“We stay positive. We keep believing. We never give up.” 💥 Jon Gordon brought 🔥 to the Missouri DESE Cooperative Conf: “What you do matters. It’s the most important job in the world—I believe it is school leadership.” #LeadPositive #MASALeads #MoED25 #WhatYouDoMatters

As your Commissioner of Education, I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, but I am changing things I cannot accept. THANK YOU to the hundreds of school leaders who spent their time at our Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators! #WhatWeDoMatters

Excellent training for our admin team and school board by Dr. Kevin B Daniel!!

Teachers ❤️

I am so excited to be on the IEP panel and share my passion and experience for children with special needs as a parent and a professional! #iep #specialEducation #panelist #specialEd

District secretary training with Dr. Kevin B Daniel consulting group, Dr. Tanya Vest! Excellent training on customer service!!

Excited about the recognition from Ozarks Sports Zone for the write-up. ! I had a locked-in off-season, getting stronger, faster, and more focused. Grateful for coaches and Head Coach Tristan who push me to level up and he recognize my consistency. I’m excited for the season and

#seniorsunday I can’t believe I have another senior now! My little guy Deric Washington is now not so little at 215 pounds and 6 feet tall but he will always be my baby! #classof2026

Waynesville School leaders welcomed families at the Back to School Bash at The Ark! I enjoyed seeing our students!!

Journey’s 6th grade orientation! I can’t believe she’s in middle school! #hickoryhills #spartanStrong

I can’t believe I have another high schooler in the house. Denzel Washington will be a freshman and it’s hard to believe!! #falconFootball #glendale #classof2029 Denzel Washington

Great time today at the mom’s football camp at Glendale High School! I got to go through all of the football drills, which was tough in the hot sun. I got to tackle Deric Washington and Denzel Washington at the same time!! They looked scared but I went easy on them!

#SeniorSunday I can’t believe Deric will be starting his senior year tomorrow! He will be at OTC full time but will go back to Glendale after school for football practice! He is loving his flexible OTC schedule and I love that he will be earning 30 college credits!

First day of school for Springfield Public Schools! Denzel - 9th grade, Brayden and Ryder - 8th grade, Journey- 6th grade and Jamie -4th grade. Also, Deric - 12th grade Glendale/OTC, and Darian - College Sophomore! #spsProud #SBU #OTCmiddleCollege

Brady Kluba Joseph Brandt Landen Dunham Maddix Inman 3. Deric Washington

What a great turnout for our gifted education (LEAP) open house! It was so great to see everyone’s smiling faces! Here is to a great year! #gifted #LEAP #giftedandtalented

Our first Friday night lights of the season! We had a great jamboree at Marshfield going against them, Fair Grove, and Pierce City! It was great to watch Deric #8 and Denzel #40 play together and their big brother Darian got to see them! Deric Washington Denzel Washington