Harrison Park Post

Whew I went to Clark and back six times today. It was a busy day and we are aware of the impacts of a morning assembly. There were several conflicts with dragons, student performers etc. today and for this reason we chose the morning timeslot. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you Ms.Sun for stepping in and supporting students to ensure the shows (also the ones at Clark) went on.  The optional BHM planning meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.  Several staff members mentioned some work they are doing in their classrooms/curriculum over the next few weeks as well as work from Leadership, WEB, and YEP. I am working to see if we have overlap etc and we will go from there.  If you are doing anything to honor Black History Month PLEASE share this with me so I can add it to what he have going on. I will be looping back to people based on our notes from last week. More information to follow.  I am going to be pulling a few students tomorrow from 1:00-1:30 (students will pot...

Special thanks to Valerie and Naz for allowing us to take over the library today for Instructional Rounds. Additional thanks to the teachers in the classrooms we visited. I will get some general feedback out as soon as I have some focused time. I will say we did get positive feedback around student behavior, school climate and classroom management. Bravo. There were many other positives I want to share as well as some areas for growth. I feel it was a productive round. Thank you.  A reminder that the assembly for Thursday is an AM assembly. This is because we have some conflicts with our performers and costumes. Our  8th grade MIP students are performing at Woodstock on Friday and our 7th graders will be headed to Clark to perform. Additionally, they are helping with tomorrow's HP assembly. Students should head to the assembly with their 2nd period teacher at 10:40.   Students should leave their backpacks and items in their lockers or 2nd period class . We will not l...

 This week is National School Counselor Week. Thank you to Ruth & Michelle for their work with students. They were rewarded with a fantastic new Wellness Center. Kidding aside we are thankful for you both.  A reminder to be vigilant about taking attendance. Our 10/10 rule should help ensure no students are out of class when you take attendance. We know the beginning of a term can present some shifts, but we are almost a week in and things should be settling down. Today we had a student who was marked out sick by the office for several days. They came today and were still marked absent as the parents didn't call to say they were returning. Their 6th-period teacher called to let Naima know they were actually here and asked for the ILL to be removed. This was not brought to attention until late in the day . I know it can slip by here and there, but we have to do our best at ensuring we are aware of who is and is not in class.  Our para position will not be filled this ye...

Testing will be in Room 130 1st period and TBD 2nd period. Please note this is a shift from what was put out earlier. We are almost done!  Advisory teachers, please be sure to put the Reflection for Semester One in Theresa's box. If you have any specific questions see her.  We will hold our staff PD in room 123 (Schoene/Marchello) starting at 4:00 tomorrow. Please bring your device.  We are mostly moved into new office spaces. Please be sure to remind students if you send them of the new location. Seeing several students out and about within the first and last ten minutes of classes. Please adhere to the 10/10 rule. Students need to be in class for the first ten minutes of the period and the last ten minutes. The exception would be if they are reporting to testing or a prearranged activity.  A reminder that we have three photo copies for staff use. Two in the work room (161) and one in the library. If there are problems with these three machines please report to Naim...

Book Fair In Library All Week Monday the 5th Climate Team Meeting @ 8:20 in room 130 MAP Testing- 6th & 7th Period Tuesday the 6th Staff Meeting @ 4:00 Room 123 (Marchello/Schoene) MAP Testing 1st & 2nd Period Wednesday the 7th Instructional Rounds 8:30-12:00 (Library Closed) Thursday the 8th AM Assembly Schedule- Lunar New Year Celebration Friday the 9th Optional BHM Planning/Work Session @ 8:30 Offices were opened up and moving took place on Friday. Our counselors, Lindsay and Regina are now located in the Wellness Wing (I am coining that). Regina's office (actually a storage room) is not permanent but will be in place for the remainder of this year. Theresa will be in 174C. Malia and Amy (Community Partners) will be in 174A (closest to the cafeteria). Our health room has moved out of the library and is in its new location. If students ask to go to the health room do your best to remind them of this change. I have also moved into my old/new office. Spencer will remain in ...

 What a busy day and week. I feel like it has been marathon meetings. Cheers to Friday! Bravo to our performing arts team for their successful assembly and evening showcase. We had a very full auditorium this evening! The support from parents was palpable. Thank you Bobbi, Dani and Joel for making it a success.  Math teachers if you would like some student whiteboard please let Regina know.  The plan is for furniture to be moved into offices tomorrow...we shall see. 

 This is not the format I would like to address this, but it something that needs to be centered sooner as opposed to later. Yesterday a staff member shared that a specific group was something that drained them (Team Ukraine). Some of you may have heard me reply that we will definitely need to discuss this. I heard it and was caught off guard. Throughout the evening I continued to think about it. I know my sense of humor is often edgy and at times I can say things and instantly have some regrets. We all do.  It is important we call out biased speech and ensure we are not perpetuating it. This punctuates the need for us to continue our equity work and the need for us to establish an Equity Team.  Tomorrow we will be on the AM assembly schedule (listed below). Students will go to 2nd period. At 10:35 2nd period teachers should escort their class to the assembly. Please note we will not allow classes to enter without their teacher.  For those staff with 2nd period prep...