Archive for January 2021
Easy to Appreciate EMS Principals on Special Week
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam declared January 24-30, 2021 “School Principals Appreciation Week.” “Appreciating our principals is natural, easy, and well deserved,” says Paul Leaman, head of school, about Maria Archer, K-8 principal, and Justin King, 9-12 principal. In their roles, Archer and King do everything from big picture thinking to emptying trash cans, acknowledges Leaman.…
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On the morning of Jan. 7, 2021, Eastern Mennonite School principals shared a message with K-12 teachers, encouraging them to take class time (while in distance learning mode) to process the events of Jan. 6 in Washington, DC, as well as an announcement by school leadership that the school would extend its distance learning plan…
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