Weekly Update September 1 – 8

Thank you everyone for helping to make the HS Curriculum Night a success.  Please be sure to sign-up for the HS Block Party at Jacob’s house on Friday, September 8th.

Tim

Friday, September 1
Day 10 – EFGH
Staff Birthday Celebration in Staff Room at Morning Break

Monday,September 4 – Holiday
No Classes

Tuesday, September 5
Day 2 – EFGH
FIRE DRILL at 10:00amUniversity Night for Grade 11

Wednesday, September 6
Day 3 – BCDA

Thursday, September 7
Day 4 – FGHE
Advisory Schedule

Friday, September 8
Day 5 – CDAB

Staff Action Needed:

Student Grades Needed
Please ensure that your Grade Books Are up to date.  Students should have two grades or more by now (or at least one).  Several teachers do not have any grades entered and this makes it very difficult for the counselors and the administrators when we meet with parents to discuss their child’s progress at SSIS.

HS Social Party RSVP– As mentioned in last week’s edition of the Lair, the Sunshine committee is hosting our annual HS Social on Friday, September 8 from 4-8pm.  We will have food, drinks, and live music from Scott, the ES Band (Attacked by Gadgets) and some other cameo performances.  This is a family affair, so please bring your significant other and children.  We need to get accurate numbers so please RSVP here before Friday, September 1st.

Grade 11 and 12 WWB Schedule 
Getting close to being finalized.

SSIS School Trip Chaperone Guidelines
 SSIS HS chaperone information for teachers who are travelling with students for WWW, sports, MUN and other activities.

Observations are Coming: What You Need to Know–  Tim and I 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 has 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)

• Meet for a pre-conference and determine main growth goals for the year
• Full block observation
• Post-conference meeting

“House Leagues Teacher Update!!

Several new teachers bursting onto the top eight this week, and five teachers giving house points for the first time!  We have a new leader also. Ten teachers gave house points this week, so we are up to about 30% of High School teachers now giving points 🙂

Grade 12 IBDP Y2 Field Trip to Mui Ne September 25 – 27, 2017
The following students will be absent from school on Monday and Tuesday, Sep. 25 and 26th as they will be doing their IBDP Geography field studies.
1          An, Dahyun
2          Bui, Chiara
3          Burger, Makenna (Kenna)
4          Burkart, David Minh
5          Chao, Yen-Hsi (Cynthia)
6          Chung, Hong-Ying (Ying Ying)
7          Chute, Simon Selig
8          Delinicolas, Erina Lily
9          Gibaud, Vevette Rose
10        Hoang, Hoa (John) Duc Gia
11        Jeon, JungKeun (JK)
12        Jeon, JungSeok
13        Khor, Noah Sheng Song
14        Kim, Byung Yoon (BY)
15        Lee, Cherry Hei Lam
16        Lee, Eun Soul (Vona)
17        Nguyen, Doanh Vu Thuy
18        Phan, Nhu Truong Quynh
19        Ross, Sierra Christine
20        Shin, Min Kwan (MK)
21        Silcox, Morgan Louise