PRINCIPAL’S CORNER

What an opening!!!! From the minute they crossed through the front door the beaming faces of children and staff reflected their delight in the Judson School renovations! The colors are bright and the atmosphere is welcoming! The first day the entire school community gathered outside for an opening ceremony with several of the PTA parents. Mrs. Morgan and Ms. Greenwood, Judson staff members, were chosen to raise our new flag for the first time. It was a special inaugural week as we continued the opening pledge each day outside together, building our school community.

The school theme this year is Jazzin’ Up Judson! We will be Jazzing Up student involvement and behavior with character counts programs, Jazzing Up parent involvement in more classes and programs and Jazzing Up our approach to educating the children. The Character Counts program is emphasizing the “Three R’s”; being Ready to learn, being Respectful of self and others and being Responsible for one’s choices. Each class adopted a giant R and decorated it with sayings or pictures that supported one of our “Rs”.  These giant Rs with the student input can be found throughout the building. At the end of the first week of school each class put on a skit or sang a song based on their “R”.

The PTA was instrumental with the opening of school providing the student agendas and lending a hand organizing student folders. The PTA parents planned the successful book fair and continue to be involved weekly in class activities like recording statistics during the physical fitness testing!  The teachers are participating in Professional Learning Communities this year as they examine their delivery of instruction. The PLCs are focusing on math lessons that are differentiated to meet the varied learning styles of the students. Like the chords of Jazz music, these three goals are all different and will blend beautifully to create a newly “Jazzed Up Judson!”

Ms. Rommel

Principal