"Furthering..."

3 beautiful, large, new signs when up in school today. In purple, white, & gray (our school colors). We designed them as a staff a few weeks ago. The middle sign reads: "pro.mo.tive adj.: tending to promote. Contributing to the progress or growth of; furthering."
On the left: "Helpful," translated into eleven languages.
On the right: "Supportive," also translated.

Evidently, three boys were not so promotive earlier when they got to reading class late. Each boy was spoken with at the door and reprimanded. Although the reasons for their tardiness were innocuous by the standards of my old school, they missed several minutes of classtime--a cardinal sin here.
Leaving a binder in the bathroom is not a good excuse. Coming to class late requires a student to apologize to others.

The class was asked, what should be done about these boys?

Several students in class responded, they need to be there on time to be ready to work--for the teacher's mini-lesson and with the students around them.

Meanwhile, the principal's barren office space now has a lamp. A fairly nice one, at that. I've told her I'm getting worried. She may get too comfortable.
Alas, she responded, one of the (now) two filing cabinets in her office belongs to the secretary. The principal does not even have the keys.
Maybe I'll take the table and chairs out of the room at some point, she said, and just sit on a yoga mat.

After all, a dozen of our students have such mats available for a chosen enrichment class on Fridays.