Panther Press
for the Week of December 11th
Reminders from the Principal
Any teacher leaving campus during their break or at other times are required to speak to an administrator prior to leaving AND sign out in the front office. This is a non-negotiable.
All teachers are required to administer a unit assessment every 4.5 weeks and they must be labeled as a unit assessment in your gradebook. These assessments must also appear in the gradebook to reflect grades for that time period. While the expectation is that all teachers will administer at least one unit test every 4.5 weeks, the total number of assessments each nine weeks is determined by the classroom teacher. With assessments counting 75% of the nine weeks grade it behooves each teacher to have more than two. All teachers are required to have spoken or had face-to-face contact with parents of students who have an "F" in their class BEFORE the end of the 9 weeks. It is NOT the responsibility of the EX ED teacher to make those contacts for the classroom teacher, either. These are non-negotiables.
NO faculty meetings this week.
We hope to have the exemption list published by Tuesday afternoon. Please be patient as we work through all of the exemption requests. Remind students that they have to submit the exemption form to Dr. Foster by Monday, December 11th by 3 PM.
I need to remind ALL staff members of a couple of things: 1) all staff members are required to remain on campus during the work day unless they have permission from an administrator to leave (teachers must sign out in the front office and classified must clock out), 2) All staff are responsible for electronic communications and items shared through the google platform. A copy of the current staff handbook for HMS is on the google drive. We will be adding additional documents as the year progresses. "I did not read my email" or "I did not know how to access the google folders" is not an acceptable excuse.
Important Reminders for the Week of December 4th Plus
Dec 11 - 8th Grade Field Trip to High School Musical at HHS for eligible students
Dec 11 - Exam Exemptions due no later than 3 PM
Dec 11 - Lesson Plans and Parent Contacts due by 3 PM for the weeks of Dec 11-19 for LP and through Dec 8 for PC)
Dec 11 - Grades must be updated through Dec 7 by 3 PM.
Dec 11 - NJHS Meeting after school in Room 201
Dec 12 - Stress Management Presentations - LaFoy's classes
Dec 12 - No Faculty Meetings
Dec 12 - HMS Basketball vs Erwin
Dec 13 - 19 - 1st Semester Diagnostics (Shared last Tuesday with all faculty members)
Dec 18 - HMS Basketball @ Fairfield
Dec 18 - HMS Dessert Theater @ 7 Pm in the HMS Cafeteria.
Dec 19 - No Faculty Meetings
Dec 19 - Last day for students before the Holiday Break
Dec 19 - HMS Basketball @ PG
Dec 20 - Teacher Work Day
Dec 21 - Jan 3 - Mid-Year Holidays - School Closed
PLUS Team Rotation
No PLUS Team Meetings in December or January
Lesson Plan, Unit Assessments & Contact Log Administrators
- 6th Grade teachers, Poe, Finch, Overton, and Owens submit to Mr. Anders via email.
- 7th Grade teachers, Gonzalez, Moreno, Evans, Williams and Channel submit to Mr. Powell via email.
- 8th Grade teachers, Cerka-Wilkes, A. Smith, Kunath, Whitfield and Richards-Broome submit to Dr. Foster via email.
Lesson Plans/Parent Contact Log Calendar
December 11 (LP Dec 11 – Dec 19, PC through Dec 7)
December 19 (LP Jan 8 – Jan 19, PC through Dec 18)
January 19 (LP Jan 22 – Feb 2, PC through Jan 18)
February 2 (LP Feb 5 – Feb 16, PC through Feb 1)
February 16 (LP Feb 20 – Mar 2, PC through Feb 15)
March 2 (LP Mar 5 – Mar 16, PC through Mar 2)
March 16 (LP Mar 19 – Apr 6, PC through Mar 15)
April 6 (LP Apr 9 – April 20, PC though Apr 5)
April 20 (LP Apr 23 – May 4, PC through Apr 19)
May 4 (LP May 7 – May 24, PC through May 3)
May 25 (PC through May 24)