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hello hello

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hi welcome to hi hello what's

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up y'all hey welcome Hey and welcome to

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welcome to PSIs 66

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my journey to becoming

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the principal at PSI 66 is

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deeply rooted in the vibrant

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neighborhood um that shaped me

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I carry the spirit of qunari within me just

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a spirit that characterizes resilience

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diversity my intimate understanding of

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this community's unique character

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it needs drives my commitment to ensuring our

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school is a place where every child

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I feel seen heard and inspired

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to reach their full potential this is

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my 10th year teaching but I really love about

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PS I had 66 we push

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students to not only um do

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great academically but we also

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as character development I always prioritize

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my students social

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and emotional health first

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and foremost and then from there we're

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able to come together to learn

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and succeed it's important to understand

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that we have high expectations for our students and

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even if they're Meeting those expectations we're

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going to shift where we're where we want them to be because

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we could always get further we could always do better we

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could always run faster we could always jump high I really

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like to hear at PSI 66 it's a great School

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it's easier to learn here because the teachers want to push

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you to Excellence and it's easier

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to make friends here because a lot of people are super friendly I

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feel safe and happy that my 2

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daughters are attending a school and that

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accommodates all diversity

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nationality and that's why we

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chose 66 I've been in the school since I

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was 7 years old you'll never find a school quite like this

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1 this school is very different it has a wide

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range of activities a few of my favorites

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would be um dance they have a lot of different

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choreographies a lot of the dances

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cover a lot of cultural backgrounds it's very inclusive and diverse

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I've been in the school since kindergarten

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I'm in eighth grade now and I just love

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it here because the teachers are kind we have

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a lot of extracurriculars um

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my favorite 1 in particular is just because I'm

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very smart and I like that it's

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a strategic game my personal favorite is piano

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because I feel like I can express myself through

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any instrument in any way I

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play the keys and I even get to learn how to

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read the notes podcasting being

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a host is fun you know I like talking to the

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parents by co-hosts

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my guests like I

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like the producers I like I

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like everything about it and some

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with the school now for 9 years it's

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been a great transformation this

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year from years past we've gotten

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a really great new programs here students

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get well-versed in a

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little bit of everything whether it is coding or

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podcasting music therapy where

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they develop music videos uh great

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after school programs um not

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only academic but also extracurricular uh

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we've got a great uh Broadway junior

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so during Broadway junior students have the

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Unity to Sing Act and dance all at

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the same time um we do a little bit of singing and

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acting and dancing during the school day but during

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Broadway junior after school students have

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the opportunity to combine them all together uh something special

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about our school is that it's from 3K

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to grade 8 we have them since babies it's like

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it takes a village to raise your

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children and that's what we are we're a community so

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you're part of our community for all of those years

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in your life you feel comfortable knowing

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your teachers throughout the years when you get to 8

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great you've had so many teachers already here

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and so many members of this community to help you

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and to guide you made

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for children who need

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some time to theirselves for example if

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you were having a mini episode

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both the Zen Den is there to help you calm

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down and unwind after a very long day after

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a very stressful time I provide

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counseling from grades kindergarten to 8th grade

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primarily individual group counseling

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Crisis Intervention

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mediation conflict resolution we are

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very big here on social and

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emotional learning we really want to build

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trouble learning

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wise that we give them

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their voice right um their voice

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is important and we want to teach them to advocate for themselves principal

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Charlamagne is a great principal I

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think that ever since she came here uh

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I've been a lot more prepared for my tests

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and there's been like a lot more

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in the school more activities there's been

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more growth in the school she

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pushes us to grow from our

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mistakes the goal is to prepare our students for

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future challenges for

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stirring a love for learning

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um and encourage an active parent involvement and

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lastly Inspire and teachers to innovate

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ultimately I aim

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to shape responsible empathetic individuals

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making our school a model

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of educational success honestly

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to my ears here this is the most tight-knit

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community that I have seen you

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know we really work hard to

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make our parents in this District feel

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comfortable with us when you come here you are we are

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a family it's something special about being

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I feel like you should send your child here because it's

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a great way to express themselves and their

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learning will really really grow education

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is a journey we embarked on as

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a community let's unite to cultivate

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a generation of thinkers leaders

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Innovative who will carry the torch

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of shared values into the future join

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us because every step we take together is

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a step towards a brighter more inclusive tomorrow