2018 ready or not, we are off!!
Thank you, everyone for your work on this Storyline. I know it can be stressful, but please know there is a huge amount of excitement and appreciation among our students and parents right now, so I sincerely hope you can take a few moments to step back and enjoy the process for your own benefit. You deserve to have fun, so make it happen.
January Assembly Canceled
Based on what I was hearing this past Wednesday it sounds like canceling the January assembly would be in our best interest. We will double-up on the February assembly and this should free up another morning for this busy month.
Design Team Meetings
Next week we have our next round of design team meetings with Academic Excellence on Tuesday, Thriving Citizen on Wednesday and Future Ready on Thursday. We are coming up on the halfway point of the school days and we need to plan out the remaining “unclaimed” SIWs for the year.
SBAC
The OAKS portal went live this past week, so I will be creating accounts for everyone involved in testing. I plan to wait until later in February or early March to do this since the auto-email tends to expire after a short time period, however if you would like access earlier, just let me know. Our testing window is set for May 7th – May 25th.
SafeTOUCH
OK 2/3 team, you are next! I’d like to get these lessons calendared soon so let’s get together and determine some good dates. We are looking to make 4 30-minute lessons per class. Thank you!
Easy-CBM window
The Winter easy-CBM window is now open and it closes on 2/7/18.
Site Council Meeting
We met Thursday and JJ presented on behalf of the Future-Ready (Storyline) team. The majority of our time was spent discussing topics on which to conduct our parent-survey. Last year the focus on the communication provided some really positive actionable data, so we would love to identify a good topic of survey for this spring. If you have any ideas, please fire them my way.
Next meeting: Thursday, 2/8 4:00-5:00
SLGGs
Almost there….only a few stragglers left. Please make sure these are returned to me immediately….and now we are ready for the mid-year review step. (=
2018 Enrollment Key Dates
That time of year is coming up on us quickly. This year the district is rolling out an online application for magnet schools. Paper copies will still be available, but the online application should help streamline the process for each of the school offices tremendously.
Parent Information Dates*
- February 6, 6:00-7:00pm
- February 14, 3:00-4:00pm
Tours
- February 15 2:30-3:30pm
- February 20 2:30-3:30pm
Application Deadline
- March 23, 3:00pm (!!! please note change, originally the time was 4:00)
*The Keynote Silde show is updated for this year; if you are planning on talking to the parents regarding let me know so I can share the draft with you for any input or changes.
School Start Time Committee
The following info regarding school start times was shared with me so I just copied and pasted it below FYI; The January 23 board meeting will be a community linkage meeting focused on school start times. This media release explains what the January 23 board meeting will look like. In addition, I’m linking the report the committee gave to Shay.
Things to make you go hmmmm….
In the interest of building empathy with our struggling readers I would highly recommend you take a moment to check out this website.
Dseylixa Website
https://geon.github.io/programming/2016/03/03/dsxyliea
Daily Rhythms
I came across this summary of this article by Daniel Pink that really made me stop and think. Please take a few moments to read this and think about the implications of this material in terms of individual students, your own life, and even our exploration of Mars.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dhct73aMh-WM7TcjZtOaYN8DsQc7D8kNOxy3AFnuTZ4/edit?usp=sharing
Calendar
Please note, I will be off campus and unavailable on Friday. Lorin will cover for me.
Please take a moment to glance at the calendar. – Calendar Link