2011 - 2012 - Mid-Year Round Up

In my last post, I discussed the whole New Year thing and then began a reflection of where we are as a school.  This is a mid-year round up of life thus far at PPCS a brand new K - 12 school in rural Saskatchewan. The school is a combination of two schools - a K - 6 Elementary School and a 7 - 12 High School which came together on May 1st 2011.  This year is our first as a K - 12 school. In this post, I'll…

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One of the things that use to keep me from doing things was the fear that I'd make an idiot of myself when I failed. Then I became a father - 8 times. I'm now cured of that since I've made an idiot of myself so many times it's of no great concern. And it's…

This past week has been a great time. First, we have 8 children and there is nothing in this world that can compete with children and Christmas. From the pre-day activities to the morning joy and wonder followed by our time at Mass to the 3 days afterward when we gather with 100 or so of my wife’s family for our annual (26th consecutive) 3 day event, it has been a week filled with excitement, joy, sharing, laughter and family.

During all this hustle and bustle, I’ve learned that like…

Each Monday I send out an email communication to our staff called, "The Monday Minute."  The Monday Minute email is meant to be a quick message to our staff, a way to formally launch another school week, and set a focus for that week - another innovation from Todd Whitaker and Jeff Zoul from their book, The 4 Core Factors for School Success (page 16).

This…

I've been wondering if anyone from Saskatchewan would be interested in an EdCamp. I'm thinking there might be enough people who would be interested in sharing their knowledge and expertise that we could organize something here in our province. Anyone interested?

I've been reading the discussion on the blog post "Why "I Don't Do Technology" Isn't Acceptable" over at Connected Principals and it's very interesting and there are some good comments that have ensued, sign that the topic is very much on people's' minds. I also happened to follow a link to this post by Doyle where the discussion…