Matt's Monday Memo
October 22, 2018
Good morning, Staff,
Thanks to everyone for their assistance and work to conduct conferences last week. There is a cost in terms of time and energy, but we hope that the return on that work is more intentional partnering with folks that support our students. We will start a conversation to consider what we hope to gain in those sessions and how we might look to improve them to address those hopes. We will start with department chairs this week and continue in partnership with our parents. Thanks and have a great week.
Regards,
Matt
Photo of the Week--Our Preschool Offered Babysitting During the Ivory Crockett Run
Peek at the Week
- October 23: Department Chair Meeting, 8:05 a.m.
- October 25-27: Fall Musical: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," 7 p.m., Auditorium
- October 27: ACT Testing
Celebrations
Thanks to Diane Stromberg, Tim Cashel, STAR, and the soccer team for once again making 1,100 sandwiches last week. The empathy we foster in our school has lasting impact!
Reminders/Announcements
Shane Hurst from VALIC will be here next Tuesday, October 23 from 11:30am – 1:30pm. He will be located in the library east conference room to answer any questions you may have about retirement/financial planning.
This week's ECHO newscast: https://youtu.be/3zHVjp2nJto
- Congratulations to Senior Cole Schnell, who earned second place for his Single Spot News Photograph "Students gather to protest gun law inaction" in Columbia Scholastic Press Association's 35th Gold Circle Awards program. CSPA announced the news and
magazine winners from its 35th Gold Circle Awards program this weekend. This year, these categories had 6,514 entries produced during the 2017-2018 academic year were published from June 13, 2017 to June11, 2018.
- Reminder that students still must adhere to the dress code on Wednesday, October 31. They cannot wear anything on their face and head (teachers follow this as well).
- Reminder about some basic things:
--Make sure students have passes when they leave your classroom.
--Please mark tardies for your students and turn forms of violations into their AP.
Remember to visit www.statesmensports.com for the latest athletic results.
Upcoming Professional Development
- November 6: PD Day