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ELA Tag Team for Hollis Middle School

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Ya’ll, I gotta brag on these two RockStar Teachers here.

Traveling this great state, I have met hundreds of passionate teachers. But let me introduce you to Karla Kirby Webb and Bill Flesher. They are a solid ELA tag team for Hollis Middle School. If you don’t know where Hollis is, picture me waking up at 3am getting excited to see my favorite pair of Educators at 8 in the morning. It’s a long drive, but oh so worth it.

Mrs. Webb and Mr. Flesher are so engaged with their students. They have true grit and compassion. Their roles as teenage mind molders is not easy, but these two do it with so much pride and exuberance that I just wish I could bless every middle school with a Webb and Flesher clone pair.

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Karla Webb: World Changer

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Teachers are world changers!

From Karla Webb, Hollis Middle School 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Teacher:

"I love the "aha" moments in my middle school classroom, that moment when something "clicks".

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Teachers Getting Pay Raise

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How we all feel at Alpha Plus when we find out our teacher friends are getting a pay raise!

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Testing Window Plan

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Seems like the plan to open state testing windows on Apr. 20 every year (as it was once upon a time. ...) is a good one adopted by the State Board of Education today. But, I'm sure some schools will have to revise their academic calendars for 2019-20. ... What do you think?

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CCOSA Summer Conference

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We had our annual pre-CCOSA Summer Conference meeting tonight w/members of our Advisory Bd - including school leaders at 2 Nat'l Blue Ribbon Schools - to evaluate 2018-19 & plan for 2019-20. Attached is a list.

Curious why schools use our tools for continuous improvement? Ask Supt. Rick & Princ. Dana Beene of Achille (HS = five consecutive A grades) & other school leaders on our panel tomorrow, 6/5, 1:30 pm, Crimson Rm., Embassy Suites, Norman. Hope to see you there! - WSP

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