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We are fam-i-ly!

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The school has been cleaned, handbooks have been copied, and the class rosters finalized.  Just a few more finishing touches and CES is ready to open for the 2013-2014 school year.

But we're already celebrating.  

A few members of the CES team outside of historic Double Springs School.

This past weekend the CES faculty and staff got together for a cookout and a hayride to a historic one-room school house in our community.  Everyone brought their families and it was a wonderful, relaxing time before the work begins again next week.

Our school, like so many others, is a family.  And like so many families today, we do not get enough time to just enjoy each other's company and some good home-cooked food.

While I am blessed to work in a school with a wonderful climate, as a leader I am always looking for ways to maintain and grow in this area.  I have a dog-eared copy of Todd Whitaker's Motivating and Inspiring Teachers that never fails to start turning the wheels in my head.

How do you build and maintain a positive school climate?  What are your go-to resources?
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