Here are this week’s special shout-outs. Thank you to each of these students and staffers for making our week great!
Middle School:
- To DANIEL and SAMUEL E for CITIZENSHIP: Off to a real positive start both in the classroom and on the soccer field.
- To SCHNEIDER S.F. for CITIZENSHIP: Making positive strides towards having a successful school year.
- To KARLEA D-R for SCHOLARSHIP: Actively participating in class and taking on more challenges than ever before.
- To RAHUL C. for SCHOLARSHIP: Missed the first two weeks of school but already has made up everything on his own
- To MOHAMED A. for COMMITMENT: persistent volunteering in class
- To LOGIAN A. for SCHOLARSHIP: Wrote a terrific first outline in Humanities
- To DANERY and ANTONIO PB for COMMITMENT: excellent focus reading, annotating, and taking notes independently for their honors assignment
- To AMANI for SCHOLARSHIP: Not being a afraid to ask questions
- To DARLENIES C for COMMITMENT: Actively participating in class
- To MELISSA for SCHOLARSHIP: Always giving feedback to peers getting work form good to better to best
- To IMA for CITIZENSHIP: Encouraging one another before a test with positive words
- To PS7 SECTION D for SCHOLARSHIP and COMMITMENT – nice job staying focused for more of class on Tuesday!
- To TRISTAN J for SCHOLARSHIP: everyday giving it his all in IMB.
- To CHRISTANAELLE for COMMITMENT: sticking with IMB material no matter what.
- To MARC R for COMMITMENT: sticking with IMB material no matter what.
High School:
- To ANDRONAELLE for COMMITMENT – she stayed focused and didn’t let people distract her (from a physics classmate)
- To DAMARY for COMMITMENT for working hard every day in class and getting work done (from a physics classmate)
- To SUDARNAH for COMMITMENT for focused work (from a physics classmate)
- To BINIYAM for SCHOLARSHIP for participating in class (from a physics classmate)
- To MAURYANA and XAVIER for SCHOLARSHIP for going up and demonstrating what happens when one foot and two feet are on the scale (from a physics classmate)
- To NAHSHON for SCHOLARSHIP for sharing his answers and writing notes (from a physics classmate)
- To AMANUEL for COURAGE for sticking with his answer during the debate about weight (from a physics classmate)
- To ALIYAH R for COURAGE for sharing her work and demonstrating her work even though she wasn’t sure (from 2 physics classmates)
- To NARESA for CITIZENSHIP for showing persistence through tough times (from a physics classmate)
- To KALIYAH for CITIZENSHIP for always being willing to read out loud for the class (from a physics classmate)
- To BRIANNA B and KIANIS GP for SCHOLARSHIP and COMMITMENT: communicating responsibly about their Spanish placement
- To NHALA S for SCHOLARSHIP: not taking the easy way out for our first English essay of the year
- To SHANE R, JUAN Z, ADIA C, and KEVINS M for COMMITMENT and SCHOLARSHIP: making significant progress in our second essay writing period after being a little stuck initially; I saw some excellent thesis statements and nuanced ideas in your drafts!
- To ALI F for SCHOLARSHIP: writing a sweet essay hook and expressing such infectious excitement about it
- To MIKAYLA D and SABRINA DP for COMMITMENT: being proactive about making up a missed quiz
- To CHRISTNALY C, MONIQUE M, and ERIK L (and perhaps others?) for CITIZENSHIP: doing very nice things for a friend’s birthday and letting lots of others in on the fun
- To DAIJA M for CITIZENSHIP: drawing a heartwarming picture of a character from our book for the quiz bonus
- To DANASIA B for CITIZENSHIP: always being so encouraging and positive to classmates during lexicon reviews
- To CALEB T for COURAGE and COMMITMENT: leading class discussion
- To YOEL Y for COURAGE: allowing his classmates to draw him
- To ANEEYA L and MENA K for COMMITMENT: consistently communicating about work that will be missed due to volleyball
- To IVERSON for COURAGE: reflecting honestly and openly about what’s going well and what’s not
- To CAMERON for SCHOLARSHIP: quickly orienting me to what was happening in biology and then modeling how to dive into complex work.
- To JELANI for SCHOLARSHIP: engaging me in a solid turn and talk during MWH class.
- To JEFFREY M. for COMMITMENT: showing up to morning study hall to make sure he’s able to fulfill after school commitments.
- To WEHABI for COMMITMENT: starting the year out strong and staying focused on his senior year goals.
- To JUAN Z, SERINA M and FSIYAHE for COMMITMENT: Staying after school to work on their essay
- To WO WEI L, ALI F and ANDY L for COMMITMENT: First to submit web profiles!
- To MICHAEL T for COMMITMENT: You set a goal for yourself and you are totally working towards it every day!
- To MICHAEL T for COMMITMENT again: super focused in junior seminar!
- To OLIVIA W and INGRID J for COMMITMENT: focusing on a task you found really tough in math
- To LANCE U for SCHOLARSHIP: strong start in bio this year!
Adults:
- To MR. GIBSON for COMMITMENT: being so dedicated to so many facets of our athletics program, communicating frequently, and encouraging staff participation and attendance at games
- To MS. RIPA and MS. HENRY for CITIZENSHIP and SCHOLARSHIP: running a very helpful department meeting last week and being thoughtful about accommodating a high school teacher at a middle school meeting
- To MS. BRADLEY for COMMITMENT: jumping into extracurricular activities in her first year here and providing both dedication and good ideas to Prom Committee
- To MS. GARDONY for CITIZENSHIP: being an awesome GLL and a kind and encouraging colleague!
- To MS. GALVIN for SCHOLARSHIP: for compiling special programs resources and getting them all into a single, highly usable online space in order to more effectively support students and learning specialists.
- To MS. COYLE for COMMITMENT: continuing to roll with expected and unexpected punches and always keeping what is best for students in mind
- To DR. LAM for COMMITMENT: continuing to push students going through a difficult time to remain engaged in her class.
- To MS. CHOICE for CITIZENSHIP: having a public merits’ board and referencing it at multiple points throughout the lesson.
- To MS. SCHOBER for SCHOLARSHIP: leading an excellent first-of-year Grade Level Team meeting.
- To MS. HALLOWELL for CITIZENSHIP: volunteering to take notes during GLT meeting.
- To MS. LUIS for CITIZENSHIP, shout-out for keeping it real in our advisory space and making the culture where it needs to be!
- To MS. SONG for COMMITMENT, shout out for helping all her kids in English 11 no matter what they need.
- To DR. MOLK for COMMITMENT: Being an incredible thought partner for the direction of my teaching during evaluation meetings.
- To MS. GALVIN for COMMITMENT: On top of ALL her responsibilities she’s incredible thoughtful about student support for Biology classes that she’s in once a week.
- To DR. LAM for CITIZENSHIP: impromptu LP check ins have been really great
- To MS. SCHOBER for CITIZENSHIP- passing down veteran work life balance tips