Great Day to be a Principal

Welcome 2019.

I'm often asked what it means to be an IB school.  This week, our students gave me two perfect examples to share.

On Monday, January, 7th, Jim "basketball" Jones joined us for an assembly.  The assembly was certainly entertaining, but it also had a potentially lasting message, "just do something."  In order to capitalize on the message, I met with a group of about 30 students yesterday to discuss what we wanted to do to make our school climate even better.  After meeting with me, the students went back to their classrooms to generate ideas.  We are holding our next meeting on Tuesday morning.  We want to empower our students to take action.  I look forward to sharing our plan in the near future.

Yesterday, three students approached me with some ideas for Black History Month.  They were circulating a petition among teachers and students to convince me that we need to do more in February.  I invited them to speak at our staff meeting next week and also shared their plan with teachers.  I have already had several teachers share ideas, but I'm even more excited to see what ideas our students generate.  I know that students think I somehow own the school and am in control of everything we do.  However, it is my goal for them to have as much control and power as possible. 

One of my New Years Resolutions if to share more through this blog.  I hope you find this interesting and useful.

Educationally Yours,
Jeff Brown, Principal OES