The Cardinal Way

One of the great aspects of the show Ted Lasso is watching the characters come around to deal with their emotions and past life problems. For numerous characters, once they can acknowledge their emotions and the implications of those emotions on their lives, they can finally move forward and feel a new freedom.

This reminds me of a quote from Brene Brown: "Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness."

As we move through this school year, we need to acknowledge the past, the stress, and the emotional toll of the past few years. It happened, and it did impact us -- all of us.

How we deal with this strain is what matters going forward. I shared this image on opening day:

No one in this building expects you to be perfect. So, we need to stop placing this expectation on ourselves. We expect people to show up and give what they can to support our school, our culture, and our students. Your best is your best on any given day.

The only thing worse than being sad is being sad and alone. You are not alone, we are in this together, and we will be successful as a united front.

Be a Cardinal; Change Lives; Put a Mission into Motion

Thank you to:

• the Booster Club to hosting the pep session and tailgate today.
• our Club Sponsors for spending time after school with our students!

Week 4: Grateful Friday Challenge

Are you ready for some Football? It’s time! Tonight is a big night in the school year -- tonight is the kick-off of our own version of Friday Night Lights. Since we start school so early, it seems like today has taken a long time to get here. In the epically famous TV show (Friday Night Lights), good old Coach Taylor had some great advice for his players from week to week; you might remember or have heard of some of his most popular thoughts.

Most of us have had a coach or a teacher who has brought out the best in us, who has pushed us in ways that helped us to better ourselves and made us want to be a coach or mentor for someone else too.

We have so many students who are walking the halls, sitting in our classes today, and participating in representing our school and our community- and their seasons have recently kicked off this past week or so- or as in football and cheerleading, starting tonight.

Our kids (and coaches) work hard in practice to put forth the best version of themselves at game time. Do you know who these kids are? Their sport? Position? Number? What instrument do they play in the marching band?

Today’s #SHSGFC is to try and find a minute here or there to ask about and recognize those students who represent us all outside the classroom. Take a moment to ask about their seasons so far, if you need ideas of what you are looking for; we have: Volleyball, Girls Golf, Boys Tennis, Boys and Girls Cross Country, Cheerleading, Football, Boys and Girls Soccer… and of course, we should also include, the Booster Club, Cardinal Dance Team, the CyberCards Robotics Team, and Marching Band all working hard this season! Let’s ensure they know that we support and are proud of them.

It would also be great if you have time to track down some of your colleagues who are leading these students as coaches, directors, or mentors to wish them luck, ask how things are going, and just give some support!

Good luck to all the Cardinal players and coaches taking to the fields and courts this weekend and in the upcoming week!

With banners flying as we go…

Mr. McBurney is teaching a new class this school year. SHS students now have the opportunity to take guitar as a music elective. Mr. McBurney has two sections of the guitar class this year. Students are working on their introductory guitar skills and will have chances to participate in recitals or during our music concerts throughout the school year.

Mr. Coffman's Algebra I students spend time reviewing and overviewing important algebra concepts each week. In a low stakes assignment, students weekly go over, make comparisons, and test their working memory on these concepts. After completing this practice, students have an opportunity to work through Kahn Academy assignments to work on specific skills where they are struggling or need additional review.

Mr. Armbuster started at SHS this week. In his AP Human Geography class, they examine globalization's outcomes in our society. The students also discussed the uneven development of nations depending on their relation to core areas and periphery areas of the world. Students learned how spatial awareness of the world around them impacts these concepts and ideas.

In class, Mr. Sander's Econ students were part of the Southport Paper Shape Company. Students ran through six different trails where one employee in the group found how many squares or circles they could cut out in a minute. The numbers for each trail were recorded. The students then used trend data from this simulation to discuss concepts around scarcity, opportunity cost, unemployment, and economic growth.

Mr. Davis's Chemistry students are learning the principles of measurement. Students ran through different trials, using different apparatus to make various measurements. Students determine the accuracy of the measurement in relation to the real measurement. The students then used this data to determine the percent error in the calculations before completing some post-lab questions about their process and learning.

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