Dear EVCS Students,
Today is our final School-Wide Morning Meeting OF THE DECADE! The next time we come together in our auditorium for SWMM it will be the year 2020…
Our Core Value is Self Awareness.
It’s always a good idea to hit the pause button and reflect on how far we have come and where we want to go. But it’s an especially good time to do this at the end of the year – and especially at the end of a decade! Can you remember your hopes and dreams you identified at the start of the school year? Do you know the academic goals that were set at your parent teacher conferences last month? How is your progress towards meeting those goals?
Becoming a self aware student means that you are learning to know yourself as a student, that you learn to reflect on your work, your words and your actions, and that you are beginning to think about your thinking. There are three things you can do to practice thinking about your thinking: Plan, reflect, and evaluate.
First, plan. This might mean setting goals, making an outline, a mental map, or rehearsing what you are going to do in your mind before starting a task.
Then, reflect throughout each step of the task. Sometimes we may need to change our plans a little once we have started.
Finally, evaluate. Was this your best effort? What could you have done differently? What are your next steps, or goals for the next time?
Please take some time over the next two weeks to think about how much you have already grown this school year (and this decade!), and let’s get ready to start the new decade with strong goals and clear intentions.
Thanks so much to our friends in the Pre-K for hosting today, thanks to all of the parents who came this morning, huge thanks to the SWMM house band, and thank you to everyone who sang loud and proud. Have a great day and great week everyone.
Love,
Bradley
