Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*Students creating short iMovies to culminate their research and share their results in a published format. I overheard students discussing with their partners what was most important to include, how to keep their video engaging, how could they demonstrate it visually in their video. The expectations and explanation of the video purpose really set the tone to allow those student conversations as they created them.
*Students competing in online quiz to practice their terms. They never seem to tire of this type of practice!
*Our juniors and seniors were engaged in many conversations with employers at the job fair. (You can find many pictures on the DHS facebook page). A couple of students even had an interesting conversation with me about one of the employers' interesting benefits. Thank you to Scott for coordinating this event for our students!
*Faculty teamwork in small meetings to problem solve student behaviors to come up with a team based solution. We are better together!
*On a night when they didn't have to be at school, we had many high schoolers running the pasta showdown and others sitting at a booth asking for people to sign Christmas cards that will be sent to military in Afghanistan. #KidsTheseDays #DodgelandProud
Events Next Week:
Monday - EP Training at 3:15 in IMC -ok, not actual training, but a supported time/space to work on your SLO if it's not done yet. :)
Tuesday - P/T Conferences 4:00-7:30
Wednesday - optional MS faculty meeting (see Mrs. Modaff's email from last night)
Friday - Flu Shot clinic for students
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*There have been a few staff questions about whether Mrs. Modaff or I handle discipline. By definition of our roles, Mrs. Modaff addresses student discipline, however, we are a team. When there are too many issues for one person to manage I step in to help. All educlimber referrals go to both of us so I am also aware of them. If you send an email or call about an issue it should go to Mrs. Modaff, but feel free to cc me on the email for awareness.
*If you enter an absence ahead of time in Aesop for a dr appointment and need coverage for a short amount of time (not a full guest teacher) please make sure to email Laura and I as well. I only receive notification of absences to approve for personal/flex, NOT for sick time so the notes for sick time coverage don't come to my attention.
Blogs, Quotes & Tweets:
*The Dumbest Intervention Ever
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