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Interesting Quotes February 10, 2009

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From That Workshop Book by Samantha Bennett . . . “How do I know what my students know and are able to do?” and “How will I use what I learned about students today to help them learn more tomorrow?” The question “How do I know what my students know and are able to do?” has the power not only to change how we spend our time as teachers but also to change the nature of schools. This question makes school about learning instead of about teaching. If a teacher is constantly pursuing the answers to “How do I know?” the school day builds around what comes out of the mouths, pencils, and actions of students instead of what comes out of the mouths of teachers. If “How do I know?” guides a teacher’s daily practice, teachers can no longer say, “I taught it. It isn’t my fault they didn’t get it.”

When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it – but all that had gone before. Jacob Riis

International Connections for our Schools September 5, 2008

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In our APS logo, there is a story.  The figure is moving to represent a dynamic focus in the 21st century; the figure is multi-colored to represent the rich diversity we have in APS; the figure is holding a globe to represent the globalization focus we need to have in APS to prepare our students to be globally competitive; there is a backdrop of the Rocky Mountains with four peaks representing our focus on being PACESetters (People, Achievement, Community, Environmnent) with the largest being the second peak for Achievement.

 With this global focus, there is a website I would like our schools to become familiar with.  It is a way to reach out to another classroom in another part of the world and expose our students to a different culture and academic challenge in another country.

http://www.epals.com/esearch/?uencode=no&prd=a&sld=07%2F01%2F1996&st=ps&powersearch=psearch&dcp=High+School&cou=0&lg=English&ag1=16&ag2=17&extended=Display+Matches

APS Sunset August 28, 2008

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As we work our jobs, sometimes it is worthwhile to stop and enjoy the sunset.  Enjoy.

 JB