Monday Memo Musings

Bravery is the topic that comes to mind this week stemming from a conversation with a mom  just the other day. Her daughter wants to take a course with us, but is very shy about coming in. My answer to Mom is she just has to be brave for twenty second. She just has to get herself in the door. If we look at things like that, in little steps, everything is surmountable. One course at a time, one visit at a time, one time standing in front of people. Our students face their fears daily and so do we.   Happy Halloween day everyone!  Congratulations to You/Us!! Zama kids are breaking out and going swimming on the 2nd with Meander!!! The kids in Meander are great company! I will not be heading to Zama this week with Mark out and the kids going on a filed trip.  Bonnie and Holly walked into the Independent Store and were awarded $250 of free groceries for our school. What a huge celebration that was. The store was really excited to be presenting this gift to a needy school like o

"The Brain is a muscle; that the more you use it the more it grows. Research has found that neural connections form and deepen most when we make mistakes doing difficult tasks rather than repeatedly having success with easy ones.  This means our intelligence is not fixed: and the best way that we can grow our intelligence is to embrace tasks where we might struggle or even fail." This is a growth mindset.  Fixed mindsets believe people are either smart or  not,  and that intelligence is fixed by genes. Fix mindset believers spend much of their time on tasks they know they can succeed at. Whereas, people with growth mindsets embrace challenges and understand that tenacity and perseverance can change their learning outcomes.  Wouldn't it be interesting to  start praising people not on their high marks  but the perseverance it took to complete the task. We praise them for growing their minds. I  read this article this weekend," The Learning Myth: Why I'll

Start time 7:59 Well we sure had a fun week last week. High level had the celebration of Paul having his second baby girl. Janellis is the coolest name and I can't wait to meet her!  Julie got to spend time with her parents. They got to witness an early snow.  Petra is wearing unusual footwear these days due to a double fracture in her foot. Note to self do not hurdle over the gas hose- go around! We are thrilled to have her back with us this morning.  Alex went to the city for a Social Studies conference. Every conference you go to makes you a little smarter. Alex is brilliant after taken in the OEC and SS in one month. Such great PD hope he enjoyed it.   Bonnie went to the city with some friends. Boy did we miss her!! Apparently she knows everything that goes on in this place!  So that meant we had many people covering for each other and I thank you to the moon and back for that. This is a staff who would do anything for each other and our students see that. Thanks ag

Highlights of Thanksgiving  Kelsey, her fiance and Shaun were  there for to eat our one legged Turkey.  Blue jays won-  Yes! That's all that is keeping my Dad going, the Blue Jays!!! Hoping you are hopping on the Blue Jay train to the World Series!! It's been quite a ride. Hope your time off was excellent!  Staffing Julie is out on Wednesday and Thursday- I will work at Fort on Wednesday and Linda will be there Thursday.  Alex is out to the Social Studies conference , he is out Thursday, Friday and Monday.  Ron Joch is in for him Thursday and Friday. Linda is in for him Monday.  Petra is out Thursday and Friday. No luck yet finding her a sub.  Bonnie is out Thursday and Friday.  My Schedule Tuesday - Zama Wednesday- Fort Vermilion Thursday- High Level Friday- Rainbow.  Monday- La Crete- Grad meeting 8:00 Goings On  Roger and Kevin Pittman came to visit. They had some compliments for you all. Things seem to be going well at the Learning Stores

Congratulations to Bonnie and Gail who responded to last weeks Blog and received gift cards. Way to go! Apologies for the delay in producing this blog. The paperwork trail that is required at this time of year could reach around the world twice. Soon, it will all be handed in and normal schedules will resume.  Staffing I am in High Level today taking part in the Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Walk of Awareness.  Wednesday I am at an LTM.  Thursday I am in High Level in the morning meeting with central office staff for their yearly visit. If it end early I will drive to Fort and take in a Google Administration training session.   Friday I am in La Crete all day.  This week: Eric is out today Mark is out Friday. He is off to visit Johnathon in Calgary. Pretty sure Johnathon will be pretty happy to see mom and dad. Kids love it when parents take them out to dinner and they pay!! Monday is Thanksgiving. Enjoy this day! Thanks to you for... Thanks to G