Friday, May 29, 2015

PMS News & Notes 5/29/15

From my perspective, the feeling in the school has been a "business as usual" type of feel.  Routines are established and students, for the most part, have been meeting and exceeding behavioral expectations.  Hats off to you for maintaining high expectations, and designing engaging lessons that are getting our students to get the most out of their time here.  We must continue this focus for the remaining week and a half!  Thank you for your efforts!  See below for important information about the weeks to come.

Final Staff Meeting of the 14-15 School Year
The final staff meeting of the year will be on Monday at 2:50 in Room 201.  Please bring your chrome book.

SLO/PPG End of Year Wrap-Up
Teachers that are in their Summary Year have probably had enough talking with me over the course of the past week to last them a lifetime.  The Summary Year End of Year Review is more extensive than any review in which I have been involved. It has been a good opportunity to sit and talk in depth about teaching and learning with the teachers that I have met with already.  It would be great to meet with each teacher in this way every year, but probably not practical from a time perspective.  I would, however, like to check in with EVERY teacher about their SLO and make sure that the Teachscape portions are fully completed, including the Self-Score portion.  Please set up a time with me when you are ready to meet about the SLO and PPG.  I will be happy to address any questions about the process at any time as well.

Last Day of School
We will be running a schedule that is similar to what we have done in the past on the last day.  8th graders will not be in the building.  I will talk more about this at the staff meeting, and a schedule will be coming.

Next Wednesday afternoon
Please mark your calendars for the End of the Year celebration that will take place at the Barn at Harvest Moon Pond next Wednesday.  Please see this Document for food sign-up and more information.  Hope to see you there!

Junk
If there are things that you have not used for a couple of years in your classrooms, it is time to throw it out.  Please be on the lookout for these items, and before we leave for the summer, organize these items and work with the custodians to get them thrown out.

End of Year Check-Out
Before you leave on the last day, there will be the standard end of year check-out for staff.  Part of that process is sharing a policy about using school equipment at home.  If I forget to ask about this, don't hesitate to bring it up at the check-out time.

Middle School Play
Ms. Eckhardt and Ms. Harms have been hard at work grooming our Middle School thespians.  Our students will be performing the play, Loonies and Snatchers, for the school audience at 1:45 on Tuesday, June 2 and then again for the community at 6:00 pm.

Twitter Post of the Week
 59 minutes ago
From a Student just now: "Mr. Rowe, my grade does not YET reflect what I know and I'd like to show you I'm better than my grade is now."

Duty Next Week
Morning - Hazard, Hendrickson
Bus - O'Connor

Data
Behavioral Referrals Through this point in the 4th Quarter
14-15 - 79 Events, 41 Students
13-14 - 145 Events, 66 Students
12-13 - 132 Events, 86 Students
11-12 - 242 Events, 82 Students

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PMS News & Notes 5/29/15

From my perspective, the feeling in the school has been a "business as usual" type of feel.  Routines are established and students, for the most part, have been meeting and exceeding behavioral expectations.  Hats off to you for maintaining high expectations, and designing engaging lessons that are getting our students to get the most out of their time here.  We must continue this focus for the remaining week and a half!  Thank you for your efforts!  See below for important information about the weeks to come.

Final Staff Meeting of the 14-15 School Year
The final staff meeting of the year will be on Monday at 2:50 in Room 201.  Please bring your chrome book.

SLO/PPG End of Year Wrap-Up
Teachers that are in their Summary Year have probably had enough talking with me over the course of the past week to last them a lifetime.  The Summary Year End of Year Review is more extensive than any review in which I have been involved. It has been a good opportunity to sit and talk in depth about teaching and learning with the teachers that I have met with already.  It would be great to meet with each teacher in this way every year, but probably not practical from a time perspective.  I would, however, like to check in with EVERY teacher about their SLO and make sure that the Teachscape portions are fully completed, including the Self-Score portion.  Please set up a time with me when you are ready to meet about the SLO and PPG.  I will be happy to address any questions about the process at any time as well.

Last Day of School
We will be running a schedule that is similar to what we have done in the past on the last day.  8th graders will not be in the building.  I will talk more about this at the staff meeting, and a schedule will be coming.

Next Wednesday afternoon
Please mark your calendars for the End of the Year celebration that will take place at the Barn at Harvest Moon Pond next Wednesday.  Please see this Document for food sign-up and more information.  Hope to see you there!

Junk
If there are things that you have not used for a couple of years in your classrooms, it is time to throw it out.  Please be on the lookout for these items, and before we leave for the summer, organize these items and work with the custodians to get them thrown out.

End of Year Check-Out
Before you leave on the last day, there will be the standard end of year check-out for staff.  Part of that process is sharing a policy about using school equipment at home.  If I forget to ask about this, don't hesitate to bring it up at the check-out time.

Middle School Play
Ms. Eckhardt and Ms. Harms have been hard at work grooming our Middle School thespians.  Our students will be performing the play, Loonies and Snatchers, for the school audience at 1:45 on Tuesday, June 2 and then again for the community at 6:00 pm.

Twitter Post of the Week
 59 minutes ago
From a Student just now: "Mr. Rowe, my grade does not YET reflect what I know and I'd like to show you I'm better than my grade is now."

Duty Next Week
Morning - Hazard, Hendrickson
Bus - O'Connor

Data
Behavioral Referrals Through this point in the 4th Quarter
14-15 - 79 Events, 41 Students
13-14 - 145 Events, 66 Students
12-13 - 132 Events, 86 Students
11-12 - 242 Events, 82 Students