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THIS is last year's Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in in Nashville. #tnleg
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To close out Black History Month, our own Mrs. Lofters worked with 5th grade students to perform a traditional step routine, for the school. #TowerAbove 🦒 #BlackHistoryMonth
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It was a TOWER GAME day! All four Towers competed at each grade level to see who could transfer the most amount of water from one bucket to the other! Plenty of fun for all! #TowerAbove 🦒
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If you’re fortunate enough to have already paid off your student loans or make too much money to qualify, it’s still possible to be happy for people receiving some much needed relief. So many are weighed down by this debt. Let’s celebrate the relief and then work toward making…
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We got to welcome the newest members of #giraffenation to Jesse Wharton last night with our annual summer meetup! We can’t wait to see you in just a couple weeks! #TowerAbove 🦒
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Sign of a broken society: They think it’s necessary to ban books, but not AR-15 rifles.
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Wow! What an evening in #GiraffeNation! We had our Student Led Conference Night and the students got to show all of their hard work to their families by leading the conversation! #TowerAbove
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Yesterday was our 1st Washington 1 Mile Fun Run. It brought us together in our continued commitment to foster community and wellness. @KidsRunGOFAR
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Your annual reminder: posting quotes from Dr. King one day out of the year but living a life that runs counter to his teachings the other 364 does not make you an ally in the fight for justice and equality.
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Today was a special Tower Tuesday! We did book buddy groups with Tower friends across grade levels! Kindergarten and 3rd, 1st and 4th, and 2nd and 5th partnered up and spent time celebrating and reading books together! #TowerAbove 🦒
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Our Tower service learning component this quarter has been on paper recycling. Each Friday, our Tower Council members collect recycling from each classroom and bring it out to our recycling receptacle. #TowerAbove 🦒
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Last but not least! Our final Tower reveal! This is the Tower of KORDOFAN, and they embody TENACITY! Do you have the courage and determination to be in Kordofan? We will find out soon! Until then, stay tuned for more information on Towers at Jesse Wharton! #TowerAbove 🦒
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Say hello to our third Tower reveal! The Tower of THORNICROFT, the green Tower, will be representing BENEVOLENCE! Do you feel kindness and compassion in your life? You might just be destined for a spot in Thornicroft! Only one more Tower reveal to go! #TowerAbove 🦒
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Happy Sunday #GiraffeNation! Let’s reveal our second Tower today! This is the Tower of Rothschild! They will be donning orange while embodying Prudence in their lives! Will the wisdom that this Tower possesses help them win the Tower Cup this year? Time will tell! #TowerAbove
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It’s time for another Tower reveal!
Lesson #3: Did you know that there are nine subspecies of giraffes!? And each one has its own unique spot design! Check them out!
FOUR of them will be used for the names of our JW Towers! Comment below which ones you think we will be using!
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When you have a difficult, disrespectful, and defiant student, my biggest tip for you… is to have lots of conversations with them when they are not in trouble. These conversations are where you build rapport… and that rapport makes future confrontations less likely.
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JW Towers are coming soon! Dropping info all month long …
Lesson 1: Did you know that a group of giraffes is called a tower? You do now!
Lesson 2: Wouldn’t it be neat if everyone in the school had a “team” they were a part of? They will now!
#TowerAbove 🦒
