Week Ahead: August 29

What a great Curriculum Night. You guys were fantastic!  Parents and kids were happy and several shared that they were very happy to get all the information they received.  A few others shared that they can’t believe how much their kids have to walk up and down the stairs 🙂   Thank you for making this such a positive night for our students and parents.

Here is what’s up this week:

Monday, Aug. 29
Day 6, GHEF (Adv)
*MS School Pictures G and H Blocks
12:55-1:35 StuCo Elections during Advisory

• Grade 8 Students – Mr. Crowell’s room with Jane
• Grade 7 Students – Library space with Shayan
• Grade 6 Students – Mr. Ada with SeMin and Julie

1:30-3 Admin Team Mtg
3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team (Agenda)

Tuesday, Aug. 30
Day 7, DABC (DEAR)
*MS School Pictures C Block
8:15 SRT

Wednesday, Aug. 31
Day 8, HEFG (DEAR)
3:15-4:30  WASC Home Groups

Thursday, Sept. 1
Day 9, ABCD (Adv)
*MS School Pictures C Block (and make-ups)
10-11:30 Sr Admin Team Mtg

Friday, Sept. 2
No School – Vietnamese National Day

Upcoming (on the radar)
Saturday, Sept. 3 – Happy Birthday Nguyen Do!
September 7 – Early Dismissal
September 8, 13, 16, – MS MAP Testing
September 17 – PTA Family Day
September 23 – MS Dance
September 30 – HOS / MS Faculty Reception, 4-5:30pm

School Pictures:  Sang has shared the photo schedule.  Thank you in advance for staying ontime so that we can keep on schedule.  We also need all teachers to take (yes, another) photo for the yearbook.  Be do that when you take your class … or if you aren’t taking a class, pop in either right before or right after one of the sessions.

MAP Testing:    Testing will be on Sept. 8, 13, and 16.  Here is a draft of the schedule and proctoring plans.  Please know that I will be meeting with the MSLT and Tina to review these and set up proctor training.  There may be slight changes based on those meetings.

Supervision Schedule Revisions: I have finally completed the supervision schedule revisions based (to put Rebecca in the Art room at lunch each day).  Please take a look to see what might have changed (or not changed) for you.  A huge thanks to Greg Jardin for picking up an extra duty to make it all work.

ASCD Webinar:  The timing is poor, but the content is great.  Let me now if you’d like to sign up for this webinar.

Over the past fifteen years, neuroscience researchers have revealed previously unknown changes that take place in the adolescent brain between puberty and young adulthood, and that account for their impulsivity, risky behavior, emotional displays, and hunger for peer affiliation. Join Thomas Armstrong, author of the new ASCD book The Power of the Adolescent Brain: Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Students, in an engaging webinar where he will describe some of the major research findings and suggest specific interventions that middle and high school educators can implement in the classroom based on that research.

The overall focus of the webinar will be on educators working to empower adolescents to use their inherent insight, passion, idealism, sensitivity, and creative impulses to further their growth and propel their movement into early adulthood and beyond.

The Power of the Adolescent Brain:
Strategies for Middle and High School Educators
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. EDT (US)
Presented by Thomas Armstrong