First day–Jitters are gone, now it’s time to work!

I left my house a bit before 7am to get to the school before my 8am start time. I walk through the notorious neighborhood, and it doesn’t look anything like what I expected. The housing projects aren’t the typical high rises, but rather small two-story row homes. Aside from the high proportion of fences, bars [...]

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“1st Year Principal–and Mentor?”

This post is written after reading “1st Year Principal–and Mentor?” by H. MiUndrae Prince, published in Principal Leadership (Middle School edition) vol 5, no 3: November 2004. I apologize for lack of a direct link to the article. If you would like a pdf copy of the article, please email me.
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First Days of School

I think back to my days in elementary and middle school, when I picked my favorite new outfit and shined my shoes for the first day of school.  My hair had to be just so, typically with Dad pulling the pigtails nice and tight, slicking the hair down and braiding the pigtails for my much-anticipated [...]

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