Week November 18 – 25, 2016

Friday, November 18
HS School Closed – Virtual Online HS

Sunday, November 20
School Closed for Pest Control

Monday, November 21
HS School Closed – Virtual Online HS

Tuesday, November 22
Day 2 – EFGH
HSLT Meeting, HS Counseling Conference Room, 3:15-4:45

Wednesday, November 23
Day 3- BCDA
HS Staff Meeting

Thursday, November 24
Day 4 – FGHE
Advisory Schedule
HS Drama – Midsummer’s Night Dream at 6:30pm

Friday, November 25
Day 5 – CDAB
Alternate Bell Schedule for Terry Fox Assembly at 2:20pm
HS Block Party, 4:30-9ish (Jacob’s House)
HS Drama – Midsummer’s Night Dream at 6:30pm

On the Horizon:
Quarter 2 Ends, December 7
Student Comments Completed in Google or Word Doc and shared with a Colleague, December 9 by 4pm
Student Comments Reviewed by a Colleague, December 13 by 8am
Semester Exams, December 8-14 (Schedule Here)
All School Staff Party, December 10
A-H Schedule to Review Exams, December 15
Comments and Quarter 2 Grades Due, December 15 at 3pm
Early Release Day/House Leagues and Winter Assembly, December 16

Staff Action Needed

• Signup and get involved in our annual staff video for students (see below)

Attention Advisors: 

High School Block Party–  The high school block party is finally here.  We will be starting shortly after school on Friday, November 25th from 4:30-9:00.  We will be having Vietnamese BBQ, pizza (for the kids), drinks, live music and time to socialize.  Liz and Jacob live at 1 Hung Thai #11.  It will be very crowded with close to 100 attendees spilling into the streets of Hung Thai.  We look forward to connecting our larger HS families together.

HS Faculty Meeting– The HS Faculty meeting this week will be focused on collaboration, moderation and assessment practices.  The meeting will be led by our IB Coordinator, Thomas Redfern.

Semester Exam Schedule– Tim has been working with the HSLT in the creation of our semester exam schedule.  We have been through a number of versions and have settled on the following:  Exams start on Thursday, December 8 with two exams a day in the HS gym.  Exams end on Wednesday, December 14.  You will see all of your students on Thursday.  This time is designated to return exams and share results with students.  You might also use this time to have students reflect on the academic progress in semester one and make plans for improvement for semester two.  Friday is an early release day that will include some house league events and and end of semester assembly.

Annual Staff Video– Over the last number of years, the HS staff has created a fun video for our students at our end of the semester assembly before winter break.  Below are some links to last year’s videos.  Jeff Nesmith and Dan Le will help shoot and edit this.  If you have any song ideas for this year please share the ideas with Dan, Jeff, Jacob or Tim.  All HS and all school staff (i.e. business, HR, admissions, etc) staff gets involved.  Here are the videos from last year to give you a sense of what we do.

Educational Surveys– As Mark mentioned at our meeting this week, all students grade 3-12 complete an education survey for each of their teachers.  This will take place during the week of November 21st.  These surveys will be spread out over the course of the week to ensure that we do not get survey fatigue.  The results are meant to be reflective and are shared only with Tim and I and are not part of the evaluation process.  More information to come from Mark.

Terry Fox Assembly– On Friday, November 25th we have a unique opportunity to meet Terry Fox’s sister Judith.  The Terry Fox run takes place on Sunday, November 27th in district 7.  All three divisions will attend one of two assemblies on Friday afternoon.  The HS assembly will take place from 2:20-3:00.

Terry Fox Assembly Last Class of the Day
Friday, November 25, 2016
8:00 – 9:15am        First block (75 min)
9:15 – 9:30am        Break (15 min)
9:35 – 10:50am      Second block (75 min)
11:00 – 12:15pm     Third block (75 min)
12:15 – 12:55pm     Lunch (40 min)
1:00 – 2:15pm        Fourth block (75 min)
2:20 – 3:00pm       HS Assembly (40 min)

What’s in Your Grade Book?  We are more than halfway through the second quarter.  What is in your grade book?  There should be a minimum of two items according to our professional responsibilities entered into PS.  These could be graded assignments and/or comments entered into PowerSchool.