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Dear Parents and Students,
I am so thankful to be a member of the teaching staff here at the Leland Street STEAM Academy.  I feel blessed to be working with such a hardworking staff, dedicated teachers, and a great administration team that cares deeply about the students and their individual successes.  I am also thankful for the opportunity to come in each morning, greet smiling faces, and teach some exciting topics that will help your children grow.  It is a real privilege to participate in the life of my students, and I take my role as an educator very serious.  It is a great responsibility.  With the utmost respect and appreciation for your role as the child's primary educator, I hope that we can work and support each other throughout the year for the betterment of your child. Here is to the class of 2018.  I hope this is an amazing year for you all.

The Pyramid of Success 
by John Wooden
This year students are learning about John Wooden and his Pyramid of Success.  He used the pyramid with great success as the head coach of UCLA men's basketball.  He won 10 NCAA Championships for UCLA between 1964 - 1975.  He is considered to one of the greatest coaches of all time.  We are learning how to be successful students but also successful people who will continue to work on our character for the rest of our lives.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF ADMIRAL WILLIAM MCRAVEN WHOM DELIVERED THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN IN 2017.  STUDENTS WILL BE READING EXCERPTS FROM HIS BOOK, MAKE YOUR BED: LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE... AND MAYBE THE WORLD.

WORK AND STUDY HABITS THAT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH COLLEGE

1)  Pay attention to your teacher and the lesson, and then practice the lesson.
2) Do not shut down in your communication or disrespect your peers, because it makes it difficult for others to help you.
3) Practice the small courtesies in and out of the classroom, and stay true to yourself.  
4) For a scholarly purpose, exchange phone numbers, emails, and social media accounts with your peers.
5) Meet with your teacher regularly to ask how to improve your learning.  Teachers want to help you and offer constructive criticism.
6) Create a study group where you meet with your peers regularly to complete homework and projects.
7) Complete all homework to practice strategies and skills from the lesson, and then predict possible future lesson topics to begin pre-reading.
8) Participate in the lesson whole heartedly, which may mean you have to move away from friends.  Participation is key in understanding and making new information your own.
9) Use your problem-solving and critical thinking skills consistently.  Try to think in abstract ways.  Find symbols and clues, and be absorbed in thought.
10) Keep 5 wise people you can go to with any question, advice, or help in any manner.

Good Morning in Many Languages

Spanish:  Buenos días:  bwhen - ose - dee - us                 Samoan: Manuia le taeao:  mah - new - ee - a - luh - tay - ou 

Danish: God morgen: ghoul - morn                                Quechua: Allin p'unchay:  ah - lean - poon - chay


Italian: Buongiorno: bon - jurrr - no                               Russian:  Dobroe utro:  dough - bre - oo - trrraah


Croatian:  Dobro jutro: dough - bro - you - trow              Japanese:  Ohayo gozaimasu: o - hi - o - go - zigh - e - mus


Swahili: Habari ya asubuhi: ha - bar -ee ya a - soo - boo - he                      Sign Language:  


Tagalog: Magandang umaga po:  mag - an - dang - oo - mag - a                    Swedish:  God morgon:  goo - morro


Hawaiian: Aloha kakahiaka: ah - low - ha - ka - ka - he - aka                  German:  Guten Morgen: goo - ten - mor -ghen


French:  Bonjour: bon - jooooor                                 Farsi: Sobh bekheir: so - bh - beh - hair


Hindi: Namaste: na - ma - stay                                    Chinese (Mandarin): Tzao aun: zow - an


Cherokee:  Osda sunalei                                          Latin: Quid agis mane


Zulu: Sawubona: Saw - bono                                     Thai: Sa wat dee krap


Welsh:  Bore da:  Bore - eh - dar                               Greek: Kalimera sas


Inuktitut: Ublaahatkut                                              Hebrew: Boker tov


Navajo:  Ya at eeh                                                 Sesotho: Mmoro


Turkish: Gunaydin: goon - eye - din                              Korean:  Annyeong hashimnikka 


Galic: Dia dhuit: dee - ah - gwich                                 Portugese: Bom dia


Vietnamese: Chao boo sang:  ch - ow - boo - sang            Pashto:  Sahaar mo pA khayr:  sa - har - mo - pa - (hehk) - ire


Esperanto: Bonan matenon: Bo - nan - ma - Te - non