- Folks asking questions to understand our new approach to attendance
- Teams working hard to meet student needs
- Folks utilizing direct conversations with respect and understanding
- People stepping in and offering help in multiple ways
- Folks enjoying sweets and savories and giving thanks
News and Announcements
- I'm looking for coverage for a Thursday 3-6 recess and a Friday K-2 Lunch. If you are interested you will be paid extra for your time. Please reach out to me asap!
- President's Day Idea
- Math Night: We are thrilled to host our first Math night. Thank you to all of you who volunteered to come on Tuesday. If you didn't sign up and are still able to come please let Megan Mitchell know asap!
- Budget: On Wednesday at staff meeting I will have more information about our new budget to share with you all.
- Cellphone Use Reminders:
- Please do not have your personal devices out during the day. If you must use your phone please do so away from students.
- Students should never have possession of your personal device.
- You may only communicate with families via text with permission from myself and with the understanding that communication must be professional and follow FERPA.
- Recess Reminders:
- Proximity is key---please move around outside as much as possible
- Please be timely and arrive outside at the start of recess
- Announcements from Mr. Smith
- Monday and Tuesday are 3/4 Tetherball Days
- Wednesday and Thursday are 5/6 Tetherball Days
- On Friday, games will alternate one game of 3/4, one of 5/6 and so on. To play a game on Friday, students will need to pick their partner for their one game, there is no "winner stays".
- Underground Spirit Week 2/16-2/20
- Monday - Wear your favorite color! Keeping it simple to start, just wear your favorite color.
- Tuesday - Numbers! In honor of Math night, we thought it would be fun if everyone wore something with numbers on it! It could be a sports jersey, something with a year on it, 67. . . any number
- Wednesday - Ugly sweater day! Or any other top or pants that are silly/ugly/funny.
- Thursday - Decades day! Dress up as the decade you were born in or whichever is your favorite. . . tie dye, poodle skirts, flare jeans, layered tops, or butterfly clips!
- Friday - Cozy day! Dress in jammies, sweats, fuzzy robe . . . whatever you feel comfy and cozy in
Legislative Update, Report #1
Linked here is the first legislative report for the significant education related discussions/bills occurring during the 2026 Vermont legislative session. This legislative report was put together by and distributed to several Vermont education associations. This is also posted at VPANEWS where you can see additional written VPA testimony from this past week.
Marshall Memo 1124
This week's quotes and articles come from Boston Focus, Edutopia, Mike Kentz, Education Gadfly, Carl Hendrick, The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The 74, Dave Stuart Jr., The Education Daily, Leadership Lenses, Education Next, Leadership Freak, and Retro Reports. Here are the headlines:
- Seven principles for teaching and learning
- Can the boy-girl reading gap be closed?
- The troubling impact of GenAI on young people's social skills
- A college English professor goes full low-tech
- Bronx and Brooklyn teachers experiment with an AI platform
- Suggestions for talking with parents and guardians about homework
- The epidemic of online teen gambling
- A different take on daily leadership huddles
- A book about U.S. curriculum culture wars
- When faced with a tough dilemma, dial some friends
- Free classroom videos and lesson plans
If you want an HTML version of this week's Memo, please click here. To listen to a podcast of last week's issue, click here.
For a podcast of this week's Memo, just log in at www.marshallmemo.com later this week and click Podcasts.
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