Week Ahead: Dec. 12

It’s hard to believe first semester is almost over!  It’s an exciting and stressful time for our students.  Most are eager for the holiday to begin – eager to have a break from school and to spend time with family and friends.  However, not all of ours students are actually feeling that way.  Some are facing the holiday break with trepidation and aren’t eager to leave the routine and consistency of school.  Let’s all be out in force in the hallways, breaks, and before/after school helping to keep things running smoothly.

And one general word of thanks for such an amazing and successful semester.  This is one amazing team of educators we have here in the middle school!

Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Dec. 12
Day 6, GHEF (Adv)
1:30-2:30 Admin Mtg
2:30-3 Dragon’s Apprentice Filming
3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team

Tuesday, Dec. 13
Day 7, DABC (DEAR)
8:15 SRT
10:30-11 Gr 7 drama performance for ES (hopefully)

Wednesday, Dec. 14
Day 8, HEFG (DEAR)
3:15-4:30 No divisional meeting – time to finish report cards and comments

Thursday, Dec. 15
Day 9, ABCD (Adv)
10-11:30 Admin Mtg
11:40-12:20 Gr 8 Drama performance for Gr 8 students who can attend (Helen will be sending an email about this)
3:00 Comments and Grades completed and peer reviewed

Friday, Dec. 16
Early Dismissal; Special Schedule
9:15 Verification Reports DUE (note – this is a change; we need to be able to print report cards for withdrawing students)
1:30-3 Faculty Reception

Upcoming (on the radar)

• January 9 – Faculty work day (no PD or meetings scheduled)
• January 20 – PTA/MS StuCo Lock In
• January 27 – February 5 – Tet holiday

Holiday Fun on Friday:  We are going to have so much fun!  Please read through the day’s events.  We will all need to be ready and working to make the day run smoothly.  A huge thank you to Emily, Greg and Eric for working up the plan and making the arrangements for the day.

ELLSA Conference Early Bird Sign Ups:  Early Bird registration has been extended to Dec. 16; cost $230 (and as always SSIS PD funds can be used for this conference).  Several of the presenters and workshops are already posted on the ELLSA Conference Website.  It looks as though there are already some great presentations and topics that would impact student learning at SSIS. The theme of the conference is: English Proficiency: Moving Beyond the Plateau with a focus on Academic Language, Fossilized Errors and Assessment.  They are also looking for a few more presenters.  Talk to Stacy if you are interested.

Vietnam Tech Conference Sign Ups: . We all have a fantastic PD opportunity coming in February!  We are hosting the Vietnam Tech Conference.  This regional conference has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past few years.  In addition, this year, there will be a number of presentations offered in Vietnamese for our local staff and teaching assistants.  We hope you all will consider attending.  The Vietnam Tech Conference is February 18-19, 2017 here at SSIS.  Register here, only US$100!  PD request form also.