Friday Faculty Focus
•The10•5•1• #BeBCMS-SY 19- Issue 24
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What a great week that flew by! Thank you for your dedication to our scholars and enjoy your day off!
#KidsDeserveIt
- SMILE! Be Happy! #BeELITEInYour20SquareFeet! Be intentional! You set the tone for your day by radiating positive energy and body language! Relationships trump EVERYTHING else. Scholars don't learn from people they don't like! You can have ELITE level expectations and still build relationships that impact!
- Hallways and Doors: Make sure you are monitoring halls and greeting scholars!
- All Lesson Designs need to be turned into the book for feedback. Thank you for turning in your plans.
- ALL Staff: Please complete the Georgia School Personnel Survey that is reflected in our school climate rating for CCRPI: http://gshs.gadoe.org/personnel
- ALL Scholars need to take the Georgia School Student Health Survey that is reflected in our school climate rating for CCRPI: That link is here and we will discuss in leadership when to roll this out to our scholars. http://gshs.gadoe.org/middleschool
- Please complete this link as we look to build a MASTER schedule for SY 20: http://k12time.us/DK24LR
- Dress Code: Please make sure all attire is professional, even on jeans days.
- Jeans Passes will be on sale for the second semester beginning Monday 1/7. See Ms. Shelby. Jean Passes for the semester cost $25.00
- Tech Survey: Please complete: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKrqntYJKzQ_QIumotqFolegckYrb2rsqbYOQYSIccQMJMfg/viewform
- The Innovation Center: We will begin our next session of The Innovation Center on Wednesday, January 23rd 7:35 AM. We will continue our focus on our Literacy/Writing We will be discussing how we will get an assessment of all students in writing. See below for the rest of our Innovation Schedule and topics
- TKES conferences will be starting. Please make sure your plans are ready to go in the platform.
- Intent forms OR separation forms are due today before you leave. Please turn either an intent form or separation form into Ms. Amonda before today. If you have questions, please see me.
- Saturday Spectacular: Begins Saturday, January 26th. We will begin looking at the data to determine which scholars will be invited. The focus will be MATH and it will be taught by Ms. Meeks and Mrs. Simpson. If you have any questions or want to do what you can to do support this work, please see me.
- Don't forget to complete your #OneWord project FlipGrid and #OneWord project form for our wordle. Mr. Kicklighter will be working on our WORDLE posters this week.
ALL smiles!
Spelling Bee CHAMP! 🐝📚🤓
#MyOneWord
Staff Shout Outs!
- To ALL: AdvancEd is complete! Way to go!
- To Mr. Kicklighter for coming up clutch with Facebook LIVE for the spelling bee!
- To Ms. Dyson for putting on an ELITE spelling bee for our scholars!
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#WhatImReading
#SoManyBooksI shared the article below with our Leadership team. It is worth everyone's time to read and reflect how we can help support our scholars as they learn.
Think about this quote:
"When planning your lessons, ask yourself if students are doing anything with the material or it you're just setting things up so it's information in and information out."
This week, I worked with a student who needed a break. His assignment? Copying notes from someone else's worksheet to his.
If we want scholars to learn the things we are actually spending time teaching them, then we have to create experiences, moments, memories that move above abstract and away from sit and get.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this article. Well worth the read!
Understanding the buckets and how to WIN at GAPS is our focus! Targets are set!
#LoveTheProcess
Thank you to our judges for the BEE! 🤓🐝📚
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#CelebrateMonday 1/21
- No School
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
#TurnUPTuesday 1/22
- Possible GIRLS BB playoffs
#WinWednesday 1/23
- The Innovation Center: Refresh Writing Practices 7:40-8:00 AM
- Possible BOYS BB playoffs
#ThankfulThursday 1/24
- Possible GIRLS BB playoffs
#FocusFriday 1/25
- Possible BOYS BB playoffs
- Winter Semi- Formal Dance 6:30-8:30
Coming UP:
- No School January 21st
- January 25th 6:30-8:30 Winter Semi-Formal Dance
- Saturday Spectacular: Math Enrichment: January 26th
- Kona Ice January 31st
- Pigeon Forge Trip: Feb. 6, 7, 8
- SPRING MAP testing: Begins March 4th
- GMAS testing: Begins April 8th
- AdvancED week: Begins April 1st (NOT joking!)
Sign Up for Athletics Here:
3 events min. per semester! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Tzr1q9QiufUUWn_veX6FIjE6poQEaIofGAZhDXd0ow/edit?usp=sharing
Set Goals• Crush Goals• way to go Jaylan! 💯📚🤓
Innovation Center ExExExCitement
- January 23rd: Speed Dating Writing Strategies
- February 19th: Mini Ditch Summit!
- March 18th "I put my hand up on my hip, when I FLIP, you FLIP, we FLIP"
- April 3 : POW, PAM, WOW, WONDER!!
- May 15 : Summer Book Tasting
#BeBCMS
#BeELITEInYour20SquareFeet
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