

FYI

New Field Trip Regulation and Consolidated Form has been uploaded to the HCSD website: https://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/staff.cfm?subpage=3605

Safety Recall- Really Good Stuff

Recall of Write Again Magnetic Dry Erase Boards. Risk of laceration injury.

Please let Hannah know if you would to receive replacement boards.

Kids Deserve Our Best!

I'm impressed with the work ethic and dedication to service that our 12-month staff displays on a daily basis. We all play a huge part in making our school be all it can be, and I am grateful that I get to be surrounded by such great people each day. Be sure to provide Mike and his team lots of high-fives when you return to set up your area.

A Crying Principal?

Principals cry, too...especially when they glance at a file that has a pretty low number of staff summer photos. We are still accepting pictures of what you are doing this summer, so keep them coming, team!

Point People

Team,

Many hands make light work, and below you will find the names of our teammates who lead various activities.

Good Find by a Colleague

Thanks for sharing, Penny. Good find.

ATTITUDE

by

Charles Swindoll

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.  Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.  It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do.  It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.  It will make or break a company... a church... a home.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day.  We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.  We cannot change the inevitable.  The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes”

Nobody wants to miss a birthday...

Team,

Unfortunately, we have an incomplete birthday list. During the hand-off from Donna to Hannah, Donna explained that some staff prefers not to have their birthday as part of school-wide communication. With that, please let us know if you do not want your birthday listed on the blog. A simple email to Hannah will suffice. If you notice your name is not listed during your birthday month but you are okay with it being shared, it may be because we don't have it on file and are assuming you don't want it listed, or haven't in the past. Please communicate with Hannah as well if that is the case.

Thanks!

Derek

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