At any moment, the sun emits about 3.86 x 1026 watts of energy. So add 24 zeros to the end of that number, and you'll get an idea of how unimaginably large an amount of energy that is! Most of that energy goes off into space, but about 1.74 x 1017 watts strikes the earth.
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We had close to that much 'positive energy' in Pineview Elementary for the all faculty meeting last week. Our staff is excited, thoroughly prepared, and ready to roll-up their sleeves for this upcoming school year.
Elementary teachers put a great deal of time and energy into preparing for the upcoming school year, here is a bit of insight:
- They obsess over what the classroom should look like. (Every detail is important to ensure the students are in a rich learning environment.)
- They are meticulous about the lesson designs they create so to reach every child.
- They create unique team building activities to build positive nurturing relationships with their students.
- They develop numerous ways to assess their students so they can monitor their individual growth and reinforce, or enrich the learning.
Our staff is continually looking at ways students can be active learners: working, manipulating, correcting, hypothesizing, analyzing, etc. new material.
It will be another wonderful year for our staff and students at Pineview Elementary. I am excited to see the smiles on all the faces and the positive energy that is filling our building.
Mr. Beyer
Pineview Elementary Principal
