I am continually amazed by the staff and students at College Street Elementary. We have multiple classes who have been starting each day by having students write short and long term goals to begin with the end in mind. Other classes have students tracking their own data and progress on their reading level, sight words, or math facts. All students have experienced explicit instruction in the 7 habits and have had the opportunity to apply their understanding in not just social situations, but in academics as well. I walked past a classroom this morning during math time and heard 2 boys playing a math game together. In such an authentic manner, one of the students (who is only 7 years old) said, "Hey, we are synergizing! Everything is better when we can work together." It is amazing what young learners can do when you provide them with the knowledge and skills and then opportunities to apply their learning in authentic ways.
The pep-rally this morning pretty much summed up the student growth so far on our campus. We were honored to have the Delay MS STOMP team preform for us to build energy and help our students begin with the end in mind. Our 4th grade speech students then reviewed the 7 habits with personal examples of how they have applied them in their lives. They then led the entire school in learning our new 7 Habits pledge. Our pep rally ended with a surprise music video made and performed by CSE staff. Who knew Mr. Carrillo was so talented at not just sound editing, but producing music videos too! The pep rally was entirely student run... Ms. Adkins and I were so proud of our speech club students for the leadership they showed today :)
If we can accomplish this amount of student leadership in 12 weeks, I can't wait to see the evidence of leadership on our campus at the end of the school year! Some things coming up in our journey- school-wide student leadership roles, CSE family weekend sharpen the saw activities, a leadership night, and much much more! Here are some photos from our pep rally today and the music video. Enjoy!
