PowerWalks for Rockport (Aransas County Independent School District)

A report from Rockport, Texas:  

…I am only going to speak for myself.  Life as we knew it a week ago is forever changed.  Our little community is decimated.  We have weeks, and for some processes, years of rebuilding to do.  I was very blessed that my house was spared major damage but I have friends that have lost everything.  Everything can be rebuilt but this is just not how the first week of school should ever end.  Let’s be honest, no week should ever end like this.

Please tell the LYS Nation we said “Hi, and please continue to pray for all of us.” 

Hoping we can open school in a few weeks but I think I am being optimistic.  Just want students back and life to begin to have some normalcy again….

    

LYS Nation,

Our friends and fellow educators in Aransas County ISD bore the full force and fury of Hurricane Harvey.  The district and community has been heavily damaged.  The school district is closed indefinitely while they clean up and rebuild.  The task is massive.

To assist the Aransas County ISD community, for every PowerWalk conducted by the LYS Nation between 8/25/17 and 9/30/17, Lead Your School will donate 5¢.

As of today (9/1/17), there have been 6,291 PowerWalks conducted for a current donation total of $314.55.  And that was before you knew you were PowerWalking for someone else.  Now you know. Step up!

Visit Classrooms – Rebuild Aransas County Independent School District Schools

Top LYS Tweets from the Week of August 20, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of August 20, 2017 when they were first posted.  And if you are on Twitter, you might want to check out the Tweeters who made this week’s list.

1. Commentary: Schools need more funds to operate, not Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s criticism... (By @statesman)

2. We reject the "government schools" moniker that anti-public school advocates levy against our hardworking and dedicated public servants. (By @pastors4OKkids)

3. Texas State Senate Republicans thumb their noses at Texas educators. They think they know what our kids need better than teachers. They are wrong. Replace them. (By @pastors4txkids)

4. "Education is a market… Teachers are educrats… Government schools… Schools have enough money… Vouchers work…"   All lies. (By @pastors4txkids)

5. Public school advocates think that school choice is "taking money away from public schools," because that's exactly what it does. (By @DeLunaEva)

6. Vouchers take money from the poor and give to the rich. It's unjust. Stop it now. (By @pastors4txkids)

7. Vouchers are like taking part of the green fee from the municipal golf course and giving it to the country club. It's stealing and wrong! (by wfordhschoir)

8. Pretty impressive that volunteers gathered 111,000 signatures opposing school vouchers in Arizona - during a heatwave. (By @BisforBerkshire)

9. "The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and must be willing to bear the expense of it." -John Adams, 1785 (By @pastors4txkids)

10. People who don't give a #$@*! about children of color use the language of civil rights to close our schools. (By @AnthonyCody)

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Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook