CBS Boston's NMS #PositiveSignThursday Story

 

 

Some Positive Press on NMS's #PositiveSignThursday

Since the first day of school, Mr. Geoghegan, Mr. Thomas, and Ms. Rae have been holding up a sign to greet our NMS students as they come in the door to welcome them to school and show that we are all here caring about them and how they do.

We hold the sign, tell the students "Good Morning" and ask if they would like a "selfie."  Most students partake, and even some look forward to these Thursday mornings.

All three administrators then Tweet out these pictures with the hashtag #PositiveSignThursday on our personal Twitter pages as well as the @JTNicholsMS Home Twitter page.

A gentleman, who Follows Mr. Thomas's Twitter account, went to college with Mr. T and also happens to work for CBS Boston WBZ.  He loved the idea and loved the pictures.  He knew it would make for a great story.

He got in touch with us a couple of months ago to say that he would like to do a story on the idea.  On Thursday, May 4, a cameraman from WBZ Boston came to the Nichols that morning prior to school to set up his camera and shots to get the story documented.  Then on Thursday, May 11, the story appeared on WBZ Channel 4 at 5 PM, and then again, at 8 PM on MyTV 38.

Ms. Paula Ebben, anchor for CBS Boston, Tweeted out that the story was going to come out early in the afternoon on Thursday.

Then at around 5:55 PM, our story appeared on the News.


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The reaction on Twitter, Facebook, and through emails has been incredible.  People are just loving the story and the practice of #PositiveSignThursday.

Here is another Tweet from Ms. Paula Ebben from Friday, May 12:

This practice was presented to Mr. Geoghegan from Joseph Case High School Principal Brian McCann.  This is his second year of Positive Signs.  Mr. Geoghegan and Mr. McCann have taken this idea on the road and have presented it together at conferences and will continue to do so this summer.

The two of us believe that relationship building with our students is one of the most important things we can do.  We have fun doing the signs and I know we will continue until we create a different, more innovative way to show our students we care about them.

Here are just a few of the fun shots we have taken from this year so far.