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Alexander Middle School AMS Principal's Morning Messages
To start out Black History Month we look at the story of Wendell Scott--the first African American inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame--and work to understand how he overcame the roadblocks in his way.
Today I look at the different seasons at Wildcat Mountain State Park and talk about how having different feelings at different times is a normal part of the seasons in our lives as well.
Today I ask students to choose one academic area to focus on improving during second semester, illustrating how hard that can be by showing how big ships move.
On inauguration day we look at Common Ground, a video from StoryCorps that emphasizes how important it is to create conversations from people from a different perspective.
Today's video shares the journey of Richard Montanez as he moved from Janitor to Executive at Frito Lay on the strength of taking pride in his work and his heritage.
Today's video looks deeper how to become creative by unpacking the idea of "outside the box" and invites students to work towards this creativity themselves.
Today's video is a commentary I made on the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th as a means of helping our students recognize hope amid all of the turmoil that took place.
Today I discuss the need to practice academic skills now rather than expecting that the pressure of high school will make everything come together for you.
Today we look first look at how all the sand got to Sand Valley golf course and the Nekoosa area and then look at ways to build up our talents grain by grain in a similar fashion.
Today's video looks at the Swiss Holiday of Zibelimärit that usually takes place at this time each year to look at different ways in which people around the world celebrate.
In today's video we pay a visit to Ableman's Gorge in Wisconsin's unglaciated area and learn how Charles Van Hise showed how mountains formed based on the geology in the area. In a similar way today's challenge is to build our own knowledge of how to learn as we have our online learning day today.
Today's message watches people play the piano together and invites everybody to either take the leap of faith necessary to get involved with others or to make a space for others.
Today's video provides a preview of what next Tuesday's remote learning day will look like. We are practicing learning remotely now so we are prepared if anything happens in the future.
Today's video uses the metaphor of stormy weather to describe the spike in COVID cases we are seeing and how we need to prepare. Note that this video was shown to grades 6-8, while a video without the figures and pointed commentary was shown to grades 4-5 as they are not having the same issues.
After a discussion of how what it takes for trees to show their colors in the fall, we look at what it takes for us to show our differences and be comfortable showing our colors
Today we look at what role Native American codetalkers played in winning World War II, with a particular emphasis on the contributions of the Ho-Chunk tribe.
Today's message attempts to find ways to support our students in making sense of the turmoil in America right now and working to make AMS a safe place for everybody.
Today's message gives an overview of the feedback reports we will be sending to parents and students at the end of the fourth quarter in lieu of report cards.
I share a piece of street music in which the musicians play multiple instruments. This leads to discussion of how we have to play multiple instruments ourselves during this time and the respect that brings.
Looking at how various buildings have been repurposed after a renovation, with reflections on how we are renovating our learning methods as part of the COVID-19 quarantine.
This message features how an artists watches his daughter grow up, including reflections on how much teachers and parents care about students and who we see them as
I share pictures of seeing a rainbow from a plane and talk about how a different perspective helps us appreciate things differently--especially during this time of our school closure.
This morning message welcomes students to our distance learning environment, shows them how to get started learning with Google Classroom, and describes ways in which distance learning is different than face-to-face learning.
This video asks students to take a short survey about the amount of internet access they have at home in order to refine our planning for potential scenarios with the Coronavirus
Today's message introduces the game of Mountains and Valleys which can be used during recess or break to provide variety during the cold winter months.
Today's message focuses on how the work you do in middle school--both positively and negatively-- lays the groundwork for how you succeed in high school.
