BRING YOUR “A” GAME!

You are the MASTER of your GRADE!

Once you master a skill or concept NO ONE can take it away from you!  It transfers from something you HOPE to learn into something you KNOW!  KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!  The idea behind BRINGING your “A”  GAME this school year is to strategize for a win!  How in the world do you win at the game of school and of learning?  Well, first you understand that your success in the classroom can happen similar to leveling up on a video game, or winning a contest, or scoring the most points to win a ball game.

All of these scenarios require skill, practice, repetitive effort (even if at first you don’t succeed!), and a strategy to outwit, outlast and outplay your opponent.  In MASTERY, your opponent is a CONCEPT, SKILL, or CORE STANDARD.  Once you understand the “order of operations” and the ideal result your answers are no longer a “guess”.  Your answers become a demonstration of your knowledge!

When you KNOW how to do something, you are no longer scared of doing it and you will do it more often.  When you realize how fun it is to engineer your words, ideas, and answers, you will look forward to engaging in SHARING your SKILLS in all areas of your life!  

My goals to help you, MY STUDENTS, bring your “A” game this year are as follows:

First- You need to know that the spirit of a RAM is one that is-

R-  Ready to
A-  Achieve
M-  Mastery

Quest students ACHIEVE MASTERY by:

A-  ALLOWING self and others the opportunity to grow and learn!
A-  ACKNOWLEDGING strengths and weaknesses in self and others.
       Celebrating strengths and embracing weaknesses as stepping stones
       to MASTERY.  Diversity is a GIFT! (We don’t all excel in the same 
       areas and THAT’S OK!
A-  APPLYING the skills mastered through hard work and life long learning.

Our vision of the future is NO EXCUSES!  JUST RESULTS!

Whether it’s in a classroom, a corporation, a community, or through collaboration…
WE ARE THE INNOVATORS AND COMMUNICATORS of the 21st Century!

WELCOME TO CLASS!