Our principal chair has found its way to the 3rd grade.  Our practice is to select from our dog bones a winner on Friday and that students gets to sit in the principal's chair for a week.  I will come in the classroom and have another student take a picture of the recipient and myself.  I will send the photo to the parents via email with an explanation of how the student becomes the recipient of the principal's chair.  Our students truly enjoy the experience and our parents are very grateful for sharing this experience with them.  

In working within the premise of The Janssen Way--PBIS, parent communication/awareness is essential.  We are making connections between The Janssen Way and homes by having our students transfer their meaning and ask them to include their parents to reflect how they use The Janssen Way concepts in their home.  During our Morning Paws our staff members will be modeling this connection by informing our students how our staff uses The Janssen Way in their homes.

Finally, I would like to share the impact that our Morning Paws is having on our tardies.  Last year at this time, 8% of our students received at least 1 tardy to start of the school day.  For this year, we have started off very strong with only 4% of our students receiving at least 1 tardy.  We have no students who have received 2 or more tardies at this time.  One of the purposes for Morning Paws, since its inception three years ago was to reduce morning tardies.  Based on the data that I have shared, we are seeing the positive impact Morning Paws is having with our students.

Sincerely,

Mr. Nikolaou