First Day of School Edition
Happy Friday, team! And a joyful TGIF! I am bringing back the "JV weekly recaps" as we start out the SY25 school year. They will be published every-other-week this year (in this jazzy new format) and I'm eager for your suggestions or insights on content. For this edition, I'll summarize some timely network updates, team updates, share a few things I'm reading, and throw in a little personal / WLB update. 1. Network Updates: The school year has begun! I was able to get into 9 schools this week and it has been absolutely delightful. There is a lightness and ease to this school opening that I don't recall in years past. A few highlights include: officially launching dual language in Camden (I stopped by McGraw and got to see Heggerty in Spanish estar en plena actividad ), Chromebooks in secondary schools which look like a sea of red, and the most beautiful ELA and Biology lessons at Gratz which left me verklempt. Ah, what is possible when we...