Week Ahead: October 26

What a great end to a great week … the Food Festival should be a ton of fun.  Today, let’s all be checking in with kids, making sure the schedule is being followed, and generally having an “all hands on deck” sort of day (in particular during the parade/photo and the Food Festival).  I am expecting that all faculty will be at the Food Festival from 2:35 (when you take your last class down) until 3:30 – and being on chaperone status 🙂  We really want to make sure that our lovely middle school students remember what it means to taste … and not eat.

I hope that all of you have a fantastic Fall Break.  When you come back, here is what’s up:

Sunday, October 25
Pest Control; Campus closed

Monday, October 26
Day 5 CDAB
9:35-10:30 SRT Mtg
1:30-3 Sr. Admin Team Mtg
3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team Mtg

Tuesday, October 27
Day 6 GHEF
*6th and 8th Team Mtg
9:30-10:30 HOS/MS Principal Mtg
3:10 A Team BBall @ AmIS
4:00 Swim Meet @ SSIS

Wednesday, October 28
Day 7 DABC
*8th Team Mtg
8:00-9:00 Learning Support Mtg
12-1:00 Learning Support Mtg
3:15-4:30 Learning Plan #2

Thursday, October 29
Day 8 HEFG (Advisory)
3:30ish C Team BBall v. SING @ SSIS

Friday, October 30
Day 1 ABCD (HL Schedule)
*Halloween Dress Up Day!
1:00-2:00 Learning Plan Mtg
2:30-3 HL Sponsored by Green
3:15ish B girls and C boys BBall @ EIS

Saturday, October 31
4-6pm PTA Halloween Event

Upcoming (on the radar)

• Nov. 3; A SISAC Tournament @ SSIS
• Nov. 4; C SISAC Tournament @ SSIS
• Nov. 6; Additional Advisory Day; MS Teacher/Assistants Reception at Sylte House (4-5:30)
• Nov. 9-13; MS WWW
• Nov. 20-21; MRISA Tournament (Laos)
• It’s time to really start paying attention to upcoming sporting events, drama events, and music events … these could disrupt your planning.

Parent Teacher Conference Data:  Great job with PT Conferences.  We improved our attendance by 18%.  AWESOME!  Great work!

Hiring Update:  Yes, we have already begun the hiring season.  Thank you to Pam McKinnon and Alison Leathwood for assisting with the hiring process for our 3 open positions (2 PE and 1 Social Studies).  We are already getting a tremendous number of applications … and we always want to know of other great candidates.  So if you know of anyone applying and can give additional insight – or know of candidates who we’d like to apply – be sure to let me know.

Health Survey:  Please complete this survey sent out by Tina Fossgreen:  In the development of the Health Curriculum, before we move forward we would like to survey teachers at each grade level to their perceived needs for our student population.

Welcome Dave Tonetti:  On October 26th, Dave Tonetti will be joining us as Stacy Crowell’s long term substitute.  Dave has recently moved to HCMC from South Korea where he taught at Korea University.  Over his career, Dave has taught from elementary to university age students.  We are very happy to have us joining us.  Stacy will begin working part-time on Oct. 26 with her full time medical leave beginning November 16th.