Tuesday - wear Dodgeland shirts for our staff photo
Wednesday -professional attire for Open House
*All other times you are good to go with comfy clothes and tennies
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*By the end of this week I will email you details to create your video to go to our school FlipGrid. As I shared in my welcome back letter, I want to have all of us record an intro video to our students/families to have ready by Open House. Don't worry, this is not labor intensive, just a quick minute to introduce yourself.
*Moving forward, any documents shared from the MS/HS office (i.e. schedules, announcements, handbooks, etc.) will be in the DMS DHS Staff Google Shared Drive. Many shared the frustration of not knowing which drive to look in. Within this drive, anything from previous years will be in a folder simply named OLD Documents. You can continue to use folders/docs in the ms or hs shared drives that you have been using for collaboration, just know anything shared from the office will be in the DMS DHS drive.
*Handbooks: You will all be receiving paper copies of the staff procedures handbook, as well as the student/parent handbook for your building level. The revised Staff Procedures handbook is in this drive, which you can also find HERE (if you are logged into your google account). You will notice that the Table of Contents is hyperlinked to make it easier to search for information. If you are curious what has changed, you can see the draft HERE that was given to the school board that has anything new highlighted and anything that was removed is crossed out.
*Could you please take a quick survey for me HERE. (It's a fun one!)
Planning ahead for the 1st week with students:
1st day of school: Wear your Dodgeland shirts, jeans and comfy shoes for your first full day of teaching on your feet since May 31st!
One Hour delay bell schedule, students starting in Aspire. This time will be used to give students their schedule, make sure all have lockers/organized (if missed Open House) and then build relationships and community with the group. Mrs. Modaff and I will also have a video for you to share with your Aspire. Yes, with our new schedule, you will have your Aspire/advisory twice so you get to do lots of relationship building. Greg Wolcott would be so proud of our #Significant72 focus!
I will be talking to 2 grade levels at a time in the MS gym to talk about expectations with students and do a fun activity. This will be:
Wednesday during Aspire: 11th/12th grades
Thursday during Aspire: 9/10th grades
Friday during Aspire: 7/8th grades
(No 6th grade since they have 2 days of "Gearing Up for Middle School")
Need some ideas for the start of the year?
5 Icebreakers for Middle and High School Students
Goldmine of #Significant72 Resources
And just some humor: 8 Back to School Emotions that All Teachers Will Recognize
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