e-news from Principal Olivia
Published on Nov 18, 2018 09:03

Good morning and Happy Sunday!

As a part of her responsibilities, Principal Olivia wrote a reflection on her big day and wanted to share it with the entire Bernabi community.  Thank you for your support and know that I am always open to supporting new and unique learning experiences for our students, so if you have an idea, please share it with me!  For now, though, I'll leave the communication to the boss--I'm not back on duty until tomorrow!

Dear Mr. Caiazza,

            I was going to be Bernabi’s first student principal. I was nervous at first because I didn’t know what was going to happen. After I had my introduction to the job I felt a little bit better. During the introduction I got my schedule, lanyard, badge and nametag so other people knew I was principal. I also got a #OneBernabi pin, business cards, and notepad. 

            I did the student arrival and greeted the students when they were getting off the bus to go to school.  They were really happy for me! Maybe a little surprised!  Then I did the morning announcements. I liked doing the morning announcements, it was fun.  I had the teachers give the students extra recess!

            We had a lot of meetings. My first meeting was a parent meeting about technology. I made her feel better about how technology was used because she thought it was just singing and dancing. My next meeting was with Mr. Zinkiewich the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction.  He wanted to talk about writing. He also brought me hot chocolate. I gave him a business card and answered his questions.  He went easy on me.  I also had a meeting with the head of transportation Julie.  Then I had a PBIS meeting about kindness. We discussed what we should do about the kindness challenge. I also made a video about kindness and safety.

            After the meetings I took selfies with the students.  The students were coming up to me about how I became principal for a day, I think they were jealous. 

            After the selfies I did an aide interview.  Then I had a teacher observation in Mr. Burger’s room.  Mr. Burger and Mrs. Ott are good teachers.  Then I had a first-grade team meeting with all of the first-grade teachers.  We discussed Wonders and what the centers should be. I think I helped them a lot! Then I did some tidying up and it was time to go home. It was a really exciting day! I realized how hard you work!

            I learned it takes a lot of hard work to become a principal.  You have to make sure everyone is safe in the school and you have to be kind. We worked really hard to make sure people had a good day. My favorite part was having the opportunity to do this.  The whole day was great. I think I might want to be a principal when I grow up.  

Sincerely,

Olivia