End of Quarter - Friday, January 22
The end of the quarter is two weeks away. As a reminder, we must have sufficient evidence in each standard that we will report out for report cards. Grades posted in campus since mid-quarter grades were posted should represent a student's current grade. Teachers should be updating the posted grades as recent student evidence suggests. Final grades will be due at the end of the day on Wednesday, January 27, and report cards will go out by the end of the week.
Report Card Recognitions
On all future report cards, we will recognize student excellence in the following areas:
"Distinguished Academic Performance" - students who score PR and AD in all standards
"Model Puma" - ME in all 5 Puma Pride categories
"On Time, Every Time" - 0 unexcused tardies for the quarter
At the end of the 1st quarter, we had a number of students score all PR and AD's, with 1 DE in a standard...by recognizing and posting these achievements, be mindful that more scrutiny of grades in all classes will be natural. The goal for this recognition is to give students goals to shoot for each quarter, and to recognize true excellence.
End of Quarter Celebration
As a reminder, we will have an End of Quarter Celebration on Friday, January 22nd. Permission slips have been distributed and teams are working on getting me the number of students signed up for each venue. More details will come out this week as far as the schedule for this day. There will be an assembly somewhere in the schedule on Friday.
Puma Pride Committee
The Puma Pride Committee met on Thursday after school this past week. The focus of the work was on the upcoming March Parent/Teacher Conferences. The committee had some great discussions, and I think we are closing in on a format that will be more effective and efficient than in past years. The finer details are still being worked out, and will be communicated soon, but feel free to see Mr. Kallungi, Ms. Deans, Mrs. Anderson, or Mrs. Morrissey for information on the progress thus far. As always, anyone is welcome to join the Puma Pride Committee. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 2 at 2:50 in Ms. Deans' classroom.
MS Leadership Team
The Middle School Student Leadership Team has been meeting and are planning a couple of cool events for the next couple of months. Their work centers on the following activities:
-Penny War: Will raise money for the local food pantry
-Box Tops Collection Competition: Will be run to help raise more funds for the Poynette Parent's Club
-Expectations Videos: Student produced video to review expectations in areas like the cafeteria, hallways, etc.
If you are interested in lending a hand to these students, let me know.
Targeted Assessments
Thanks to those of you that have shared your Targeted Assessment Data Analysis sheets with me. Focusing on specific student achievement data will help move both our instruction and student achievement forward in a big way. Also, this process provides a great artifact for multiple Danielson domains. I will continue meeting with teachers as the Data Analysis Sheets are shared with me.
STAR Testing
Our mid-year STAR Testing dates in Math and Reading have been set for the end of January. We look forward to analyzing our student progress in these areas.
Twitter Find of the Week
22 powerful lesson closure activities that leave a lasting impression: http://edut.io/K5Dh6F .
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hendrickson
Bus - Deans
Data
Attendance Rates (September - December)
15-16 95.9%
14-15 95.28%
13-14 95.72%
12-13 96.21%
Behavior Referrals (September - December)
15-16 99 Events 46 Students
14-15 158 Events 55 Students
13-14 132 Events 81 Students
12-13 94 Events 58 Students
Number of Students Scoring ME in all areas of Puma Pride Rubric
15-16 1st Quarter about 70%
14-15 All Year 46.5%
13-14 All Year 54.6%
STAR Data
Fall 2015 - # of Students at or above benchmark
Math - 74.2%
Reading - 55.9%
Spring 2015 - # of Students at or above benchmark
Math - 81.1%
Reading- 52.9%
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