International Observe the Moon Night makes CHS and CPS INNOVATIVE!
I hope you had the chance to see our Science department at CPS in action on Saturday night. It was a group of our educators 'thinking outside the box" to give our K-12 students a chance to experience learning in a fun way. My favorite stations were the telescope observation of the moon, the "meteors on the moon" experiment using marbles, flour, and hot cocoa powder, and the "phases of the moon" project using Oreo cookies. Thank you CPS Science department for giving our kids the experience!
The collaboration of our English department sparks INNOVATION!
The CHS English department is awesome at working together. I always see these ladies talking about what works, what doesn't, and what can we try next. Their collaboration bleeds over into their classrooms. Their students are great at collaborating. Ladies...thanks for modeling teamwork to our kids! A great example of innovation occurred in an English IV class this last week. Mrs. Bryson did a "Self Identity" project using music lyrics, but the finishing touch to it fell apart. Yes I just said that. The students were to listen to a song, analyze the lyrics, and then give a presentation over it answering a couple of questions. The end to the project wasn't good, but that's the challenge and the risk to being innovative. Sometimes it doesn't work out in class like it did when planning for it. Mrs. Bryson's reflection on the project is dead on though. She felt "like the idea was good", the student discussion wasn't "too bad", and the presentations weren't very good. After speaking with her about it, I was encouraged because she saw this as an opportunity for her students to get better at public speaking. Great outlook! This is a chance for our kids to get better. I will be interested to see what it looks like further down the road this year.
Another inspiring story this week
I was proud of our 9th grade football team this week vs Anadarko. Here's my tweet after the game.
We see you Freshmen football! Pads poppin and playing with SWAG! Gr8 job tonight. Keep playing hard #cpsreds #redtornadopride #smashmouth
I was proud not only because of the 20-8 victory, but also because of the way these young men have improved over their short football careers. They keep getting better. They seem to genuinely play for each other. They are excited and enthusiastic about what they are doing. It was awesome watching them fly around Thursday night. What more could we ask of our students? Get better, have servant's hearts, and bring enthusiasm to what you do. Keep up the good work Coach J, Coach Blackburn, and the Freshmen Reds!
I'll leave you with this Thomas Edison quote. Have a great week!
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