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Original Release: 12/2/2024

Kicking off the 2024-2025 school year, the South Euclid-Lyndhurst staff members were treated to0 a welcome by 2002 graduate, Roy Hall, Jr. At Brush, Roy was a standout athlete, carrying a 3.8 GPA, and was honored as a first-team All-Ohio football and basketball star. He was nationally ranked as one of the he top-10 high school wide receivers. Following a college football career at The Ohio State University, Roy went on to play professional ball for the Indianapolis Colts, the New Orleans Saints, and the Detroit Lions.

Roy is currently a corporate motivational speaker focused on helping professionals master mental toughness, perform under pressure, and maintain motivation. During his years as a professional football player, Roy acquired an understanding of what it takes to not only inspire professionals to perform in high stress situations, but also what tools and strategies to provide them with to help neutralize challenges in the workplace that influence disengagement and low motivation.

Roy o4ffered ten powerful, almost guaranteed ways, to have the best school year ever. With a little paraphrasing, these are tips we can all use... in our jobs, in our homes, in our lives ...

1. Don't make it personal and don't take it home (don't take the negative from work home)

2. Schedule a once-a-month therapy session.

3. At least once per week work out at Arc Fit. (Brush's fabulous wellness/fitness facility)

4. Hand write short notes of encouragement to troubled students.

5. Write down what you're thankful for each day in your phone in a notes section.

6. Select a student to mentor for the entire year.

7. Stop counting down the days you have left & stop comparing our district to others.

8. Spend your lunch once every two weeks in the cafeteria with students or helping a colleague.

9. Go to a school or district function at least once a month and take your family if you can.

10. Don't ever talk negatively about a colleague or someone in the district.

The assembly ended with a gathering of Brush graduates who continue to grace our hallways as district employees. It speaks highly of our district and community when so many alum come back to work here. It's a story we love to tell!