Harrison Park Post

We were told after your departure that TSI (Targeted Support Intervention) schools will be given funding for an Professional Development on August 20th. This can not be mandatory per the PAT contract, but staff are encouraged to attend if possible. Staff will be paid extended hours if they attend. We will be holding this PD at McDaniel High School. Lunch will be provided. Our goal for this training is to give grade level teams time to collaborate for half of the day. The rest of the agenda will be planned in the next few weeks. I sent out Google Calendar invite. Please respond yes if you can attend so we can use it for a head count for lunch. If you have any questions please reach out.   Construction Update- I have been in several times this summer and it feels like things are moving slowly on the construction front. There were several unforeseen issues that required additional permits etc. For example, the work on the front parking lot started on the Wednesday after you all l...

It is hard to believe that you all left for vacation 24 days ago. I hope you are embracing the sun (okay it has been tooooo hot for me) and are enjoying your well deserved time off. I absolutely do not expect you to read this Forecast, but in an effort to meet the needs of those people who like updates I am sending it out. If you are one of those seeing this in August before we return that is fine! I went into the building this week. Progress has been made in the Special Education wing and the back three classrooms. LOTS of demolition has happened. The power is out today as they are pulling wires. I am trying to be optimistic. There were A LOT of people working so that is good news, but there is a long way to go. On the topic of facilities, I was told that the furniture is on backorder. This means those of you who had old furniture will not get new furniture until December. Some pieces may be coming in, but as of right now old furniture will be used for a portion of the year.  We h...

 We are thinking of doing a staff Canvas Page that would house all the our information/links. The question is would you use it? Please feel free to send any feedback to Regina who will be the point person on this. I did not send out the official district notification on the building being closed, but I am sure you are already aware it won't be accessible this summer. If today was any indication it will be loud and unbearable.  I plan on sending three updates over the summer. Again, you are under no expectation to read them until your return. For those of you wanting to get into the building early, this is where I will share information.  As we will be working out of the building over the summer, we will be updating our calendars to show days we will be actually on vacation, versus days we will be working offsite. You are welcome to contact us by phone or email if you need to.  Enjoy your summer. Relax. Rest. Rejuvenate. Recover. We are thankful for your work this yea...

 Monday the 17th Admin Team Meeting 9:30-12:30 Tuesday the 18th ILT Wrap Up Meeting 9:00-12:00 We made it! Friday seemed to go pretty smoothly. Thank you for making that happen. We had a large group of kids who just didn't want to leave. When I pulled out a little after 5:00 they were still hanging around the neighborhood. We must have done something right this year! Thank you Amanda for sharing this picture.  The front parking lot will be closed Monday for the duration of the summer. Staff will need to park in the main parking lot near the cafeteria.  Monday and Tuesday are workdays. Please use this time to submit grades, pack and wrap up any loose ends. Please note that you need to sign out with Spencer, Regina or me prior to leaving for the summer. As you are being paid for both days the expectation is for staff to be here. If you are able to wrap up early please put in the appropriate time with Shannon.  Grades are due on the 18th. Please be sure to double check ...

Promotion went smoothly. Thank you to all who came out to support. It was a full house. Whew!  Tomorrow is the last day. Let's make it a great one! As you probably saw I am not under the weather. I will be here tomorrow, but may come a bit late.   I will send out a truncated Weekly Forecast on Sunday and on last Morning Minute (if things need to go out). I will send out three updates throughout the summer...read them at will.  I know I was super confusing about the schedule tomorrow with kids. Please remind them that if they are in 6th grade they go to their 6th and 7th period after lunch and if they are in 7th grade they go to activity time.  Period Time Notes 1st 9:15-9:50 2nd 9:54-10:29 3rd 10:33-11:09 8th Graders Leave 4th 11:12-11:47 5th 11:51-12:21 6th/7th Lunch 12:21-1:01 6th for 6th 1:05-1:40 7th Grade in Activities from 1:05-2:19 7th for 6th 1:44-2:19 6th for 7th 2:23-2:58 6th Grade in Activities 7th for 7th 3:02-3:37 Clap Out 3:40-3:45 All Staff/Studen...

Some staff have shared they may be ready to check out as early as Friday afternoon. I know a few people had medical procedures scheduled etc. As a reminder Monday and Tuesday are contractual days. If you are checking out early you will need to put in the appropriate short leave form. No need to put in for a sub.  There was a late request for students to support at Clark's Field Day tomorrow. I had a list of 7th graders who attended Harrison Park for most of their K-5 experience and asked several of them if they would like to support. Those attending will leave class at 11:45, eat lunch and then head over to Clark. They will return by 3:00 for the assembly.  We will mark them out if they actually attend tomorrow. These students may attend:  Athena Branch, Michael Knight, Alex Leedle, Nogc Tran, Itiel Orozco, Aireauna Taylor, Jackson Whipple, Aisha Awow.  We are on a PM Assembly schedule tomorrow. Once we have the rows for 8th graders to sit in we will get a map o...