Week Ahead: Sept. 23-27

What a great week!  The highlight for me was watching the amazing discussion emerge on paper – discussions that will help us determine the way forward.  I am so fortunate to work with talented colleagues who are willing to engage in open, honest, insightful conversations.

Here is what’s up next week:

Sunday, Sept. 22
*Happy Birthday Abby Morgan!

Monday, Sept. 23
Day 8, HEFG (Adv )
1:30-3 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)

Tuesday, Sept. 24
Day 1, ABCD (DEAR )
8:15-9:15 HOS Coffee: Student Achievement

Wednesday, Sept. 25
Day 2, EFGH (DEAR)
3:15-4:30 Divisional (various locations, unit documentation)

Thursday, Sept. 26
Day 3, BCDA (Adv )
9:30-11 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
3-5:00 New Faculty Cultural Adjustment

Friday, Sept. 27
Day 4, FGHE (DEAR )
*GIN bake sale at lunch

Upcoming (on the radar)

• Sept 30 and Oct 1  Positive Education PD
• Oct. 2  Special Schedule for Positive Education Assembly for students
• Oct. 4 End of Quarter 1
• October 7 – comments completed and peer reviewed (in Q1 bin) and grades completed by 3:00; verification reports printed by 3:45
• October 8 – verification report reviewed, signed (can be digital) and returned to office by 3:00
• October 9 – report cards sent home to parents
• Oct. 10 (4-8pm) and 11 (8-1:00) – Parent Teacher Conferences

Positive Education Assembly: Oct. 2 the Positive Education trainers will also provide training for our students.  Here is the schedule for that day:

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

Quarter 1 Comments: We are closing in on the end of the quarter.  Please refer to the MS Faculty handbook for guidelines for report card comments in preparation.

Student Teacher with Matthew Grove: Please welcome Alex Holcomb who is doing his student teaching with Matthew Grove over the next 8 weeks.  Alex will be here on Tuesdays and Wednesdays building up to a week long culminating experience.

EARCOS Teacher Conference:  Huge thanks to Natalie for serving as the SSIS representative to the EARCOS planning committee.  Natalie has sent out information regarding the upcoming EARCOS conference for teachers.  MS Leadership Team has also been in discussion about this conference as it includes a specific middle school strand.  As a division, we would like to send a team and utilize divisional professional development funds to help offset the cost of the conference.  We also discussed the timing of this conference (it comes during the week of Project X).  We have determined that we can accommodate up to 5 teachers attending (and still maintain the integrity of Project X support for students).  This includes any MS teachers who are presenting.  If we have more than 5 interested people from the division, we will make the determination of who attends in the MS Leadership Team meeting seeking a blended team representing different grade levels, departments, and supporting those who are wanting to present at the conference.  Teachers who are interested should submit an email of interest (including if you are intending to apply to present) to Molly by September 30th.  We will make the determination on Sept. 30 at the MS Leadership Team meeting.  Please see your leadership team representative or Molly if you have questions regarding this.