ORANGE & BLUE REVIEW
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ORANGE & BLUE REVIEW Year 8! by Dr. Michele Polk, HHS Principal As I begin my eighth year as the principal at Hardee Senior High School, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to continue serving in a position that allows me to work toward strengthening the educational foundation, character, and service mindset of the youth of this community. I mean, who wouldn’t want this job? The last seven years have provided me a front row seat to the transformation of our faculty into twenty first century educators. I have seen our athletes receive accolades from opponents and referee organizations for the sportsmanship they have demonstrated, regardless of the scoreboard. I have seen our students embrace what it means to be part of a service club. They know it’s more than just showing up for the yearbook picture; they have learned to roll up their sleeves and work for their community. These are the things that motivate and propel me out of bed each morning. It is only natural, at the beginning of a new school year, for me to reflect on where we’ve been and consider how we can continue to become even better. It does seem sometimes that for every two steps we collectively take forward, we fall back one. While that phenomenon might be explained away as a simple reality of life, I know that if we continue to work hard and each person seeks to improve how they fulfill their role, then our students and teachers can accomplish even more amazing things. The success of our school depends on all stakeholders being committed to their work. Our teachers and staff are the paid employees, but our students also have a job to do here; as do our parents, business partners, local pastors, and community leaders. We all contribute in our individual way to the success of our youth. Let me take this opportunity to thank you for the work you’ve done with me these last seven years and know that I look forward to a most outstanding year 8! HHS IN PICTURES Year eight for Principal Polk starts off with a few changes to the administrative team and other key positions. Pictured above are the school administrators, deans, and resource officers that are excited to work together this year to help HHS reach its greatest potential. Back row (L to R): Dean Travis Tubbs, and Dean Brian Kemp; Front Row (L to R): Resource Officer Daniel Gibson, Assis- tant Principal Mary Farr, Assistant Principal Ron Herron, Principal Michele Polk, and Resource Officer Alice Simandl. Each year, Mosaic’s Land Management Office hosts a “Welcome Back Lun- cheon” for the Hardee High School staff, and we are so thankful for their ongoing support! During the annual event, the company also presents each employee with a staff shirt and conducts a number of gift prize drawings. The staff mem- bers pictured here who proudly don their new HHS t-shirts provided by Mosaic are: Rob Davis, Kerry Fitzgerald, Bill Anderson, and Karen Albritton. The process of orienting teachers new to the Hardee School District requires them to arrive at work two days earlier than returning staff members. The last half of day two provides the new teachers time at their school sites to work with instruc- tional coaches and become informed about school-wide initiatives and practices. The new teachers pictured who are collaborating during their on-site workshop are (L to R): Alba Gonzalez-Colon, Gina Ortiz, and Meg Moore. It takes a lot of hands to prepare for the HHS Back to School Open House! These Key Club members exemplify a service mindset having given up some of their last days of summer to create banners with upbeat messages about attending school and earning good grades. The signs are displayed around campus and help lend to the positive school culture. Pictured are (L to R): Yolanda Benitez and Eliza- beth Flores. Hardee High School kicked off the year with their annual open house for students and parents on August 8th. Pictured, Mrs. Micah Myers greets two of her senior AVID students Luis Castillo-Diego (C) and Jarrett Carlton (R). Faculty and staff returned to work on August 2nd with six days of pre-planning activities that included time to work in their classrooms and attend various work- shops. These teachers are enjoying a good laugh while working on a project dur- ing a training that focused on how to incorporate writing, inquiry, and collabora- tion into their instructional lessons. Pictured left to right are: Mandy Stock, Melody Klobuchar, Glenda Lawrence, and Chrysta Chancey.
Transcript of ORANGE & BLUE REVIEW
ORANGE & BLUE REVIEWYear 8!
by Dr. Michele Polk, HHS Principal
As I begin my eighth year as the principal at Hardee Senior High School, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to continue serving in a position that allows me to work toward strengthening the educational foundation, character, and service mindset of the youth of this community. I mean, who wouldn’t want this job? The last seven years have provided me a front row seat to the transformation of our faculty into twenty first century educators. I have seen our athletes receive accolades from opponents and referee organizations for the sportsmanship they have demonstrated, regardless of the scoreboard. I have seen our students embrace what it means to be part of a service club. They know it’s more than just showing up for the yearbook picture; they have learned to roll up their sleeves and work for their community. These are the things that motivate and propel me out of bed each morning. It is only natural, at the beginning of
a new school year, for me to reflect on where we’ve been and consider how we can continue to become even better. It does seem sometimes that for every two steps we collectively take forward, we fall back one. While that phenomenon might be explained away as a simple reality of life, I know that if we continue to work hard and each person seeks to improve how they fulfill their role, then our students and teachers can accomplish even more amazing things. The success of our school depends on all stakeholders being committed to their work. Our teachers and staff are the paid employees, but our students also have a job to do here; as do our parents, business partners, local pastors, and community leaders. We all contribute in our individual way to the success of our youth. Let me take this opportunity to thank you for the work you’ve done with me these last seven years and know that I look forward to a most outstanding year 8!
HHS IN PICTURES
Year eight for Principal Polk starts off with a few changes to the administrative team and other key positions. Pictured above are the school administrators, deans, and resource officers that are excited to work together this year to help HHS reach its greatest potential. Back row (L to R): Dean Travis Tubbs, and Dean Brian Kemp; Front Row (L to R): Resource Officer Daniel Gibson, Assis-tant Principal Mary Farr, Assistant Principal Ron Herron, Principal Michele Polk, and Resource Officer Alice Simandl.
Each year, Mosaic’s Land Management Office hosts a “Welcome Back Lun-cheon” for the Hardee High School staff, and we are so thankful for their ongoing support! During the annual event, the company also presents each employee with a staff shirt and conducts a number of gift prize drawings. The staff mem-bers pictured here who proudly don their new HHS t-shirts provided by Mosaic are: Rob Davis, Kerry Fitzgerald, Bill Anderson, and Karen Albritton.
The process of orienting teachers new to the Hardee School District requires them to arrive at work two days earlier than returning staff members. The last half of day two provides the new teachers time at their school sites to work with instruc-tional coaches and become informed about school-wide initiatives and practices. The new teachers pictured who are collaborating during their on-site workshop are (L to R): Alba Gonzalez-Colon, Gina Ortiz, and Meg Moore.
It takes a lot of hands to prepare for the HHS Back to School Open House! These Key Club members exemplify a service mindset having given up some of their last days of summer to create banners with upbeat messages about attending school and earning good grades. The signs are displayed around campus and help lend to the positive school culture. Pictured are (L to R): Yolanda Benitez and Eliza-beth Flores.
Hardee High School kicked off the year with their annual open house for students and parents on August 8th. Pictured, Mrs. Micah Myers greets two of her senior AVID students Luis Castillo-Diego (C) and Jarrett Carlton (R).
Faculty and staff returned to work on August 2nd with six days of pre-planning activities that included time to work in their classrooms and attend various work-shops. These teachers are enjoying a good laugh while working on a project dur-ing a training that focused on how to incorporate writing, inquiry, and collabora-tion into their instructional lessons. Pictured left to right are: Mandy Stock, Melody Klobuchar, Glenda Lawrence, and Chrysta Chancey.
