In the new Special Education swing...the SwRing.             School Spelling Bee.

Mr. Norman is back for his second year as principal at J. Russell Elementary.  For 2 years he was assistant principal at Moscow High School.  Last year he took over the helm of J. Russell.  Before coming to Moscow in August of 2007, Mr. Norman was a middle school principal for 3 years in Florence, Montana.  He has a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Montana, Missoula.  He is excited for this new year.

from Palmer’s book The Courage to Teach (1998, p. 11):

Good teachers possess a capacity for connectedness. They are able to weave a complex web of connections among themselves, their subjects, and their students so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves.  The methods used by these weavers vary widely:  lectures, Socratic dialogues, laboratory experiments, collaborative problem solving, creative chaos.  The connections made by good teachers are held not in their methods but in their hearts – meaning heart in its ancient sense, as the place where intellect and emotion and spirit and will converge in the human self.

At Christmas time with Student Council President Halley Paul

The school market...buying a ricecrispy treat with RamBucks.