Week Ahead: April 4-8

| April 3, 2022 | Week Updates | No Comments

4.5 days until Spring Break!  Amidst the CTP test prep happening this week, the G8 PE Dance Celebration is happening on Friday.  Following up from the G8 drama production last week, this is another wonderful capstone experience for our G8 students.   For all our newbies, G8 students perform Dances of the Decade where they select their music and choreograph their dances.

Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Apr. 4
E-H

Tuesday, Apr. 5
A-D
1-1:30 CTP Lockdown Browser installed during Dragon Time

Wednesday, Apr. 6
E-H
3:15-4:30 CTP Proctor training (all MS faculty) and review of logistics

Thursday, Apr. 7
A-D

Friday, Apr. 8
E-H Early Dismissal (special special schedule – see below)

  • 8:00-8:30 CTP Training (in testing groups)
  • 8:35-9:25 E
  • 9:30-10:20 F
  • 10:25-11:15 G
  • 11:20-12:15 H

*G8 PE Dance Celebration, G8 students off timetable
8-8:30 CTP Student training in testing groups (see below)
1-3:30 Curriculum documentation

Saturday, Apr. 9
*Happy Birthday Leif Larson!

Upcoming (on the radar)

  • April 11-15 Spring Break
  • April 20, 21, 26, 27 – CTP testing

CTP Testing: This week starts our preparation for CTP testing.  See folder for User Manual and Administration Manuals Level 3 (grade 3) and Levels 4-8 (grades 4-8)

  • Advisories will be paired with 2 teachers administering the test to their advisees (less EAL and LS students)
  • We will run a special schedule on those days with instructional blocks being 55 minutes
    • 8:00-8:30 CTP Training (in testing groups)
    • 8:35-9:25 E
    • 9:30-10:20 F
    • 10:25-11:15 G
    • 11:20-12:15 H
  • Relevant dates:
    • Tuesday – April 5 CTP lockdown browser during Dragon Time: Daniel provide information for advisors to oversee the installation of the; the instructions will be pushed out via Schoology
    • Wednesday –  April 6 Proctor training:  All MS faculty will be trained  to proctor during divisional time.  You can see the full plan here.
    • Friday – April 8 CTP Student Training  The early dismissal schedule includes a CTP training time for students; this includes an introductory video each advisor will show as well as taking students through 2 practice tests; here are the directions and materials for that (this will be reviewed during the Apr. 6 training as well)
    • April 20, 21, 26, 27 Testing Dates

G8 PE Dance Celebration:  Grade 8 students will be doing their annual PE Dance Celebration on Friday, April 8.  Though we are unable to perform with a large, live audience of screaming fans, we are able to have a small venue performance using the Black Box theater (thank you to Adele, Ana Maria and Lisa S for making that possible).  G8 students will be off timetable for 2 blocks each.  Teachers who are affected have be alerted.

PE teachers have divided the grade 8 students into 2 performing groups.  The first group will miss F and G blocks.  The 2nd group will miss G and H blocks.  You can see which students are in which group here:  Groups for G8 PE Dance Celebration.
At this time, we do not think we can have more people in the Black Box than the students who are performing (so no additional student audience members can come)  However, there is always room for teachers 🙂   So if you have a prep, we hope you come down to catch at least some of the performances.  The performances are scheduled:
  • Group 1: 10:00-11:00 Perform in Black Box
  • Group 2: 11:15- 12:15 Perform in Black Box
Study Zone+ is Working – ???
Students are responding well to the new Study Zone+ program. In the last 2 weeks, MS Dragons submitted and you graded 178 late assignments. Students who do attend are honing their independent learning skills by prioritizing their assignments and estimating how long tasks take with this Study Card.
We hope this new program continues to motivate those who are able to manage their SSIS workload to do so more independently. This will let all of us have more time to focus on those who truly need the extra support. The MS Study Zone+ Tracker is updated bi-weekly by Ms. Duong. Look here to see who is currently on the list. (Thank you, Ms. Duong!)
A special thank you to our current Study Zone+ “Learning Coaches”: Abby Morgan, Cintia Bastos, Lili Dubois, Anne O’Hare, and Katja Gerasimova.

 

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