Grisel Gonzalez
Assistant Editor As Bonneville High School (BHS) continues to strive for excellence, Principal Jolley has unveiled his enthusiastic visions for the future of BHS. Jolley plans on renovating the exterior and interior of BHS. Next year all the red brick tile floor will be replaced with another “nice looking flooring.” Additionally, upper A wing and all the classrooms within it will be getting redone, and science labs will also be added. Jolley also plans on putting up more BHS window covers like the ones on his office windows. He hopes by doing so, it will promote more school spirit within the school. New signage will also be added in the main entrances outside to indicate where the gym, fine arts, etc. are located. Regarding the teachers, Jolley mentions that they have been working extremely hard on their Professional Learning Community (PLC) work. This means that they get together on Monday and plan their focus for this year. They also work collaboratively to ensure the success of their students. He says the PLC work is to try to get vertical alignment so what teachers are teaching in 9th grade is what teachers in 10th grade need and so forth. Jolley mentions that the administrators have made it their goal to never walk by anything on the floor without picking it up. He mentions, “we always stop and pick it up and we hope that if we start doing that kids will notice and then kids will say if our principals are willing to stop, reach down, and pick up garbage and throw it in the garbage can as students were going to start doing that.” Along with that, Jolley states, “I think as kids see that we care about the school and we start to take care of it, the kids will also start to take care of it and have pride in it and if you have pride in something you want to be part of it.” The administrators have set this plan in place not only to maintain cleanliness within BHS, but also to lead by example for the students. Finally, Jolley touches on his end goal with the Social Emotional Learning by stating that he wants the teachers to realize that they are in this job as educators to do more than just teach all the subjects. He declares that it really is to help prepare students for the future, and those social-emotional skills are skills everyone can use to be successful. Therefore, his end goal is that the school truly has kids that are ready to be productive members of society. He also mentions that most of the feedback he has obtained about the Social Emotional learning has been tremendously positive. Jolley stated, "when kids come out of the classrooms…as admin we’ve walked around and [we] actually hear a lot of kids talking about whatever that lesson was.” He further talks about the duration by saying he does not think it is that long, and he does not think it takes up much time. He feels as though it is extremely beneficial to spend 18 minutes every once in a while in an effort to be better. Lastly, Jolley ends his interview by declaring his final objective is, “trying to get kids to realize I can do hard things. The biggest thing is I think kids aren’t willing to put in the work and the effort but want the reward, and you don’t get the reward without the work and the effort.” Principal Jolly along with all the teachers and administrators have put their best foot forward to help students achieve and reach their maximum strengths. Bonneville High School continues to thrive and provides a positive environment for not only students, but for everyone.
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