Week Ahead: April 4

Congratulations to Rebecca Jardin, Stephen Thompson, Kris Bumpus and Erin Hawkins for their great presentations at EARCOS this weekend.  SSIS was well represented!  As I get sit in workshops, I find myself thinking about the great work we see at SSIS every day – and how amazing it is when that work gets shared with others.  My question / wondering:  How can we share more with each other?

This semester is passing just as quickly as I thought it might.  Here’s to a great week before Spring Break.  I hope that all of you have a great week planned … whether it’s a stay-cation, a trip abroad, a restful plan, or an adventure of a lifetime … it’s a great time to recharge and gear up for the final mad rush to the end of the year!

Here is what’s up this week:

Monday, April 4
Day 4 FGHE (DEAR)
*John Littleford visiting
1-3 Admin Mtgs
3:15 MS Badminton v. SING (home)

Tuesday, April 5
Day 5 CDAB (DEAR)
*John Littleford visiting
*Book Fair
10:40 SRT
3:15 A Team Volleyball v. ABC

Wednesday, April 6
Day 6 GHEF (Advisory Special Schedule for Gr 8 mentoring project)
*Book Fair
11:15-3 Curriculum Framework Advisory Committee Mtg
1:05-1:35 Advisory
3:15 C Team Volleyball v. CIS (HS gym)
3:15-4:30 Assessment for Learning mtg #6  (if you want to go over WrAP proctoring information, I’ll hold a review session in the library)

Thursday, April 7
Day 7 DABC (DEAR)
*Book Fair
8:15-9:15 Principal’s Coffee
9-11 Admin Mtg
3:15 B Team Volleyball v. TIS

Friday, April 8
Day 8 HEFG (HL Schedule sponsored by Purple)

Upcoming (on the radar)

• Apr 11-15 – Spring Break
• Apr 18-22 – Earth Week
• Apr 19-12 – WrAP Testing
• Apr 25 – Career Fair for Gr 8
• May 2-3 – No School
• May 6 – Mid-Quarter
• May 13 – Early Release (Assessment PD)

MS Principal Survey Results– I want to thank everyone for taking the time to give me feedback on the MS Principal Survey.  I received my results Thursday and look forward to sifting through and  synthesizing the information.  I will share an analysis of my results in the coming week.

WrAP Testing (and MAP):  This is from Tina’s email.  If you want to go over this in person, I’ll be set up in the Library on Wednesday at 3:15.

• WrAP will be administered on Tuesday, 19 and Wednesday, 20 April.  There is a special testing schedulefor these two days.  This will be done in advisory with advisors proctoring.
• Day 1 – prewrite/drafting
• Day 2 – editing/revising/final draft.
• We will deliver the prompts and paper to you for this test.

WrAP proctoring instructions.  Proctor guide attached. The proctor site will need your login information. Once logged in, there are short videos to help you see what needs to be done.

If you want me to review any of this information, please let me (Tina) know.

• MAP testing is May 5, 10 & 12, see the special testing schedule.  The test will be administered in your classroom with your advisory group.  Remember that there is a proctorsite and the testing site for the students.  The proctor site username is your school email address.  I don’t have access to your password.   Once logged in  there are several tutorial videos if you need a refresher on how to set up the testing session.  The PowerPoint used for Fall testing is available, please make a copy before modifying for your advisory group.

Visual Thinking: Another gem from Silvia Tolisano.  

Special schedules for the week:
Wednesday Advisory Schedule:

House League:

Visible Thinking Strategy:  Text