The Cardinal Way

Enjoy this message from Kobe Bryant about how his discipline and work on the fundamentals helped him achieve his goal. I think professionally, we can all learn from what Kobe did to become great.

We can study "the game" (whatever that is defined as for you) and use the world as our library to learn and grow. We can focus on our strengths and weaknesses, and create a menu of how to get better. We can choose to view losing as exciting because we now have ways to get better, and we can be brave enough to face where we need to improve.

I hope you get inspired watching this as much as I did.

The long stretch of February has passed and we are two short weeks away from Spring Break, but don't stop pushing, stretching, inspiring and teaching your students. As one of Kobe Bryant's teachers said, "rest at the end, not in the middle." Our opportunity to reach our students is short so it's not time to rest yet - now is the time to continue connecting, mentoring, and inspiring.

According to Kobe, "The definition of greatness is to inspire the people sitting next to you." Let's go and be great today - for yourself, your students, your collegues, and your family.

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Being a teacher is not just a profession or WHAT you do - it's a calling that requires passion, dedication, empathy, and a commitment to making a positive impace on the lives of others. So the next time someone asks you what do you do, please tell them truth and don't sell yourselves short.

Thank you for all that you do for our students, staff, community, and each other!

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• The admin team for doing a great job running the building and supporting teachers and students while I was gone for 3 days last week at a conference.
• Amy Honeycutt for your work launching and running the Cardinal Brew program.
• Jody Egan for her assistance with completing the paperwork for the WIDA Alt Access tests & organizing support for a student who has severe health concerns.
• Lauren Davis for sending passes for the juniors who still had to complete the SAT exam setup.
• Brooke Wingert for meeting with the juniors who still needed exam setup and ensuring they are ready to test on Wednesday.
• Joe Horvath for all of his work and the countless hours he spent organizing and running the NAEP test this past week and the SAT coming up this week.

I want to send a special thank you to Alicia and Vivian for all of the time and energy they spend putting together the treats and special programs for staff. They are always able to take any crazy idea I have and bring it to fruition. Thank you both for being amazing!

Congratulations to Aiden Quinlin for being recognized as the IndyStar Student of the Week. He is the first SHS student to win, and it is very well-deserved. Thank you also to our school counselors for nominating a student each week.

The National Speech & Debate Association recognizes students through points and degrees in teh NSDA Honor Society. Each new degree represents hours of learning, practice, and improvement by the students because of the work of our coaches - Sara Berghoff and Davis Luers.

The following degrees were earned at SHS from 02/01 - 02/29:

Congratulations to the SHS February Students of the Month and thank you to all staff members who take the time to recognize our students!

Art - Jonathan Martin

Business - Jasmine Chau

English - Liliana Patton

FACS - Javion Lewis

Main Office - Marice Stanovic

Math - Sophia Richason

PE - Carter Hartman

Science - Willow Treeter

Social Studies - Ben Munoz

Student Services - Luke Jordan

Congratulations to Mrs. Jacki Richardson and the show choir groups for earning gold. The Ladies First earned gold at the show choir contest and the Permium Blend earned gold at the jazz contest.

Congratulations to Mr. Thomas Wright and the Jazz Orchestra on earning Gold!

"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition."

- Abraham Lincoln

Mr. Magbanua's double block Algebra 1 class was learning how to factor. During the lesson, the class worked on identiying factors so they could determine how to factor trinomials. The class practiced a variety of problems together before reflecting on their level of understanding.

Ms. Lyons' was recently nominated by a student for America's Greatest Teacher award. Congratulations for being nominated and good luck throughout the contest.

Voting begins on March 25th. Click here to vote.

SHS hosted Perry Township's Leadership Academy participants. The community members met in the Cardinal's Nest and rotated to various presenters sharing topics about the Secondary Educator opportunities in Perry Tonwship. The topics and presenters were:

Athletics: Emily Steinmetz and Nick Stevens
Fine Arts: Kris Brennan
Alternative Education: Joe Shelburn and Tim Lovejoy
CTE, C9, and work-based learning: Amy Boone
Early College and AP: Kert Boedicker

Graduation Pathways: Brian Knight

The DOE was highlighting the locally created pathways for graduation pathways and SHS was asked to present about the Perry Township pathway (Connecting English Learners to Successful Employment) during a webinar.

Would you rather....:

Have chocolate ice cream, OR - 50%

Vanilla ice cream? - 50%

Even split on that one!

Website: https://www.perryschools.org/sh/
Location: 971 East Banta Road, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone: 317-789-4800
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