Friday, October 16, 2015

The Middle 10/16/15

With 3 weeks left to go in the 1st Quarter, it seems we are hitting our stride and routines are becoming routine.  The hard work that goes into making our school excellent does not go unnoticed.  Thank you for your important contributions to our school, and the efforts really make a difference in the lives of our students.  It is really special to see our adults making positive connections with all of our students.

Check out below for the latest...

PT Conference Wrap-Up
With the last round of parent-teacher conferences wrapping up last night, it seems like things went well.  Please keep me in the loop on any conversation with parents that have any concerns.  Our Puma Pride Committee will take a look at the model that we used for this round of conferences, and be looking at ways to make this very important time as dynamic as possible.

 Weekly Team Meetings
I wanted to take time to thank the teams for keeping minutes of their weekly team meetings.  The documentation is really helpful for reviewing students that need extra support or behavior intervention.  Another topic on the Puma Pride Committee agenda will be to analyze our communication system, and plan for growing or maintaining our system to ensure no students are falling through the cracks.

SLO Meetings
As we head through October, I will be using Bi-Weekly meeting time to review SLO's.  If you have a draft that you feel is close to being approved, send me an email, and I'll set up a time to review and approve the SLO.  SLO's should be approved by the end of October.

 Fire Drill Notes
We conducted another successful fire drill on Tuesday afternoon.  Our goal is to make evacuation or any emergency procedure routine for our students.  I appreciate how everyone treats these drills seriously and takes time for student questions.  We will be conducting a Hold drill later in October...more information to follow.

Student Grades
As we near the end of the 1st Quarter, please be mindful of students that may not be on track to pass a standard for the term.  If a student is in danger, we should be working on plans for the student to put in the time necessary to gain the knowledge required to show, at the very least, Beginning level work.  The parents of any student in question should be knowledgeable about the situation, and we should be utilizing every avenue we can to get our students to the highest level possible.  After school or lunch time work sessions may need to be set up.  Please contact me if you have questions for specific students.  An NE in any standard means a student does not pass the class for the term, and there are eligibility implications.

Puma Pride Committee Meeting
As mentioned above, there will be a Puma Pride Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 10/21 from 2:50 to 3:30 in Mrs. Hendrickson's room.  We will check in on our progress after implementing several new ideas that stemmed from last year's work.  We will also begin the process of tackling the issue of "communication" not only from core teachers to applied teachers, but also within grade levels.  Anyone is welcome to attend and be a part of the group.

 Staff Share
Once again, I am looking for staff members that are willing to present a "best practice" from their classroom at a staff meeting.  Let me know if you when you are ready to present.

 Twitter Find of the Week
 1 hour ago
Smart move! See some of his written wisdom in these articles by & about him:

This is a good read from the Middle Web site, seems like old news for us, but an interesting read none the less...
ARTICLE

 Duty Next Week
Morning - Kallungi
Bus - Smith

 Data
Unexcused Tardy Data by Week (total # of tardies)
Week 1 - 5
Week 2 - 40
Week 3 - 60
Week 4 - 65
Week 5 - 35
Week 6 - 49
Week 7 - 39

 Total - 293
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The Middle 10/16/15

With 3 weeks left to go in the 1st Quarter, it seems we are hitting our stride and routines are becoming routine.  The hard work that goes into making our school excellent does not go unnoticed.  Thank you for your important contributions to our school, and the efforts really make a difference in the lives of our students.  It is really special to see our adults making positive connections with all of our students.

Check out below for the latest...

PT Conference Wrap-Up
With the last round of parent-teacher conferences wrapping up last night, it seems like things went well.  Please keep me in the loop on any conversation with parents that have any concerns.  Our Puma Pride Committee will take a look at the model that we used for this round of conferences, and be looking at ways to make this very important time as dynamic as possible.

 Weekly Team Meetings
I wanted to take time to thank the teams for keeping minutes of their weekly team meetings.  The documentation is really helpful for reviewing students that need extra support or behavior intervention.  Another topic on the Puma Pride Committee agenda will be to analyze our communication system, and plan for growing or maintaining our system to ensure no students are falling through the cracks.

SLO Meetings
As we head through October, I will be using Bi-Weekly meeting time to review SLO's.  If you have a draft that you feel is close to being approved, send me an email, and I'll set up a time to review and approve the SLO.  SLO's should be approved by the end of October.

 Fire Drill Notes
We conducted another successful fire drill on Tuesday afternoon.  Our goal is to make evacuation or any emergency procedure routine for our students.  I appreciate how everyone treats these drills seriously and takes time for student questions.  We will be conducting a Hold drill later in October...more information to follow.

Student Grades
As we near the end of the 1st Quarter, please be mindful of students that may not be on track to pass a standard for the term.  If a student is in danger, we should be working on plans for the student to put in the time necessary to gain the knowledge required to show, at the very least, Beginning level work.  The parents of any student in question should be knowledgeable about the situation, and we should be utilizing every avenue we can to get our students to the highest level possible.  After school or lunch time work sessions may need to be set up.  Please contact me if you have questions for specific students.  An NE in any standard means a student does not pass the class for the term, and there are eligibility implications.

Puma Pride Committee Meeting
As mentioned above, there will be a Puma Pride Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 10/21 from 2:50 to 3:30 in Mrs. Hendrickson's room.  We will check in on our progress after implementing several new ideas that stemmed from last year's work.  We will also begin the process of tackling the issue of "communication" not only from core teachers to applied teachers, but also within grade levels.  Anyone is welcome to attend and be a part of the group.

 Staff Share
Once again, I am looking for staff members that are willing to present a "best practice" from their classroom at a staff meeting.  Let me know if you when you are ready to present.

 Twitter Find of the Week
 1 hour ago
Smart move! See some of his written wisdom in these articles by & about him:

This is a good read from the Middle Web site, seems like old news for us, but an interesting read none the less...
ARTICLE

 Duty Next Week
Morning - Kallungi
Bus - Smith

 Data
Unexcused Tardy Data by Week (total # of tardies)
Week 1 - 5
Week 2 - 40
Week 3 - 60
Week 4 - 65
Week 5 - 35
Week 6 - 49
Week 7 - 39

 Total - 293