To Teresa and Danny: Thank you for hauling our backpacks out from our classroom 2 weeks ago when we had that bizarre Friday afternoon fire drill! I appreciate you guys!

From: Megan

To Cynthia T: Thanks for being understanding about me jumping back and forth between firs grade classes! You have gotten to the point where you can finish my sentences when I disappear!!! So amazing!

From: Megan

To First Grade Support Team: No evacuations this week!!! That is progress for sure J

From: Megan

To Anisa: Thanks for letting me be the worst co-pilot ever when carpooling to Lead Retreat!

From: Megan

To Juan and Hugo: Thank you so much for completely taking ownership of our Friday incident! It made my life soooo much easier when you guys helped sort out the situation, contacted parents, etc. You guys rock!

From: Megan

To: Lead Team: Thank you for your reflections and willingness to be open and vulnerable at our retreat this week. You all make being a Falcon such a joy!

From: Rachel

To: Meghan and Nalli: Thank you for all you do to support our students-- from small group testing, to pulling small groups, to covering classrooms and supporting teachers. You are an incredible team and I truly appreciate you two!

From: Rachel

To: Marisol, Jessica, Sandra, Anel, and Rachelle, I am so excited to coach GOTR with you ladies! This is going to be a great season and I can't wait to see the impact on our girls!

From: Rachel

To: Abi, Juan, Hugo, and Mario,

Thank you for your responsiveness to the needs of our students. I appreciate how you approach our students and build relationships with them. Thank you for everything you do for our kiddos!

From: Rachel

To: Anel,

Thank you for everything you've taken on. I appreciate the hard work and the hours you put into our school, our team, and our scholars.

From: Rachel

To: Christian, Rachelle, and Bridgette,

Thank you for your patience and flexibility with the OLSAT this week! I know it took a lot out of your day and I truly appreciate how calm and patient you were!

From: Rachel

To Sarah, Tammy, Michelle, Anisa, Miriam:

Thank you all for contributing so much to improving services/support for our kiddo during the IEP meeting we held this week. You all truly embody TEAMWORK and I’m so blessed to be part of this team :)

From: Viviana

To Esmi: Thank you for attending an IEP meeting as admin designee. Really appreciate your time and input during this meeting!

From: Viviana

To Seenaa: I can literally thank you every day for always pushing me to grow in my practices. You’re such a great teammate!

From: Viviana

To Cameron: Thank you for always answering questions with an open mind and for sharing your great knowledge with me. Truly appreciate you dude!

From: Viviana

To Reggie: Thank you for taking care of our kiddo’s desk. I really appreciate your time in helping set up an appropriate learning environment.

From: Viviana

To Lead Team: It was great to spend a day learning about ways that we can grow. Greatly appreciate all of our conversations. Let’s keep going to ensure that ALL of our students are being served in ways they need and deserve.

From: Viviana

To Anel and Rachel: So grateful for all you did to set up a great lead retreat and for all you do on a daily basis. You two are greatly appreciated!

From: Viviana

To Miriam, Jezabel, and Cynthia: Absolutely appreciate and love the collaborative mindset and effort you all display on a regular basis. Excited to see what else we will do to support all our kiddos.

From: Viviana

To Lead Team: I appreciate everyone’s openness and vulnerability during our Lead Retreat! We have the right team to take our school to the next level!

From: Anel

To Esmi: Thank you for being admin designee for two days! Your support was so helpful!

From: Anel

To Mario and Campus Monitors: Thank you for being such a great support for our school. You are very much appreciated!!

From: Anel

To Rachel:

You have brought so much JOY to Firestone! Thank you for being you and for bringing cool things such as Girls on the Run to our site. :)

From: Anel

To Joyce and Alex: Thanks for making copies, printing plans, and generally being awesome while I was away!

From: Kathy

To Anel, Rachel, Mario, and Abigail: Thank you for stepping in and making sure my class was still running smoothly in my absence.

From: Kathy

To Danny: Thank you for shuffling Jericho back and forth.

From: Kathy

To Shannoya, Rachelle, Laura, Viviana, Anisa, Megan, Rachel and Anel: I really enjoyed our conversations around equity and discourse II. You all inspire me to be more and do better!

From: Kathy

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