Posts

Showing posts from January, 2023

FBUSD Staff Blog 1.28.23

Image
  FBUSD Mission FBUSD delivers exceptional, engaging, equitable, and  collaborative learning opportunities for all students. FBUSD Vision Every student receives engaging and challenging learning experiences to reach their greatest potential and thrive in a diverse global society. News, Notes & Reminders... Black History Month begins this week. Some resources are shared below.  Origins, 2023 Theme, and Pictures from the History.com Black History Milestones Resource Guide Library of Congress Resources As a part of the process to plan for next school year, Joe will be stopping in staff meetings at each school. There will also be two education partners (staff, parents, students, community member) meetings. A virtual meeting will be held on January 31 at 4:30. An in person meeting will be held on February 2 at 5:30 in the FBHS Library.  The following links are some literacy resources that may be of use for staff supporting our students in reading.         Getting Reading Right      

FBUSD Staff Blog 1.20.23

Image
  FBMS Choir  performing on Thursday FBHS Interact Club Members presenting at the Rotary Club meeting FBUSD Mission FBUSD delivers exceptional, engaging, equitable, and  collaborative learning opportunities for all students. FBUSD Vision Every student receives engaging and challenging learning experiences to reach their greatest potential and thrive in a diverse global society. News, Notes & Reminders... Thank you to everyone who participated in the Random Acts of Kindness. I feel fortunate to work among such caring people. I have included some of the nominations below as a celebration of the kindness in our district.  I wanted to nominate Kirsten Cesario for the random acts of kindness. When Mark was leaving, Kirsten put together a card for Mark. This week, she put together a card and basket of goodies from her farm for a coworker who recently lost his son. She is always going above and beyond to bring cheer to everyone at the school and recognize them. I hope to have the prese

FBUSD Staff Blog 1.13.23

Image
FBUSD Mission FBUSD delivers exceptional, engaging, equitable, and  collaborative learning opportunities for all students. FBUSD Vision Every student receives engaging and challenging learning experiences to reach their greatest potential and thrive in a diverse global society. News, Notes & Reminders... Random Acts of Kindness-  Joe has two pairs of tickets to the Drive Thru Crab Feed on January 21 sponsored by Fort Bragg Rotary and the Mendocino Coast Sports Foundation.  If you have witnessed a random act of kindness by staff on campus this year, please send a brief description with the employee's name to jaldridge@fbusd.us to nominate that person for a chance to win. Send nominations by Wednesday at 3:00pm to be included in the drawing. Descriptions will be shared out on next week's blog. (Employee names will be redacted where appropriate.)  We will start planning for the 2023-2024 school year soon. We will send out surveys as well as hold meetings to discuss needs an

FBUSD Staff Blog 1.6.23

Image
  FBUSD Mission FBUSD delivers exceptional, engaging, equitable, and  collaborative learning opportunities for all students. FBUSD Vision Every student receives engaging and challenging learning experiences to reach their greatest potential and thrive in a diverse global society. News, Notes & Reminders... I hope everyone had a restful break. I appreciate you supporting our students this week through storms and coming back after the break.  We will start planning for the 2023-2024 school year soon. We will send out surveys as well as hold meetings to discuss needs and how to best plan to meet them. If something comes to mind in the meantime, please feel free to reach out to your site administrator or me with thoughts or ideas.  An online store has been setup to order FBUSD clothing. The store can be  found here.  If you order, the item will be shipped directly to you.  COVID Vaccines/Boosters are available at the Mendocino Coast Clinic from 2:00-5:00 PM on Tuesdays. More informa