Mr. Frang's Blog

Please consider coming out and enjoying a family night at the theatre. Our CT Company is excited to show off their spring production “Playground Days” at 7 PM on Friday, April 27. Tickets are just $3. Staff, grandparents, kids under 12 and CT Alumni are admitted for free. The show features some great stories including “Hooway for Wodney Wat,” “Porcupine Wants a Hug” and “Oh, The Places You’ll Go.” We will be saying goodbye to our seniors and also welcoming all of our alumni back to dance one last time on the stage to “I Believe.” It will be a fun, family friendly night. The show will last just over an hour.

Both the Boys and Girls chalked one up in the win coulumn tonight!

Starting Pitcher, Trever Mosher records a win vs. Kenowa Hills – Final Score: 3-1

Starting Pitcher Emily French records a win vs. Kenowa Hills – Final Score: 14-8

Way To Go Rockets!

In a strange way, taking care of the little things helps the big things take care of themselves.  John Wooden recognized this, and his insight and discipline  taught individuals how to function effectively as a team.  This approach brought NCAA titles to UCLA in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975.  More titles for his teams, than the teams of the next two coaches on the list combined (Rupp-4 and Krzyzewski-4).

How much of this applies to K-12 schools?  To graduating seniors? To our own lives?

You be the Judge!

Be a good person at all times. “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

 Be a team player, always. “The main ingredient in stardom is the rest of the team.” 

Be a good student in all subjects, not just basketball.

 Be enthusiastic, industrious, dependable, loyal, and cooperative. “The player who gives his best is sure of success, while the player who gives less than his best is a failure.” 

Earn the right to be proud and confident. “Winning takes talent, repeating it takes character. Little things make big things happen.”

Keep emotions under control without losing fight or aggressiveness. “Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.”

 Work constantly to improve without becoming satisfied. “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

 Acquire peace of mind by becoming the best that you are capable of becoming. “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”

 Never criticize, nag, or razz a teammate. “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

 Never miss or be late for any class or appointment.

 Never be selfish, jealous, envious, or egotistical. “Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”

 Never expect favors – or grant them. “It isn’t what you do, but how you do it.”

 Never waste time. “Never mistake activity for achievement… If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

 Never alibi or make excuses. “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything.”

 Never require repeated criticism for the same mistake.

 Never lose faith or patience. “Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”

 Never have reason to be sorry afterward. “Tomorrow I will try harder.”

Taken from: 

“The Wizard’s Wise Words” by Richard Lewis in The CABE Journal, April 2012 (Vol. 17, #4, p. 15), no e-link available

Did you know out of the 82 counties in the State of Michigan, that Muskegon ranks 64th in terms of health?

Besides eating smart, getting regular exercise is a great way to stay in shape and keep your heart healthy! Consider helping make a statement in a SEA OF GREEN at this year’s SEAWAY RUN !

Not a 5K runner? No worries! Join the SEA OF GREEN by walking the 5K!
Looking for more of a challenge? Sign up to run the 15K!

No matter how you choose to take part, choose to do so as a ROCKET and WEAR GREEN!

Just click HERE to learn more or Sign up!

Alliance for Health, an aggregator of health planning, information, grants and process improvement for West Michigan; has contracted with the Muskegon Community Health Project (MCHP) to manage a two-year grant awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) initiative will focus on the close link between health and wellness, and a students’ ability to learn, graduate and go on to post-secondary education. The project links several partners and initiatives with the mutual goal of increasing high school graduation rates.

R-P Schools is the fortunate partner of this two-year Project Healthy Grad program, that will support a Community Health Worker in the school.

We welcome Kelly Gooden, who has a strong background in health and education. Kelly will be on hand to assist students and their families in navigating health care resources. Any student in the R-P district who needs help with getting a medical appointment, health care coverage, obtaining medications, food assistance, vision, dental or any other health related services, please stop in and see Kelly (Middle School) or call her at 744-4721 ext 4025.

Kelly’s office hours are 7:30 to 2:30 daily. Please join us in welcoming her to the Reeths-Puffer family!

Dress Code

As we continue to experience an unseasonably warm March, please take a moment to glance over the attachment outlining the dress code policies at Reeths-Puffer High School. Our goal at the High School is to have zero dress code concerns, and we would invite parents and students to be active partners in establishing an environment that allows students to focus on learning in all classes by using the attachment as a filter for students heading out the door in the morning.

Some may know Grant Wiggins from his work in Understanding by Design. In a recent blog post, he refers to factors that influence student achievement, and presents an interesting list outlining these factors. Below is an Excerpt from his blog:

Here is the rank-ordered list of the top effect sizes, with a half-dozen removed by me because they either refer to programs unknown outside of Australia & New Zealand – Hattie’s home base – or they refer to sub-sets of students (e.g. the learning disabled). And I am going to provide a bit of suspense with this list. I want you to guess which two factors come next after what is listed below; you’ll see why I wanted to add a bit of intrigue by the end. (I have also starred the factors that have an effect size of .7 or greater since these are significant gains):

■Student self-assessment/self-grading*
■Response to intervention*
■Teacher credibility*
■Providing formative assessments*
■Classroom discussion*
■Teacher clarity*
■Feedback*
■Reciprocal teaching*
■Teacher-student relationships fostered*
■Spaced vs. mass practice*
■Meta-cognitive strategies taught and used
■Acceleration
■Classroom behavioral techniques
■Vocabulary programs
■Repeated reading programs
■Creativity programs
■Student prior achievement
■Self-questioning by students
■Study skills
■Problem-solving teaching
■Not labeling students
■Concept mapping
■Cooperative vs individualistic learning
■Direct instruction
■Tactile stimulation programs
■Mastery learning
■Worked examples
■Visual-perception programs
■Peer tutoring
■Cooperative vs competitive learning
■Phonics instruction
■Student-centered teaching
■Classroom cohesion
■Pre-term birth weight
■Peer influences
■Classroom management techniques
■Outdoor-adventure programs
Can you guess the next two items on the rank order list?

“Home environment” and “socio-economic status.”

In other words, everything on the list has a greater effect on student achievement than the student’s background

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The warm weather lately may have some thinking spring! Before spring hits, all interested students, parents, siblings, and Rockets are invited to come together for a Super Bowl Kickoff party February 5th at 1pm in the Rocket Center. This will be an opportunity to get to know some of the coaching staff better, and make a few predictions for the big game that will follow!
Click the link for details:
SB PARTY

Cody and Tyler Stenberg

Two of our students, Cody and Tyler Stenberg are featured in the Sports section of the Chronicle today. To read the full article, click here:

ROCKET WRESTLING