Week Ahead: Feb. 18-22

It’s been another great week!  Thank you all for bringing your classes to support the athletes here for the MRISA tournament.  Let’s keep up the support on Friday – and if you find yourself wanting to see some great showdowns, continue to attend on Saturday for the final games.  Let’s go Dragons!!!!

Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Feb. 18
Day 6, GHEF (Pep Rally)
*Spirit Day: Dragon Day (wear blue, blue, and even more blue)
12:55-1:35 Pep Rally in Auditorium

Tuesday, Feb. 19
Day 7, DABC (DEAR)
*Spirit Day: Tropical Tuesday (beach wear)
*CFG Training
1:15-1:55 Gr 8 Transition Session #4 (3 locations – see Bonnie’s email)
6-7:30 Gr 8 Parent Information Session: Transition to HS

Wednesday, Feb. 20
Day 8, HEFG (DEAR)
*Spirit Day: Dress like an SSIS teacher
*CFG Training
Donna Norkeliunas Admin in MS: Molly Out of the Country
1:15-1:40 Gr 6 PS Course Selection Entry (Library)
3:15-4:30 Schoolwide Committees

Thursday, Feb. 21
Day 9, ABCD (Adv)
*Spirit Day: Crazy Hair Day
*CFG Training
Donna Norkeliunas Admin in MS: Molly Out of the Country

Friday, Feb. 22
Day 10, FGHE (DEAR)
*Spirit Day: Samesies … Squad Day
*CFG Training
Donna Norkeliunas Admin in MS: Molly Out of the Country
1:15-1:40 Gr 7 PS Course Selection Entry (Library)

Saturday, Feb. 23
*CFG Training
6:30-10ish Faculty Follies

Upcoming (on the radar)

• Feb 24-March 1 Molly away at NAIS Conference and school visits
• Feb 25 Author Visit and Assembly (see schedule below)
• March 1 Breakfast Club sponsored by Gr 6
• March 2 Saigon International Teacher’s Social 3-8pm (location TBD)
• March 11-15  International Week
• March 12  PSAT for Gr 8 (will run 8-11 ish; no special schedule, gr 8 will just miss the morning blocks)
• March 14   International Food Fair and Cultural Performances and Dances, 12-3:00 (Plaza)
• March 15   International Week Cultural Booths, 8:30-1:00, HS Gym  (MS students will assist with activities); 1:30-3:00 Fashion Show and HS Performances for lead by HS in Plaza

Presenting / Growing professionally while helping others grow: David Chadwell sent an email with three options for presenting in the near future.  Please consider:

Talk Moves: The next steps with Talk Moves is the following

• Use Talk Moves in your class at least 1 time in the next 4 weeks
• Document your reflection on the experience
• Be prepared to talk about this at the next divisional meeting, March 6

Links to Talk Moves used on Wednesday (you can also find these in the MS Divisional Material folder, MS Common Strategies, Sentence Stems / Talk Moves:

• Student Talk Moves
• Teacher & Student Talk Moves – Conceptua Math
• Sentence Stems for Higher Level Discussion
• Discussion Starters
• Teacher version of Talk Moves

Project X Days: Be sure to add Project X days to your planning calendars.  We will be on 1/2 day schedules on Monday and Tuesday, March 18 and 19 (we will use early release schedule and have Project X in the afternoon); Wednesday, March 20 we will have a special schedule that will be the same one used for author assemblies (1 hr first thing for Project X, classes the rest of the day); all Project X for week of March 25-29.

Author Visit Schedule:

• Time                              Assembly Schedule
• 8-8:10                              Advisory
• 8:15-9:15                       Assembly
• 9:15-9:30                       Break
• 9:30-10:35                     Block A (65 min)
• 10:40-11:45                  Block B (65 min)
• 11:50-12:05                  DEAR (15 min)
• 12:05-12:40                  Lunch (35 min)
• 12:45-1:50                     Block C (65 min)
• 1:55-3:00                       Block D (65 min)