Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*Many students were excited to be back at school after winter break!
*At the start of a math lesson, students pulled out their math logs to add the new math term they learned in the lesson, discussed it as a class and then students added their own examples to their log to refer to (and then I noticed several did during their work time).
*Students were talking at lunch time about book tasting (nope - not something new on the menu, but an activity to decide on the next book they were going to read). I love hearing when students are excited about reading and talk about it with their peers!
*Our special ed staff in both building levels have been doing some incredible collaborating and problem-solving to support our students.
*I've been cc'd on several emails from teachers to parents regarding their child's current low grade to explain what they need to focus on in this final stretch and when the teachers were going to be working with the student for extra help/reassessments.
Upcoming Events:
Monday - Mentors/Mentees meeting 3:15 in IMC
Wednesday - MS Faculty Meeting 3:15 in IMC
Workout Wednesday
Friday - End of 1st Semester
*HS Teachers: If you have an elective course that freshmen can take, please get your videos to Mrs. Johnson by Friday to be used in 8th grade classes!
Monday, January 17 - End of semester grading/comments to be completed by 3:30. Make sure to have Work Habits/Employability Skills grades as well.
Friday, January 21 - HS running 2 hour delay schedule for course intros in the morning
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*As you know from Dr. Thompson's email we have an update in our staff COVID quarantine protocols. Be on the lookout for an email with a change in student quarantine protocols.
*GRADES GRADES GRADES
If you have a student who will be getting an incomplete, please send an email to both Laura and me. Here is a review from the student/parent handbook regarding an incomplete:
Any incomplete grades must be made up within 2 weeks (10 scheduled school days) in traditional classroom courses, with the exception being students who were medically absent for a long period of time. An incomplete may be extended by teacher-administrator agreement when a student has made significant progress and an extension of time is necessary to complete the course work. All incomplete grades require prior administrative approval.
Additionally, if a student needs to take a reassessment after grades are stored, then you will need to submit a grade change form.
Blogs, Tweets & Quotes:
*Moving from Feedback to Feed Forward
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