WE had a great first day of professional development with staff! Sending a special thanks to our PTA for a delicious lunch! #WEareLakota #WEarebettertogether #ShawneePride

Open House was a BLAST! We had so much fun seeing our first and second Tigers! 🐯 #WEareLakota #WEarebettertogether #ShawneePride

Someone who created the tee times for the U.S. Amateur has a sense of humor #Seinfeld (H/T Gary Fields)

Don’t let the admin drive the bus! 🤪 Happy 2022-2023 school year, friends! 🥳

Year 8! 🍎 Today was the BEST DAY EVER! I missed the littles and am so excited to be back home in early childhood. 🥰 It’s going to be an amazing year with my partner Traci Hummer and the Shawnee ECS team! #WEareLakota #WEchooseLakota

Great first day for my own kiddos too- 1st, 6th, and 8th. Yearly pics plus a selfie with Kendall’s new AP Kirsten Cannon! All 3 were all smiles when I got home today! 🥰#Shawneepride #TeamAdena #ridgechampions #WEareLakota #WEchooseLakota

Happy National Waffle 🧇 Day! 😁 #WEareLakota #WEChooseLakota #ShawneePride

Our Mail Courier, Doug, is rocking his Shawnee ECS shirt. He says it fits better than most of his others. Just saying. 😏#WEareLakota #WEchooseLakota

Introducing our FIRST EVER Staff Members of the Month! Kelly Tanis, Pam Elliott, & Joann Johnson model our school vision everyday by always putting kids first with a positive & professional attitude. 🎉 #WEareLakota #WEChooseLakota #ShawneePride

Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. Thank a substitute teacher. #thankasubstituteteacher

I was a guest reader in Mrs. Goetz’ 2nd grade class today! 😁 #WEareLakota #WEChooseLakota #ShawneePride

Signs of a positive School Culture - The greeting by the front office staff - The energy and positivity in the breakfast/early arrival area - The way students are greeted when they enter class - The principal is visible and knows students’ names #edchat

I was the Mystery Reader in Mrs. Sills’ class today! 😁 #WEareLakota #WEChooseLakota #ShawneePride

YAY! 🎉 I’m so excited to present at MiAEYC again in 2023! #edleadership #schooladmin #elementaryeducation

Struggling kids don’t make it because they’re in the right class. They make it because they have the right teacher.

Make Tier 1 THE priority. The results? Greater achievement Higher morale Closed gaps Lesser discipline More growth The method? Be intentional in 2 things: Building relationships Designing learning That's our work & where the solutions lie.

It’s going to be a GREAT Friday at Shawnee! 🎉 #WEareLakota #WEChooseLakota #ShawneePride

Performed at OMEA - Ohio conference this morning with the Cincinnati Wind Band. 🤩 I even got to attend a few sessions after, and loved learning and talking with music educators from all over the state.

Giving a curricular program a fair shake is essential for improvement: - A fair shake provides honest data to refine your approach - A fair shake challenges you to confront real, not imaginary, limitations and push beyond them - A fair shake recalibrates the goalposts, not the