Granger Junior High School
Once a Griffin, Always a Griffin!
THE GRIFFIN WAY
GRIFFINS....
G reet everyone with respect.
R espond to adversity with GRIT!
I mmerse themselves in learning.
F ocus on being calm and cool!
F ollow their shot to the trash can!
I Pads are used as educational tools.
N ever ever give up!
W ill be College and Career Ready.
A cknowledge positive behaviors (4:1 Challenge)
Y earn to learn beyond the bell!
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, April 14 DC/ Marvel Day!
SBAC Testing 7th Grade all week
Principal PLC @ Bonita Vista Middle 7:30am-12pm- Carreon
Yearbook sale starts! $25 @ ASB
Burlington Parent Class @ 9:15- 10:15am in rm 604
10:15am- 11:15am in rm 403
Library closed per. 5 & advisory unless pre-arranged
SUHI Tutors for AVID per. 5 & 6
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Tuesday, April 15 Twin Tuesday!
GRADES DUE!! to Nellie (Registrar) NO LATER THAN 3:30PM
Talent Show auditions afterschool @ Cafeteria
District Security Mtg- Carreon & Gracias
Link Crew Mtg @ 7am in rm 209 w/Hunter
“Por La Vida” Parent class 8:30am- 10:30am in rm 604
Burlington Parent class 6-8pm @ rm 403
Library closed per. 5 and advisory unless pre-arranged
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Wednesday, April 16 Western Wednesday!
PLC Faculty Mtg in Library
Talent show auditions after school @ Cafeteria
ASB meets @ 7:15am w/Garcia Cafeteria- Admin Welcome
Burlington Parent Class 9:15am- 11:15am @ rm 604
Admin Mtg @ 1pm
TTHC “On Track” truancy prevention group 3-4pm in rm 507
Staff and Student College T-shirt day every Wednesday!!
Library closed per. 5 and advisory unless pre-arranged
SUHI Tutors for AVID per. 5 & 6
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Thursday, April 17 Throwback Thursday!
Link Crew Mtg @ 7am in rm 209 w/Hunter
Positive Choice Group 2:15pm-3:30pm w/ SBCS
Library closed per 5 and advisory unless pre-arranged
LCFF Mtg 5-7pm @ SUHI
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Friday, April 18 Formal Friday!
Progress Report 4 deliver thru advisory class
Tech Summit Mtg 10am-12pm Carreon & Gracias
Calendar Mtg 8:30am @ Conf Rm
Counselors Mtg 9:30am @ Aguilar- Garcia’s office
Library closed per. 5 and advisory unless pre-arranged
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Saturday, April 19
Saturday GAP 8-12pm @ Cafeteria
12 WEEK PROGRESS REPORTS - APRIL 18
Progress report card day is Friday, April 18, 2014
ENTER AND SAVE GRADES ELECTRONICALLY by
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
NO LATER THAN 3:30 P.M.
NO EXCEPTIONS
The window for entering grades begins 04/10/14
to 04/15/14 at 3:30 p.m.
College Awareness Wednesday
NUTRITION BREAK SUPERVISION
Area / Teacher
ASB lines...............................Mancero / Howard
Cafe Wind. E..........................Jarumayan / Luchau
9th grade line.......................Lynn / IdosCaf Wind .............................. Mendez / Gallaher / Murphy
Quad.................................... OpinaThe Great Wall of China
The Griffin Way
STEPHANIE HUMPHRIES
Weekly Tutoring
Monday - Social Science
Tuesday - Science
Wednesday - Math
Thursday - English
Friday - Any Department
CLASS OF 2014
SEMESTER 2 TESTING WINDOWS
SBAC..................................................4/7 - 5/16
CST's...................................................4/21 - 5/2
EOC's..................................................5/29 - 6/5
********PERFORMANCE TASKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON CANVAS********
Teachers CAN get to the Canvas Performance Page and download their Spring PT’s. R & E are still waiting for a few more Spanish versions of some tests and once these are posted we will open up the Data Director permissions so scores can be up-loaded. We hope that will all be available by next Friday 4/18.
Roufieh Carmody
Congratulations to Ms. Carmody who earned The Leading Edge Certification for the Online and Blended Teacher component.
Single Sign On and Device Management
Classroom Teacher Computer Replacements
Password Security
A recent national survey on passwords revealed that the most commonly used password is 123456. This means that the general population (even with all the information out there about identity theft) is opting for simple over secure. As we move into a more digitally integrated world, we need to be extremely careful and conscientious about passwords that could provide the wrong person(s) with access to student records, employee information, and database items that could (if tampered with) be compromised.
SDSU Campus visit for Granger
John Tomsett is headteacher of Huntington School in York.
If I say to students, "You've got to work harder", they'll just look and think: you're another middle aged person moaning at me. If I say: "Why don't you adopt a growth mindset about this?", I've got more chance of them listening. It doesn't sound like me moaning at them, it sounds like they're making a choice about how they behave. In the end, growth mindset is just a phrase referring to something we've known for a long time – that if you work harder, show more grit and resilience then you'll do better. It works like that; it's a psychological trick in a way.
The phrase growth mindset, and the power of "yet" are both very effective. If you go into any of our classrooms and a student says: "I can't do that", another student in the class will say: "yet". That's really powerful stuff.