I hope everyone is able to have an enjoyable, restful break. It is an important time to recharge the batteries a bit. A shorter blog post this week, but I'm looking forward to our time together on Monday!
PD Day Monday 11/27
Here is a snapshot of our schedule for Monday
8:00 - 9:30 - District Updates by Mr. Shappell - HS Commons
9:30 - 12:00 - Planning (see google classroom or emails for goals)
1:00 - 2:30 - QPR Training (suicide prevention training for educators)
2:30 - 3:30 - CRTL (Concussion Return to Learning) Training & MS Staff Meeting
Facility Advisory Committee Update
The next meeting will be on Wednesday evening from 6:30 - 8:30. Part of the meeting will be a tour of the High School. See more details of the work of the group by clicking HERE.
Article of the Week
Here are some potential ideas on how to build autonomy in our students.
6 Strategies for Promoting Student Autonomy
Duty Next Week
Morning - Kallungi
Bus - Crawford
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Friday, November 17, 2017
The Middle Update 11/17/17
Another solid week of learning and growing!
Article of the Week
We'll stick with a short video theme in the blog posts. The video this week highlights a class that gets students to think about both sides of topics that can be very polarizing - working to develop empathy in our students. The lessons can be applied to classroom lessons, but also those very important Homeroom lessons as well.
Here is the LINK if the video above doesn't work.
Fire/Evacuation Drill Reflection
I believe the drill that was conducted on Thursday was successful. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to discuss the procedures we would use with students ahead of time, and guiding them to perform an orderly evacuation and return to class afterwards.
Community Facility Advisory Committee Update
The Committee met again this past Wednesday evening. The group heard presentations about the capacity of our buildings in relation to recommended capacities and about school funding. A big part of the evening was a tour of the 1-8 building, followed by feedback from the group about our current facility. As I gave a tour to the group highlighting our building from the Middle School perspective, I shared your feedback (from the 11/6) meeting to the group. As always, you can visit the "Facilities" tab on our website to review more detailed information about the presentations and committee thoughts.
Early Release next Wednesday (11/22)
All students will be dismissed at 1:15 next Wednesday (11/22). Please see the Early Release Schedule, and let me know if you notice any conflicts with your schedule that we'll need to work out.
A Community Conversation
See the flyer for an upcoming community conversation about current drug trends that we will be hosting on Wednesday, 12/6 at 6:00pm in the High School IMC.
FLYER
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hendrickson
Bus - Rogness
Images from the Week
Article of the Week
We'll stick with a short video theme in the blog posts. The video this week highlights a class that gets students to think about both sides of topics that can be very polarizing - working to develop empathy in our students. The lessons can be applied to classroom lessons, but also those very important Homeroom lessons as well.
Here is the LINK if the video above doesn't work.
Fire/Evacuation Drill Reflection
I believe the drill that was conducted on Thursday was successful. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to discuss the procedures we would use with students ahead of time, and guiding them to perform an orderly evacuation and return to class afterwards.
Community Facility Advisory Committee Update
The Committee met again this past Wednesday evening. The group heard presentations about the capacity of our buildings in relation to recommended capacities and about school funding. A big part of the evening was a tour of the 1-8 building, followed by feedback from the group about our current facility. As I gave a tour to the group highlighting our building from the Middle School perspective, I shared your feedback (from the 11/6) meeting to the group. As always, you can visit the "Facilities" tab on our website to review more detailed information about the presentations and committee thoughts.
Early Release next Wednesday (11/22)
All students will be dismissed at 1:15 next Wednesday (11/22). Please see the Early Release Schedule, and let me know if you notice any conflicts with your schedule that we'll need to work out.
A Community Conversation
See the flyer for an upcoming community conversation about current drug trends that we will be hosting on Wednesday, 12/6 at 6:00pm in the High School IMC.
FLYER
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hendrickson
Bus - Rogness
Images from the Week
Saturday, November 11, 2017
The Middle Update 11/10/17
The Veteran's Day Ceremony today was a great cap to another successful week here at school. The week started with solid progress in all departments with our work on Monday all the way through successful grade reporting and overall a smooth transition into 2nd quarter. Thanks for all of your work with our students to make this transition week run smoothly.
Article of the Week
Rather than an article this week, I thought I'd share a short video that highlights how one middle school in Nevada (much bigger than us) is working to ensure each student is connected to school. Like us, they realize the importance of student connectedness to both school culture and achievement. Their efforts are much like our adopt-a-student initiative. By watching, you can get a couple more ideas of great ways to connect, not only with your student, but with all of them.
Literacy Committee Report
The Literacy Committee met after school on Tuesday to continue planning efforts to get our students to read more. Some highlights include planning an upcoming round of book talks featuring high school students and planning for a Literacy Bulletin Board. Thanks to Mrs. Rogness, Ms. Laufenberg, and Mrs. Maurer for their commitment! The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 11/29 at 2:50 in Mrs. Rogness' room. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Puma Pride Committee Meeting on Monday
The Puma Pride Committee will meet on Monday at 2:50 in the 1-8 Conference Room. We will be analyzing the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter and planning for how we will utilize the information from this data to target areas of student need. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Drill This Week
At this time we are planning a fire drill that would lead to an evacuation for our November safety drill. If there were to be an actual fire, we would need to locate all of our students into the high school. Our plan for this is for the Elementary students to report to the Kerr Gym and the Middle School students to the Auxiliary Gym. I will send an email with details about time and place early in the week.
Facilities Advisory Committee Update
Thanks for the thoughtful discussion on Monday about the state of our facilities. This is a reminder that the next committee meeting is this coming Wednesday (11/15) starting at 6:30 in the 1-8 building. I will be leading a tour of our building from the Middle School perspective while Mr. Hausser will be sharing the Elementary perspective. Everyone is welcome to attend.
PSD on Social Media
Sub Calling this Week
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hazard
Bus - Pittner
Images of the Week
Article of the Week
Rather than an article this week, I thought I'd share a short video that highlights how one middle school in Nevada (much bigger than us) is working to ensure each student is connected to school. Like us, they realize the importance of student connectedness to both school culture and achievement. Their efforts are much like our adopt-a-student initiative. By watching, you can get a couple more ideas of great ways to connect, not only with your student, but with all of them.
Literacy Committee Report
The Literacy Committee met after school on Tuesday to continue planning efforts to get our students to read more. Some highlights include planning an upcoming round of book talks featuring high school students and planning for a Literacy Bulletin Board. Thanks to Mrs. Rogness, Ms. Laufenberg, and Mrs. Maurer for their commitment! The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 11/29 at 2:50 in Mrs. Rogness' room. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Puma Pride Committee Meeting on Monday
The Puma Pride Committee will meet on Monday at 2:50 in the 1-8 Conference Room. We will be analyzing the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter and planning for how we will utilize the information from this data to target areas of student need. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Drill This Week
At this time we are planning a fire drill that would lead to an evacuation for our November safety drill. If there were to be an actual fire, we would need to locate all of our students into the high school. Our plan for this is for the Elementary students to report to the Kerr Gym and the Middle School students to the Auxiliary Gym. I will send an email with details about time and place early in the week.
Facilities Advisory Committee Update
Thanks for the thoughtful discussion on Monday about the state of our facilities. This is a reminder that the next committee meeting is this coming Wednesday (11/15) starting at 6:30 in the 1-8 building. I will be leading a tour of our building from the Middle School perspective while Mr. Hausser will be sharing the Elementary perspective. Everyone is welcome to attend.
PSD on Social Media
Sub Calling this Week
A note from Mr. Laib.
Lois Abel (608-770-0285) will call subs on the following December dates:
12/5 evening
12/6 morning and evening
12/7 morning
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hazard
Bus - Pittner
Images of the Week
Saturday, November 4, 2017
The Middle Update 11/3/17
November is here! Another busy week featuring 6th graders exploring the WI Science Festival, 7th graders getting trained in CPR/AED, Ms. Grace helping to make life in Africa come alive for our students, and many other solid learning experiences for our students. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep this weekend! I'm looking forward to a solid day of professional growth on Monday.
Article of the Week
The article this week highlights strategies we can use to build and grow those ever important relationships with students. The message in this article serves as the backbone for the essential component needed to get our students to grow more than they every imagined.
"5 Tips For Better Relationships With Your Students"
PD Day Schedule for Monday
Monday has our typical work day hours with our Middle School Staff coming together at 8:00 am in Mrs. Rogness' room. From there we will separate into department groups using Google Classroom to guide our work till the 11:30 lunch break. We'll talk in more detail about the day's work which will culminate in a brief staff meeting at 3:00 to end our day.
Community Facility Advisory Committee
The community facility advisory committee met this past Wednesday and toured the Arlington Facility before their worked centered on reviewing the results from the recently completed facility study and discussed educational adequacy and capacity. Please take a moment to review committee comments on key issues surrounding their work. Also the progress of the committee's work can be reviewed in completion on the Facility tab on our website. I will be soliciting perspectives from our teachers at our morning meeting on Monday, November 6th.
Veteran's Day AssemblyWe will be attending the annual Veteran's Day Assembly on Friday (11/10) at 9:00 am. This will be in the Kerr Gym, and we will adjust the Nutrition Break Schedule on this day.
Committees resuming their work
We will be having our first Literacy Committee Meeting of the year coming up on Wednesday (11/8) at 2:50. The Puma Pride Committee will also resume their work with a meeting on Monday (11/13) at 2:50. In our first week, we will analyze the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter, and plan for how we can use that data to continue our school improvement efforts. Anyone is welcome to participate in any of these groups...just send me an email to let me know of your interest.
Duty this Week
Morning - Gavin
Bus - Odden
Images from the week
Article of the Week
The article this week highlights strategies we can use to build and grow those ever important relationships with students. The message in this article serves as the backbone for the essential component needed to get our students to grow more than they every imagined.
"5 Tips For Better Relationships With Your Students"
PD Day Schedule for Monday
Monday has our typical work day hours with our Middle School Staff coming together at 8:00 am in Mrs. Rogness' room. From there we will separate into department groups using Google Classroom to guide our work till the 11:30 lunch break. We'll talk in more detail about the day's work which will culminate in a brief staff meeting at 3:00 to end our day.
Community Facility Advisory Committee
The community facility advisory committee met this past Wednesday and toured the Arlington Facility before their worked centered on reviewing the results from the recently completed facility study and discussed educational adequacy and capacity. Please take a moment to review committee comments on key issues surrounding their work. Also the progress of the committee's work can be reviewed in completion on the Facility tab on our website. I will be soliciting perspectives from our teachers at our morning meeting on Monday, November 6th.
Veteran's Day AssemblyWe will be attending the annual Veteran's Day Assembly on Friday (11/10) at 9:00 am. This will be in the Kerr Gym, and we will adjust the Nutrition Break Schedule on this day.
Committees resuming their work
We will be having our first Literacy Committee Meeting of the year coming up on Wednesday (11/8) at 2:50. The Puma Pride Committee will also resume their work with a meeting on Monday (11/13) at 2:50. In our first week, we will analyze the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter, and plan for how we can use that data to continue our school improvement efforts. Anyone is welcome to participate in any of these groups...just send me an email to let me know of your interest.
Duty this Week
Morning - Gavin
Bus - Odden
Images from the week
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The Middle Update 11/22/17
I hope everyone is able to have an enjoyable, restful break. It is an important time to recharge the batteries a bit. A shorter blog post this week, but I'm looking forward to our time together on Monday!
PD Day Monday 11/27
Here is a snapshot of our schedule for Monday
8:00 - 9:30 - District Updates by Mr. Shappell - HS Commons
9:30 - 12:00 - Planning (see google classroom or emails for goals)
1:00 - 2:30 - QPR Training (suicide prevention training for educators)
2:30 - 3:30 - CRTL (Concussion Return to Learning) Training & MS Staff Meeting
Facility Advisory Committee Update
The next meeting will be on Wednesday evening from 6:30 - 8:30. Part of the meeting will be a tour of the High School. See more details of the work of the group by clicking HERE.
Article of the Week
Here are some potential ideas on how to build autonomy in our students.
6 Strategies for Promoting Student Autonomy
Duty Next Week
Morning - Kallungi
Bus - Crawford
PD Day Monday 11/27
Here is a snapshot of our schedule for Monday
8:00 - 9:30 - District Updates by Mr. Shappell - HS Commons
9:30 - 12:00 - Planning (see google classroom or emails for goals)
1:00 - 2:30 - QPR Training (suicide prevention training for educators)
2:30 - 3:30 - CRTL (Concussion Return to Learning) Training & MS Staff Meeting
Facility Advisory Committee Update
The next meeting will be on Wednesday evening from 6:30 - 8:30. Part of the meeting will be a tour of the High School. See more details of the work of the group by clicking HERE.
Article of the Week
Here are some potential ideas on how to build autonomy in our students.
6 Strategies for Promoting Student Autonomy
Duty Next Week
Morning - Kallungi
Bus - Crawford
The Middle Update 11/17/17
Another solid week of learning and growing!
Article of the Week
We'll stick with a short video theme in the blog posts. The video this week highlights a class that gets students to think about both sides of topics that can be very polarizing - working to develop empathy in our students. The lessons can be applied to classroom lessons, but also those very important Homeroom lessons as well.
Here is the LINK if the video above doesn't work.
Fire/Evacuation Drill Reflection
I believe the drill that was conducted on Thursday was successful. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to discuss the procedures we would use with students ahead of time, and guiding them to perform an orderly evacuation and return to class afterwards.
Community Facility Advisory Committee Update
The Committee met again this past Wednesday evening. The group heard presentations about the capacity of our buildings in relation to recommended capacities and about school funding. A big part of the evening was a tour of the 1-8 building, followed by feedback from the group about our current facility. As I gave a tour to the group highlighting our building from the Middle School perspective, I shared your feedback (from the 11/6) meeting to the group. As always, you can visit the "Facilities" tab on our website to review more detailed information about the presentations and committee thoughts.
Early Release next Wednesday (11/22)
All students will be dismissed at 1:15 next Wednesday (11/22). Please see the Early Release Schedule, and let me know if you notice any conflicts with your schedule that we'll need to work out.
A Community Conversation
See the flyer for an upcoming community conversation about current drug trends that we will be hosting on Wednesday, 12/6 at 6:00pm in the High School IMC.
FLYER
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hendrickson
Bus - Rogness
Images from the Week
Article of the Week
We'll stick with a short video theme in the blog posts. The video this week highlights a class that gets students to think about both sides of topics that can be very polarizing - working to develop empathy in our students. The lessons can be applied to classroom lessons, but also those very important Homeroom lessons as well.
Here is the LINK if the video above doesn't work.
Fire/Evacuation Drill Reflection
I believe the drill that was conducted on Thursday was successful. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to discuss the procedures we would use with students ahead of time, and guiding them to perform an orderly evacuation and return to class afterwards.
Community Facility Advisory Committee Update
The Committee met again this past Wednesday evening. The group heard presentations about the capacity of our buildings in relation to recommended capacities and about school funding. A big part of the evening was a tour of the 1-8 building, followed by feedback from the group about our current facility. As I gave a tour to the group highlighting our building from the Middle School perspective, I shared your feedback (from the 11/6) meeting to the group. As always, you can visit the "Facilities" tab on our website to review more detailed information about the presentations and committee thoughts.
Early Release next Wednesday (11/22)
All students will be dismissed at 1:15 next Wednesday (11/22). Please see the Early Release Schedule, and let me know if you notice any conflicts with your schedule that we'll need to work out.
A Community Conversation
See the flyer for an upcoming community conversation about current drug trends that we will be hosting on Wednesday, 12/6 at 6:00pm in the High School IMC.
FLYER
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hendrickson
Bus - Rogness
Images from the Week
The Middle Update 11/10/17
The Veteran's Day Ceremony today was a great cap to another successful week here at school. The week started with solid progress in all departments with our work on Monday all the way through successful grade reporting and overall a smooth transition into 2nd quarter. Thanks for all of your work with our students to make this transition week run smoothly.
Article of the Week
Rather than an article this week, I thought I'd share a short video that highlights how one middle school in Nevada (much bigger than us) is working to ensure each student is connected to school. Like us, they realize the importance of student connectedness to both school culture and achievement. Their efforts are much like our adopt-a-student initiative. By watching, you can get a couple more ideas of great ways to connect, not only with your student, but with all of them.
Literacy Committee Report
The Literacy Committee met after school on Tuesday to continue planning efforts to get our students to read more. Some highlights include planning an upcoming round of book talks featuring high school students and planning for a Literacy Bulletin Board. Thanks to Mrs. Rogness, Ms. Laufenberg, and Mrs. Maurer for their commitment! The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 11/29 at 2:50 in Mrs. Rogness' room. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Puma Pride Committee Meeting on Monday
The Puma Pride Committee will meet on Monday at 2:50 in the 1-8 Conference Room. We will be analyzing the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter and planning for how we will utilize the information from this data to target areas of student need. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Drill This Week
At this time we are planning a fire drill that would lead to an evacuation for our November safety drill. If there were to be an actual fire, we would need to locate all of our students into the high school. Our plan for this is for the Elementary students to report to the Kerr Gym and the Middle School students to the Auxiliary Gym. I will send an email with details about time and place early in the week.
Facilities Advisory Committee Update
Thanks for the thoughtful discussion on Monday about the state of our facilities. This is a reminder that the next committee meeting is this coming Wednesday (11/15) starting at 6:30 in the 1-8 building. I will be leading a tour of our building from the Middle School perspective while Mr. Hausser will be sharing the Elementary perspective. Everyone is welcome to attend.
PSD on Social Media
Sub Calling this Week
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hazard
Bus - Pittner
Images of the Week
Article of the Week
Rather than an article this week, I thought I'd share a short video that highlights how one middle school in Nevada (much bigger than us) is working to ensure each student is connected to school. Like us, they realize the importance of student connectedness to both school culture and achievement. Their efforts are much like our adopt-a-student initiative. By watching, you can get a couple more ideas of great ways to connect, not only with your student, but with all of them.
Literacy Committee Report
The Literacy Committee met after school on Tuesday to continue planning efforts to get our students to read more. Some highlights include planning an upcoming round of book talks featuring high school students and planning for a Literacy Bulletin Board. Thanks to Mrs. Rogness, Ms. Laufenberg, and Mrs. Maurer for their commitment! The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 11/29 at 2:50 in Mrs. Rogness' room. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Puma Pride Committee Meeting on Monday
The Puma Pride Committee will meet on Monday at 2:50 in the 1-8 Conference Room. We will be analyzing the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter and planning for how we will utilize the information from this data to target areas of student need. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Drill This Week
At this time we are planning a fire drill that would lead to an evacuation for our November safety drill. If there were to be an actual fire, we would need to locate all of our students into the high school. Our plan for this is for the Elementary students to report to the Kerr Gym and the Middle School students to the Auxiliary Gym. I will send an email with details about time and place early in the week.
Facilities Advisory Committee Update
Thanks for the thoughtful discussion on Monday about the state of our facilities. This is a reminder that the next committee meeting is this coming Wednesday (11/15) starting at 6:30 in the 1-8 building. I will be leading a tour of our building from the Middle School perspective while Mr. Hausser will be sharing the Elementary perspective. Everyone is welcome to attend.
PSD on Social Media
Sub Calling this Week
A note from Mr. Laib.
Lois Abel (608-770-0285) will call subs on the following December dates:
12/5 evening
12/6 morning and evening
12/7 morning
Duty Next Week
Morning - Hazard
Bus - Pittner
Images of the Week
The Middle Update 11/3/17
November is here! Another busy week featuring 6th graders exploring the WI Science Festival, 7th graders getting trained in CPR/AED, Ms. Grace helping to make life in Africa come alive for our students, and many other solid learning experiences for our students. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep this weekend! I'm looking forward to a solid day of professional growth on Monday.
Article of the Week
The article this week highlights strategies we can use to build and grow those ever important relationships with students. The message in this article serves as the backbone for the essential component needed to get our students to grow more than they every imagined.
"5 Tips For Better Relationships With Your Students"
PD Day Schedule for Monday
Monday has our typical work day hours with our Middle School Staff coming together at 8:00 am in Mrs. Rogness' room. From there we will separate into department groups using Google Classroom to guide our work till the 11:30 lunch break. We'll talk in more detail about the day's work which will culminate in a brief staff meeting at 3:00 to end our day.
Community Facility Advisory Committee
The community facility advisory committee met this past Wednesday and toured the Arlington Facility before their worked centered on reviewing the results from the recently completed facility study and discussed educational adequacy and capacity. Please take a moment to review committee comments on key issues surrounding their work. Also the progress of the committee's work can be reviewed in completion on the Facility tab on our website. I will be soliciting perspectives from our teachers at our morning meeting on Monday, November 6th.
Veteran's Day AssemblyWe will be attending the annual Veteran's Day Assembly on Friday (11/10) at 9:00 am. This will be in the Kerr Gym, and we will adjust the Nutrition Break Schedule on this day.
Committees resuming their work
We will be having our first Literacy Committee Meeting of the year coming up on Wednesday (11/8) at 2:50. The Puma Pride Committee will also resume their work with a meeting on Monday (11/13) at 2:50. In our first week, we will analyze the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter, and plan for how we can use that data to continue our school improvement efforts. Anyone is welcome to participate in any of these groups...just send me an email to let me know of your interest.
Duty this Week
Morning - Gavin
Bus - Odden
Images from the week
Article of the Week
The article this week highlights strategies we can use to build and grow those ever important relationships with students. The message in this article serves as the backbone for the essential component needed to get our students to grow more than they every imagined.
"5 Tips For Better Relationships With Your Students"
PD Day Schedule for Monday
Monday has our typical work day hours with our Middle School Staff coming together at 8:00 am in Mrs. Rogness' room. From there we will separate into department groups using Google Classroom to guide our work till the 11:30 lunch break. We'll talk in more detail about the day's work which will culminate in a brief staff meeting at 3:00 to end our day.
Community Facility Advisory Committee
The community facility advisory committee met this past Wednesday and toured the Arlington Facility before their worked centered on reviewing the results from the recently completed facility study and discussed educational adequacy and capacity. Please take a moment to review committee comments on key issues surrounding their work. Also the progress of the committee's work can be reviewed in completion on the Facility tab on our website. I will be soliciting perspectives from our teachers at our morning meeting on Monday, November 6th.
Veteran's Day AssemblyWe will be attending the annual Veteran's Day Assembly on Friday (11/10) at 9:00 am. This will be in the Kerr Gym, and we will adjust the Nutrition Break Schedule on this day.
Committees resuming their work
We will be having our first Literacy Committee Meeting of the year coming up on Wednesday (11/8) at 2:50. The Puma Pride Committee will also resume their work with a meeting on Monday (11/13) at 2:50. In our first week, we will analyze the Puma Pride data from the 1st quarter, and plan for how we can use that data to continue our school improvement efforts. Anyone is welcome to participate in any of these groups...just send me an email to let me know of your interest.
Duty this Week
Morning - Gavin
Bus - Odden
Images from the week
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