A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2013

My vision is for every high school around the country to have its own native mobile app. As many of you know, here at New Milford High School we have been at the forefront of adopting social media and the latest technologies to improve the way we run our educational and extra-curricular programs.

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MARCH 21, 2013

This conference is one of my must attend events of the year and I use it as an opportunity to develop new presentations based on my leadership experiences at New Milford High School. Change Leadership New Milford High School Opinion systems thinking'

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 15, 2013

Students that participate in this experience travel to Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic as they learn firsthand about one of the most traumatic events in human history. The trip involved twelve NMHS students, two students from Midland Park High School (NJ), and nine students from Bishop O’Dowd High School (CA).

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ED Surge

MAY 14, 2024

That’s a question long faced by high school students. These shifting attitudes were evident in March at Central High School here, at a daylong event dubbed the “ Opportunity Fair. I don't know if I'm going to go to college right after I get out of high school,” said one junior. PAUL, Minn.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Google Calendar : Create multiple calendars in order to easily share events with staff and sync to your mobile phones built-in calendar. Subscribe to websites via RSS feeds, customize to your learning needs/goals, create you own unique educational current events library, and share websites quickly with your staff. Learn more here.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Just like with learning, it's a process, not an event. During my first couple of years as an administrator, I taught a section of high school biology. When it comes to leadership, there is no one right way or quick fix. Herein is why I stated the following in Disruptive Thinking : Chase growth, not perfection.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2014

Image credit: ww.aditif.com In fact, in an effort to celebrate much of this work and continue to build our collective learning capacity, we are hosting Long Island Connected Educators'' Conference on April 5th - an event that has attracted over 160 participants ambitious to connect, share and learn together. Today was different.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2015

This past April I was fortunate enough to have been asked to speak at the Moanalua High School Professional Development Conference in Honolulu, HI. It was an incredible opportunity to get back to Hawaii for a professional event as opposed to a vacation. Talk about making a commitment to grow and get better!

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

First year New Milford High School teacher Mrs. Westbrook has been tackling the Common Core in an engaging and innovative fashion. In the interview, the author presents a complex argument that links the events in the play to events in modern society.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As a result, there’s a significant gap between students’ soft skill attainment as they leave high school and what’s needed to be successful in the workforce and as happy contributors to society. These events repeat several times a year across different organizations.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Students who graduated from high school last year but deferred college because of the pandemic are at grave risk of never going at all. Enrollment for low-income high school grads dropped 29 percent from fall 2019 to fall 2020, compared with a 17 percent decline for students from more affluent families.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 9, 2017

A hallmark of great leadership is creating the conditions to arrive at consensus when major decisions will impact the entire school or district. As change is a process, not an event, discussions, feedback, and reflection can and should take time in order to make the best decision possible.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 5, 2015

As a former high school principal I was really intrigued by the concept. InvolvEdu is free web and mobile app for high school and university students that allows them to get credit for what they do outside of class. Students are able to find events that they’re interested in and rsvp straight from their phones.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 27, 2013

In this piece he describes what he saw at New Milford High School during his visit while the students were present the Friday before the Edscape Conference. There have been a thousand stories about the journey of New Milford High School toward being a connected school.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 8, 2020

Thank you, Jeff Silva-Brown , for sharing how Ukiah High School in California has been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I am especially appreciative that you shared about the social-emotional supports that Ukiah High is trying to provide to students and families. Episode 013 is below.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Spokane Public Schools issued a new districtwide policy that bans the use of smartphones or smartwatches in classrooms during instructional time. And at least four states — Indiana, Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida — have enacted statewide bans limiting school smartphone access.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2020

This year’s high school seniors have lost out on prom, graduations and other highly anticipated events. In recent weeks, Willen has been speaking with seniors and their families to learn more about their decision-making process while keeping a close eye on the schools rapidly changing responses.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 19, 2018

Growing up as a child I played numerous sports recreationally and in high school. Upon entering high school I was not the best athlete by any means, but football was one sport where I excelled more than others, and this led to some time playing in college.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 6, 2020

Thank you, Jeff Palladino , for sharing how Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School in the Bronx, New York is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about the challenges of implementing robust, student-driven, inquiry-based learning during this time.Your school is a special place.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2014

Towards the end of March and throughout April, Mrs. Moutafis'' Science & Society class at New Milford High School studied Space Exploration. educational technology mobile learning mobile learning devices New Milford High School science'

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TeachThought

AUGUST 1, 2024

10 Team-Building Games For The First Day Of School by TeachThought Staff Team-building activities are great–especially for the first day of school or early in the school year, Not only can they help establish routines, tone, and expectations, they’re also fun, and can help learners feel comfortable.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 9, 2015

The company was a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) app building company, where schools, like the one I used to be Principal of at New Milford High School in NJ, could build their very own app. I n a nutshell, they have helped to virtualize the school environment inside and outside the halls.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

Theyre part of Samsungs Solve for Tomorrow tech competition for public middle and high school students, and winning means big prize money for their schools to purchase more tech tools. You look at the results and say, That doesn't even match up with reality of what I know about this historical event, Just says.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2020

Thank you, Shameka Gerald , for sharing how Heritage High School in Newport News, Virginia is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of 10- to 15-minute check-ins with educators all over. Episode 028 is below.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2023

For various reasons, educators are enamored by the keynoting circuit, facilitating presentations at both national and international events, and coaching in school systems. It can also be stated emphatically that I was not looking to leave New Milford High School or was forced out.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 24, 2014

Video – Creating a YouTube channel or Vine account for your classroom and/or school allows you to capture your story with more detail. Tools like Ustream allow you to share live events such as concerts, athletic contests, art shows, etc. Facebook – This social media tool really become our storytelling hub at New Milford High School.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

History in elementary and middle school; also require at least one year of U.S. History and one semester of civics in high school. Put more emphasis on writing, argumentation, problem analysis, and making connections between core content and current events. Provide detailed guidance in both subject areas.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 27, 2020

Thank you, Dan McDowell , for sharing how the Grossmont Union High School District in California is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over. Episode 022 is below.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2025

It also brings math professors, educators and enthusiasts to meet program participants through Pi Day events; I attended one such event in 2023 when I produced a podcast episode about the program, and the organization paid for my travel and accommodations.) Sherry Smith understands that kind of anxiety.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Principals can use Twitter to easily and quickly communicate the following information: School events (concerts, art shows, Back to School Night) Meetings (PTO, PTA, Athletic Boosters) School closings Live athletic scores, updates, and final results Student honors Teacher innovations Emergency information News At New Milford High School I have created (..)

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Census data shows that about 26 percent of Americans have only a high school diploma, 36 percent have earned a bachelors degree or higher and 10 percent have not finished high school. Nationally, there were 36.8 Adults with some college make up about 28 percent of the American population.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 9, 2013

After thirteen years of teaching high school and middle school language arts, the idea of having to mark those papers with notations like “run-on” and “fragment” ad nauseam drove me to seek a different solution. For instance, some excerpts, For composing (A): A1 __ I can have my story unfold as a series of clear events.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2014

As many people know I stepped down as Principal at New Milford High School this past July and my last day will be on September 3. During my tenure I not only worked to improve every facet of the school, but I also became a connected educator in 2009. Some are more meaningful than others.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

As Tom Murray and I highlighted in Learning Transformed , this research has been taken to heart by schools across the world as they have transformed learning while improving results in the process. As we began progressing through our digital transformation at New Milford High School, technology became a vital component of performance tasks.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The requirements for the exhibition included the following: Develop an escalating timeline of events that demonstrate the step by step process by which the particular sub group was marginalized. Collaboration Colleen Tambuscio Common Core Joanna Westbrook Lisette Morel literacy New Milford High School'

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As a public high school teacher in a state and district with a teachers union, my contract entitles me to a duty-free lunch. Many teachers dont necessarily see their students outside the confines of their class often, but high school is about way more than class time.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

For starters, I have now been going on four years since transitioning from high school principal to Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). As educators lust for knowledge, parents and other stakeholders desire more information about schools and how the needs of learners are being met.

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