Weekly Update November 23 – 30

Happy Thanksgiving to our American Friends!

Thank you everyone for completing the Tripod surveys.   They seem to have gone very well this year.  We only have three more weeks of classes in Semester One.  These weeks will be very busy for both students and  teachers.  Please watch the deadlines for report cards.  try to do your comments early (Used bin S1 for the Quarter Two comments).

If you are looking for something to do on Friday you can join us for the annual HS student lock-in event from 7:00pm until 7:00am on Saturday.

Hopefully everyone has signed up for the Annual Staff Christmas Party.  It’s a fun filled evening.

Tim

Friday, November 23rd
Day 5 – CDAB
HS Lock-In Event

Monday, November 26th
Day 6 – GHE Adv F

Tuesday, November 27th
Day 7 DABC

Wednesday, November 28th
Day 8 HEFG
HS Divisional Staff Meeting

Thursday, November 29th
Day 9 ABC Adv D

Friday, November 30th
Day 10 FGHE

Saturday, December 1st
SAT Exam 8:00am
Staff Christmas Party at the Sheraton

On the Horizon

• SSIS Holiday Staff Party, December 1 (Sheraton)
• End of Semester Assessments, November 30-December 14 (See below)
• December 13 Quarter 2 Ends (Grades & Comments due by 3pm)
• December 14 Quarter 2 Grades and Comment Verification Reports due 2pm
• December 14 Quarter 2 and Semester 1 Grades sent electronically by 4pm

Tripod Surveys: We will be giving student surveys starting November 12-23 designating 1 block per day for the survey.  Each teacher will have at least 3 of their blocks take the survey for them.  So some days you will be giving the survey and some you will not.  Here is the list of  HS blocks/courses that will be surveyed.  For more information about the Tripod Survey and the data you will receive, please read through the  Teacher Toolkit for Tripod.  Here is the actual block schedule for the surveys:

• Nov 23- C

Support Upcoming Student Events– There are a number of great student events coming up in the next couple of weeks.  If you are able, come by and support our students.

• Friday, November 23rd – 6pm – 7:00am HS Student Lock-In

Assessments During Last Two Weeks of Semester 1 (November 30 – December 14)

Grades 11 and 12

AP/IBDP HL hour days are designated as assessment day (last block of the day). Both SL/and HL students will need to attend these “assessment” blocks.  No other major assessments are allowed during the morning blocks. Other non AP or DP classes will also utilize the last block of the day schedule to ensure the testing is spread around evenly (i.e. World Literature, Spanish 4, Advanced Art, etc).  This was reviewed by the HS Leadership Team and agreed upon by all the Departments. AP classes are the only classes allowed to give homework.

November 30th.  Block E
December 3rd.    Block D
December 4th.    Block H
December 5th.    Block A
December 7th.    Block B
December 10th.   Block F
December  11th. Block C
December 12th.  Block G

Grade 9 and 10

Please use the shared assessment calendar to assign assessments dates.  No more than 2 high-stress assessments per day rule.  If students find themselves in a situation where they have more than 2 high-stress (*) assessments they will approach their counselor to find a solution of moving one to a different day.