Week in Review for May 1st 24th – May 8th, 2011

Busy week makes for slow blogging

It was another wonderful and busy May week in our Citrus County School District.  I began my week attending a meeting with the Student Transition and Resource Team (S.T.A.R.T.) Council of Citrus County. This is an interagency council which works together to assist our students in preparing for life after school.  These agencies are more then just people whose job it is to assist our students.  They are dedicated individuals whose put their heart’s to work to make a positive difference in our student’s lives.  (Click here for more information on S.T.A.R.T. and there resources.)

I spent time on Tuesday at Citrus High School in an ESE/ Learning Strategies classes sharing with students about my own person challenges as a dyslexic and about ways to stay motivated and use technology to help overcome ones challenges. (Click here to read more about my dyslexia.)  I always enjoy the opportunity to talk to students that learning challenges are not unique to them and that they can succeed.

Board members including myself attended the Citrus High School Senior Awards on Thursday evening.  This was the first of the senior award at our three high schools.  Millions of dollars in scholarships were awarded to CHS students that evening.  In addition to the many private Scholarships and Awards a very touching annual CHS “Melissa Hess & Molly Paquin Memorial Scholarship” was given out by the parents.  This was a safe driving essay awarded scholarship.  Miss Hess and Miss Paquin were tragically killed while driving home in the months after graduating CHS.  This scholarship is given in there memory.

Fellow Board Member Ginger Bryant and I had the honor of judging the Crystal River Middle School Tropicana Speech contest this week.  The speech contest is a favorite in our schools and also for former English teacher Mrs. Bryant in particular.  The top two winners from each school will complete at a district wide competition this month.

Friday ended “Staff Appreciation Week” in our Citrus County Schools.  Mrs. Himmel, the Executive staff and the School Board Members treated district staff to a lunch picnic.  It was loads of fun to participate in this annual tradition to thank our great staff for the work they do through out the year.

I ended my week speaking before the Democratic Club in Homosassa on Saturday.  I took this opportunity to share about my experiences since becoming a school board member and about the budget effects anticipated from this recent legislative session.  I will be speaking again this Saturday, May 14^th at 11:00am at the Democratic Club at the Beverly Hills, Central Ridge Library.  This is an open event during my speaking time so please feel free to come out.

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