Susie Highley sends out the Monday Minute. Please click on the edition you would like to read. 

2019-2020 School Year

May 18: Wrapping up the Year, Summer Resources

May 11: AMLE, Bitmojis, CIESC & Other Resources for Educators, Students, & Families

May 4: Teacher Appreciation Week!

April 27: COVID Chart & Survey, Teacher Appreciation Preview

April 20: Connections, Quick Hits, Earth Day

April 13: Some Positive Stories

April 6: The Alphabet Edition

March 30: The Quick Hit Edition

March 24: More Remote Resources, Wellbeing, Many Webinars and Online Reading Resources

March 17: Remote Learning, PD, SEL, PD Opps

March 9: Rochester MS, Champions, Chats, Smithsonian, Pi Day

March 2: Middle Level Education Month, Lots of PD, Grants, and Student Opportunities

February 24: Shelbyville STW, Grants, Census

February 17: Summer Opps, Media Literacy, Trust & Kindness

February 10: Tri-West, IceGrams, Reading, EVERFI

February 3:  Cascade MS, Champions Training, No One Eats Alone

January 27: Super Bowl, DOE Career Resources, Social Media, Wakelet

January 20: Triton Central MS, Champions, Great Choice Board!

January 13: AMLE Position Papers, Reading Aloud, Purdue Opps

January 6: Classroom Renewal, Eva Education Day, Champions

December 9: Lunch, and Lots of PD!

December 2: Hour of Code, TPT, LAL

November 18: Hebron, Horace Mann, Free Kindness

November 11: Shelbyville, Champions, Census, AMLE Conference

November 4: Champions Training, Grants, Rose-Hulman Help

October 28: Many Halloween Resources

October 21: Champions Together Update, What's so Hard about Middle School?, Teaming, Many PD opps

October 14: Awards, Grants, Math, Plagiarism

October 7: Dark Days of October, Conference Handouts, Dual Membership, Feedback, CYOA

October 2: Post-Conference Edition, AMLE/IMLEA Joint Membership, Many PD Opps

September 23: Final Conference Updates

September 16: Conference Sessions, Teaming, STEM opps

September 9: More Keynote Info, Honored Teachers, Digital Citizenship

September 3: Katie Powell, Global Read Aloud, Phyllis Fagell, Digital Citizenship

August 26: Honoring Educators, KIND banner

August 19: Conference Band, New Teachers, Horace Mann/Donors Choose

August 12: Special Opportunities for Teachers

August 5: Many Back to School & New Teacher Resources

2018-2019 School Year

May 30: End of Year, Ben Franklin STW, Shining Stars

May 21: Conference, eLearning, South Ripley

May 13: Champions Together Track Meet, Many End of Year Activities  

May 6: Teacher Appreciation, Several STEM Opportunities  

April 29: What to Do After Testing? Several Deadlines Approach

April 22: The Brain Edition

April 18: Thursday Edition of the Monday Minute: Gimkit, Tri-West

April 8, 2019: East Washington, Assistant Principals, #EggDashChallenge

April 1, 2018: April is..., Connect the Four and More!

March 25, 2019: Phyllis Fagel articles, Pulitzer, Bach  

March 18, 2019: Conference Keynote Announcement, Conference Website

March 12, 2019:Post-Board Meeting, March Madness, Awards and PD Opps

March 4, 2019: Middle Level Education Month, Grants, Schmoker

February 25, 2019: PBL, HASTI, Webinars, & Trainings

February 18, 2019: Conference Presentations, Counselor Nominations, Special Olympics, Math, Social Studies  

February 12, 2019: New STW, Valentines, DOE, Student Opps  

February 4, 2019: February Celebrations  

January 28, 2019: Trainings, INSPIRE3  

January 22, 2019 (Tuesday): Middle Schools in the News, Grants and Opportunities

January 14, 2019: Trainings, Praise, Math, and Special Opps

January 7, 2019: Champions in the Middle, STW Trainings

December 17: Bonus Edition-Schools to Watch, Champions in the Middle

December 10, 2018: New School to Watch, Inspiring Stories, Fun!

December 3, 2018: 2019 Conference Date, Summer Opps, Lots of History/Social Studies

November 26, 2019: Principal of the Year, Hour of Code, Summits, & more PD

November 12, 2018: Thanksgiving, GPS Curriculum, Purdue Lockbox PD

November 5, 2018: Looking Ahead to Many Special Events

October 29, 2018: Halloween Edition-- Lots of Treats

October 22, 2018: Champions Together at Shelbyville; lots of PD

October 15, 2018: Opportunities for Students and Staff

October 8, 2018: Ben Glenn Video and Lots of Resources  

October 1, 2018: Complete Conference Wrap Up

September 17, 2018 Brief Conference Wrap Up

September 11, 2018: Conference reminders, School 84, Coding opps

August 31, 2018: Mini-Monday Minute (Labor Day edition)

August 27, 2018: Celebrations, Opportunities, and $$$

August 20, 2018: Jacobs Award, Lilly Grant, Conference Update, Eva Kor

August 13, 2018: TOY Finalists, Choice PD, Conference Info

August 6, 2018: Back to School, Donors Choose, Conference Information

2017-2018 School Year

July 17, 2018: Midsummer Minute

June 4: Summer PD edition

May 28, 2018: Final regular edition, STW, Epic Haiku Project, Shining Star

May 21, 2018: Reflecting on the Year, STW, Kindness Grant idea

May 14, 2018: End of Year, STW, Service Learning & STEM, and more

May 7, 2018: Teacher Appreciation Week

April 30, 2018: Madden Math, Readworks, Frankenstein, PD

April 23, 2018: Conference News, Amazing "60 Minutes" story, Scooby-Doo  

April 16: 2018: Post-Testing Activities, Earth Day, Summer of eLearning  

April 9, 2018: Rick Wormeli, blogs, brain, CoolCatTeacher

April 2, 2018: Assessment Resources and April Events

March 26, 2018: Trauma-Informed Session added to Conference, STW & genOn achievements.  

March 19, 2018: It's Spring! Spring Fever, Spring Clouds, Spring Events  

March 12, 2018. Conference Proposals, #MLEM18, Google Curriculum

March 5, 2018. Conference Website, March Activities

February 26, Conference Announcement, Proposals to Present, Summer PD

February 19, 2018, Presidents' Day edition

February 12, 2018  

February 5, 2018. Olympic Edition

January 29/30, 2018

January 22, 2018. Spotlight on STW & Reading

January 15, 2018. Professional Learning & Social Studies

January 8, 2018

December 11, 2017

December 4, 2017 Board Meeting & Free PD

November 27, 2017 Hour of Code

November 13, 2017

November 6, 2017 Spotlight on IYI

October 30, 2017 Spotlight on Service Learning

October 23, 2017

October 16, 2017

October 9, 2017. Learn More about Champions Together

October 2, 2017. Featuring Schools to Watch

September 25, 2017 Conference Wrap Up, Links to Resources & Evaluation

September 11, 2017 Pre-Conference Edition

September 4, 2017, Labor Day Edition

August 28, 2017

August 21, 2017 Eclipse Edition

August 14, 2017

August 7, 2017  First Edition