Mrs. Walker's Rockin' Blog 2019-2020: Love and Kindness are in the air at GHE!

What a fun week we have had! Thank you to our Student Counsel and Ms. Gardner for planning such fun and meaningful activities for this week!

I want to thank you for your engagement this week in beginning to provide feedback to district leadership regarding the direction of the new strategic plan. Again, this is a bridge year. There are many things included in the plan that we are all still working on. I will be sending an email out with the remaining codes so that you can provide input on some of the other items.

Going through that process made me think of the importance of engaging student voices in the classroom. Thought Exchange and apps like it are one way, but it can be as simple as having students write their thoughts or opinions about something on a chart paper and then having other students read those thoughts and comment or annotate with question marks or exclamation points on things they agree with or have questions on. Discussion beforehand helps them generate ideas and helps those that might not have the language initially to engage as well.