Morning Meeting Time!

In each classroom, every morning, a Morning Meeting is held. Morning Meetings are great ways to start the day on a positive note. A typical morning meeting includes news and announcements, a greeting, an activity and sharing time.

On Friday, for the first time ever, we held an "all school morning meeting" with all of the classes in the building. We'll be having these every month from now on as a way of building a positive school culture and strong school community.

For this first one, our activity was the Macarena! It was led by Coach Marbry. Sadly, I did not have my camera with me for this part of the meeting!!!

Then, we had sharing time. Several teachers were invited to share their thoughts and memories about their own school experiences. Mrs. Astle, Mrs. Weaver, Mr. Peri and Ms. Kairis did an awesome job with this!

Ms. Kairis during sharing time.

Mr. Peri sharing a school story.

We'll have another all-school Morning Meeting in October. For that one and for meetings to follow, students will take over more of the roles and will be more involved in leading the meeting. Stay tuned for details!

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