Friday, January 27, 2017

The Middle Update 1/27/17

We have great students in our building, and awesome people in place to guide each of them to achievement they never thought was possible.  That is a winning combination.  There is a lot going on to start 2017.

End of Quarter Grades
Thank you for your efforts in working to make our report cards even more dynamic with more specific information tailored to each student included.  2nd quarter grades will be due Monday (1/30) morning.  We will look to organize them and send them home Monday afternoon/Tuesday morning.  Let me know if there are adjustments to this timeline that would be helpful


Forward Exam Information
As February approaches, we have begun to start preparations for the administration of another successful Forward Exam.  At this time, we have tentatively settled on the dates.  I wanted to send this notice so everyone is aware of the general time frame that we'll be looking at.  We'll follow a similar format as we did last year.  At this time, please review the dates for your planning, and more information about groups and preparation will be communicated as we get closer.

Forward Exam Testing Schedule

STAR results correlate to Forward Exam?
Check out an interesting study completed recently that looked to see if there was a correlation between STAR testing scores and Forward Exam scores.  Check it out

Schedule Adjustments
Like Mr. Shappell mentioned in his email in regards to how the weather has affected our schedule, we will be adjusting our daily bell schedule to add more minutes.  The same times will be used for next year's school day.  Please make special notice of the different times for the dismissal of each class.  We have certain periods staggered for hallway traffic purposes and also to facilitate lunch flow.  The morning whistle will sound at 7:28 am and announcements will begin at 7:33 with students being dismissed at 2:45.  We will start this schedule on Monday, February 13.

PMS Master Schedule - beginning 2/13

Lockdown Wrap-Up
Thanks for your participating and preparation for our lock-down drill.  It is quite impressive that in a building of about 700 students, you can walk around as if no one is here.  This drill gives us an opportunity to review our safety plan and make necessary adjustments.

Upcoming Meetings
Applied Teacher Dept. Mtg. - Tuesday (1/31) at 2:50 in Mr. Lendobeja's room

Puma Pride Committee - Wednesday (2/6) at 2:50 in Mr. Odden's room
Literacy Committee - Tuesday (2/7) at 2:50 in Mrs. Rogness' room

Student of the Month Breakfast
The next Student of the Month Breakfast is on Thursday (2/2) morning at 7:00 am.  Congratulations to this month's recipients:


Haley Freimuth     Lucas Prince     Owen Bahr     Lindsiana Lambert     Clayton Nehls
                            Lily Walz     Manning Wheeler     Rheanen Zaring

Article of the Week
A great article of the art and science of teaching...The Flexible Teacher by Leila Christenbury
LINK

Duty Next Week
Morning - Gavin, Johnson
Bus - Williams




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The Middle Update 1/27/17

We have great students in our building, and awesome people in place to guide each of them to achievement they never thought was possible.  That is a winning combination.  There is a lot going on to start 2017.

End of Quarter Grades
Thank you for your efforts in working to make our report cards even more dynamic with more specific information tailored to each student included.  2nd quarter grades will be due Monday (1/30) morning.  We will look to organize them and send them home Monday afternoon/Tuesday morning.  Let me know if there are adjustments to this timeline that would be helpful


Forward Exam Information
As February approaches, we have begun to start preparations for the administration of another successful Forward Exam.  At this time, we have tentatively settled on the dates.  I wanted to send this notice so everyone is aware of the general time frame that we'll be looking at.  We'll follow a similar format as we did last year.  At this time, please review the dates for your planning, and more information about groups and preparation will be communicated as we get closer.

Forward Exam Testing Schedule

STAR results correlate to Forward Exam?
Check out an interesting study completed recently that looked to see if there was a correlation between STAR testing scores and Forward Exam scores.  Check it out

Schedule Adjustments
Like Mr. Shappell mentioned in his email in regards to how the weather has affected our schedule, we will be adjusting our daily bell schedule to add more minutes.  The same times will be used for next year's school day.  Please make special notice of the different times for the dismissal of each class.  We have certain periods staggered for hallway traffic purposes and also to facilitate lunch flow.  The morning whistle will sound at 7:28 am and announcements will begin at 7:33 with students being dismissed at 2:45.  We will start this schedule on Monday, February 13.

PMS Master Schedule - beginning 2/13

Lockdown Wrap-Up
Thanks for your participating and preparation for our lock-down drill.  It is quite impressive that in a building of about 700 students, you can walk around as if no one is here.  This drill gives us an opportunity to review our safety plan and make necessary adjustments.

Upcoming Meetings
Applied Teacher Dept. Mtg. - Tuesday (1/31) at 2:50 in Mr. Lendobeja's room

Puma Pride Committee - Wednesday (2/6) at 2:50 in Mr. Odden's room
Literacy Committee - Tuesday (2/7) at 2:50 in Mrs. Rogness' room

Student of the Month Breakfast
The next Student of the Month Breakfast is on Thursday (2/2) morning at 7:00 am.  Congratulations to this month's recipients:


Haley Freimuth     Lucas Prince     Owen Bahr     Lindsiana Lambert     Clayton Nehls
                            Lily Walz     Manning Wheeler     Rheanen Zaring

Article of the Week
A great article of the art and science of teaching...The Flexible Teacher by Leila Christenbury
LINK

Duty Next Week
Morning - Gavin, Johnson
Bus - Williams