Yet...so much power in one word. It brings to mind the notion that something is not finished...an action yet to be completed. Teamwork! A good friend of mine...a mentor, who happens to also be my principal, Bethany Hill, recently posed the question on Twitter... "What if we viewed barriers and obstacles as opportunities?" My mind immediately went to the amazing obstacle course that our PE teacher currently had set up in our gymnasium. I was visualizing my little first graders' eyes as they walked into the gym and saw this colorful array of obstacles. Their eyes lit up with excitement, some of them literally jumped up and down with pure glee at the challenge before them. Next, I thought of how they intentionally took the challenge and began to problem solve how they were going to maneuver through the course. They didn't know how they were going to do it yet...but they were determined to figure it out. Not one child said, "I can&#
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