~ Harold J. Smith
Friday, May 20, 2011
Quote of the Day...
"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them."
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Pleasantdale Superintendent Highest Paid Per Student
The New Math: Adding up a Superintendent's Salary
Patch explains all the elements that go into a school superintendent's compensation.
Education funding remains one of the singularly most debated public policy issues of the day, with salary and benefits headlining the discussion. Patch surveyed 12 local school districts to shed some light on just how much our superintendents are being paid.
Gratitude and Honor
Park Jr. High
LTHS
LTHS
Gurrie Middle School
St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier
St. John of the Cross
Girl Scouts
St. John of the Cross
Highlands Middle School
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
April 28, 2011, Pleasantdale Board of Ed. Organizational Meeting and Questions
Questions from this meeting:
1. Does the district need a communication committee?
2. Should the district stakeholders be informed in some way of the district's proposal to house a LADSE (LaGrange Area Dept. of Special Education) preschool program for out-of-district students?
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
To all our teachers out there...
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!
Thank you for doing one of the toughest jobs there is! You are appreciated for all you do.
“Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.” ~ Anonymous
"If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job." ~ Donald Quinn
“A good teacher is like a candle: it consumes itself to light the way for others.” ~ Anonymous
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." ~Malcolm S. Forbes
"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. " ~ Henry Adams
"The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. " ~K. Patricia Cross
"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery." -Mark van Doren
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." -William A. Ward
The Doings:
Area students raise $50,000 for Honor Flight
By JANE MICHAELS
From bake sales to burrito nights, fund-raising efforts have paid off for students from Lyons Township High School and seven surrounding schools to honor 95 veterans May 11 with a trip to Washington, D.C
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/westernsprings/news/3169866,western-springs-honorflight-042811-s1.article
Area students raise $50,000 for Honor Flight
By JANE MICHAELS
From bake sales to burrito nights, fund-raising efforts have paid off for students from Lyons Township High School and seven surrounding schools to honor 95 veterans May 11 with a trip to Washington, D.C
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/westernsprings/news/3169866,western-springs-honorflight-042811-s1.article
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