Ernest Motley, EdD

Educational Leader | Principal | Learner | Believer | Husband & Dad of 3 Sons

[Ernest Motley, EdD @eamotley]

Creating a little positive energy through morning announcements and quick classroom visits to start our day! Students begin the IAR State Assessment today.

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When this school declares a PENNY WAR, they mean business! 💰💰💰 It was a fun & competitive week to help support our PTO! Side Note: It’s amazing how motivating a class 🍕 party can be! 😂

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Lots of great things happening at Western Elementary!

Check out our school newsletter and you’ll see…

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Celebrating staff today at Western Elementary for bringing the “energy “ this week to KICKSTART our school year! #2023-24

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@EdRisingIL

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Western CUSD12, hosted our region's first-ever EDCAMP today with participants from several area school districts attending. It was energizing to see like-minded educators collaborating and gearing up for the 2023-24 school year! @dpowellx4 @principalmung

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@PkPhysEd @MurphyLions @NWLions_Chuck @NorthwestRISD @gretchengorgal5 Looks Amazing! 🤩

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When selling lots of chocolate earns you a silly string battle with Coach K and Dr. Motley! 😂 @PkPhysEd @NorthwestRISD

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Lion Leadership in action: Murphy Elementary students Claire Loeffelman (5th grade) and Darci Heimos (4th grade) presented a report about Murphy Elementary Leadership Day at the March, 2023 Board of Education meeting.
Thank you, Claire and Darci! Your presentation was fantastic!

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What a fun day celebrating the amazing leadership skills of Murphy students during our Leadership Day! Special thanks to our LIM Student and Staff Action Teams for coordinating such a wonderful event for our school community! 🦁 #MES ⁦@TheLeaderinMe⁩ ⁦@NorthwestRISD⁩

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Northwest is #TeacherProud! Today, we honor Murphy Elementary third grade teacher Jennifer Vanlandingham. Ms. Vanlandingham has been with the Northwest District since 2004. Congratulations, Ms. Vanlandingham! @GovParsonMO @EducPlus @MOEducation @NWR1Hecktor

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A motivating “i-was-Ready” challenge to recognize students that went up in both reading and math on their mid-year diagnostic was a HUGE success. We have currently recognized over 320 students and are still counting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @CurriculumAssoc @NorthwestRISD

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When 5th grade students pass two lessons per week in reading and math on #iReady My Path for the four consecutive weeks leading up to Thanksgiving Break, we celebrate! 🎉🍕🍰🎉⁦⁦⁦@CurriculumAssoc⁩ ⁦@NorthwestRISD⁩

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Murphy families created placemats together and returned them to school. We will be sending the placemats to nursing/senior living homes for the residents to know there are people thinking of them around the holidays! 😊 @NorthwestRISD

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Happy Veterans Day! At Murphy, we LOVE America and we LOVE Veterans! Great program honoring our Veterans today! 🇺🇸

[Marilyn Motley @musicmotley]

Great job 3rd grade! 🎶 It was fun to recognize Veterans and celebrate the USA at tonight’s concert. 🇺🇸 @AaronBurd

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Thanks @principalStella for the invite to be in the Homecoming Parade! Our jungle-themed “Wild about Murphy” float was a blast! A special shout-out to Murphy PTO, Student Lighthouse, & Staff for your participation today! 💙🦁💙 #WeAreMurphy #LionNation @NorthwestRISD

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@StaciVenatta She was so looking forward to it!

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Beautiful day to watch Northwest Junior Lions Football! It was fun seeing Murphy kids playing 🏈 and cheerleading. 📣🦁📣 ⁦⁦@NorthwestRISD⁩

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@MissKatieDunlap @DrClintFreeman @JoeFWillis @Mr_Dixon11 @MichelleLiles @BlackcatMatt Looks like we had a similar day at our elementary schools! 😊 So great to have parents/families back in the building!