Kent Pekel
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Kent Pekel
@KentPekel
Superintendent of Schools in Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester, Minnesota
Joined January 2011
- Want to really get to know a kid? Ask them about their 4 S’s: Sparks (what they love to do), Strengths (what they think is best about themselves), Struggles (what they worry about and fear) and Supports (people, programs & places that help them be their best selves).
- Kids are getting COVID. We know that now. That’s why we are masking up in Rochester Public Schools. I deeply wanted to avoid recommending that RPS require masks, but if there is any community in the country (actually, the world) where we should follow the science, Rochester is itCOVID-19 striking more Minnesota children, underlining urgency of broad community vaccination trib.al/YhoI5KL
- Under a HOT Jamaican sun, kid #1 got married over the weekend to a wonderful young man we are thrilled to welcome to the family.
- Not the strongest argument I’ve received from a student for a snow day, but you’ve gotta give him points for creativity.
- This shirt was a gift from one of the principals in our school district. Good advice for the new year!
- With construction underway at John Marshall HS, an old safe was opened & grade books from Rochester High School in the 1880s were found. Today I got around to looking inside & saw there was a kid named Charles H. Mayo enrolled. He got good grades. Wonder what ever became of him?
- Here’s one more pic from the weekend wedding of my daughter @OubreLauren. I am so proud of the woman she has become.
- Hi Joshua: You ARE a special and important student and so I'm going to retweet your message and invite people to LIKE this tweet to show that a lot of other people out there also think you are really really important! - Dr. Pekel
- Adam Pekel graduated today from the University of Chicago with a major in Economics and a minor in East Asian Languages and Literatures. And he is genuinely wonderful human being.
- I waited this long to be sure the forecast is unlikely to change and since all reports say that is very unlikely, @RPS535 will be closed tomorrow for all students and staff. Start reading your Shakespeare, everyone.
