2018.3.11
“Outtakes”. A snippet of thoughts to kick off this blog post:
Not unexpectedly in our area of the country this time of year, we had some weather-related disruptions to our normally scheduled week last week.
What I am looking forward to putting into practice, or continuing:
Hopefully, a more normal schedule. And, continuing work with the BeWell Expo sub-committee (more on this in a future blog).
Quote(s) that resonated with me this week:
Practice the pause. Pause before judging. Pause before assuming. Pause before accusing. Pause whenever you’re about to react harshly and you’ll avoid doing and saying things you’ll later regret.
~ Lori Deschene
Each week I pick a topic or two to consider reflecting on when I sit down to write my blog each Sunday. I typically take pictures, jot down notes, and put some thoughts together throughout the course of the week. This week was a little different, which I can sum up in three words: New England weather. My first choice of topic was going to be a reflection on #EdCampSWCT 2018 which was scheduled for Saturday (3/10). That was canceled. Next, the NGSX Science training workshop that myself and some NCPS colleagues attended last week. We only made it through one of the two scheduled days. Even the snow day makeup date was canceled. The opening of the “Through Our Eyes” Art Show? Postponed. You get the idea…
For those who may be reading this outside Connecticut, or New England, we experienced another Nor’Easter that left us with close to 20” of heavy snow resulting in downed trees and power lines. This caused a huge amount of road closures and power outages across our region. As always, our terrific maintenance staff had our buildings ready to go, but access to the schools was just not safe, or even possible in many cases and students were out of school for three days.
So, this will be a short post this week with a few pictures below to capture some of the happenings over the course of this snowy week.
In case you are interested in checking out more details of the above-listed events, please feel free to do so here:
https://edcampswct.com/
https://ctsciencecenter.org/education/mandell/ngsx-info/
https://ncadvertiser.com/118133/through-our-eyes-school-art-on-exhibit-at-carriage-barn/
Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog. Have a great week!
Tags: Snow day, NGSX, family, Safe Driving Week, Through Our Eyes Art Show, @APBedard81
Please feel free to contact or follow me:
Twitter: @DavidGusitsch
Blog: https://davidgusitsch.blogspot.com/
Email: david.gusitsch@ncps-k12.org
Here are a few pictures from this past week:
The CT Science Center is an impressive space. I would have loved to spend an entire day there exploring:
Learning about NGSS and science phenomena with the egg in the jar experiment:
Saxe MS AP Steve Bedard and me checking out an infrared camera during the lunch break:
My little guy Nicholas giving me a depth update on Wednesday evening. We were at about 13” at that point:
Following the storm, we got a nice family “snow hike” in on Thursday at our favorite park down the road from us, Huntington State Park:
As mentioned above, our terrific maintenance staff were back to business right away. Stan and Gary are preparing for the Safe Driving Week events at NCHS:
A look from the 3rd floor over the front of the building on Friday:
An unlucky road sign from the trip home on Friday shows how much of an impact this storm had:
Each week I pick a topic or two to consider reflecting on when I sit down to write my blog each Sunday. I typically take pictures, jot down notes, and put some thoughts together throughout the course of the week. This week was a little different, which I can sum up in three words: New England weather. My first choice of topic was going to be a reflection on #EdCampSWCT 2018 which was scheduled for Saturday (3/10). That was canceled. Next, the NGSX Science training workshop that myself and some NCPS colleagues attended last week. We only made it through one of the two scheduled days. Even the snow day makeup date was canceled. The opening of the “Through Our Eyes” Art Show? Postponed. You get the idea…
For those who may be reading this outside Connecticut, or New England, we experienced another Nor’Easter that left us with close to 20” of heavy snow resulting in downed trees and power lines. This caused a huge amount of road closures and power outages across our region. As always, our terrific maintenance staff had our buildings ready to go, but access to the schools was just not safe, or even possible in many cases and students were out of school for three days.
So, this will be a short post this week with a few pictures below to capture some of the happenings over the course of this snowy week.
In case you are interested in checking out more details of the above-listed events, please feel free to do so here:
https://edcampswct.com/
https://ctsciencecenter.org/education/mandell/ngsx-info/
https://ncadvertiser.com/118133/through-our-eyes-school-art-on-exhibit-at-carriage-barn/
Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog. Have a great week!
Tags: Snow day, NGSX, family, Safe Driving Week, Through Our Eyes Art Show, @APBedard81
Please feel free to contact or follow me:
Twitter: @DavidGusitsch
Blog: https://davidgusitsch.blogspot.com/
Email: david.gusitsch@ncps-k12.org
Here are a few pictures from this past week:
The CT Science Center is an impressive space. I would have loved to spend an entire day there exploring:
Learning about NGSS and science phenomena with the egg in the jar experiment:
Saxe MS AP Steve Bedard and me checking out an infrared camera during the lunch break:
My little guy Nicholas giving me a depth update on Wednesday evening. We were at about 13” at that point:
Following the storm, we got a nice family “snow hike” in on Thursday at our favorite park down the road from us, Huntington State Park:
As mentioned above, our terrific maintenance staff were back to business right away. Stan and Gary are preparing for the Safe Driving Week events at NCHS:
A look from the 3rd floor over the front of the building on Friday:
An unlucky road sign from the trip home on Friday shows how much of an impact this storm had:
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