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Resource of the Week
"Feedback has the potential to double the rate of learning"... If you are interested in maximizing the rate of learning in your classroom, this week's article about feedback will give you more tools in your tool belt that will help you increase the rate of learning in your class.
"Promoting Self-Direction Through Better Feedback" - Michael McDowell
End of Quarter 1 Planning
The end of Quarter 1 is quickly approaching, and is set for Thursday, November 4th.
Grades will be due by the end of the day on Wednesday (11/10), report cards printed on Thursday (11/11) morning, and mailed home afterwards. Students will review and reflect on their report card on Friday (11/12) in Homeroom. They'll then use the Puma Pride results on report cards to put tickets into possible events at our Fall Assembly which will take place on Tuesday (11/23) near the end of the day.
Staff Meeting Wrap-Up
Thanks everyone for your efforts during our staff meeting this past week...we'll continue to adjust to our new time, and the message of using Empowering Language with our students is an important one for us. Also, an opportunity to connect with a colleague or two that we don't typically get to connect with. We look forward to our meeting in November as Mrs. Crawford and Mr. Johnson may have a little extra to look forward to in our next morning together.
PD Day on Friday (11/5)
No school for students on Friday, and we look forward to an opportunity to come together to learn and plan. Anna sent out a general schedule, and I'll be filling in the details of our time on Friday here early in the week. We'll meet as a staff on Friday morning at 8:00, and then have various collaboration opportunities between our meeting in the morning and the afternoon training. On Friday afternoon, from 2:00-3:30, we'll get the opportunity to participate in Suicide Prevention Training...this is a timely topic, as we have had some students struggling with this topic in the first part of the year.
Student Recognition
Thank you to everyone who took a moment to recognize a student who has been excelling in the "Completes and Returns Work in a Timely Manner" standard on Friday. We started making positive phone calls home, and will shout-out the students on Monday. Here are the students this week:
Feel free to congratulate these students on their continued excellence! Be on the lookout for the next opportunity to recognize the great work of our students.
Staff Shout-Outs
During my bi-weekly meeting rounds and other times, I've asked staff to tell me about a colleague that deserves a "shout-out" or has been really helpful to them. I've included the responses from this week below. Thanks to all of your for making up our great team! If you know feel compelled to share about someone that deserves a "shout-out", you don't have to wait for a Bi-Weekly meeting, you can share any time.
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