suzanne black

You should do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Can’t believe this happened in a real game

Louisville Women’s Basketball tricked Duke by lining up on the opposite side of the court after halftime

(Via @theACCDN 🎥)

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

@SharlaMcBride @NEWSMAX You go girl 💪🏼

[The Summer I Turned Pretty @thesummeritp]

oh nothing just missing the clear blue waters of cousins beach

[OTHDIARY @OTHdiary]

Twenty years ago, on September 23rd, 2003, the pilot episode of One Tree Hill premiered. Happy Birthday, One Tree Hill! #OTHday

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

Coach Prime has the Buffaloes believing they can climb higher than they ever have before 😤

Wright Thompson on the beauty and wonders of Colorado ⛰️

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

Sign me up

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

It’s time for a 4-day school week in America!

TEACHERS can use the 5th day to catch up with their insane workload! They’d be able to work from home or go into school for necessary meetups. The school can use this day to communicate (as a group of teachers) with parents about their child’s needs.

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

These kids are unreal.

[Little League @LittleLeague]

Spin for the win! 🌀

#LLWS

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

I met Albert before the school year started. I was moving some things into my office and I saw him shooting hoops by himself on our playground. He approached me and asked if I was the new assistant principal. I introduced myself and shook his hand. He then asked if I would play HORSE. I thought about the long list of things I had to get done and how far behind I was already, but I quickly decided that HORSE with a student trumped everything on that list.

While playing basketball, he asked me several questions and literally spoke for 20 minutes straight without taking a breath. He was funny, interesting, and seemed very intelligent. When we finished playing, he thanked me for spending the time with him and he walked home. I went back in the building and started to tackle the many items that were on my long list of things to do.

A few weeks later we had some back to school IEP meetings. One of them was for a student named Albert. I pulled the file so that I would be prepared for the meeting. To my surprise, this was the same Albert that I played basketball with a few weeks prior. He had a list of a dozen school suspensions, at least six DSM diagnosis listed, and was assigned to the self-contained classroom for 85% of the day. Something did not add up.

The parents did not show up for the meeting but gave permission to conduct the meeting in their absence. This was the first IEP that I had ever attended where there was not one positive word spoken about this student. Even when they asked for any strengths, nobody around the table could share any. I spoke up and said that based on my 20 minute encounter with him I felt he had several strengths: a good outside jump shot, excellent communication skills, an inquisitive nature, and a big smile. I looked around the table and everyone stared at me like I was either crazy or talking about another student.

The school year started with a bang. Albert became upset in class and ran down the hall and straight out of the building towards his home. I managed to catch-up to him before he crossed a major street and I convinced him to walk back to the school and into my office. Albert was crying and obviously frustrated. He said that everyone in the school was mean to him and that they all thought he was a bad kid. In my head, I thought that he was exactly right—certainly based on the IEP meeting participants. We had a nice talk and Albert seemed to calm down. I asked if he would like to join me outside for a game of HORSE. He gave me a strange look, but then said, “Are you sure?” I told him definitely and he enthusiastically agreed to play. Once we were outside, Albert asked if he was going to be suspended. I told him that we would forget about this one, but that if there was a next one, he would be sent home. We discussed some better choices for next time, as running out of the room and building was a real safety issue. I stressed that I wanted him to be safe, because I liked him, cared about him, and did not want anything to happen to the school’s best basketball player. He smiled at me and asked if it would be okay if he could come to my office when he got upset, instead of running out of the building. I told him that was a great idea.

We played basketball for a bit and decided that it was time to go back inside to prepare for lunch. Albert turned his head, looked me in the eyes and said that this was the nicest thing that anyone at school had ever done for him.

Albert kept to his word. There were several other times that he got upset and frustrated, but instead of running out of the building, he ran to my office, sat in a corner, and cooled off. Each time it would take a few minutes before he was ready to talk and process what happened.

Albert never got suspended that year and staff regularly shared some positives about him. Amazing what one small act of kindness can do to help a student be successful.

Join us at the “Maslow Before Bloom” Facebook group; https://t.co/015cLKjJ1m

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

One of the many reasons standardized tests are useless. The actual author of a poem couldn't answer questions on standardized test about the poem.

https://t.co/4vPGHxB8Ch

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Due dates need to matter again.

[Philadelphia 76ers @sixers]

SIXERS WIN!

[morgan wallen @MorganWallen]

Proud to present my new album One Thing At A Time

[Jersey Mike's Subs @jerseymikes]

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[suzanne black @smlynn4]

@fnf13 Dylan Schmoyer …andddd ???

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

@fnf13 🙌🏼

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

#fnf13trivia

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

@fnf13 Rosenberger #fbf13trivia

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

@fnf13 Rosenberger #fbf13trivia

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

@fnf13 Rosenberger #fbf13trivia

[suzanne black @smlynn4]

@tmac0313 @fnf13 My trivia question: In what year did Tricia Mac, Sue Lynn, and Erika Barron appear on FNF and receive a shoutout from @McKeehanMark ??