School Leadership – Principal Captain Kirk's Blog

There’s Power in Partnerships

Principal Shine On Lakeasha shares her experience and gems on the importance of fostering community partnerships with schools in order to develop a “give back package to support the success of our children.”

I Remember The Day

I don’t see color, was something I often heard. But, if you don’t see color, you don’t see the student you are educating. It’s okay to see color. I felt that the teachers were afraid to verbalize race and to see “color” within their culturally diverse student. Afraid to say what they really see in our black and brown students, but they know the right words to say to me. This provided a disservice to our babies. But I knew that I had to make this right!

Navigating My New Normal

I thought I had it all figured out. Except, I didn’t! What I quickly realized is that not only was I pouring more into my work as a school principal than ever before, I was doing it and sacrificing the ease, feeling of security and consistency of having mommy all in one fail swoop.