TO DO:
Don’t forget to bring a (draft/final) copy of your 2019-20 bell schedule with you to the Horizontal meeting on Monday.
THIS and THAT:
It seems as though one thing middle schools are known for is bullying student behaviors. We don’t encourage this or condone this, we investigate reported incidents, and we administer consequences when it is found bullying has occurred. Nonetheless, young adolescents don’t always treat others with respect. With this in mind, I wanted to pass along the following article that appeared in the Marshall Memo (775, Feb. 25, 2019): Increasing “Upstander” Behavior to Combat School Bullying. It appeared to have some good resources/talking points that may be helpful to you.
From Alandra: Thanks to everyone who submitted a student suggestion for our annual family handbook and calendar, which is sent home to every family in the district. We have some stellar nominees! That said, we could still use your help: We have an over-representation of female students and could use some additional male student nominees. Please help us and nominate a student today using this form: https://forms.gle/1pnin61efE78dYWNA We want to highlight students from all backgrounds and abilities. Feel free to share this request with staff and thank you for helping us highlight our incredible students!
Thank you for working on/finalizing/adjusting your staffing plans. I’ll be taking another look at these over the weekend. Katie and I are still working on placing a few current employees before the gates are opened to begin posting positions.
The Improvement Science Summit that I attended was definitely worth the trip and time… but as you know it is difficult to be away. I am still processing the information that I learned but look forward to sprinkling some of these learned seeds with you in the months ahead.
As a heads-up, I will be away from the office on Monday and Tuesday (April 29 and 30) as part of a HS Accreditation visit. I will have my cell phone with me and reach back out to you if I am not available when you call/text.
REMINDERS:
We will be meeting at LPMS on Monday afternoon for this month’s Horizontal meeting. Here is the agenda.
As part of our meeting, we will be talking about chapters 10 – 12 in the Culture Code. Here are my notes in case you are interested… but I’ll be most interested in hearing your thoughts!