Without a doubt, our communities need our school and district leaders and benefit immensely from C Leone’s commitment to us all. As a union president, I’m grateful for his collaboration and creativity. #numbersguy

"This is not sustainable." -- Me, April 2020

Amen amen amen amen.

The replies and QTs on this tell a precise story about so many of us. It’s comforting AND unnerving to witness even as I live it.

Cotton candy to start the day! Good morning from the northwest corner of Connecticut!!

Meat Loaf and Louie Anderson and Thich Nhat Hanh. What a riotous trio.

Our lengthy lists will be different but our WHY is the same and the last reminder is TRUTH.

Warm up with Wordle.

An S analyzing The Crucible, the McMartin Preschool case, and the Exonerated Five: “It’s easier to fear and morally panic than it is to accept the truth.” As we talked, he added examples from the pandemic and refined his thesis, but I’ll be thinking about this for a long time 🧠

We would like these books removed immediately

This morning while debating with an S whether or not the uncanny valley is an example of something being marred (I wondered if it was the opposite: the human face being perfected), he said ONLY THE POET FINDS PERFECTION IN IMPERFECTION and that is why I love my job.

Nailed it.

Today’s SQoD (student quote of the day): “Hoping to be successful is less prevalent than fearing being unsuccessful.” We’re pre-reading. Perfect.

Love that future teachers make up this team! Go Luke and teammates!! nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/ccs…

Abbott Elementary exists because a sixth grader grew up and never forgot how seen she felt by her teacher. Let that sink in.

Not a bad morning view.

Been there, done that. 😬

Gotta love random texts from former students. Exhibit A: Happy Ides of March!!! I will always remember that from your class haha

Ss are engaging in pre-reading for The Odyssey. Last class they learned about O in The Iliad; character analysis in exit tickets. Today we played Wordle with their words and after solving, they had to offer supporting evidence for the word. Note all the strategies they used!

Okay so who’s doing/done a deep dive on Gatsby/Delvey?