Happenings for the Week
January 13, 2020
Just kidding except that Tuesday is packed. We have CCLCS coming for a tour. They are bringing all 80 8th graders, so it should be a busy day.
January Calendar
- January 13: Senior Pictures Due
- January 15: 1:35 Student Dismissal/ Faculty Meeting
- January 17: Tri 2 Midterm Maroon
- January 20: Martin Luther King Day Observed -No School
- January 29:1:35 Student Dismissal
- January 31: Tri 2 Midterm Gold
Monday
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Tuesday
Trimester 2 Literacy Update From Mary Kew
Now that Trimester 2 is well under way, I wanted to send out some literacy reminders!
In order to maximize student success, they should be actively engaged in rigorous discipline-specific reading and writing every day! Please see the Literacy Board in the mailroom for some ideas for quick literacy strategies that you can use in your classroom and shops daily. The more you use them, the more they become part of your routine, the more improved your students will become in your content area. Please call me, email me, or come see me for more information regarding these quick and easy strategies! I am happy to come in and model them for you in your classroom or shop or you are always welcome in my classroom to see them modeled as well!
In addition to daily literacy, please make sure your students engage in at least 1 text-dependent literacy exercise each trimester. Don't be afraid to have students complete these kind of assignments more often. The more they write, the easier it becomes for them, and the more their skills improve. Students should read a discipline-specific text and engage in active reading. This could be from your textbook, an industry journal, periodical, etc. The content of the reading should be something you are working on in your class or shop and tie to your content standards. Amy McHugh in the library is an excellent resource to help you find appropriate text. The following is a few reminders for your Trimester 2 Literacy:
· The writing should be tied to a piece of text from your discipline that you are currently working on.
· Students should show evidence of active reading. I'm happy to model this for you and your students. They will resist active reading unless you insist on it!
· Writing responses should be a minimum of 2 paragraphs and follow the CCT Writing Order of Operations and be scored with the CCT Writing Rubric. When teachers use the same rubric for writing school
wide, it increases the success of student writing. If you are planning to have your students write an essay with an introduction and a conclusion, such as a 5 paragraph essay, please see me for more
resources.
· I’m available to help you create a prompt as well as model active reading and writing in your classroom and shop!
· Literacy Resources are available on the website under Faculty Resources.
Thank you so much for supporting our students’ literacy skills!!!
- Building the Community Meeting at 7:10am
- Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School Tour: ALL 8TH GRADE STUDENTS WILL BE TOURING!!!!! This will be a big day to gain applicants. Remember A.B.C.
- VLT 2:45
- Curriculum Sub @ 4:30
Wednesday
- YMCA Build Week Meeting
- Blue Day with a Faculty Meeting
- Faculty Meeting will occur at 1:50 in LGLC
Faculty Meeting Draft Agenda (approximately 30 minutes)
- DCAP
- MSBA Update
- Other Items
Student will be dismissed at 1:35.
Academy Meeting will begin immediately following. This Blue day will go to 3:50. For a complete list of days, click here.
Our Schedule for Wednesday will be as follows:
1- Hour Early Dismissal Schedule: School Starts at 7:54 am
Period 1: 8:00 - 8:49 (49 min
Period 2: 8:5 2 - 9:41 (47 min)
Period 3: 9:44 - 10:33 (47 min)
Period 4: 10:36 - 11:57 (Lunch)
o First Lunch: 10:36 - 11:01
o Second Lunch: 11:04 - 11:29
o Third Lunch: 11:32 - 11:57
Period 5: 12:00 - 12:45 (45 min)
Period 6: 12:48 - 1:35 (47 min)
Thursday
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Friday
- Trimester 2 Midterm Maroon