Monday, April 19, 2010

Synergizing for Leadership Day

Our first annual Winchester Leadership Day is soon approaching and you can feel the buzz of the entire staff as we synergize to arrange every last detail. There have been logos, banners and bookmarks to design, placemats for students to decorate, songs for children to learn and sing, hallways to adorn with Leadership themed work and presentations to be made perfect. There is food to prepare, schedules to make, invitations to send out, packages to be organized and so much more not even mentioned here. Walk into the staff room at any time and the conversation is a buzz with Leadership Day talk and preparation.

I cannot imagine what it takes to organize such an event and remember every last detail so the day will be as perfect as it can be. It obviously takes much more than one person, but one person is really responsible for bringing the "The Leader in Me" to Winchester. We owe such vision, patience, dedication and love to our principal Kathy Brachmann, who was inspired by reading "The Leader in Me", saw all of us and our students in it, and led the way for her Leadership vision to become reality. I am proud to be a member of the Winchester staff whose dedication and passion for our students is second to none. I will be beaming with pride on that day as we watch our students confidently lead the way toward Winchester Elementary's future.