It's no secret that students work harder for teachers that they like. The article this week provides a couple of tips to gain that important "street cred" that can make all the difference in the world for many of our students.
"5 Things Cool Teachers Do" by Mark Barnes
Middle School Leadership Group Meeting Update
The group met on Tuesday afternoon. We reviewed the results of the survey staff took at the end of our Staff Meeting last Wednesday. We started the planning process to improve in the correlate that was rated lowest (Home-School Relations). See Meeting Notes here.
Kindness Homerooms Starting this Week
Our Middle School leadership students will be leading another Kindness Homeroom for all of the grades coming up. The focus will be on respect for all people, no despite any differences present. This is a powerful message for our kids to hear from their peers.
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Starting this coming Thursday, we have another opportunity to meet with parents/ guardians to discuss our students' achievement and growth. The office will be running a Grades Report for each student that will show 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarter grades up to this point. The report will also show Puma Pride grades. If specific teams or teachers have questions about other items to include, invite me to a meeting, and we'll discuss more specifically.
Budget
Thanks to all who have submitted their budget proposals to me for next school year. If you still have some questions, let me know as soon as you can.
Forward Exam Schedule
We are getting very close to finalizing the Forward Exam Schedule. The Middle School will be testing from Monday, April 9th through Monday, April 16th. Students will be taking the exam in their normal classes (ELA during ELA class time, Math during Math class time). You can view the testing schedule HERE. Test proctor training will take place in the coming weeks.
Middle School Staff Members Needed...
This Spring we will be hosting two middle school track meets. The meets are on Monday, April 16th and Tuesday, May 8th. It would be really awesome if we could get a solid Middle School contingency of staff members out there to work the event and support our students. To sign-up, please review this SPREADSHEET, and fill in your name on a slot to work. Training will be provided if needed. I'm sure the weather will be outstanding on these two nights. Thanks in advance for your help.
Data Update (through the first Friday in March)
Behavior Referrals
14-15 - 210 events, 65 students
15-16 - 165 events, 64 students
16-17 - 97 events, 43 students
17-18 - 109 events, 46 students
Attendance Rates
14-15 - 94.77%
15-16 - 95.47%
16-17 - 95.93%
17-18 - 96.23%
Duty Next Week
Morning - Crawford
Bus - Hazard
Images from the Week
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