Hi to the Parents and Guardians of my 9th Grade Literature – ESL students! Open House is Thursday, August 31st from 5-7 p.m. and you’re invited! 9^th Grade Parent Night is this Thursday, August 31^st, from 5:00-5:45 in the Osborne Auditorium.

I would like to meet each and everyone of you. I hope to see you there.

Early Release is on Wednesday, 8/30. Students will be released at 11:30 a.m.

School Picture Day is on Friday, 9/1, during 2nd period. Time to smile for the camera! 🙂

This board is in the hallway of our Freshman building. I find it inspirational as well as a daily reminder that I am the only person who can decide if I’ll be positive or negative for the day. Each one of us has the power of choice. Do you choose to believe the best or verbalize the worst?

Instead of starting the class off with “I’m so tired,” decide to change your mindset to “something good is going to happen to me at school today”.

Instead of “I can’t do this,” decide to change your mindset to “this may take some time and effort but I can learn this.” And you can! But it begins with your decision to believe the best about yourself and what you can do.

Woody Allen coined the term that “80% of success in life is just showing up.” And I’ll add complete success comes when we decide to change our mindset to a positive “I can do this” attitude.

For more information on changing your mindset, read this article “Changing Your Mindset to Achieve Success” at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-nikki-martinez-psyd-lcpc/changing-your-mindset-to-_b_8964638.html

Dear Students and Parents/Guardians,

I am thrilled to work with you during this 2017-18 school year. Please contact me for any reason at janet.vrba@cobbk12.org. For more information about me, please read the tab “About the Teacher.” I look forward to getting to know all of you and helping you reach your academic goals.