susan rutters

Retired Superintendent of Education, Upper Canada District School Board.

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

Love this as our great educators get ready for a new school year. @UCDSB

[ONTSpecialNeeds @ONTSpecialNeeds]

12 Positives of ADHD

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

Great work by UCDSB students and staff at South Crosby…and many other UCDSB schools similarly supporting access to nutritious foods locally. #UCDSB

[Steve Clark @SteveClarkPC]

Today I recognized 8 foodbank superheroes from South Crosby Public School in my riding of Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.

These Grade 3 and 5 students in Power Up 2, led by their teacher, Mrs. Leanne Huffman, have spent the last year growing and donating produce and money to local foodbanks in Elgin and Portland.

These kids truly are superheroes.

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

Love this…

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

Don’t waste your time with Steve, he’s a lost cause!

This was what I was told when I asked about the student sitting alone at breakfast with his hood over his head and his head on the table minutes after the bell rang on the first day of school.

Statements like these have always made me want to get to know the student even more.

I wandered over to Steve’s table and asked if I could sit. Without looking up, he slid a chair out from the table. I took this as an invitation to sit.

I introduced myself as Dr. P the new principal. There was no reaction - I guess Steve wasn’t too impressed.

I just sat there quietly for a few minutes. Steve lifted his head up and asked if I had anything that I should be doing now. In my head, I thought that there was nothing more important than making a connection with Steve.

I responded by telling him that I was so new, I didn’t really know what I was supposed to be doing. I also let him know that I really didn’t know my way around the building very well yet and I was a bit concerned that I might get lost.

Steve said that he has been at this school since preschool and that he’d be willing to show me around. I accepted the offer and I let the front office and his teacher know that Steve and I would be on a tour.

I was very impressed with Steve’s tour. He literally knew every part of the building. It was also interesting that every staff person knew Steve (and shared a similar look when the two of us walked by).

When the tour was over, I spent a few minutes with Steve in my office learning about his likes (math, Pokémon cards and cheese pizza) and his dislikes (reading, writing and the school’s nachos).

I thanked him for the tour and asked if he would swing by my office at lunchtime. He agreed. I wished him a good morning and let him know that I looked forward to seeing him at lunch.

I put in an order for a cheese pizza to be delivered at his lunch period and let his teacher know to send him to my office at lunch.

I pulled Steve’s file. He had a long list of past interventions and strategies. They were all marked with language similar to ineffective, goal not achieved or too disruptive to evaluate. He also had a long list of detentions, lost recesses, and a couple of in school suspensions. There was no physical contact, property destruction or eloping listed. It appeared that the infractions were exclusively due to talking excessively, work refusal, and disrespect.

When Steve arrived at lunch, his whole face lit up at the sight (and smell) of a cheese pizza. I let him know that this was in return for a first class school building tour. My new friend Steve devoured half a pizza in under two minutes. He then asked if he could save a slice for his teacher.

I asked if he was interested in a newly created position in our building. He gave me a puzzled look. I let him know that it was as the senior tour coordinator for new students and guests. I let him know about the “compensation package” (a pizza lunch per month, a weekly pack of Pokémon cards, and other bonuses based on performance).

Together, we created a contract with a code of conduct for this prestigious position. We signed it and I had it notarized by our school secretary. He thanked me and said how excited he was. I contacted his parents and received their enthusiastic approval (and a sigh of relief that I wasn’t calling because of a behavior).

The next day I had Steve give our superintendent the tour. It went so well! The superintendent was very impressed (he even included this experience in his weekly report). Steve gave two more tours over the next week.

I checked in with his teacher and she said that he had been an exemplary student. Other staff in the building commented about his improving manners.

Over the school year, our pizza lunches & Pokémon “pay days” became something that I truly looked forward to.

Apparently, Steve wasn’t a “lost cause” after all!

Join the Maslow Before Bloom group:
https://t.co/i2rhBgHO8G

[Recorder and Times @RecorderTimes]

A fascinating real-life-learning project at Athens District High School provided an in-the-trench perspective on the First World War.

#Education
@UCDSB @TrusteeJohn

https://t.co/7BNq9u3GKV

[UCDSB @UCDSB]

Kindergarten Information Sessions continue this week at the #UCDSB! 🏫

These in-person or virtual events allow parents to learn more about our Kindergarten program and meet the principal & staff.

Find all the information and dates on our website 👇
https://t.co/7bW9xCPJXg

[Ally @_ally_lewis_]

So proud of my Dad and all he has accomplished

[John McAllister, UCDSB Trustee @TrusteeJohn]

On this November 11, 2023, please give a listen to Colonel Chris Hadfield’s shout out to the Hill 70 projects students in the Upper Canada DSB

[The Royal Canadian Legion @RoyalCdnLegion]

At the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, Canadians pause to observe two minutes of silence to honour Canada’s fallen. We pay our respects on this date, because the month, day and time is when the First World War ceased hostilities in 1918.

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

We will remember them…

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

[UCDSB @UCDSB]

Today, we celebrated the grand opening of the Williamstown PS addition, funded by @ONeducation and the #UCDSB. 🏫

Thank you for joining us, MPP Quinn, @SouthGlengarry council members, and Trustees @TrusteeJohn, @TrusteeCurtis & Danaher.

Full story: https://t.co/yRNyZGNyns.

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

Thanks to all of our ECE staff! You make a difference every day! @UCDSB

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

Truth.

[UCDSB @UCDSB]

In a recent webinar hosted by the International Dyslexia Association (@DyslexiaIDA), the #UCDSB was congratulated for the work to promote the Science of Reading. #UCDSBboardmeeting @ONeducation

[UCDSB @UCDSB]

Time is running out! If you love words, video & social media and can produce content that connects - apply to join our team as a Communications Officer!

Accepting applications until September 15! 👇

https://t.co/L9wfgoJ510

#UCDSBCareers #PRjobs #CommunicationsJobs #SchoolPR

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

Great Day 1 of the Mentor-Coaching Institute training for #UCDSB PVPs today! Next-level leadership!

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

An interesting way to visualize history…a glimpse into applications for learning.

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Happy Friday everyone.
I had AI generate selfies from important moments in Canadian history.
I use AI to raise interest in Canadian history by presenting it in a fun way.

1. Vikings arriving in Newfoundland in 1000 CE.

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[UCDSB @UCDSB]

It was a week of learning for the #UCDSB Summer Learning Program. @SteveClarkPC visited Commonwealth PS & Thousand Islands ES to check out the fun! What he found: zoo building (out of Lego, of course), songwriting, dancing & @UFLiteracy reading activities! Thanks for visiting :)

[UCDSB @UCDSB]

Summer learning is in full swing at Duncan J. Schoular PS! Gr. 1-6 students are cracking the code, practicing literacy skills & gaining confidence. Today, students worked on 'ly' words, double consonants, read a short story & drew an image depicting what they read. #MyUCDSBFamily

[susan rutters @SusanRutters]

Pleased to have attended the raising of the Pride Flag at Russell township today. Congrats to RHS GSA students for their significant contribution to this great event! #UCDSB proud!