Learning about how we can BOUNCE BACK 👇🏻☝🏻with Comet Kid 💫 Resilience 🌅 by focusing on our strengths 💪🏽 and talents 🎤. Jenny Davis Butterfly Class 🦋 was very thoughtful 🤔💭 and so engaged 🔌💡 for “Put Me In The Zoo” 🐆! #MECCtacular 💚 Melissa Bly

So WISE🤔 & such a HOOT😉 were Stacie Price Owl Class🦉 when I was the guest 📖er! We read “Corduroy”🧸🔘🪡 & discussed the power of Optimism - positive talk☝🏻🗣️ & positive thoughts☝🏾💭 - 2 change the outcome! Things R l👀king 🆙 w/ Optimism! Melissa Bly

All STARS🤩 in Erin Smith Starfish Class!⭐️ They really got the POINT😉 when we 📖 “Hey, Little Ant!”🐜👀! We learned that our Empathy💓💗powers 🆙🦸🏾‍♀️🦸🏼‍♂️🦸🏿 when 💚’s go out🫶🏻🛜 & move us 2 DO🫂🤲🏽 or SAY🗣️💬 something 2 brighten someone’s day!🌅 Melissa Bly

FALL🍂 learning never l🎃🎃ked this diVINE!🌱 GOURD🎃 job, Comet kids!☄️ Learning is always in SEASON🍁 at our #MECCtacular 💚 school!🏫 Melissa Bly Mason City Schools 💫

After my recent visit 2 Rachel Shearer Seahorse Rm when we busted a move🕺🏼🪩 4 winning the MECC PTO ✅ Dance Party… They had a surprise🫢🤯😊 4 me: They 🎁ed me this 🆒😎 30 Second🕦Dance🕺🏽Party🥳Button🔘!!! #ConnectToLead 🤙 #MasonMoment 💚 Melissa Bly

The Zebras🦓 in Sarah Slager’s class earned their STRIPES😉 2day when we 🗣️ed about Comet Kid☄️ Empathy💖! Taking a diff perspective 🐜👁️👁️ helps us 2 find ways we are similar🤙… which helps our 💚s 2 go out🫶🏻💌 w/ powerful🦸🏾‍♀️🦹🏻‍♀️🦸🏼Empathy! Ashley Goheen

#MECCtacular 💚 K-2 Safety Learning being DRIVEN🚌💨 by our own Mason City Schools 💫 drivers! Our drivers drive & do so much more!📶 They teach how 2 stay bus safe!⛑️ MECC’s always ONBOARD🎟️ w/ safety! #DrivingGreatness 🚍✅ #SafetyWeek 🦺 Melissa Bly Jay Johnston

I would STICK MY NECK OUT😉 4 Haley Tyrrell Giraffe Class!🦒 I SPOTTED😂 Comet kids💫 🤔ing deeply about our 📖 - “Hey, Little Ant!” 🐜👀 - & how 2 have BIG Empathy💪🏽💓! Our 💚s go out🛜 & move us 2 🤲🏻 or 🗣️ something 2 help. Cue the 🤪😜 faces! Melissa Bly

Enjoyed guest 📖ing in B.J. Smallwood Kanga-Room!🦘 we read “Caps 4 Sale”🧢🐒 & talked about Comet Kid💫 Flexibility!↖️⬆️↗️ We 👀 a character in the story who needed 2 try a diff way 2 get their caps back. He finally pressed ⏸️, took a break⏳, & it worked!👏🏻

This 📖 about a Little Ant🐜 taught us a mighty lesson about Comet Kid☄️ Empathy💓! HEARTS OUT🫶🏻🛜 for Cassandra Bethel Brown Bear🐻 class! Our Empathy can make the difference 💔➡️❤️‍🩹 for someone! #ConnectToLead 🤙🏻 Melissa Bly Ashley Goheen

MOUNTAINS UP🏔️🧗🏽‍♀️ for Comet Kid💫 Perseverance in monica johnston Deer Class!🦌 The read aloud📖🗣️ & Comet Kid reminded us: Keep going!👍🏼 Don’t quit!😅 And you can reach your goal! 🎯 #MECCtacular 💚 #MECCgical 🪄🎩🐰 #coMECCtion 🫶🏻 Melissa Bly Mason City Schools

Enjoyed guest 📖ing a story about a Peddler who kept trying 1 way⬆️, but needed 2 try a diff way↖️↗️ 2 get his caps🧢🐒back! Ms Sarah Turton’s Fireflies 🔥+🪰 showed some fancy✨ Flexibility moves🕺🏼 just in ⏰ 2 capture this 🤳🏻#MasonMoment ✅ ! Melissa Bly

A little late on this post… But I SO 💚d reading 2 Brenda Ahlers’ Dragonfly 🐲+🪰 Class! Read a 📖 about a character who focuses on using strengths💪🏽 & talents🎤 2 BOUNCE BACK w/ Resilience!👇🏻☝🏻 These are a few of my favorite WINGS! 😉 #MECCgical 🪄🎩🐰✨

1st in Grade🥇… 1st in kindness🥇… AND 1st in FUN! 🥇 These #MECCtacular 💚 1st Grade S’s & T’s created this #MECCgical 🪄🎩🐰✨ birthday surprise!🥳🎂 This is the power 🔌💡 of #coMECCtion ! 🫶🏻🛜 Thank you 2 all of you!🙏🏻☺️Ashley Goheen Melissa Bly

A #MECCgical 🪄🎩🐰✨ time w/ our #MECCtacular 💚 Learner Centered Systems of Support (LCSS) Building Group!⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️⚙️ We IDd🫵🏼 key LCSS-related vocab, 🗣️ about hopes🤔💭 & dreams🌌, & engaged in abstract thought. #GearingUp ⚙️ Mason City Schools 💫 Melissa Bly

Shout out 2 🗣️Ms. Lexi Palmer 4 allowing me 2 enter the Hero-verse🦸🏾‍♀️🦸🏻🦸‍♂️ as my Bitmoji self! Now, when I visit the Hero HQ… I can check-in my zone!💚💙💛❤️ Thanks 2 Ms. Palmer 4 making SEL meaningful, authentic, & fun! #OwnYourZone 🟩🟦🟨🟥 📍 Melissa Bly

Enjoyed guest reading to Jen Fisher’s Turtle Class🐢! We read a story about a character who displays Comet Kid💫 Optimism🌅 through positive thoughts👆🏾💭 & positive talk👆🏻🗣️. Things are l👀king 🆙⬆️ with the power of Optimism!🌤️Ashley Goheen Melissa Bly

Excited 4 my very 1st Zones 🟩🟦🟨🟥 📍check-in 2day in Miss Lexi Palmer’s Hero HQ! 🦸‍♂️🦸🏻🦸🏾‍♀️🏫 I feel 💚 (HAPPY) w/ a little bit of 💙 (TIRED). #MECCtacular ✳️ fun w/ Bitmoji & SEL! #OwnYourZone 🙌🏻 #HeartWorkBeforeHardWork 💓>✏️ Ashley Goheen Melissa Bly

From our 💚 #MECCtacular Team 💚 to yours… Wishing you a #MECCgical 🪄🎩✨🐰 ❄️holiday season❄️ filled with #coMECCtion 🫶🏻🛜, love💓, joy😁, rest😌, & wonder!🤔💭Mason City Schools 🧤 Melissa Bly ☃️ Tina Darling ⛸️ MsJSenter, M.Ed (she/her) 🧣 #StayToasty 🪵🔥🧦 ☕️

Out of all our #MasonMoments 🤳🏻our Parade of Grads🎉🧑🏽‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓👨🏾‍🎓🎓🥳 is one of my faves! The future🚀 in Mason City Schools 💚 looks so bright✨ I need my 🕶️’s! BIG school opportunities…small school #coMECCtion 🫶🏻 #TraditionStartsHere #MECCtacular 🙌🏾 #CometsRising ☄️