CC#27: Mr. Eric Sacco - Clifton-Clyde Pre-K-8

Listen in on with NAESP rep and KPA board member, Mr. Eric Sacco of Clifton-Clyde Pre-K-8 principal. Eric discusses his "why not?" philosophy of sharing out all the good via social media. Principal banter ensues as discussion of basketball jamborees, holiday season, and the sprint to the break are discussed.

Connect with Mr. Sacco:

• X: @SaccoEric
• Connect on Email
• Eric's article, titled "Why Join?", on page 22-23 of the 12/3/2024 publication of Under the Umbrella

Chapters

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00:00   Introduction to Eric Sacco and His Journey 09:24   The Importance of Social Media in Schools 17:27   Creating a Positive School Culture 22:30   Holiday Traditions and Movie Favorites

 

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Rick Sola (00:01.879) All right, thank you for joining in on another Cool Coffee with Kansas principals. This episode features Mr. Eric Sacco, Pre-K through 8 principal from Clifton Clyde School District, USD 224. He is a KPA board member, NAESP rep for the state of Kansas, and also featured on this podcast on the Cool Coffee Principal Perspective Number 6, Keeping Your Mind and Body Right, which was a great episode. You can check that out.

and as of December 3rd, which is actually recording today, newly published in the Under the Umbrella magazine sharing the why to joining the KPA. Welcome, Eric.

Eric Sacco (00:35.691) Thank you.

Eric Sacco (00:41.152) Hey, thanks very much Rick. Glad to be here.

Rick Sola (00:44.004) Appreciate you being here. Before we get started, I want to invite listeners to the show notes. You can check out and find a Google form there where you can leave some feedback about the show, suggest a guest and or topic, or even suggest yourself with a topic to discuss. In addition, I will include a link to what I just mentioned, the under the umbrella where you can read more about Eric's why of joining the KPA as well as articles and features from building the state level leaders from across the state. So

You can check that out in the show notes. Before we kind of get started, I'm going to kind of point out and just kind of a, I think I'll just say thank you as a good example. And you probably don't know where I'm going with this, but yesterday we were actually going to record and you reached out and said, my gosh, I just got my son's basketball schedule. I've got to go to this, you know, the game or was it Jamboree or what was it?

Eric Sacco (01:35.522) It was their jamboree last night, yeah.

Rick Sola (01:37.695) Okay. So we rescheduled, which is no problem at all, but I appreciate that. And I think it's, it kind of just touched on, I think it's relevant to all of us, principals. We have busy jobs, there's a lot going on, there's a lot of opportunities, b