PowerWalks Hero Schools (November 2017)

In furtherance of a LYS Nation tradition, we will take this time to tip our caps to the campuses that have embraced the most important step in creating and maintaining an action oriented professional learning community.  These are the campuses that have conducted an extraordinary number of formative classroom observations in a given month.  November continued our Hurricane Relief Challenge so the targets were aggressive

Your November Hurricane Relief Targets

High Schools – 500 PowerWalks Observations

Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 375 PowerWalks Observations

Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 275 PowerWalks Observations

Alternative Schools – 100 PowerWalks Observations.

This is the last month of our Hurricane Relief Challenge. Which means that we are staying aggressive with the Hero Targets for December.

Your December Hurricane Relief Targets

High Schools – 300 PowerWalks Observations

Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 200 PowerWalks Observations

Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 150 PowerWalks Observations

Alternative Schools – 75 PowerWalks Observations.

LYS Nation, keep stepping up!

Now without further ado, here are your thirty-three PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of November 2017.  Congratulations!!!

Elementary Schools & Combined Campuses	Middle Schools & Junior High Schools	Alternative Schools	High Schools
Eastside ES (CISD) - 844	Cleveland MS (CISD) - 939	Zotz Campus (GPISD) - 780	North Shore Senior HS (GPISD) – 1,170
Southside Primary School (CISD) - 605	Cunningham MS (GPISD) – 694	CTE ECHS (GPISD) - 147	Socorro HS (SISD) - 819
Cloverleaf ES (GPISD) - 497	North Shore MS (GPISD) - 676		North Shore 9th Grade Campus (GPISD) – 743
Pyburn ES (GPISD) – 494	Farnsley MS (JCPS) - 627		Cleveland HS (CISD) - 693
North Shore ES (GPISD) – 488	Cobb 6th Grade Campus (GPISD) - 547		Lancaster HS (LISD) - 629
Tice ES (GPISD) – 470	Galena Park MS (GPISD) – 506		Valley HS (JCPS) - 549
Emery ES (CFISD) - 444	Woodland Acres MS (GPISD) – 481
Cane Run ES (JCPS) - 416	Johnson Traditional MS (JCPS) - 450
Galena Park ES (GPISD) - 382
M. Robinson ES (CFISD) - 375
Cimmarron ES (GPISD) - 369
Havard ES (GPISD) – 369
Sam Houston ES (GPISD) – 363
Rawlins ES (CCSD1) - 345
Wellington ES (JCPS) - 317
McFerran Preparatory Academy (JCPS) - 310
Northside ES (CISD) - 305

Think. Work. Achieve.

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: TASSP Assistant Principal Workshop (Keynote); NASSP National Principals Conference 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets from the Week of November 26, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of November 26, 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. Students should spend a large portion of their day engaged in listening to, reading, thinking, talking, and writing about texts. (By @ReadtobeReadyTN)

2. A student has to receive a 100% NINE times before fully recovering from a single zero. Zeroes are disastrous to kids. (By @justintarte)

3. Don't defend what isn't working. (By @Leadershipfreak)

4. We never had kids, but paying for public education is my favorite tax. We even go to the bake sales. It's called "good citizenship." I want the next generations educated for the same reason I want clean air and water. As part of a community I want what's best for all of us. (By @DCitizenBader)

5. A small team of passionate learners always beats a large team of stagnant knowers. (By @Leadershipfreak)

6. Really interesting read - "Schools reward students who consistently do what they are told - and life rewards people who shake things up." (By @gcouros)

7. Shhhh, don’t tell: Students will work beyond their grade level when they don’t know the work is beyond their grade level. (By @edutopia)

8. Grateful for dedicated pastors all over Texas who advocate bravely for the public education of ALL our children! (By @pastors4txkids)

9. Pain is the point where average starts to become remarkable. (By @Leadershipfreak)

10. Use the 21/90 Rule. It takes 21 days to build a habit and 90 days to build a lifestyle. (By @melrobbins)

Think. Work. Achieve.

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: TASSP Assistant Principal Workshop (Keynote); NASSP National Principals Conference 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook