ABSTRACT

Early in the school year, the main focus of our Friday Focus communications is on values we wish to share with all teachers, hopefully in a way that is motivating and affirming to us all. While many future Friday Focus writings will address specific teaching and learning questions that arise at every school—such as the previous week’s memo regarding homework practices—for the fifth edition of our weekly communication, I simply wanted to let teachers know that we all make a difference in the lives of our students.