September 11, 2017 AWS

September 11, 2017 Superintendent Report: UPDATE Preston Public Schools

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Big Ideas: One Mindset • The saddest aspect of life now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov

• Two things prevent us from happiness – living in the past and judging others. Paulo Coelho

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The Next Generation • Never before in the history of the world • More anxiety and depression • More information and data • But have laws, institutions, our character and or our intention caught up?

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Compiled by Bored Panda

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Kids Can Do Anything!

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Perspective Matters - Look Closely

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Words Matter

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The Reason:

Not for our selves alone are we born… Cicero (2100 BC)

•There is a crack, there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in… Leonard Cohen • Quiet Burdens…

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Take a Moment!

What am I missing? August 29, 2017 RMS/PPS

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Serious Joy!

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A Grateful Heart

•Preston Community • The People • The Town • THE SCHOOLS!

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A Metaphor: The Palm

• “Children are organisms perfectly designed to create work for those who love them.” TIME Magazine Special Edition August 2017

• Only Kindness Matters and (schools are)…where souls are seen and made safe…Jewel August 29, 2017 RMS/PPS

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Preston Panther Pride!