Week Ahead: Aug 5-9

What a great start to the year.  Thank you for all the hard work you have done to get us set for the first days of school.  As we get ready to greet our students and parents, let’s keep in mind their excitement and nervousness.  One group we really want to look out for is our new students.  For those of you with new students in your advisory, we are working on pairing them up with a buddy student.  If for some reason, the buddy isn’t actually back yet, please ask another student to assist.  Another important time to support our new students is the block before lunch.  Please make sure new students have a buddy to help them in the cafeteria.  With all of working together, we can help smooth out the first stressful days of a new school.

Here is what’s up this week:

Monday, Aug. 5
Full Faculty In-Service Schedule

Tuesday, Aug. 6
12:30-3:00  MS Orientation (2 sessions times due to size of audiences)

• 12:30-2:30 Grade 6
• 1-3:00 Grades 7 and 8
• Agenda  and script
• Presentation

Wednesday, Aug. 7
19-20 Opening Day A-H Special Schedule
*remember to plan for 5-10 min to review lunch procedures during E block (there will be a slide in the orientation/transition program to assist with this)

Thursday, Aug. 8
Day 1, ABCD (Adv)
9:30-11  Molly in Admin mtg

Friday, Aug. 9
Day 2, EFGH (Adv)

Saturday, Aug. 10
Happy Birthday to Nathan Larson!

Upcoming (on the radar)

• Aug. 9  8:15-11:00 PTA/HOS Welcome Coffee Morning
• Aug. 14  8:15-9:15  MS/HS Principal Coffee: Tech Tools and Communication
• Aug. 22  6-8:30pm MS Curriculum Night and WWW Informational Session
• Aug. 23   4-7pm PTA MS Blast!
• Aug. 24   6-8pm Saigon International Teacher Social (@Saigon Outcast, D2)

Supervision/Duty Schedule: Please review the supervision/duty schedule for this year.  Each person has one morning duty and one lunch duty each week.  If there are any changes you need to make, please let me know.   19-20 Supervision / Duty Schedule

Hanging Things:  Please note that Chris Beanes, Facilities Manager, has asked that we use sticky tack when hanging things on the walls.  In addition, please note that we cannot hang anything on the painted hallway walls.  Not even with sticky tack.  Everything pulls the paint off.  Even if it comes off clean one time, don’t be fooled.  Humidity makes it all risky.  Please use bulletin boards, doors, and windows.

Copy Center:  David Perkins sent a reminder about how to use the copy center.  All of that information is on the Link.  Here is the link (to the Link … I couldn’t resist).  Copy Center Guidelines

Shipments to School: Many of you know that can have things shipped to the school.  Here is some new information from the business office.

Important Docs and Materials:

• MS Faculty Handbook
• Master Schedule
• Teacher Version Daily Timetable 
• Planning Calendar
• Grade Level Teams, Team Mtg / Dept Mtg
• MS Student Handbook

Sunshine Committee Dues– The Sunshine committee organizes a number of great events and celebrates and supports those staff members in need over the course of the year.   In addition to monthly birthday celebrations and organization of departmental breakfasts, Sunshine shows random acts of kindness, flowers and other items to celebrate milestone events in our lives.  Sunshine will organize a whole staff event each quarter.    We will be asking for a 500,000 VND contribution to be paid in the first weeks of school.  If you are interested in serving on the Sunshine Committee, bringing joy and excitement to our division, be sure to sign up!