Great Things I Noticed this Week:
*Our students were shining stars at the Bandorama concert. Not only does this concert show the incredible growth in musical skills that sudents make from 6th - 12th grade, but this year it also showed the growth in our instrumental program with the addition of the Jazz band and drumline this year!
*I hear all sorts of interesting topics being discussed at lunch tables. This week I was excited to hear several students discussing their middle school science fair project ideas. It's great to see how engaged our students are in coming up with experiments for our upcoming first ever science fair!
*When a lesson was done and most students were finished with their practice work early, the teacher quickly pulled up a review kahoot of the unit vocab that was ready to go for filing in any cracks of time so there was no time lost.
Upcoming Events:
Monday - Our new school social worker starts next week. Please help welcome Ms. Neis to our team!
Tuesday - Juniors taking the ACT. No school for seniors. Freshmen/Sophomores on college/business trips
Wednesday - All district staff meeting (for certified and paraprofessionals) in IMC at 3:15
"Nuts & Bolts" Notes:
*Planning ahead...the NCAA March Madness is a great time to promote colleges as people make their bets on what teams they think will win. To help promote colleges you can wear jeans every day the week of March 21st if you wear a college shirt!
*Here's the HS IEB/Advisory Doc: Week of March 7
*From the handbook: No field trips will be allowed 3 weeks prior to the end of the school year. No more than two field trips per week will be allowed unless adminstrative approval is given.
*I'm honored and humbled to take on a challenging new role next year. While it will be another new learning curve for me, Dr. Thompson has been an incredible mentor and leader for all these years to pave the way on our road to a better tomorrow. For those of you who have expressed your fears of change and concerns of who will fill my role next year, please be assured that I am fully committed to every facet of our district and school and won't be far!! That is why I pursued my superintendent's license...because I knew the day would come someday when Dr. Thompson would retire and I wanted to make sure that someone who loved this district was ready to follow in her footsteps.
Blogs, Quotes & Tweets:
*The 3 Best Practices of Performance Based Assessment
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