Important Information
SIW this week –
Last week you received an email inviting you to a virtual (Webex) meeting with Dr. Doug Reeves regarding a new district study on equitable grading practices. This will take place on Wednesday, March 10, from 2:30 – 4:00.
Forecasting –
A friendly reminder that Forecasting is starting this week, March 8-12 for current grades 9-11 (next year’s 10-12th grades). Students and parents are receiving an email with instructions on how to do this process, as well as the curriculum handbook and course offerings per grade level. All forecasting will be done virtually. Students with questions can meet with Scott or Kelsey via open office hours Monday through Friday from 9-11 am during their Asynchronous day.
Below, you will find the grade-level Course Offerings. Notice some classes have an *, which means students must get teacher approval to be in the course. Please talk with students about your classes to help give them a better sense of what to expect from the courses. The 21-22 Curriculum Handbook is too large to attach. We will get it uploaded to the website for your reference.
The forecasting forms we are creating will have course descriptions embedded for when they make their selections, but we all know that talking with a person is better than reading a description.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please talk with Kelsey, Scott, or Tabitha. They thank you in advance for your collaboration and support during this very busy time!
To Do
We will be pulling Grade Guardian data on Tuesday so we can have in time for our 3/10 SST meeting. Please have your grades as up to date as possible in Canvas by then end of the day Monday. All changes made by midnight on Monday (3/8) will be reflected in our data analysis.
Hawk News
Local teens are feeling more anxious and stressed during COVID
Instructional Practices
This week’s blog continues the conversation about setting up great lessons from the start. Having really clear success criteria from the beginning of the lesson increases student engagement and success. When students know what success looks like they are more likely to achieve it!
Supporting Secondary Instruction
EdTech Bytes
Here is the first edition of our Instructional Technology newsletter that they will be putting out bi-monthly. It’s filled with tips, updates, and more. Their goal is to keep it brief, useful, and informative.
Advisory
For advisory this week we will be showing the second round of videos that Kelsey sent out in an email last week (see information above under “Forecasting”)
IPSI
Sped / 504 / LEAD & Equity /HU (historically underserved)
Mental Health / SEL
Canvas
Safety
Please take time to review the Illness & Symptom(s) reminder – even if you have already had the vaccine!
Athletics / Activities
HERE are the weekly sports events for this week. Departure times are included for every away event except Cross-Country.
Calendar Items
March 10th: District SIW – Doug Reeves (grading practices), 2:30 – 4:00
March 15th: Virtual School Information Night (incoming 9th graders), 6PM
March 22 – 26: Spring Break
March 29th: First day of Gold Schedule (periods 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
March 29th: Senior Information Night (virtual), 6PM – this is for our current seniors & parents