Overlake Elementary School

On March 2nd, school-aged children across the nation kicked-off National Reading Month by celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Although the children’s author wrote more than 60 books using the pen name, Dr. Seuss, his real name was Theodore Seuss Geisel. His books have proved invaluable to early readers by teaching rhyming, sight words, and nonsense words.

In the fall of 2018, Tooele County School District Superintendent, Dr. Scott Rogers, asked the district’s three education technology specialists to implement a Digital Citizenship Week or Month, (also referred to as White Ribbon Week).

As a former state championship basketball coach, I have always appreciated the power of team building. I have never forgotten the importance of building and maintaining “team spirit” and have applied that principle to working with school staff.