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Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast

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8:21

Week 8: Delving Deeper into Stories Hidden in Data

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/10/06

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have done this week to help us reach our district targets and work toward your professional goals, as well. As we wrap up another exciting week of exploration and discovery, our journey through the world of data has been nothing short of enlightening. Week 8 and the weeks to follow will be all about peeling back the layers and looking beyond the surface to reveal the intricate narratives and valuable insights concealed within the data we have. Making Sense of the

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8:34

Week 7: The Score Is In: A Look at Our State and...

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/29

Happy Friday!As we wrap up Week 7 and our first 31 days of the school year, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for everyone's tireless efforts in fulfilling our district's mission. Teachers, staff, and administrators are going above and beyond to meet our district’s performance targets and create an effective learning environment. This week, we have reached a significant milestone with the release of our state-issued school report card, a valuable tool for assessing our strengths and areas for

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7:27

Week 6: Don't Just Hope, Know

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/22

Happy Friday!Thank you for all the effort put into Week 6! It has been a productive week here at Mena Public Schools as our District Targets are beginning to come to light and building plans are being implemented. Our Walkthrough data is becoming very informative to us as to the teaching that is happening throughout the district. This information is helpful to all of us because if we know where we are going and we stay on the right path, we will reach our destination. In this week’s Wrap-up, I want

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7:03

Week 5: The Unsung Heroes: Remembering 9/11 and...

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/15

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have endured this week to accomplish the mission of our school district! We are already a month into this school year and our pace and rhythm are starting to set in. Across our school district, teachers, staff, and administrators are putting in tireless hours and immense effort to create a nurturing and effective learning environment for our students. Our community recognizes and deeply appreciates this dedication, understanding that it takes a collective effort to

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9:00

Week 4: Clearing the Path for 23-24

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/08

Happy Friday!Thank you for all that you did this week to further establish a good tone and high expectations for the new school year. The back-to-school issues of the past do not seem to be as prominent this year, but I do not want to take anything for granted so, please, take a little time to give us some feedback on the start of school. We will be asking our community the same question in a different Thought Exchange to compare your thoughts to theirs. In this week’s Wrap-up, I will tell you about

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6:55

Week 3: Setting Goals Isn't as Simple as it Sounds

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/09/01

Happy Friday!Thank you for all of your efforts this week. I hope that your routines are starting to be settled and that your students are getting back into the learning mode. We have had a good week at Mena Public Schools. Just as noted in last week’s Wrap-up, the district leadership PLC has met and is working toward establishing our district goals for the year. We are also planning this year’s budget. In this Wrap-up, I will provide some insight and information related to both of these tasks and

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6:07

Week 2: Learning About LEARNS, ATLAS, and Accountability

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/08/25

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you did this week to successfully complete the first full week of our new school year. Getting through the first full week is tough enough without the added heat wave but we have dealt with it patiently and will be getting some much-needed relief from the weather next week. In this week’s Wrap-up, I want to share some insights gained from Mrs. Buckley’s first LEARNS workgroup meeting for school accountability and provide other tidbits that may be of interest to you.A

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3:22

Week 1: A Good Start

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/08/18

Happy Friday!Thank you for all of the hard work and effort in the days leading up to last Wednesday and our students’ first day of school for the 23-24 school year! These first three days have been rather smooth with only minor issues that were easily resolved or are being resolved. This speaks to the foresight each of you used to prepare to begin school with our students as your focus.This Wrap-up will be short as I only have a few things to update you on. Our Academic GoalsThe building principals

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5:23

Week 35: Finishing The School Year

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/05/19

Happy Friday!This is the last Friday of the school year and the last Wrap-up, too. Tomorrow will be graduation day for the class of 2023 and our culminating event to put our product into the marketplaces of the world. Although much of the fanfare takes place at the high school, each one of you who taught these graduates from Pre-K to twelfth grade, had the academic and social influence that it took to get them to this stage of life. Not only the teachers but also the paraprofessionals, food service

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7:16

Week 34: Teacher Appreciation Week

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/05/12

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you did this week! In case you missed it in our District Updates done by Ms. Albin’s journalism students, here is a message to teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. Our Facebook has been full of posts about the appreciation shown to you all by our community partners and parents. It has been a really good week of appreciation, reflection, and planning to bring us to the final full week of school next week, along with the anticipation of summer and a new school year

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9:10

Week 33: The Hay is in the Barn But Our Work Continues

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/05/05

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have done this week! All of the efforts we have put into our students have been recorded in the ACT Aspire testing portal. Testing our students satisfies what the state asks of us as far as our accountability to it, but we are still accountable to ourselves and this community for using our time and resources in the most effective ways to make sure our students (their children) are successful. The trending of our District Goals is about the same; however, I can tell

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5:21

Week 32: We Have MAYed It

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/04/28

Happy Friday!Besides the ending of April and the last full month of the 2022-2023 school year, this week also brought us closer to the end of our ACT Aspire testing window. The hay is nearly in the barn, as they say, and we will see how much impact we made on our students this year sometime in late June or early July. Thank you for all of the work you did leading up to this testing time and please continue to concentrate on this year’s District Goals using every bit of the time we have to ensure our

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5:36

Week 31: Showing Appreciation

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/04/21

Happy Friday!This has been a very busy week for all of us with a lot of good news and results in all that has happened. Thank you for all of the progress you have made toward our district goals! I was happy to report to the School Board on Tuesday that 73 percent of our students are ‘on-level’ according to our methods of determination. This is a great testament to the work being done in all of the buildings and we should be proud of that feat. Yet, we still have work to do for those students who are

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6:54

Week 30: Things Coming To Light

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/04/14

Happy Friday!This is been a very busy week here at Mena Public Schools. Thank you all for all that you have done this week. Our goals are important, but to Wrap-up this week the primary thanks go out to everyone who is giving our students opportunities through numerous activities that took place.In this Wrap-up I will rehash information from the meetings that took place at each building this week and follow up with all the things we are doing that make learning fun and meaningful.SalariesThanks to

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7:13

Week 29: The End of the 94th General Assembly

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/04/06

Happy Thursday!We have a short week and a long weekend due to Good Friday. I hope you have had a good week despite the sadness that came from the loss of one of our students. Amanda Tolbert’s funeral was today. Despite the somber mood, it was very good to see many of our school staff attending to offer support and condolences to the family. Many staff members have poured their time, energy, and emotion into that situation, and the district thanks them for that effort. Even though we are suffering

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8:29

Week 28: A Busy Week With More To Come

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/03/31

Happy Friday!I hope all of you had an enjoyable Spring Break. Whether you traveled or camped or just stayed at home to catch up on chores, I hope there was enough time to rejuvenate and prepare for the final stretch of this school year.Thank you for all you did in this returning week to help us reach our district goals. This data is not updated all the way to week 27 yet but it will be early next week. This week’s Wrap-up will contain information from the events of the week, including the things

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3:25

Week 27: Spring Break!

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/03/17

Happy Friday!This week’s Wrap-up will be short so you are not left with a lot to think about as you start your Spring Break this afternoon. I will update you on our district goals and provide some other short pieces of information.* Thank you for all that you did this week to help us reach our district goals as we keep trending in the right direction. Even attendance inched up a little bit. Although I will not have any hard data to report on literacy at the next board meeting, the work being done at

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9:39

Week 26: LEARNS Is Now Law

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/03/10

Before I get into the Wrap-up and the latest on LEARNS, I want to pay homage to one of our school district’s greatest supporters who has passed away, Buddy Bean. Mr. Bean was a Bearcat supporter for a long time and without him, our Ballfields at Union Bank Park would not exist. He assisted the district in other initiatives and improvements and has been honored by the Mena School Board for his benevolence. On behalf of our board members, administration, and staff, our prayers are with his family at

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9:15

Week 25: This Too Shall Evolve

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/03/03

Happy Friday!Thank you for all you have done in Week 25 to meet your own professional goals, your students’ goals, and our district's goals. Our efforts are gaining dividends for our students each week as we progress through the year, but these past two weeks have made working in education more interesting because of the things happening in Little Rock. It appears that SB294 will become the LEARNS Act and completely transform our system of education.For decades educators have seen reform initiatives

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8:27

Week 24: More on the LEARNS Plan

Bearcat Wrap-up Podcast ·

2023/02/24

Happy Friday!Thank you for what you have been able to accomplish this week! Every week of this school year has resulted in positive results for our students demonstrated by our district goals data. I was very happy to report to the board Tuesday night that our on-grade-level reading percentage has reached 67 percent! This surpasses our goal of 60 and we still have several weeks of instruction to make a final push for our below-level readers and get them ready, and I do not mean ready for the ACT

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