Weekly Update: November 20

Staff Action Needed

• All HS staff was to have completed the Dragon’s Lair Survey by Monday, November 16th at 4pm.  This date is a week late and only 50% have completed this.  Please assist us in making this publication more effective for you with your data.
  • This survey is confidential/anonymous, as we want to collect accurate data about our publication.
• Review this document about students on academic probation and take attendance for those students on the list starting on Monday, November 16.
• Email Jacob if interested in the UGO committee (see below).

Friday, November 20
Day 8- HEFG
PTA Teacher Appreciation Luncheon (Auditorium)
StuCo Lock-in, 8pm-8am (Gym)

Monday, November 23
Day 1- ABCD
Group Meeting Schedule
High School Leadership Team Meeting, 3:15-4:45 (HS Conference Room) Agenda Here

Tuesday, November 24
Day 2- EFGH
11th Grade SOC Meeting: Lunch (HS Counseling Conference Room)

Wednesday, November 25
Day 3- BCDA
AS Full Faculty Meeting: Technology, 3:15-4:30pm (Auditorium)

Thursday, November 26
Day 4- FGHE
HS Winter Concert: 7-9pm (Auditorium)

Friday, November 27
Day 5- CDAB
PTA Social: November 27, 7-9 (Auditorium)

Saturday, November 28
Staff Thanksgiving Celebration: November 28, 4-7pm (Auditorium)

On the Horizon
HS Drama Production: December 3 & 4, 6:30pm (Black Box Theater)
Staff Star Wars Marathon: December 5, 2-9pm (Auditorium)
SSIS Staff Party: December 12, 6-11pm (Cham Charm)
HS Final Exams: December 10-17 (HS Gym)  final exam schedule
Early Release Day: December 18

University Guidance Office Director– As the school announced last year, one part of the Strategic Plan is the appointment of an administrative ­level Director of University Guidance.  Mr. Terry Giffen, who some of you met last spring when he visited campus, has led the first phase of our search which has resulted in the identification of three, highly qualified semi-finalists.  I am putting together a small committee from the high school to interview these three candidates and provide the Head of School with feedback. The interviews are to be scheduled in the next few days, and be completed by the end of next week.

Staff Video– We are looking for a new song for our staff video.  If you have one please share it with me or your department head.  Special thank you to Dan and Jeff Nesmith for the work they had already put into this.  I acknowledge that this is a significant setback for them and other staff that has started preparing for this.

Academic Probation Accountability– The counseling team has spent countless hours devoted to our students on academic probation (1 F or 2 D’s).  This includes parent meetings, student check-ins and more.  We require students on academic probation to attend 3 days of office hours with teachers in an effort to improve their grade.  Students can also meet with teachers at lunch (if teacher is available) for a 30 minute session instead of after school.  The issue has been accountability, since we have not been able to determine if they attend or not.  Starting on Monday, November 16 this problem will be solved with your assistance.  We approached the HSLT with this issue and have the best solution possible at this point.  Starting Monday, take attendance of those students on academic probation using this document.  All you need to do is type your last name and minutes spent in class on the appropriate date, “Crawford (30)” for example.  This student was in Andrew Crawford’s class for 30 minutes.  For those students that do not attend their assigned sessions, we will be collecting them at the end of their last block class and delivering them to office hours.