I had the pleasure of having lunch with two fabulous 5th grade girls yesterday. One of them earned a 100 Otter Shells. When you earn 100, you get to have lunch with the administration! These girls were so sweet. We talked about how they have never been in the Principal's office before! It is fun for me to spend time with such sweet girls. One of them is an aspiring pianist, and the other rides horses. I so enjoy spending time with students especially the ones that I would not normally see because they are so quiet and so well behaved. They made my week!

I have some more good news! My Assistant Principal was asked to write a request for a grant from the Jack Sickle Foundation. They offer grants for schools looking to improve their technology. Here is a blurb from the letter:

"Spanish Springs Elementary school is striving to meet 21^st century goals by merging technology and academics.  Our school district has recently adopted The MILE Guide (Milestones for Improving Learning and Education).  The MILE Guide vision promotes:  A partnership [that] encourages schools, districts and states to advocate for the infusion of 21^st century skills into education and provides tools and resources to help facilitate and drive change.

In order to meet this goal and prepare our students for the 21^st century, we believe our mobile Ipads will allow every teacher the opportunity to integrate education and technology into their curriculum.  Ipad education applications would be used across the core curriculum from math, reading, writing to art and may include:  MathBlaster, Alphabet Freezetag, Dancing Animals for Kids and story book apps." 

I am happy to announce that we received the grant! We will be getting $10,000 to fund buying Ipads for education, another great way to engage and motivate the 21st Century student. We are very excited and look forward to getting these tools into our students hands. I am very thankful for my innovative and hard working Assistant Principal!

Happy Holidays to my SSES Families and Community. Spread the Joy!