A GRIT Sighting!

There was a GRIT sighting in Mrs. Jewell's class last week. Mrs. Jewell's class along with the rest of the third grade and fourth grade classes at Estes took a KPREP embedded scrimmage assessment. These embedded assessments are used to prepare our students for the big tests in May. The assessments are timed and follow the format of the KPREP test. Our scrimmage assessments cover what has already been taught in class.
Now after explaining all of the ins and outs of the scrimmage I want to get to the GRIT sighting.  Mrs. Jewell emailed me about a young man in her class who showed GRIT during the scrimmage. This young man doesn't have the highest MAP scores, know the most sight words or have the highest DRA scores in his class. Do you know what this student has? He has heart and GRIT! He scored the second highest grade in his class! He wants to do well and wants to use what his teacher is teaching him and make a great life for himself. Who is this young man? This young man is Eddie!
Eddie, I want to thank you for taking on a growth mindset and showing GRIT. You are what Estes is about. Eddie, you would be the first pick on my team if I were picking a team of students to show what GRIT can do for a student. Go Bulldogs!