Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The Final Results: March For A Cure Challenge - 2017

LYS Nation, you outdid yourself!  Your challenge was to visit classrooms to beat cancer, and you really stepped up.  In March, individually you visited a total of 16,469 classrooms (exceeding last year’s total by 4,504), which equates to a donation of $823.45

Then five LYSers met the 200 PowerWalks Challenge, which adds another $50.00 to the donation.










As for campuses, the following 16 schools made the March Cancer Fightin’ PowerWalks Hero list.
 
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
High Schools
Southside PS (CISD) - 528
Cunningham MS (GPISD) - 899
North Shore SHS (GPISD) – 1,274
McFerrin PA (JCPS) - 358
Galena Park MS (GPISD) - 764
Granbury HS (GISD) - 820
McFee ES (CFISD) - 315
Cobb 6th Grade Center (GPISD) - 421
Valley HS (JCPS) - 665
Wright ES (WISD) - 292
North Shore MS (GPISD) - 358
Cleveland HS (CISD) - 588
Duryea ES (CFISD) - 255

Iroquois HS (JCPS) - 546


Borger HS (BISD) - 471


Fairdale HS (JCPS) - 455

This adds another $160.00 to the donation.

Then Southside Primary School (Cleveland ISD), Cunningham Middle School (Galena Park ISD), and North Shore High School (Galena Park ISD) led their school categories, adding another $150.00 to the donation.

Then North Shore Senior High School (Galena Park ISD) was the Ultimate PowerWalks Cancer Fightin’ Hero School in March, adding another $100.00 to the donation.

This adds up to a total of $1,283.45.  The exceeds last year’s total by $170.20.  But I like even numbers…

Which means that the overall Lead Your School / LYS Nation March For A Cure donation to the American Cancer Society is....








Thank you! And mark your calendars, because we’re going to do it again next year!!!

Visit Classrooms…  Beat Cancer!
Your turn...

P.S. The PowerWalks Hero School Targets for April 2017

Elementary Schools - 125
Middle Schools - 150
Alternative Schools - 40

High Schools - 200

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Legendary Leadership Badge (March 2017)

There are those that don’t understand the power of reflective observation.  They mistakenly believe that there is nothing to learn after a few cursory visits to a classroom.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In fact, the most important key to building insight and deeper understanding about teaching and learning is to engage in a steady volume of daily classroom observation.  What we have learned over the past ten years is that after about every 300 classroom observations, the observer will notice, discern, and/or learn something new... something that was previously hidden. It is the “Eureka” moment, and there is nothing else like it in instructional leadership.

In this pursuit, there is the PowerWalks Legendary Leadership Badge that is earned every 300th PowerWalks Observation. The following instructional leaders have already earned the Legendary Leadership Badge for the 2016/2017 school year (as of 3/31/17).

Three Badges
Tom Jaggard: February 2017; January 2017; November 2016

Two Badges
Monta Bonham: March 2017; November 2016
Kenneth Bryant: March 2017; February 2017
Sean Cain: March 2017; January 2017
GayLynn Holt: March 2017; February 2017
Sheila Ochoa: March 2017; February 2017
Denise Poland: March 2017; February 2017
Robert Urbanowiez: March 2017; February 2017
Janie Snyder: March 2017; February 2017
Jacinda Waldrip: March 2017; December 2016
Tamika Washington: March 2017; February 2017

Michelle Casas: February 2017; November 2016
Christopher Collins: February 2017; November 2016
Susan Finkle: February 2017; November 2016
Margaret Havard: February 2017; January 2017
Pattie Myers: February 2017; Fall 2016
Christina Spears: February 2017; November 2016
John Speck: February 2017; October 2016
Nassrin Spencer: February 2017; Fall 2016

Donna Price: January 2017; November 2016
Patti Ward: January 2017; October 2016

One Badge
Stacey Baughn- Hunt: March 2017
Marissa Bell: March 2017
Rose Maria Chavez-Avedician: March 2017
Nancy Delosa: March 2017
Amanda Gordon: March 2017
Doris Graves: March 2017
Genevieve Harris: March 2017
Mike Laird: March 2017
Jenny Morris: March 2017
Angie Quinn: March 2017
Thomas Redlinger: March 2017
Lorena Sandoval: March 2017
Jesse Teran: March 2017
Tara Thompson: March 2017
Grisel Wallace: March 2017
Dennis Williams: March 2017
Sarah Williams: March 2017

U. Alvey: February 2017
Pete Armstrong: February 2017
Glenn Barnes: February 2017
Courtney Berry: February 2017
Lorie Bratcher: February 2017
Norma Briseno: February 2017
Carla Butler: February 2017
Stella Chen: February 2017
Brandon Cobb: February 2017
Shele Coburn: February 2017
Denise Collins: February 2017
DeDe Conaway: February 2017
Linda Cox: February 2017
Larry Crabb: February 2017
Tonya Cummings: February 2017
Tami Davis: February 2017
Remy Godfrey: February 2017
Jeff Groseclose: February 2017
Naomi Esparza: February 2017
Greg Hatch: February 2017
Edward Husk: February 2017
Karen Ivy: February 2017
Caleb Jackson: February 2017
Roshon Jackson: February 2017
Paige Johnson: February 2017
Chris Johnstone: February 2017
Van LeJeune: February 2017
Erica Lewis: February 2017
Valerie Luckett: February 2017
Stephen McCanless: February 2017
Daniel McKee: February 2017
Kimberly McKnight: February 2017
Alejandro Olvera: February 2017
Rebecca Osborne: February 2017
Robin Rice: February 2017
Scott Rogers: February 2017
Dawn Roy: February 2017
Chesta Scheider: February 2017
Steve Sherrouse: February 2017
Rebecca Smith: February 2017
Jan Spears: February 2017
Sheila Stephens: February 2017
Cheryl Sterrett: February 2017
Rose Tran: February 2017
Bridgett Valenzuela: February 2017
Monica Waggoner: February 2017
Lisa Weaver: February 2017
Tom Weed: February 2017

Benita Allard: January 2017
Destiny Barrera: January 2017
Derrick Brown: January 2017
Jennie Currin: January 2017
Linda Ernwine: January 2017
Glenda Henry: January 2017
Jillian Howard: January 2017
Ranae Lane: January 2017
Amanda Lisso: January 2017
Cortney Lucas: January 2017
Gina Reuter: January 2017
Ryan Searle: January 2017
Ernest Smith: January 2017
Kelsey Smith: January 2017
Rob Stephenson: January 2017

Cynthia Childers: December 2016
E. Cormier: December 2016
Lisa Fain: December 2016
James Kisner: December 2016
Kevin Odea: December 2016
Blake Maxwell: December 2016
Tim Merki: December 2016
Rhonda Mieth: December 2016
Jenny Morris: December 2016
Melissa Myers: December 2016
Diane Ranft: December 2016
Lois Redden: December 2016
Patsy Sanchez: December 2016
Michelle Schreiner: December 2016
Joel Thomas: December 2016

Kenneth Bryant: November 2016
Tra Hall: November 2016
Christal Hammond: November 2016
Brian Odom: November 2016
Tisha Piwetz: November 2016
Angie Quinn: November 2016
Gina Vilches: November 2016

Think. Work. Achieve.
Your turn...

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