Weekly Update October 6 – 20th

Wow! Where does the time go.  The first Quarter is now finished and I hope that everyone is able to rest and relax during the Fall Break week.  Our Guidance Office did an amazing job organizing the International University Fair last Saturday.  Also special thanks goes out to our HS Swim team who competed in the Relay Swim meet last week.

Take a moment to look into the PTA Office (located on the ground floor of the High School building) to see the amazing map of the world they are painting.

Remember progress report grades and comments are due October 6th and Parent-Teacher-Student Interviews are on Thursday and Friday, October 19 and 20, 2017.

Friday, October 6
Day 5- CDAB

October Break October 7 – 15, 2017

Monday, October 16
Day 6- GHEF
Advisory Schedule

Tuesday, October 17
Day 7- DABC
HSLT Meeting, 3:15-3:55pm (Counseling Conference Room) Agenda Here

Wednesday, October 18 Advisory Day Bell Schedule
Day 8- HEFG
Advisory Schedule
AS Meeting: Strategic Planning Action Groups, 3:15-4:30

Thursday, October 19 – Early Dismissal Schedule
Day 9- ABCD
Parent – Teacher Interviews 4:00 – 8:00pm

Friday, October 20
Parent Teacher Interview 8:00am – 1:00pm

On the Horizon:

First HS Progress Report

• Grades and Comments Due October 6– Just a reminder that finalized grades and comments for each student need to be finalized before we leave for October break on October 6 at 3pm.
• 1st Progress Reports Released Tuesday, October 17th at 4:00pm
  October 15 – comments completed and peer reviewed (in Q1 bin) and grades completed by 3:00; verification reports printed at 3:00
• October 16 – verification report reviewed, signed (can be digital) and returned to office by 12:15
  Parent Teacher Conferences, Oct. 19 and 20, 2017
• Report cards mailed home to parents on October 17 at 4pm
• Parent/Teacher Conferences, Oct 19-20.

Jacob will be gone on School Visits to US with Admin Team, October 19-25

SSIS Field Trip Forms. (log in with your SSIS name and password)

Staff Action Needed:

• Finalize comments and grades for quarter 1.  Grade verification reports will be available for you to review on Monday, October 16 immediately following October break.
• Please go to the faculty room and write you assessment dates on the calendar for the months of October and November
• Be sure to ADD the HS Parent/Student Google Calendar to your own Google Calendar so that you do not miss any major events

Powerful Teacher Recommendation Writing PowerPoint from Eric Hawken.

Naming Protocol for Log Entries– It has been great to see the large increase in use of our log entry system within PowerSchool.  As I mentioned at our meeting on Wednesday afternoon, we are now looking to formalizing a naming protocol to help our counselors better analyze student data.  In the future please use the following in the “Title” line in PS: Current Grade Level of Student – Role/Position – 1-3 work synopsis of issue.  PS will already collect your name, so all we need is your Pole/Position.  This is particularly helpful when we are looking through past data and the teacher is no longer at our school.  For example:

• 10 – Teacher – Consistent Tardies
• 11 – Teacher – Social/Emotional
• 12 – Librarian – Late Books

If you have any questions please see Erin, Robert, Sean, Jacob or Tim.

Feedback for Grade 11/12 WWW– We will be discussing our programs for grade 11 and 12 students during WWW’s during our October 25th faculty meeting while our memories are still fresh.  We will be using a Critical Friends Group protocol to help us envision how we can best serve the interests of students during this time frame in the future.

November Author Visit -Poet Luka Lesson

HS Author Visit Assembly Monday, November 6th Schedule

HS Tuesday, November 7th Early Dismissal Schedule