Weekly Update: September 18

Week At-A-Glance

Friday, September 18
Day 1- ABCD
Jacob Gone at IB Training
University Visit: Lewis & Clark College, 1:00-1:40 (Library)

Sunday, September 20
Departures for WWW (Safe Travels)

Monday, September 21
Day 2- EFGH

Tuesday, September 22
Day 3- BCDA
Group Meeting Schedule
University Visit: Linden College Tour, 1:00-1:40 (Library)

Wednesday, September 23
Day 4- FGHE
No Divisional Meeting due to WWW

Thursday, September 24
Day 5- CDAB

Friday, September 25
Day 6- GHEF
HS Special Schedule
IB CAS Retreat
Senior Retreat

Saturday, September 26
IB CAS Retreat

On the Horizon
Sep 29: AS Early Dismissal
Oct 2: StuCo Assembly (Afternoon)
Oct 8: AS Early Dismissal (End of 1st Quarter)
Oct 8: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 4-8pm
Oct 9: No Students at School
Oct 9: Parent/Teacher Conferences, 8am-1pm
Oct 10: International Day
Oct 14: PSAT for all 10th Graders
Oct 19-23: Fall Break

Staff Action Needed 

• Comments added to grade book for all students by October 8 (see below)

Grade Book Comments– Thursday, October 8th is the end of the 1st quarter. All grades and comments are to be posted on PowerSchool by 3pm on this day even though they are still “grades in progress”.

All work is to be graded prior to October 8th in order to be inputted to PS by this date.  There are to be summative assessments recorded by this date, as well as any formative work.

If students are missing a summative assessment then it is OK to use “I” (incomplete) as a final grade (as per assessment policy in the high school). Zero may be used as a grade only for formative work not completed.

Comments for each student will be necessary on PowerSchool reports as has been the practice. Comments are to be personal and learning-focused and should allow for parents and students to understand areas of strength and areas in need of growth. As this is an official school report, official PowerSchool names are to be used to reference each student.

For example: If mentioned in the formal way (“Quang Liu Tuan Gip), then (“Derek”) would be fine at the beginning of the comment and subsequent mentions may be the nickname, or formal name, only. This will conserve valuable character space.

If an “I” is given (see above paragraph) then the circumstances should be referenced in the comment for that student. Comments should appear in the S1 column in PowerSchool and should not exceed 500 characters.

Senior Focus Schedule for Friday– Here is the schedule for the seniors on Friday, September 25th.  Special thanks to the 12th grade team and Kris for planning such a great day.

11th Grade IB/CAS Retreat for Friday and Saturday– Here is the schedule for our 11th graders.  Thank you Charmaine and Laura.

Safe Travels WWW Team– Thank you for all of your hard work preparing our students for our WWW trips.  Bon voyage and safe travels all.  The time you have spent preparing for this and the upcoming events themselves will truly be transformational moments in many of our students lives.