The document discusses the concept of "the power of one" at Julius Marks Elementary School. It provides several examples of individual staff members who had a meaningful positive impact on students through their dedicated actions, such as tutoring a student over the summer to help them become a better reader, ensuring a student had a good lunch on their first day to set them up for success, inviting students into their workspace each day just to talk, driving a student to and from school each day after they moved outside the school boundaries, and continuing to check in on a former challenging student years after they left the school. The overall message is that each individual staff member has the power to positively influence students' lives.

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35. What do we mean by the power of one at JME?
We mean stories like the staff member who met a child at
the Eagle Creek library twice a week and tutored them for
free throughout the entire summer. Why? To help this
child become a better reader.
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36. We mean stories like the staff member who realized
that a late and reluctant enrollee needed a good
lunch to make his first day at JME successful. In his
own words, “This is the best school ever. I’ve never
had so much fresh fruit. It was a great lunch.” This
is a common practice for this person.
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37. We mean stories like the staff member who
invited kids into her work space each day just
to talk. The kids got to know her so well that
they new each member of her family in her
picture frames on her desks and their interests.
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38. We mean stories like the two staff members who
decided that a child who moved would still come
to JME even though they were now OOA, and the
mom couldn’t get him here. They decided to take
turns going to his house each morning to bring
him to school--just as if he were their child.
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39. We mean stories like the staff member who often
took home a challenging student so that they
could play ---and just so he would feel like he was
loved outside the walls of our school. She still
checks on him even though he’s been gone from
JME for two years.
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40. YOU can be The Power of
One for a student!
What Will Your Legacy Be?