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    The 2019-20 school year is loaded and ready for launch.  During this year many great moments will occur.  There will be some bumps, obstacles, and challenges to overcome, but the journey will be a great one.

    In order to make this year a great one we must be an effective team.  The team of parents, teachers, administrators, students, support staff and community members can be a great one that accomplishes many great things.

    What does it take to make a great team?  I believe the most important quality that a team has to have in order to succeed is trust.  What does it mean to trust?  I think it basically means to think the best of each other.  All of the stakeholders listed above have the same goal in mind; to help our students succeed.  If we believe that everyone has that same goal, then we will trust that everyone is doing their best to make this school year great for each student.  There will be times when things become hard or the way something is being done is questioned.  However, if we all trust that each person is trying to do what is best to help each student reach their potential, we can have calm conversations on how we can work together to ensure success.  There will be some strategies that succeed and some that fail.  However, in the end we must all trust that all things were tried with the best intentions.

    Communication is the second quality that ensures a team’s success.  We must have open and honest communication.  Trust will ensure that we have great communication.  We need to make sure we communicate successes and struggles.  If something is working great and no one shares that it is working great, perhaps the thing we were doing to be successful stops because of a lack of communication.  It today’s world communication looks much different than it used to.  Social Media has had a dramatic impact on our world.  Sometimes for the best, sometimes maybe not.  When we are presented with information, emotions can run high.  All one has to do is search social media and many negative stories can be found.  Most often the negativity does nothing to make the situation better.  The old adage praise in public and reprimand in private works best with social media as well.

    So let’s all strap in for a great ride that is the 2019-20 school year.  Let’s be the best team we can be and see what greatness can accomplish.

                                                                                            Tim Jermain

   2019-2020 SCHOOL CALENDAR

Monday                                August                   12           Professional Development

Tuesday                                 August                   13           Professional Development

Wednesday                            August                   14           Professional Development

Thursday                              August                   15           School Year Begins

Monday                                 September               2            No School - Labor Day

Monday                                  September             16           No School - 275 Conference Professional Development

Wednesday                            September             25           Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:00 to 7:00

Friday                                     September             27           No School

Friday                                     October                  11           End of First Quarter - 39 Days

Friday                                    October                  18           No School - Professional Development

Friday                                     November                1            No School - Professional Development

Tuesday                                 November             26           No School - Professional Development

Wednesday                            November              27            No School - Thanksgiving Break      

Thursday                                November             28           No School - Thanksgiving Break

Friday                                    November              29           No School - Thanksgiving Break

Friday                                   December             20           Dismiss at 12:30 Last Day before Winter Break Begins, End of 2^nd Quarter - 44 days

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Thursday                               January                    2            No School - Christmas Break (possible make-up day)

Friday                                     January                    3            Professional Development - Teacher Workday (possible make-up day)

Monday                                 January                  6            School Resumes

Monday                                 January                  20           No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (possible make-up day)

Thursday                                February                  6            Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:00 to 7:00

Friday                                     February                  7            No School - Professional Development

Monday                                  February                17           No School - President’s Day (possible make-up day)

Friday                                     March                      6            End of 3^rd Quarter – 42 days

Friday                                    March                    13           No School - Professional Development Day

Friday                                     April                       10           No School - Spring Break

Monday                                 April                       13           No School - Spring Break

Thursday                              May                        14           Dismiss at 12:30 - Last Day of School - End of 4^th Quarter - 46 days

Friday                                     May                       15           Professional Development