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Always advocating for the kids and being a passionate educator!

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Thanks for letting me come to your room to vent and for always letting me pull out Brenda to "practice" from your Life Skills class. You're an amazing soul and I love seeing your smiling face when I'm on campus.

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Thank you for all the support and wisdom you share with everyone

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Thanks for your commitment to ALL students!

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Thank you for being you! #workbesties

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Monica: Thank you for all that you do for our department. And all the treats you give us and the students. An the teachers because it helps them to be nice to our department.

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Monica: Thank you for all that you do for our department. And all the treats you give us and the students. An the teachers because it helps them to be nice to our department.

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Your hard work, commitment and resilience!

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Thanks for the Instructional advice...you always have great ideas that actually work or me....

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Thanks for supporting us and always advocating for our team! And for always doing behind the scenes work!!

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You guys are all so amazing and welcoming! I am always excited about PD's with you.

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For the Despacito song

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- Awesome retreats
-Time away from campus always helps!

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Even though we are at different sites, I know I can count on you guys for a good time and good advice.
-Monica

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I love the small conversations we have on Fridays!

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Resiliency is how you recharge, not how you endure. You embody resiliency. Thanks for always advocating for the kiddos!

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For always answering your phone when I have like 10 questions

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For bringing Porto's!!!!!!!

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Thanks for your positive energy and your optimism in every situation! Our dept really appreciates it!

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I could not have picked better co-workers. I am so grateful for you two this year!

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Thanks for being my sounding board for everything!!!

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Thanks for supporting our babies and creating such a solid foundation with them!

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I am going to miss you.  Thanks for always being the breath of fresh air that we need!

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Great job in moving the program forward!!!

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Monica & Jacqueline- I feel I can always complain & talk to you both, Thanks! After 2 years you've become my friends.

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Monica & Jacqueline- I feel I can always complain & talk to you both, Thanks! After 2 years you've become my friends.

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Thank you for always having our back at VAHS and advocating for us with admin.

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I enjoyed collaborating with you to prepare for our PD. Even though, we didn't have a great turn out. You are amazing and I loved working with you to teach others about collaboration and co-teaching. Stay motivated! You have a lot to give

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Your mind is like this amazing life force with tons of knowledge, glad
you're around to share all of your

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Cool like a cucumber...almost Samuel Jackson cool, you are definitely the model of calm during the storm, a male perspective is always refreshing....

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Thanks for always being down to get kabobs at lunch!! ;)

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You guys are always fun and fascinating to get together with and chat, discuss, problem solve, and everything else

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For always being the encouragement to my frantic first year issues

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We are going to miss so much and we're bummed you're leaving.

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For making coffee nervous!

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An incredible multi-tasker and presence at VAHS. Students, teachers, admin and support staff alike all love having you.

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So happy for another successful year! You girls rock!!!

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For all the great work you've done as our psych this year

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You had a MASSIVE crazy caseload this year! You were such a beast in slaying all those difficult IEPs and supporting all your students with intensive needs! You rocked this year!

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You have been the BEST support for me this year!! Thank you!! I think you can guess who this is from :)

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Coolest School Psych on the planet, knowledgeable...thanks for the open ear and finally getting the silent to speak...AWESOME JOB!! Have a great summer!!

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Jacqueline and Donna- BEST Roommates and Teammates! I am sooooo lucky!

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Jacqueline and Donna- BEST Roommates and Teammates! I am sooooo lucky!

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BSSCA Team - We all have different personalities and styles, that I love working with you both because I feel like we compliment each other.

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BSSCA Team - We all have different personalities and styles, that I love working with you both because I feel like we compliment each other.

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I can always count on you to help me out via email!

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I love the collaboration and support you all have given me this year especially with the transition meetings!

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You have all been a wealth of knowledge

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You're all phenomenal. Thanks for being tremendous assets at all of our site

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Your relationships with our kids has grown so much and it has been devine watching the freshmen become attached to you.

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Thank you for being an amazing role model this year. I wish I could have had you at every IEP meeting.

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I'm so thankful to have you as a IST @RHS, we make a good team! I don't know how this year would have gone without you!

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Thank you for having my back this year. I needed your guidance, support, and mind this entire year, and you came through each time. Our department and my year would have been less, much less, without all your had work this year. Don't ever leave!

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Whoever organized the IST-led PD choice session

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Whoever organized the IST-led PD choice session

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Phenomenal idea!!!

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Thank you for being my support system this year!! its been a crazy one!

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So happy I was able to get back my counseling kids and collaborate with IST's on strengths/needs of kids.

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Yay for our new co- directors! I am so excited to have you two as our leaders! I cannot think of a better paid!!!

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- So excited to have you both as co-directors and I have incredibly faith that you two will lead the department with grit and grace.

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Thanks for the help when it got crazy around Spring Break, you testing some of my kiddos really helped then and towards the end. Finally...ALL DONE

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For L. Quezada, You are an amazing support! So happy you will be part of the team that Directs this department. 

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For L. Quezada, You are an amazing support! So happy you will be part of the team that Directs this department. 

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For focusing on the Positive (as well)

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your passion and intellect are beyond commendable. Our students are blessed to have you on their side.

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I am so honored to be a part of your cluster! Thank you for always inviting me to be a part of your team.

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BSSCA IST Team: This year I feel we advocated a LOT for our students AND ourselves. I'm proud of the fact that we push each other to do this type of advocating because it's really difficult sometimes.

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BSSCA IST Team: This year I feel we advocated a LOT for our students AND ourselves. I'm proud of the fact that we push each other to do this type of advocating because it's really difficult sometimes.

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For always answering my calls/texts/emails full of a million tiny detail questions

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I love my IST team!
Thank you for having my back!
Thank you for making my load lighter.
Thank you for collaborating.
Thank you for sharing responsibilities.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to grow as an educator and as a person.
Davin and Tawny, you both are the BEST!

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- Always welcome to collaboration on and off campus.

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Thank you for always being there to brainstorm. I always feel so supported and better prepared to support our kids.

-Katharine

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You had the burden of going first and you absolutely established a great program!

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-GREAT new additions to the staff

-All 11th graders passed physics!

-Seniors are ready for post-secondary pathways

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- Strong IST team overall (lots of support)
- Open communication and improvement of communication with gen ed teachers
- Good relationship with most students
- Made our learning center a place that welcomed everyone (all kinds of students wanted to use it)
- Fairly consistent schedule that we could go back to if other things came up
- Effort to make discipline less punitive and more collaborative with the student

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AMAZING at accommodating and chunking complex assignments like DBQs!

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- Very first graduating class
- All 9 students with IEPs are graduating
-Compliance has improved (Timely completion of IEPs)
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Compliance galore!!!!!!!
You all are amazing