Resource of the Week
I got the chance to hear Dr. Ross Greene speak on Thursday morning. He is the author of the book "Lost at School". His message was right in line with the work that we have been doing on things like "Trauma Informed Care" and "Collective Teacher Efficacy". His book and message brought some clarity as to what we can do in schools with the information gleaned from the topics that we studied. The article this week provides a glimpse into the message I heard last week.
"What if Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong" - Katherine Reynolds Lewis
Puma Pride Standards Reminder
This is a reminder to assess your students in the "Follows Classroom Expectations" standard at least once a week. This is the minimum requirements and I encourage everyone to look for ways to leverage our Puma Pride standards to provide students and parents more feedback on their performance in class. When used effectively, our Puma Pride standards are built in ways in which we can communicate our expectations for each student.
Calendar Update
We have been working on a tentative plan to make up the minutes lost from snow days. The following plan is not finalized, but may be close...We will be adding some time to the MS/HS day, and we will be now going to school on June 5th for the full day. We will have an early release day on June 6th. Please be careful about planning any plane rides the last week of school. Unfortunately, we may not be done with adding days. Also, March 22 was originally a PD day, but this is now going to be a student day. If we need additional days, then the April PD will become a school day and then we will add to the end of the year. It has been a tough year already and we are not through February and March. When the plan is finalized it will be communicated in detail with staff.
Book Study Professional Development Opportunity
The administrators are going to be facilitating a book study over the next couple of months. The book will be focused on building equity in our schools. Here is the write- up about the book study. This professional development will entail reading the book, participating in 2-night sessions and posting on Google Classroom. Please let me know if you are interested so we can order the books. Participants will be provided with the book once they have committed to the opportunity. This will be worth 90 points.
Budget Time
It's that time of year again...Details will be going out soon for you to submit your budget requests for the next school year. Please be thinking and making lists of what you will need for your classes next year.
Staff Meeting Next Week
We will be having a Middle School Staff Meeting next Wednesday (2/20) at 2:50 in Mrs. Rogness' class.
Forward Testing Schedule
We are finalizing our Forward Exam Schedule. At this time, it looks like we will start our testing the week of April 15th. We also have preliminary plans to have all grades test at the same time, and utilize a form of our Late Start Schedule for the remainder of each all school testing day. If you have thoughts on our testing plan, please communicate those with me when you can. Details will be shared soon, and we will also be having a Forward Testing Preparation Meeting coming up as well. We plan to utilize small groups organized around our Homeroom groups for testing this year.
Images of the Week
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