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 If you were not at our staff meeting today please take some time to look at the gallery walk posters in the staff lounge. They will be up through Friday. We are using these to provide ILT and Admin for some fodder as we plan for next year. We asked for authentic feedback, the good, the bad and even the ugly. I will be out at Instructional Rounds in the morning and will be back by 1:30.  A reminder that if you would like to support at Multicultural Night it is Thursday from 5:00-7:30. We can pay one and a half hours of extended time.  7th Grade Planning Meeting @ 8:20 tomorrow morning. 

Spencer relayed a message earlier today around a student sending a message to the crisis hotline. We were able to determine who the student was and they are safe. This punctuates the need to be aware of students who may be exhibiting behaviors that seem to be different from their norm and/or are concerning and to make sure support staff are made aware if you have concerns. Additionally, as the end of the year approaches it is a good reminder to lock classroom and other spaces upon your departure. This is proactive in many ways.  We only have 83 of our rising 7th and 8th graders who have filled out the forecasting form. Advisory teachers please be sure to give students time for this task.  Thursday from 1:00-1:30 8th graders will have a presentation by either Franklin, or McDaniel around STEP Up Summer programming. Those headed to Franklin should report to the library, those headed to McDaniel will go to the Auditorium.   If students are not headed to either school pl...

Monday the 29th Tuesday the 30th Multicultural Night Meeting @ 8:20 8th Grade Behavior Kid Chat @ 8:20 Staff Meeting @ 4:00 Wednesday the 1st- Asian Pacific Islander Month Begins 7th Grade Team Meeting @ 8:20 Thursday the 2nd Multicultural Night @ 5:00-7:30 Friday the 3rd 6th Grade Academic Kid Chat @ 8:20 THANK YOU for celebrating my Birthday with me Friday. I appreciate the treats brought in and sentiments from students and staff. I am humbled by the recognition. My family and friends celebrated on Friday night, and the rest of the weekend was used for catching up on work and relaxing. Fair Warning- I am getting this out pretty earlier and will be spending a lot of time in emails etc. there may be a second edition in the event I missed anything.  Here are the OSAS Slides. Slides 18-21 have titles and I will finish them tomorrow.  Advisory teachers need to commit to:  1. spending a class period going over them on May 8th or May 10th.  or  2. using Advisory time...

I will be out until around 10:30 tomorrow morning as my makeup appointment from earlier in the week is scheduled for 9:15.  Our 8th Grade MIP students will be trying to finish up their STAMP testing tomorrow 1st-3rd periods. This was shared out yesterday.  6th Grade Team Meeting tomorrow morning in Heather Cooper's room. If you didn't already please be sure to fill this out: 2024-25 Classroom Chromebooks - Teacher Usage

Classroom teachers please prioritize taking this quick survey in regards to the use of Chromebooks for next year. We are strongly leaning towards classroom carts/sets to help maintain the limited resources we have. Simply put we will not be able to replace devices as they "crap" out and/or are lost or broken. I want to be proactive in finding ways to make what we have last as long as possible. This survey will help us make final decisions and plans for next year  2024-25 Classroom Chromebooks - Teacher Usage Some makeup testing will take place on Friday. See this message from Theresa:  On Friday I will be offering a make-up test session for Science testing during 2nd period. I understand this is last minute so if it doesn't work don't stress about sending the students. If it does, please send them with Chromebooks to the library. (I'll put hall passes in mailboxes.) Additional makeup testing will be offered on Monday and Tuesday. 

Today we celebrate Shannon and Naima! Happy Administrative Professionals Day (4/24). Their work literally keeps us trucking!   As construction continues several additional issues/projects have come up. One of these is work in the library and music room. In an effort to ensure there is enough time to complete these projects by the beginning of the school year,  I have made the decision to close the library early in order for Inline to get a jump start on this work. This greatly increases the likely of having the library open as soon as school begins. With this in mind please reach out to Valerie with any book/resource needs you may have at the end of the year. The plan is for the library to close on May 27th for packing. Packing should conclude by Monday the 3rd and the library will be offline from that point on. Valerie and Naz can support with resources beyond these dates, but early communication will be needed. Valerie put this together: Here are some important dates: May 6-...

I stacked appointments today and when I checked in for my last one they let me know the doctor was not in. Unfortunately, I may be be out again on Friday morning for a bit as it was rescheduled. The best laid plans! I will also be out of the building tomorrow from about 12:00 through the end of the day for a joint contract training.  There are flyers for yearbooks in your mailboxes. Please be sure to share them, hang them etc. with your classes! Staff meeting will take place tomorrow @ 4:00. We will meet in the library and continue or learning around supporting our multilingual students.  Here is a link to the Kid Chat docuement. Tomorrow's meeting is at 8:20 in room 122. The focus is 8th grade Academics. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1itlW-uLboDxwkCFfYYC9_hb7D2Itu3-QzPw3vXdkzok/edit?usp=sharing