Weekly Update: Sep. 20 – Oct. 4

Tim Chute | September 19, 2019 | Weekly Update | No Comments

Grade 9 WWW Students Hiking to Their Campsite

This past week has been very busy for everyone but the end rewards are well worth it. Our WWW and Grade 11 Retreat chaperones have been helping our students gain valuable learning experiences in very different classroom environments, our College Counsellors have been busy assisting our Seniors with their university applications, and our Juniors were able to complete their group 4 Science Projects.

Be sure to read the Grading Deadlines as Quarter 1 ends on October 4th.

Tim

Friday, Sep. 20th
Grade 9 and 10 WWW Trips Return to HCMC

Saturday, September 21st
Grade 11 Retreat returns to SSIS at 3:30pm

Sunday, Sep. 22nd
Pest Control Spraying

Monday, September 23rd
Day 8 – HEF Adv G
Advisory Schedule

Tuesday, Sep. 24th
Day 1 – ABCD
HOS Parent Coffee 8:15am – 9:15am
Biology Guest Speaker from 11:00am – 12:30pm
HSLT Meeting, 3:15-4:45 (HS Conference Room) Agenda Here

Wednesday, Sep. 25th
2 – EFGH
Divisional Meeting, 3:15-4:30 (MPR)

Thursday, Sep. 26th
Day 3 – BCD Adv A
University Talk 8:15am – 9:15am
Advisory Schedule
New Faculty Cultural Adjustment 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Friday, Sep. 27th
Day 4 – FGHE
HS Sunshine Breakfast hosted by the English Department
Saigon University Fair 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Saturday, Sep. 28th
Saigon University Fair 1:30pm – 5:00pm

Sunday, Sep. 29th
EARCOS Weekend Workshops 8:00am

Monday, Sep. 30th
AS PD Day Positive Education – No Classes for Students

Tuesday, October 1st
AS PD Day Positive Education – No Classes for Students

Wednesday, Oct. 2
Day 5- CDAB
One Hour Afternoon Assembly Schedule
8:00-9:15 Block 1
9:20-10:35 Block 2
10:35-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Block 3
12:00-12:35 Lunch
12:40-1:55 Block 4
Block 4 Teachers walk with students to assembly 2:00-3:00 Assembly

All School PD -Strategic Plan 3:15-4:30 Auditorium

Thursday, Oct. 3
Day 6 – GHEF
Advisory Schedule

Friday, Oct. 4th
Day 7 DABC (End of Quarter 1)
PTA Shark Tank 3:00pm – 5:00pm Auditorium
HS Movie Night for Animal Welfare 5:30pm – 9

On the Horizon

Parent Teacher Conferences, October 10 – 11 (see below for more details)
Positive Education Training, September 30 and October 1
Positive Education Student Assembly (1 hour assembly), October 2 Schedule Here
End of Quarter 1, October 4

Staff Action Needed

This link shows when your Quarter 1 grades are due: HS Grading Deadlines 2019 – 20
This link will help explain what HS comments should contain along with examples. Comment Writing Quick Guide
Please remember to help put away equipment (e.g. PA system, risers, balls, etc.) if you are using the HS gymnasium as it’s Chris and Alison’s classroom.
Recognize a colleague for kudos
Review the AP/IB Info Section
All Biology Students in Regi and Polly’s classes will miss C block on September 24 for a guest speaker
1 hour Positive Education Student Assembly on October 2 (Check important dates that impact instruction here)

HS Grade Books: Please keep your Grade Books up to date. Parents and students will be checking from now on looking for assessment data. Most of your grade books have multiple formative assessment data points, but summative assessments should be inputed to give the families a better understanding of where they stand with their end of quarter grade.

Parent/Teacher Conferences (Oct 10/11)– We will be using the online booking system again to schedule PTC’s starting in September. To better serve our parent community, we will be offsetting the hours of PTC’s a little to support those families that have students in both the MS and HS. HS conferences will take place in classrooms in the HS building on October 10 from 2-7pm and on October 11 from 9am-1pm. If you are a faculty parent with students in other divisions, you will be asked to schedule your conferences with your own children outside of the HS designated hours. If you are a faculty parent and have questions please see Jacob. More information to follow, but you can see the overall structure below.

PBL/Inquiry– Please complete the PBL/Inquiry Survey so we can better support and connect you with other teachers that might be looking for interdisciplinary connections. We have a great team of Thomas G, Evan, Amy, Justin and Kari to support you along the way. You can review the longer PBL/Inquiry slide show from May of 2019 or the abridged version that was shared at the August 14th meeting.

Pink Book: Be sure that your Pink Book for your apartment is up to date with your Realtor / home owner.

Observations are Coming: What You Need to Know– We are starting our staff evaluations this coming week. During the week of observation we will have a pre conference, a full block observation, and a post conference. Huyen and Tram have scheduled these and will invite you the week before. There are two observation tracks: returning teachers and new staff. We use the Charlotte Danielson Professional Practice Framework for all teachers.

Returning Teachers (Focused Evaluation)

Will choose 2-3 total components from domains 1-3 (Planning & Preparation, Classroom Environment, Instruction) i.e. 1b, 2d, and 3a for a focused evaluation.
Meet for a pre-conference to determine the 2-3 components together with administrator
Full block observation
Post-conference meeting

New Teachers to SSIS (Full Danielson Framework)