Weekly Update December 1 – 15

Tim Chute | November 30, 2017 | Weekly Update | No Comments

Hang On! We have two busy weeks ahead of us! Lots of assessments, report cards and changes will be happening.

Please try to keep yourself healthy and how we can care for all of our students.

Tim

Friday, December 1
Day 10 – EFGH

Saturday, December 2
SAT Exam 8:00am – 12:30pm

Monday, December 4 Advisory
Day 1 – ABCD 2nd Block is 120 minute
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th
Advisory Calendar

Tuesday, December 5
Day 2 – EFGH
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th
PNC Book Fair

Wednesday, December 6
Day 3 – BCDA
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th
PNC Book Fair
HS Divisional Meeting, 3:15-4:30 (MPR)

Thursday, December 7
Day 4 – FGHE
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th
Advisory Calendar
PNC Book Fair
Proactive Coaching Parent Meeting 1:00 – 3:00pm

Friday, December 8
Day 5 – CDAB
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th
HS Athletic Season 1 Awards in Auditorium 4:00 – 5:30pm

Saturday, December 9
ACT Testing 8:30am – 12:30pm
Winter Holidays Party GEM Centre 6:00 – 10:00pm

Sunday, December 10
Pest Control – Campus Closed

Monday, December 11
Day 1 – ABCD
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th
Advisory Calendar

Tuesday, December 12
Day 2 – EFGH
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th
HSLT Meeting, 3:15-4:45 (Counseling Office Conference Room) Agenda Here

Wednesday, December 13
Day 3 – BCDA
Alternate Schedule for Dec. 4 – 13th

Thursday, December 14
Dec 14th A – H plus Advisory Schedule

Friday, December 15 – Half Day
8-10:30 House League Events
10:30-10:45 Student Break
10:45-11:05 HS Music Concert and Message from Sylte and Hendrickson
11:15-12:15 Advisory Potlucks

On the Horizon:

SSIS Holiday Staff Party, December 9 (GEM Center)
Last Day of Semester 1, Early Release for students, December 15
January 8, 2018. First Day of School for Staff for Semester Two (9:00am workshop on PowerSchool’s new Learning Management System)

Semester 1 Report Cards

December 11 — Comments Due (Comments can now be up to 800 characters in length)
December 13 – comments peer reviewed (in S1 bin)
December 14th 7:00am Grades need to be finished
December 14th – verification reports printed at 8:00am
December 14th – verification reviewed, signed (can be digital) and returned to office by 3:00pm
Semester 1 Reports released on December 15th 2:00pm

Last Day (December 15) Information– Check out the schedule for what the last day looks like on December 15 below. We will all start in the HS gym at 8:00am. We will end the day with grade level potlucks giving us a chance to connect with our students before they head off to break. The school will provide Banh Mi and we ask you to work with your advisories to supplement this with snacks, desserts and drinks. Please use a couple of minutes during Monday’s advisory to to organize and remind your students of this. We will use our regular group meeting locations for the potluck by grade level.

House Leagues 8-10:30

Break 10:30-10:45

Assembly (Gym) 10:45-11:15

10-15 min of music
Staff video to students
Messages from Mark S and Jacob

Grade Level Potluck 11:25-12:15

Order Your Project X T-Shirts– To build a sense of whole school community and excitement for Project X, all faculty and staff will get a Project X t-shirt. While HS is not fully participating this year, we need to support this worthy all school initiative that will include grades 9 and 10 in 2018-19. This shows the t-shirt design and the sizing chart. Please self-measure one of your t–shirts (that you feel comfortable when wearing) and compare with the chart below to identify the shirt size that you would like to have. Note that there are different sizes for men & women.

There is one t-shirt per person that will be worn, Thursday, 25 January; Monday, 29 January and Friday, 2 February; giving time to wash in between wearings. You can order your HS Shirt Here Please indicate M for men and W for women to place your order. We encourage everyone to get a shirt, but it is optional. If you don’t want a shirt, please put an X in the last box.

Tripod Survey Results– The results of your Tripod surveys should be coming before break. We will include the overall HS divisional results, so you can put your’s in context. Some of our staff wanted these results before break last year, while others wished they had waited to see them afterwards. Please consider this choice before you look at your results. Additionally, Huyen will be scheduling a Tripod reflection meeting with you and your supervisor before Tet break.

New Staff in the HS 2018-19

HS Staffing Update – New Hires for 2018–19

Schedule for December 4 – 13, 2017. (8 days of classes)

We will run the Advisory schedule on Monday, December 4th and 11th and on Thursday, December 7th. We will run an A-H schedule on Thursday, Dec. 14th with a 10 minute Advisory at the end of the day.

Each block during the last two weeks of school will be assigned a two block of time where you may choose to deliver an AP/DP Mock type exam, have students give presentations to their peers, work on a project or some other authentic activity of your choosing. The only class allowed to give a major assessment on these days is the two hour block class to ensure we are not overloading our students with assessments on any given day.