Week Ahead: Dec. 9-13

Happy Holidays!  It was great to see so many people at the holiday party last night.  The fun and festivity really starts the holiday season off right!  And this week has more fun holiday happy-ness (thanks David R for the pun)!  The Winter Concert, Sports Day and the Winter Celebration … bring it on!

For me Saturday night was especially meaningful as it ended with Andy and I watching the live stream of Maddie’s (our oldest) graduation.  Thank you to all of my colleagues and friends who had a hand in shaping the amazing person this young lady has become – and helping her achieve this milestone.

Here is what’s up this week:

Sunday, Dec. 8
*Happy Birthday Roxanne!

Monday, Dec. 9
Day 6, GHEF (Adv)
*Spirit Week: Sports day
1-3:00 Admin Mtg (Molly Attends)
3:15-4 MS Leadership Team Check In  (Agenda)

Tuesday, Dec. 10
Day 7, DABC (DEAR)
*Spirit Week: superhero or villain day

Wednesday, Dec. 11
Day 8, HEFG (DEAR)
*Spirit Week: favorite color head-to-toe day
8-9:25 Gr 7 and 8 music and choir students rehearsal – off timetable
1:15-1:30 Reading Challenge Prize distribution during DEAR
3:00 Grades / Comments due; 3:45ish verification reports in boxes
3:15-4:30 Curriculum Documentation (check in – should have 50% documentation completed)

Thursday, Dec. 12
Day 1, ABCD (Special Schedule – see below)
*Spirit Week: House shirts day
8:15-9:15 MS Principal Coffee: Holiday Appy-Ness, How to Manage Social Media During Winter Break (run by David Rynne)
2:00 Verification reports due
6-7:00ish MS Winter Concert

Friday, Dec. 13
Special Schedule (see below)
*Spirit Week: Festive Friday
1-5 HOS Open House

Upcoming (on the radar)

• Birthdays Over Winter Break: John Urdall, Matthew Grove, Natalie Beals, Stephen Ada
• Jan. 6 – PD and Work Day for Faculty (no student day)
• Jan. 13-17 Visiting Author Mike Leach; MS assembly on Jan. 13
• Jan. 12 and 13 – Mekong River Honor Band (concert on Jan. 13)
• Jan. 15-17 Architects Visit

Thursday Schedule:

• 8-8:55 Block 1
• 9-9:55 Block 2
• 9:55-10:15 Break
• 10:20-11:15 Block 3
• 11:20-12:15 Block 4
• 12:15-12:50 Lunch
• 12:55-1:30 Advisory
• 1:30-3 Sports Day Relay

Friday Schedule:
8-8:05  Start in Advisory – attendance and then go to approp. location
8:05-9:30 Gingerbread House Challenge / Open Gym
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-11:30 Sports Day Olympics and Choice Activities (Winter Carnival)
11:30-11:45 Clean Up and Move to Auditorium
11:45-12:15 Final Assembly

• Monday, December 9: Sports Teams – You can wear your favorite team’s jersey! SSIS Dragons gear is great too!
• Tuesday, December 10: Superhero or Villain Day – For example, you can dress as your favorite Marvel hero or DC villain!
• Wednesday, December 11: Favorite Color Head to Toe – If you love purple, wear purple socks, purple pants, purple hair . . .
• Thursday, December 12: House Shirts! We need 100% of you to wear your House Shirts!
• Friday, December 13: Festive Friday – Santa hats, jingle bells, an elf costume, something red, white & green . . . whatever shows your holiday spirit!

Tripod Survey Results:  Results from the Tripod Surveys were shared last week.  There are a few things that will be useful to you for when you review your feedback.  Tripod Reflection Protocol: This is created by Tripod and will be especially helpful for those who have never done a Tripod survey before.  The information is valuable, and there is a reflection worksheet you could use.  Here is a shorter reflection form that we used last year (you’ll need to make a copy).  If you want to use this one, I recommend using it in conjunction with the information in the Tripod Reflection Protocol.  There is also a Teacher Tool Kit created by Tripod.  This kit goes into depth into the different areas of the survey.  You could use this to assist with reflection and/or setting goals.  Here is the Longitudinal Tripod Divisional Overview which has divisional averages from all years.   Regardless of how you want to review your feedback, please schedule a 15-20 minute meeting (using Find a Time) with me to talk about your analysis and reflection on the data I am hoping to conduct all of those meetings in January and February.

Message from Caterers: The Caterers are experiencing a great deal of loss in their inventory of silverware, plates, and bowls.  Please ensure that you return all items to either the cafeteria itself – or the dish bin in the faculty room (and if the dish bin isn’t there, please take the dishes to the cafeteria itself so that we don’t have loss from our faculty room).

Message from Business Office:  Please inform to all faculty and staff who has invoices/receipts, which issued during year 2019, should be claimed by Dec 20, 2019. Anything submitted after that date will be not be approved for processing.