QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another.” ~ Alfred Adler

TO DOs

• Look at the HDMS calendar for any updates or events happening in the upcoming week
• Like last year, we would like you input and ideas on your teaching assignment. Please complete this form so we have this information as we move forward through the master scheduling process.
• Click below to see the notes from our SIW work teams
  • Culture of Care https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mo6NtpWRnrb2XjxHQHiSOh1788u8c_Ef?usp=sharing
  • PBIS meeting notes Here is a link
  • Advisory meeting notes Here is a link
  • AVID meeting notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_pVBU8oTbzXH_wkTUtvVmRIfdw3eI_q41XSIFtZECFU/edit?ts=5e179209
  • Equity meeting notes https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YEPY3Dac_J0FmhDb317IjaJqh3XbzNdq

ADVISORY for 1.22.2020

• Finish MLK lesson, end of semester study hall, grade check, AVID Binder Check.

PBIS INFORMATION

• Keeping giving out those Diamondbucks rewarding students for doing the right thing here at HDMS. Our next staff auction is scheduled for 1/22! We are continuing to draw student names for weekly prizes as well as having the student store the last Wednesday of the month. Please continue to talk up these opportunities with your students, and thanks to the PBIS team for their hard work!

CONTINUED CULTURE OF CARE PD

Here is a 4 minute video of school experiences when implementing Collaborative Problem Solving.

Unfortunately, when comparing our out of school suspensions between last year and this year, we’ve almost doubled the number of students who have been suspended (64 vs 33) from the first day of school until mid-January.

AVID CONTINUED PD

• Collaborative Study Groups article link here

BITS AND BOBS

• If you are requesting that a student be your aide, please have them pick up a TA Request slip from Veronica in the Counseling office. The student will need to get teacher and parent signatures before they return the form back to their counselor for consideration.
• Second semester schedule changes will be processed through our SRC and Counseling staff. Students interested in changes will need to see either their case manager or counselor before Jan 30th. Changes that they deem worthy will be brought to a meeting with Wendy/Paul at 10 am on the 1/31 work day. Changes that are approved will then be processed by Gina on the 31st.
• Choice Option High Schools. Here is the link This link contains a Keynote presentation and brochures in both Spanish and English. This information is being shared by Ms Tat through 8th grade advisories. This link is on our Counseling Dept. webpage.
• Here is a link to next year’s calendar… Bend area and South County schools. The MS conference schedule will be a little different next year, I will learn more about this adjustment once I meet with Jim at the end of this month.
• The 2020 cycle of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) is in full swing. Nominations can be submitted on our website, www.paemst.org. The nomination deadline is March 1, 2020. If you want to highlight one or more outstanding math or science teacher(s), please consider nominating them!

HDMS HIGHLIGHTS