🚪 October is National Principals Month 🚪
Principals don’t sign up for easy.
You take on the weight no one else wants to carry.
You’re the one people look to when everything feels like it’s falling apart.
You live in the late nights, the second-guessing, and the quiet moments where you wonder if you’re really making a difference.
And still—you show up.
You walk the halls.
You steady the culture.
You carry belief when others are running on empty.
That’s leadership.
Not the title. Not the office. Not the checklist.
Leadership is presence.
It’s courage when it costs you.
It’s leaving people better than you found them.
So this month, more than anything—thank you.
Thank you for standing with your staff.
Thank you for believing in your students.
Thank you for leading schools that change lives.
My free happiness class "The Science of Well-Being for Teens" is now available on YouTube! Yay! Over the next 6 weeks, we'll release new videos each week and Week 1 is available now. So check it out & please RT/share w/teens in your life:
https://t.co/DLaHuIzDsx
A wise woman’s words of advice help me get through some of the roughest moments… my mom instilled in me that I should never let anyone or anything steal my joy!! I have control of that and no matter what comes my way I am always reminded of those magical words…
Have you ever left an interview questioning everything you just said and if it was good enough… all I can say is it was real and authentic… looking to take the leap of faith…
The “just teach” crowd has no idea what teachers actually do, because, if they did, they would know that schools would not be able to function if all teachers did was just teach.
Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage eighteen years ago.
Between May 17, 2004 and December 31, 2004, nearly one in five marriages in Massachusetts was a same-sex marriage.
So needed this surprise from a Lower Elementary student today… when you have had to have hard conversations you sometimes need to be reminded and this!!
ALERT: Massachusetts will allow all businesses to reopen at 100%, effective May 29.
The Commonwealth's face covering order will also be rescinded on May 29 (except public transportation and healthcare facilities).
The Commonwealth's State of Emergency will end June 15.