Wendy Tate

Calling all rising 9th grade and new students!!! OLHS New Student Orientation is on August 16th. 🐬✨

@pink @BSTHydePark Pink! In London Amazing show

“Become what you want to see in the world and it will be so. If you want an amazing relationship with your partner, be an amazing partner. If you want people to be thoughtful and kind, be thoughtful and kind. Small changes in your actions change your entire world.” Shane Parrish

We've always had SEL in schools. It was called recess, play, & classes like Music, Art, Physical Education.But they have been taken away or reduced to spend more time on testing, & then we wonder why students lack social/ emotional skills & misbehavior that comes with lack of it.

Today kicks off Autism Awareness Month! Wear blue all month and help spread awareness and acceptance for ASD. 💙💙

Our OLHS SCA will host a Craft Fair & Thrift Pop-Up on Saturday, April 1st (no fool in’!!) in our school cafeteria! Join us! Food trucks, artwork, bargains on clothing … AND MORE!! 🐬🐬💛💙

A good reminder!

The AHA encourages testimony at the Virginia Board of Education Feb. 2 hearing and to submit comments in support of draft standards developed by the AHA, @theVaSSLC, & @VASCD. Read the action alert we shared with our VA members, and learn how you can help. historians.org/news-and-advoc…

Word Ladder Wednesday! Celebrate “Ground Hog Day” (2.2.23) with this word ladder! @ILAToday @ascd @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league @IMSEOG @ncte @OCTELA @OhioPrincipals

"You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain." ~Tom Hiddleston

Word Ladder Wednesday! Here's a Word Ladder that focuses on some inspirational words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” @ILAToday @ascd @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league

Big announcement— @Yale's FREE new happiness course for teenagers is finally here! The Science of Well-being for Teens is a 6-wk course on @coursera designed to give teens science-based strategies for reducing stress/feeling happier. Please RT & share: coursera.org/learn/the-scie…

It’s Friday. Let’s share some smiles. 😀Brain research shows when you smile at students it builds trust and decreases anxiety. Feel free to reply with a smile of your own. #Smile #Teachers #Education #itstheweekend #BuildingBridges #StudentEngagement #teacherstudent

@SteffSchoolCoun Yes!! You are amazing 🤩

😭😭😭 is this real life??!

Word Ladder Wednesday In anticipation of Hanukkah (December 18-26), here's a word ladder that you can use to start discussion with students of this important Jewish feast. Learn more and build knowledge of Hanukkah at kids.nationalgeographic.com/celebrations/a… @ILAToday @reading_league

Morphology Monday! DEC = 10 If the "Dec" word root means 10, why is December the 12th month of the year? See below. @ILAToday @ascd @ncte @DyslexiaIDA @reading_league @readingrockets

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To improve your writing, read more. To improve your thinking, write more. To improve your storytelling, present more. To improve your energy, rest more. To improve your understanding, teach more. To improve your network, give more. To improve your happiness, appreciate more.

Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories. —Professor Richard Feynman

The Japanese practice of 'forest bathing' is scientifically proven to improve your health.