Week Ahead: May 9-13

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5 weeks!  And great things in store.  After school sports start this week.  With a different sport each day, lots of students are very excited about the opportunity to be active!  Thank you in advance for helping students get to where they need to go – and managing their extra excitement this week.  Special events and activities start next week in earnest.  We have step up days, drama productions, PE Dance celebrations, music performances and promotion coming up.  We are so lucky to be able to have these events and activities. Thank you all for how hard you are working to make this happen for our students and parents!

Here is what’s up this week:

Monday, May 9
E-H
1:30-3 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
3:15-4:00 MS Leadership Team (agenda)

Tuesday, May 10
A-D

Wednesday, May 11
E-H
2:30-3:15 SST
3:15-4:30 Divisional Mtg (curriculum documentation)

Thursday, May 12
A-D
9:30-11 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)

Friday, May 13
E-H
*Happy Birthday Craig Morris
6-9:00 MS and HS Faculty Party (Marina Club)

Upcoming (on the radar)

  • May 17, Rising 6 step up, 1-3:00; G6 off timetable H block (all G6 student will miss their H block)
  • May 17, StuCo Executive Council Elections, Dragon Time
  • May 20, G7 PE Dance Celebration, 2-3:00, special schedule for G7 students this day; will run as shortened blocks from 8-12:20, G6 to attend – will run altered schedule with Lunch, D block shortened, then Dragon Time 2-3:00 
  • May 25, Senior Walk Through, 1:40ish (celebration of graduating Sr; they will enter on 1st floor Atrium door, then go floor by floor)
  • May 26, Departing SSIS Student workshop, Dragon Time
  • May 26, G6 7 and 8 music and choir students will be off-timetable during B Block for rehearsal
  • May 27 Music Concert, G7 and 8 music and choir students will be off-timetable, performance during Dragon Time , G7 and 8 attending
  • June 1, Rising 9 step up day, 1-3 (all G8 will run special schedule)
  • June 2, Departing SSIS Student workshop, Dragon Time
  • June 2 – Drama 8, evening performance, 6pm
  • June 3, Drama 7 Musical, performance during B block (attendance via sign ups)
  • June 3, Drama 6 Performance, evening performance, 6pm
  • June 6, G6 PE Dance Celebration; 1-2:30 G6 special schedule
  • June 6, Yearbook distribution, Dragon Time (but run Block 4 then Dragon Time, 2:30-3:00)
  • June 6 G8 Promotion planning committee rehearsal, (planning committee off-timetable)
  • June 7, G8 Promotion rehearsal 8-11:00 all G8  off-timetable
  • June 9, G8 Promotion, 9:00-10:15
  • June 9, Splash Day, 1-3:00 (G6 and 7 on special schedule)
  • June 10, End of Year Activities and Assembly (virtual)

Central Location for Details about Events: 

In order to help all of us keep track of event details, Roxanne and I will be using the Advisor, DEAR, Dragon Time & Events Overview document as a place to find all the information in one place.  It is listed on the row “Special Events.”  I will continue to put the information on the blog and send reminders, but you can also find it there in the same location as the advisory lessons.  On some days, we will alter the order of things after lunch by having the block first and then advisory at the end of the day.  On several days, we will be running a special schedule for single grades to allow for events to happen and still have all blocks on a given day.  There will be a few conflicts created by doing that – but we will work with teacher to ensure coverage for the conflicting classes:

  • 8-9:00 Block 1
  • 9:05-10:05 Block 2
  • 10:10-11:10 Block 3
  • 11:15-12:15 Block 4
  • 12:15-1  Lunch
  • 1-3:00 [special event]

Upcoming Voice Thread Workshops

If you are new to VoiceThread or want some new ideas, join VoiceThread for these interactive and hands-on explorations.

  • VoiceThread Basics 1: Upload, Comment, and Share – May 10 at 1:00 pm ET
  • VoiceThread Basics 2: Groups and Secure Sharing – May 17 at 1:00 pm ET
  • VoiceThread Basics 3: Moderating comments, private and threaded replies, and copying – May 24 at 1:00 pm ET
  • VoiceThread and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) – May 31 at 1:00 pm ET
 
These workshops are entirely free. The sessions are led by instructional designer and online educator George Haines. George will share his expertise to help you get the most from VoiceThread.     https://voicethread.com/workshops

Schoology Back-Up and Exporting (Returning and Non-Returning)

An early reminder for returning teachers: You will need to backup all or some of the unit content from your courses for next year. Many of you are already completing this work for assessments and activities. However, you may want to capture the flow of the folder. Please follow the steps found in this tutorial here: Schoology Materials Back-Up Process.
 

If you are leaving SSIS and going to another school using Schoology, follow the details on this Schoology support page for what to do in this situation.  If you are going to a school that uses a different Learning Management system, please come and see me, and I can help you export and import content.

MS Unit Documentation Tracker

A reminder to review the MS Unit Documentation Tracking by Department to update your current progress and receive feedback. We are super impressed by the hard work you have put in to complete this process and want to make sure you have enough time to get the feedback you need.

 

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