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Page 10 <strong>Medway</strong> & <strong>Millis</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com <strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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Craig Juelis, Principal, <strong>Medway</strong><br />
Middle School<br />
Craig Juelis wants to empower<br />
his students. The father of two<br />
tells them, “You always want to<br />
be the one making choices, not<br />
having the choice made for you.”<br />
He hopes to teach them strategies<br />
along the way and steps that<br />
they can take to achieve the success<br />
moving forward.<br />
“Middle schoolers are at that<br />
position where they still have<br />
that wide range of ability, interests,<br />
eagerness to try and learn<br />
different things. The great thing,<br />
at this point, is they branch off<br />
and may tap into something they<br />
haven’t necessarily known about<br />
themselves. We’re trying to give<br />
them the support structure to<br />
allow them to take those risks,<br />
while at the same time (teaching<br />
them) to deal with social nuances<br />
and social/emotional learning.”<br />
Juelis comes to <strong>Medway</strong> from<br />
North Attleboro, where he most<br />
recently served as Middle School<br />
principal, having also served as<br />
High School Principal and Middle<br />
School Assistant Principal<br />
for the town. Originally a social<br />
studies teacher both in New Jersey<br />
and then in Mansfield, from<br />
1998 to 2007, Juelis, who was educated<br />
at Union College in New<br />
York, first moved into administration<br />
as Assistant Principal in<br />
Blackstone/Millville.<br />
“I think as kids get closer to<br />
high school, you start to see an<br />
interesting shift. It’s learning how<br />
to develop from a 5th grader to<br />
an 8th grader, in terms of being<br />
more independent, more responsible.<br />
As simple as writing homework<br />
down every night, learning<br />
how to study, how to take a test,<br />
then you have the content piece<br />
added to it.”<br />
In addition to needing support<br />
in learning strategies, middle<br />
school, children are experiencing<br />
new social and emotional<br />
dynamics, “getting to be more<br />
of an adult; you get wise to the<br />
world,” says Juelis.<br />
“The great part of middle<br />
school is you’re not dealing with<br />
everyone at the same time doing<br />
the same thing,” says Juelis. He<br />
likens this age’s development to<br />
a bridge.<br />
“Kids all over the bridge are<br />
becoming independent learners<br />
and thinkers. The challenge is<br />
how you get everyone to that end<br />
path. I’ve always heard the saying<br />
middle school doesn’t count,<br />
but my retort to that is – when<br />
you go to high school, and it does<br />
count, do you want to be prepared,<br />
or is that when you want<br />
to start learning these strategies?<br />
Or, do you already want to have<br />
a couple of strategies down?”<br />
Juelis talks of teacher teams<br />
providing a support structure for<br />
students, with blended and personal<br />
learning, where students<br />
can show they understand materials<br />
in a choice of ways.<br />
The educator loves “seeing<br />
the kids at the end, seeing kids<br />
as 6th graders to high school,<br />
seeing how they’ve transformed<br />
over time. I almost like seeing<br />
them say, ‘I can’t do this,’ and<br />
then seeing them at the end say,<br />
‘I did this. I did it with help, but<br />
I did this.’<br />
Every day, says Juelis, he sees<br />
staff interacting with kids at different<br />
levels. “The best part of<br />
every day is having those constant<br />
interactions and moments<br />
you can see the kids with that<br />
proverbial light bulb, where (staff)<br />
see that positive impact they can<br />
have on students. I look at (my<br />
role) as trying to provide that<br />
experience for teachers and students<br />
so that they want to come<br />
to school because of the different<br />
relationships they have and the<br />
learning that’s going on.”<br />
Church of Christ to Hold Free<br />
Community Dinner and Game Night<br />
The Church of Christ at 142<br />
Exchange St., <strong>Millis</strong> will offer a<br />
Free Community Dinner and<br />
Game Night on Friday, <strong>October</strong><br />
19. Dinner is served at 6:30<br />
pm. Following the dinner, we will<br />
have a fun night playing board<br />
games and sharing conversation<br />
and fellowship. All are invited—<br />
there will be games for all ages.<br />
Feel free to bring family, friends<br />
and a favorite game! The event is<br />
sponsored by the Men’s Fellowship<br />
group and is held in Fellowship<br />
Hall at the church. For more<br />
information, please call (508)<br />
376-5034 or visit the website at<br />
millisucc.org.
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