Wednesday Activities

We did not have school on Wednesday. The students performed a flag pledge marching program in the afternoon with all the pom and circumstance that this culture can muster which is substantial. The above picture shows a bit about this ceremony.

The teachers spent the morning hammering out a mission and vision statement for the school. This is new activity for them. We were very pleased with the process. Sharp disagreements were evident about the wording of both documents. To be able to separate issues from people in this culture is remarkable. We believe they now understand why it is so important that the staff go through the frustrations of creating these documents. Ownership was clearly evident at the conclusion of the session. Moreover, I think it was evident that they actually enjoyed the process.

The staff will conclude the discipline policy for the school at their next meeting next week. This has been an 8 hour process so far. We will next tackle some basics in setting academic standards. So, some progress here!

We look forward to the arrival of Nathan and Tiffany Miller from Moline, IL tomorrow afternoon. We will be doing some local touring and so there may be some missing blog posts. Hopefully, we will have some interesting pictures to post later.