Week Ahead: Oct. 10-14

Parent Student Teacher Conferences are such an important part of building the team around our students.  Learning and listening to each other, we will be able to continue to better serve these amazing young humans.

Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Oct. 10

• Day 2: EFGH
• 1:30-3:00 Admin Mtg (Molly and Phil attend)
• 3:00 Grades/Comments Due

Tuesday, Oct. 11

• Day 3: BCDA
• 3:00 Verification Reports Due
• 3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team (agenda)

Wednesday, Oct. 12

• Day 4: FGHE
• 12:30-1:00 Behind their Screens Book Discussion (Friendship Dilemmas)
• 3:15-4:30 Full Faculty Meeting

Thursday, Oct. 13

• Parent Student Teacher Conferences

Friday, Oct. 14

• Parent Student Teacher Conferences

Upcoming (on the radar)

• Oct. 17-19 – Fall Break
• Oct. 28 – StuCo MS Dance
• Oct. 29 – PTA Halloween Event, 2-4:00
• Nov. 1 – WWW Parent Information Sessions
• Nov. 1-4 – Round 1 of Adaptive Schools Training
• Nov. 14-18 – Jan Chappuis here: SBTL (Nov. 14 is full PD day)
• Nov. 15 – PTA Teacher Appreciation Lunch
• Nov. 15 – Author Visit: Martin Chatterton (times TBD)
• Nov. 17-20 – SSIS Hosts 2 MRISA Tournaments (MS Basketball, HS VBall)
• Nov. 21-25 – MS WWW

PTCs:  

As we get set for PTCs, here are a few logistical details:

• We will all be in the gym.  This will shorten transition times for parents/students and make it easier for them to get from conference to conference.
• We will sound a bell at the transition times to help end conversations that might be going a bit long.  The bell will sound at the 7 min. mark.
• Thao has sent out information via email about food that will be provided during conferences; breakfast and lunch (Salad bar, Pizza, Banh mi 362 and Mexican food) for Thursday and Friday, Please be sure to put in your Tippy’s order by Monday at 1:00.
• All tables will have an electrical outlet for charging; and a large name sign so parents can easily find you.
• You can check your sign-ups in SchoolsBuddy.  You can also ask Thao to create a printout for you if that is easier for you.  Please note that we anticipate adding parents in on the day of conferences as well.  Sometimes they arrive thinking they have a schedule – so we create one for them from open times.  We will try to alert you ASAP if this happens.
• Tracking conferences: Each year we track conferences.  We will do this using SchoolsBuddy data.  All you need to note are no shows.  I will send the tracking document on Thursday morning.
• Plan ahead for student confidentiality.  At no time should you share a grade book screen that includes other children’s information.
• Consider bringing down your teacher chair 🙂  We will have seating provided, but it is the blue chairs.  Your teacher chair might be more comfortable for you.
• And as always, ask your questions!  We want to make sure you are comfortable and are supported.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

You may have noticed that the week of Nov. 14-18 is filled with A LOT of things.  Jan Chappuis is here to work with all of us in large and small groups on SBTL; the PTA is hosting a Teacher Appreciation lunch; we have an author visit; and we are hosting our first MRISA tournaments in 3 years.  We will also be doing our final prep for the following week’s WWW trips.  It will be a very exciting week (and an exciting “next” week too).  We will definitely NOT add anything else to the mix for this week.   [Please also know that there were no other scheduling options for these events; only week Jan was available; VN Teacher Appreciation day is a national event; the author just happened to be here in VN this week enabling us to have him visit at very low cost; MRISA was scheduled a year ago; and WWW was scheduled to fall after MRISA]

(From last week) FALL BREAK AND HOMEWORK:

For MS, we believe breaks are for both teachers and students.  From our student handbook: In general, homework will not be assigned during Fall Break, Winter Break, Tet Holiday, or Spring Break.  While we might encourage a student to use the break to get caught up on past work, no new work or work on existing projects should be expected.