Schick Rocked Today!!!

Mr. Rhoads and I were spending a reflective conversation about today at Schick and some events of the day stood out.  Some were captured on film, while others were just gently noticed.  Check out The Little Lancer Blog to see article after article about today at Schick.  

Those gently noticed moments not caught on film?  Well, the kindergarten teachers were seen caroling outside of Mrs. Dunlap's room because it was her birthday, our intervention specialists were forging relationships and making visits to homes of some special kiddos, one teacher discovered and celebrated a new way to reach a hard-to-reach student, individual learning plans were being implimented, a veteran teacher shared a magical moment from her instructional day, one student who was moving had hugs from teachers and administrators all throughout the day, the librarian was compiling a favorite book list from the teaching staff while working on how to make those books part of her permanent collection, a book on trains was donated to the library by a vendor, a parent dropped off a basketball pump so the playground basketballs could be 'pumped up,' parents attended an afterschool music clinic, Mrs. Cooley worked Cooley Magic all day with many lifesaving acts that benefitted kids, and an usher at the Community Arts Center gave the greatest compliment of all about our 1st and 2nd grade students' behavior....I could go on and on, but today was a great day to be a LITTLE LANCER.

Check out these Olympic Hopefuls!

I passed this Motley Crew on its way to the OLYMPIC COMPETITION

in the Gymnasium.  Check out Mrs. Mitstifer's Dreadlocks.

Smile, Mr. Gerber!

Great Job, Schick!

Our Curriculum leaders did a great job tonight!

Congrats!

Curriculum Team Meeting

Nonviolent Crisis Intervetion Training

Mr. Cuff and I spent the day at BLAST IU17 learning how to identify and difuse problems and issues that arise here at Schick.  We learned verbal techniques to de-escalate behavior and to prevent acting-out behavior.  The purpose for the training is to provide the best possible Care, Welfare, Safety and Security for everyone involved in our school.

Here, Mr. Cuff demonstrates how he would do the One-hand Wrist Grab Release.

Here, I'm pretty sure he's doing the Bite Release which uses the parasympathetic response as an aide.
ALTHOUGH....it could be perceived that he is using the "Pee-Eww Response to the Stinky Shirt Sniff..."

Mr. CUFF a.k.a. THE SANDMAN

For those of you who don't know, Mr. Cuff is our local talent.  His radio program began again this week on 88.1 FM.  Check out Mr. Cuff on Fridays from 6 to 10 PM.  You can read about him on http://www.thesandmanshow.com/

Check him out!

Where do we begin...?

We had a very restful holiday break? Happy New Year.
Boy, it has been a cold month...?
We've been healthy and we've been sick...
Let's just say we're busy. Here is a short photo explaination of the past month....

It took us a while to find the perfect treat for our puppy, Brody.  Needless to say, it took some coaxing to convince Char that he didn't need this big of a treat...we got out of the pet store with one small bone and a water bowl...

The hospital finally knocked down our "old" house on Rural Avenue.  Char and I got some bricks to use for our future fire pit.  We love toasting marshmellows in the summer.  Here she is (with safety glasses on) knocking some of the mortar off of the blocks.

Char's buddy Teagan had a birthday and Char got to play where the big girls take tumbling.

Chef Greevy made her own tacos (and our's too!!!).

We went to the PSU v. Wisconsin basketball game and loved sitting up high, but kept looking for the Nittany Lion.  We love him (from a distance).

This week we've been sick.