Principal's Corner
December 17th
Staff Dress Up Days
Monday 12/18 - Christmas Dress (green, red, silver, gold, blue and white)
Tuesday 12/19 - Jingle Bell Day (wear your bells)
Wednesday 12/20 - Christmas Hat \ Reindeer antlers
Thursday 12/21 - Ugly Christmas sweater
Grading Window Timelines
Quarter 2 grading window will open on Wednesday, December 20th and it closes on Thursday, January 11th. All benchmark scanning needs to be completed, including all writing assessments, by the end of the day on Wednesday, January 10th. Writing assessments and writing practice/performance tasks need to be entered and reflected the gradebook for Quarter 2.
Sue will be running the EADMS reports on Thursday, January 11th
Time to Teach Assembly and Teach-To's
On Monday, January 8th, we will start off the day with a Time to Teach Assembly to review the school wide discipline system. We will be on a Late Start Wednesday schedule with the assembly occurring during the morning hour.
In addition, please plan on reteaching the classroom Teach-to's on Monday, January 8th and the school wide Teach-to's on Tuesday, January 9th.
Benchmark Assessment Week
Benchmark assessment week is this week from December 18th-21st. Please make sure that you schedule the administration of your benchmark(s) so that students will complete the assessment(s) prior to going on Winter Break. I recommend you begin your assessments early in the week (Monday or Tuesday) to ensure that all assessments are completed.
Tribe Field Trip
Congratulations! The Apache has earned the most spirit points for the first semester. Their reward is a trip to the Galaxy Theater in Porterville, on Wednesday, December 20th. Students and staff will depart at 8:15 and return between 11:30 and 12:00. Do not plan on having these students in your classes during block 1-4. The following staff members will be attending the trip with their tribe (Mrs. Bassett, Mrs. Tunstall, Ms. Yeager, and Mr. Contreras). Subs have been identified for the staff who will require a sub for this trip. A permission slip will go out to the students on Wednesday, December 13th. Please announce to your students, who are members of the Apache tribe, that they must pick up a permission slip from Lupe in the office. Lupe will inform the students that their permission slips must be turned in by Tuesday, December 19th at break so we can make bus assignments. If you have any questions regarding this trip please let me know.
PLC's in January
On Wednesday, January 10th we would like for PLC's to engage in collaborative scoring with their benchmark assessments. This is a request that has come from teachers, and it's a great request to help us ensure that we are calibrating our scoring. The collaborative scoring could be for essays or constructed responses.
On Wednesday, January 17th we will be doing a whole group benchmark data analysis in the conference room. We needed to move benchmark data analysis from T & L in order to make room for collaboration around PLC agreements.
Classroom Clean-up
On Thursday, December 21st, you may be having winter celebrations with students. Please make sure to have students clean up the classroom before they leave for winter break. We want to make sure all items are cleared from desks and counters and all trash is picked up off the floor.
Event Information
Staff Breakfast for Secret Santa Reveal
Cinnamon rolls and coffee will be served for everyone to enjoy!
When?
Thursday, Dec 21, 2017, 09:30 AM
Where?