Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*Brain break during class to play a fun gimkit to review email etiquette.
*Students having choice in their end-of-unit math assessment, getting to choose examples of problems to demonstrate their mastery of each skill, while reflecting on the proficiency rubric before submitting. (This definitely helps the student with test anxiety to be able to demonstrate their learning!)
*Deep conversations about song lyrics and purpose in high school choir when trying to decide on the song choice for the Veterans Day assembly.
*Our FFA students did a great job at the Petting Zoo teaching elementary students about large and small animals...they had informative display boards/posters and had obviously planned what they were going to teach our elementary students. On a funny note--I got sneezed on by the donkey and was worried my shirt would be a mess for Parent/Teacher Conferences, but donkey sneeze came clean with a wet paper towel. Just in case you ever need to know.
Upcoming Events:
Wednesday - Workout Wednesday
3:15 HS Faculty meeting in IMC Learning Commons (remember to read chapter 2 of the Grading for Impact book)
Thursday - Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:00 - 7:30PM *Revision for the gym set up--we will put you together by department so if you have down time you can collaborate.
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Just a reminder to be putting your garbage/recycle bins in the hallway at the end of the day. Our custodial crew thanks you for this!
*Music lesson schedules are coming out from Mr. Robinson for instrumental and Mr. Muenchow for vocal lessons. Please know that Mr. Muenchow and Mr. Robinson have been working very hard to try to create a lesson schedule in which students would not miss core classes, however, we just have too many musical students to only have lessons during aspire (that's a good thing for the music department!) Students know that if they have a test/lab or doing anything else that they cannot miss that they should stay in class. When you see the schedule, if there are any students that you have concerns about their lesson being during your class, please communicate with Mr. Robinson or Mr. Muenchow for some collaborative problem-solving. Thank you for your help in supporting our students to continue to nurture their musical talents.
*EP - SLO/PPG/Surveys/Rapid Cycle Feedback
If you have any questions about this, please let me know. In addition, there is optional support/work time on October 25 after school. This might help to dedicate time in your schedule to work on these forms and I will be there to help in whatever way I can!
If you have any questions about this, please let me know. In addition, there is optional support/work time on October 25 after school. This might help to dedicate time in your schedule to work on these forms and I will be there to help in whatever way I can!
*Herb Kohl Fellowship/Scholarship Evaluators needed: CESA 6 is recruiting volunteers to assist in reading and scoring the applications for this program. Anyone can be a reader. The reading/scoring is online and takes approximately 20-30 minutes per application (generally each reader has 5-10 applications). Scoring must be done within the 3 week time frame and will start in mid-November. If you are interested in reading or know of someone interested, please fill out the New Reader Registration Form HERE. (Choose CESA 6 on the form.). More information and orientation videos can be found HERE.
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