I traded in my truck on Wednesday. It was only as I drove away in my new car that I thought about how I had had this particular truck longer than I have owned any vehicle in my life. It moved with us from Asheville to Cleveland and finally to Atlanta.It was time to let […]
Early Insight from the Start of the School Year
The beginning of the school year takes awhile. For me it lasts from first Athletic practices in late July through the Friday before the Labor Day weekend. In at least a few ways, we move into a school year the way we move into a new house–a new school year has its own kind of […]
The Significance of Parent Leadership
I am always reminded in my monthly meetings with our parents organization leadership (PAWS) that strong partnership between school and parents is essential to the success of an ambitious strategic plan. These parent representatives have been working extremely hard with their respective grade activities, and today we met to both debrief the opening of the […]
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edu180atl: ross peters 8.16.12 | edu180atl.The link above will take you to a blog I wrote late this morning for the edu180atl blog. Take a look at all the entries from the last week or so and subscribe(!)–it is really a valuable project.
Blessing of the Backpacks: Welcoming 9th Graders and their Parents into the High School
We have had a very good Opening Day to the 2012-2013 school year. Our Seniors made a fun, loud and dramatic entry to our first assembly, our rollout of a one-to one laptop program has gone remarkably well (knock on wood!), and in general the community seems to be good spirits as we find our […]
Found myself looking at this picture today…one year to the day after I wrote about it. Once again the Cross Country team stood on the starting line at 8:00 a.m. this morning, waiting for the start.