QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
― Malala Yousafzai

TO DOs

SOS- It would be wonderful if you make a connection with your SOS student directly after Spring Break to welcome them back to our school community.  Click here for the menu generated at SIW.

UPCOMING WEEK

D- WOW: Process

Monday April 1^st

• 1:00-2:00 Paul’s Office- Culture of Care support call with consultant
• 2:45- Media Center- Advisory Lesson Support session

Wednesday April 3^rd

• 7:45 am Advisory: College/Career Readiness Lesson #1
• 7:45 am- Summit and MVHS here to forecast with 8^th graders (yellow slips will be sent for these students with details/locations etc)
• 1:30 pm SIW: Staff meeting/Content Time

Friday April 5^th

• 7:00 am- First Friday breakfast hosted by our Social Studies team (location Social Studies Commons)
• 2:40-4:30- After School Dance- Please consider coming to supervise and support our students engage in good ole fashion fun!

BITS AND BOBS

• Thank you for all the effort, energy and positivity on our Scrub in day!  The feedback I heard from around the building was full of excitement, appreciation and encouragement for this style of PD.  Thank you ICCL Team for preparing and planning this great day of learning!

• Change in end date for 3^rd trimester
  • Due to the make up snow days, the end of our 3^rd quarter will now be Friday April 12

• Staffing Update:
• Art position will hopefully be posted soon (Marcy is retiring)
• Other postings you may see are Math and ELA (but I need to wait for approval from the district before posting these, in case other levels need to reduce their staff, we may be in the position of having staff placed here in these positions.

• Our DPO (parent organization) wants to support HDMS teachers.  They have created a simple grant writing process, that allows them to see the need around our building and support our efforts with funds.  Please click here to read more about the grant process. 
• A Note from our SRC Department regarding data collection. Thank you to everyone who has accepted google form invites and taken time to provide input. If you have been invited, PLEASE accept so we can hear from everyone. All input is viewed and taken into consideration on how to assist students toward success.

• OSU Teacher Candidates need homes:  If you are interested in supporting a Teacher Candidate next year please let me know and I can connect you with the University supervisor for next steps.  Placements are needed in Social Studies, Science and English Language Art.

• Silver Rail is looking forward to sharing their “Day of Kindness” with HDMS students again this year.  This will happen on April 9^th.  A Silver Rail teacher, Ms. Kent, may reach out to you to see if Silver Rail students would be able to visit your classroom and spread some sunshine!

• A Note from our Counseling Department regarding- Suicide Risk Assessment Protocol
  • Much like protocols on reporting concerns of child abuse and/or neglect, it is our responsibility to alert the properly trained professionals if we hear or see anything that indicates a student might be thinking about suicide or planning to end their life.
  • If you have concerns, you must share that information with the student’s grade level counselor immediately.  All comments and concerns need to be reported, even if the student says they are okay or that they were joking/didn’t mean it. School counselors have been trained in suicide prevention and assessment. There is a formal suicide risk screening process which must be followed. There are several steps that counseling staff must take once made aware of these concerns, so timeliness is of the utmost importance. 
  • If you become aware of concerns during non-school times (weekends, breaks, summer) please use the Safe Schools tip line at safeoregon.com,  [email protected] or 844-4-SAFE-OR (844-472-3367).

• For staff who are interested seeing statistics from the survey that students took on attendance, please click on the following link:  Student Attendance Survey Responses

• Tardy Data: Five students were tardy four or more times from March 1st through March 7th.  There was one repeat offender who will serve lunch detention and zero egregious tardies.
• All students appearing on this report for the first time received a written notice with their specific tardy data; additionally, their family was notified of this warning.
• Six students were tardy four or more times from March 8th through March 14th.  There were three repeat offenders who will serve lunch detention and zero egregious tardies.
• All students appearing on this report for the first time received a written notice with their specific tardy data; additionally, their family was notified of this warning.

ADDITIONS

• D Wow
• Behavioral Resolution Reports
• Counseling Calendar
• HDMS Calendar of Events

HDMS HIGHLIGHTS