Week Ahead: Mar. 8-12
So many good things happening … a band concert, PE Dance Celebrations, SLCs … what a great end to 3rd Quarter. This week as a I looked out my window, I noticed this cloud. Just shining there in the middle of a fairly grey sky. Events like this are shining moments that can really brighten things up and put a smile on our faces. Thank you to everyone for supporting these wonderful showcases of student learning.
Here is what’s up next week:
Monday, Mar. 8
Day 5, CDAB
1:30-3 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
Tuesday, Mar. 9
Day 6, GHEF
8:30-10:30 Strategic Planning Design Teams
3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team (Agenda)
Wednesday, Mar. 10
Day 7, DABC
*Happy Birthday Kelley McKenna!
8-8:45 SST
3:15-4:30 EC-12 Power Standards Alignment Mtgs / Assessment Work (see David Chadwell’s email)
Thursday, Mar. 11
Day 8, HEFG
*Happy Birthday Ryan Butz!
8:30-9:30 Virtual Parent Coffee, Topic: Engineering, Coding, and Design
Friday, Mar. 12
Day 1, ABCD
Upcoming (on the radar)
- March 15 – G7 and some G8 PE Dance Celebration, 1-1:40 ADV time
- March 16 – Most of G8 PE Dance Celebration, 1-1:40 Dragon Time
- March 22 – comments completed and peer reviewed (in Q3 bin) and grades completed by 3:00; verification reports printed at 3:45
- March 23 – verification report reviewed, signed (can be digital) and returned to office by 3:00
- Mar. 25 and 26 – Student Led Conferences
PE Dance Celebrations: G7 and G8 students are prepping for their Dance Celebrations. We will be having a live audience for each! The performances will happen during ADV/Dragon Time on March 15 and 16. March 15 will be all of G7 and a few G8 groups; March 16 will be the remaining G8 groups. At this point, we don’t know if we will be able to have more than 120 at each (we will be checking with Lisa Chute closer to the date for the final determination) or if we will be able to have all students attend both. To prep for both possibilities, we will have Plan A (everyone can attend – my hope springs eternal) and Plan B (half will attend 1 day and half the other). We will be making some adjustments to lunch assignments on that Monday and Tuesday to accommodate groups getting ready during DEAR and recess. Details on this will come from Roxanne next week. Just as a note: We had hoped to have parent performances, but at this time those aren’t able to be approved.
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Unit Documentation From Clayton: In an effort to facilitate the remaining documentation, Clayton will send calendar invites to everyone with unlinked units on the Vertical Articulation of Units – Subject Google Sheet. If you would like to request a meeting on a particular day, please send an email to Trinh Lu (tlu@ssis.edu.vn) by 2 PM Wednesday, March 3rd. Otherwise, meetings will be scheduled during individuals’ planning blocks.
Unit Documentation Targets Timeline
- March 19 At least 25% of units documented and linked
- April 16 At least 50% of units documented and linked
- May 19 All units are documented and linked
Answers to frequently asked questions:
What template should I use?: MS & HS (including AP) Unit Planning Template
Where should the unit plan files be linked and stored?
Storage – All unit plans and resources should be stored inside the following folders: MS – course-specific folders within department folder in the Shared Drive named “MS Team Drive”
Links – Each unit plan should also be linked on the Vertical Alignment of Units – Subjects Google Sheet.
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