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Monday, July 4, 2011

We need schools where “everybody knows your name.” | Connected Principals

We need schools where “everybody knows your name.” | Connected Principals

We need schools where “everybody knows your name.”



“Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot. Wouldn’t you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see, our troubles are all the same, you wanna be where everybody knows your name. You wanna go where people know, people are all the same, you wanna go where everybody knows your name.”

…Original and full length lyrics for “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” the theme song from the 1980s television sitcom “Cheers,” was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo.

My former colleague, Dan McDonald, master teacher and kid-magnet extraordinaire, came up with a damn good