We are off to a great start! I am very happy about the culture we have set to kick off the school year, and the potential that our structure provides us as we look to improve the experience for everyone in our building. During informal conversations with students, they seem enjoy and appreciate the additional time to connect with their Homeroom groups. Much appreciation to each Homeroom teacher for utilizing this time to let our students feel heard and connected. We will be providing conversation starters very soon to facilitate discussion around the items we reviewed on the last School Climate Survey. Our whole team is strong and together we'll keep this positive momentum moving through the school year.
Resource of the Week
Resource of the Week
The resource this week provides a neat glimpse into the reality of teaching in today's world. The short article provides one example of how a teacher's quiet effort to understand his students was noticed by his students, and the impact those efforts can have on the kids in our classrooms.
"Confronting Inequity/Learning the Language" by Matthew R. Kay
Posting Grades
After 3 weeks of school, it's now time to review the evidence collected so far in each standard, and post progress grades in Infinite Campus. Please take a look at the evidence collected, and have overall standard grades posted by end of day Wednesday (9/25). On Thursday, we'll send a notification home to parents to let them know they can view student progress grades at this time. These will also be helpful for students to view as they regularly check out their progress on Infinite Campus.
SLO's and PPG's
Now is the time to be engaged in the work to set our SLO's for this school year. I have enjoyed the conversation that took place during our Open Lab times this past week. We'll have another Open Lab time on Monday (9/23) in the 1-8 IMC. We can set more dates as well, but it's been helpful to have discussion with someone else while crafting this statement. We can host more sessions if there is interest. During the next round of BW meetings, we'll be reviewing SLO's and PPG's. SLO's must be ready to go and approved by mid-October.
MS Schedule of Events
A weekly reminder that our PMS Calendar of Events communicates special dates for the school year. Please take a look and make note of these events on your calendar. Our next event will take place on Thursday afternoon as we have our first Middle School Student activity. I'm sure this list will be updated as our Student Leadership Group continues their planning efforts.
Classroom Visits
During BW meeting time this week, we've taken some time to visit other classrooms. It's really interesting to see how observing another teacher's practice can be so helpful...there are certain things that each of you do naturally that we all can learn from. We'll continue these visits this week into next.
Fire Drill on Tuesday (9/24)
We'll have our first safety drill of the year on Tuesday at 9:30am. As a reminder, emergency procedures should be reviewed regularly with students, and we'll practice those procedures at least once per month.
Staff Meeting next Wednesday (10/2)
We'll be meeting as a Middle School staff on Wednesday (10/2) starting at 2:55 in Mrs. Rogness' classroom. We will continue our work learning from each other, focusing on culture, and our student-centered approach.
Forward Exam Results are released to the Public
The DPI released the results of the Forward Exam earlier this week. You can view our results and the results of every school in the state at the WISEDASH Public Portal website. Feel free to go in and check out the results. To get to the Forward Exam results, hover over the WSAS, and down to Forward Exam. School report cards are expected to be released in late October/early November.
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