Category: Superintendent’s Newsletters

Mrs. Spoor Email: kspoor@raymondk12.org Junior High Science Please check your email daily. Google Classroom is where students need to look for assignments and submit their work. It is really important when they complete and assignment that they click on the turn in button. Students can… Continue Reading Helpful Information

We have an amazingly complex brain, capable of everything from monitoring breathing to creating poetry. Here are nine scientific insights that we need to keep in mind as we try to help every child meet his or her potential. The brain is a social organ.… Continue Reading Thinking is Hard!—February, 2020

I was pondering today some of the things I experienced as a kid that seem to be missing for many of our children today. I grew up in a big city, but even there I had plenty of places to explore and play. Do you… Continue Reading Getting Kids to Focus and Engage—December, 2019

As Thanksgiving approaches, it seems appropriate to consider our blessings and the many reasons we have to be grateful. One of things I am most grateful for is the opportunity I have enjoyed of being involved with young people for most of my life. Regardless… Continue Reading Grateful for the Opportunity to Teach and to Learn—November, 2019

It just makes sense that the more curious a student is, the better he or she is likely to perform in school. However, the benefits of curiosity are not limited to school; our world is ever changing, as are the skills workers need to have… Continue Reading It’s a Curious World—October, 2019