{"id":2497,"date":"2023-01-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2022-11-03T20:31:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T20:31:14","slug":"a-culture-of-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/a-culture-of-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"A Culture of Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Arencibia, one of three finalists for &#8220;Principal of the Year&#8221; (National Association of Secondary School Principals) says he and his team focus on setting high standards and establishing a culture of FUN! By focusing on the positive instead of problems, Arencibia says the school&#8217;s atmosphere is warm, friendly, and challenging. This creates a highly-engaging environment for students, and that is supported by professional development for teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arencibia says polarizing topics are less of an issue at his school because \u201cwe don\u2019t get into those things &#8230; because we\u2019re focused on providing the absolute best for each of our students, and that\u2019s a common goal we can all agree on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/corp.smartbrief.com\/original\/2022\/11\/nassp-finalist-high-standards\" target=\"_blank\">article in Smart Brief<\/a> provides additional details about Arencibia&#8217;s unique approach and the process involved in developing &#8220;a routine of excellence.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Arencibia, one of three finalists for &#8220;Principal of the Year&#8221; (National Association of Secondary School Principals) says he and his team focus on setting high standards and establishing a culture of FUN! By focusing on the positive instead of problems, Arencibia says the school&#8217;s atmosphere is warm, friendly, and challenging. This creates a highly-engaging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,475,473,348,398],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-david-arencibia","tag-diane-benson-harrington","tag-fun","tag-school-climate","tag-student-engagement","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/morelan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}