Author: Amy RODRIGUEZ

Some of the 8th graders at SGAET recently had the opportunity to be accountability partners for Ms. LaBare’s class.  They paired up to share their Leadership Portfolios with each other.  Leadership Portfolios are created and maintained by ALL students K-8 at Samuel S. Gaines Academy of Emerging Technologies.  The portfolios are a piece of the Leader in Me program and include each student’s individual goals, tracked data, work samples showing growth, leadership roles, and more.  These students practiced presenting their Leadership Portfolios to each other and provided each other with feedback for improvement.  A big thank you to Ms. LaBare … Read More

Mr. Nicks’ 8th-grade science students have drastically improved their Penda engagement and scores after he put a World Championship Belt in play. The student who earns the most points each week gets to wear the belt for the week. Mr. Nicks even made a special section on his big data tracker to display all the winners. Mr. Nicks’ classes also use our Leader in Me mentality to create a WIG (wildly important goal) along with action steps to accomplishing the WIG and they keep it in the forefront by adding it to the data tracker.