Miner Minutes
October 13, 2017
The Week Ahead - SPIRIT WEEK
Tuesday (B): Totes Twinsies Tuesday; MTSS Committee meeting 7:30am; Benchmark faculty meeting 4:15 (pick this time or Wednesday morning), BONFIRE 6-8pm
Wednesday (A): Miner Manie Wednesday; Benchmark faculty meeting 8:15am (or go the day before); Hallway huddlePep rally at 3:20pm; no miner time; adjusted schedule; PLCs; Kelsey clark wedding shower 4:05pm
Thursday (B): Go global Thursday; PLCs; Benchmark testing (adjusted schedule)
Friday (A): Fantasy football friday!; Benchmark testing (adjusted schedule)
** Staff expectations for Bonfire - just come if you can! Bring your family! It's an AWESOME night of fun!
Pep Rally Schedule for Wednesday
10:25-12:25 Block 2 and lunch (lunchtimes in linked schedule below)
12:30-1:150 Block 3
1:55-3:15 Block 4
3:20 to dismissal Pep Rally
4th block teachers take students to pep rally; 4th block planning teachers still attend pep rally to help supervise
Schedule link here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FfRF43O5SHS8maMKUzeXnxOULOS0d4KJ7QPPFfoC_nI/edit
Benchmark Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 19th = ELA 6th & 8th/Math 7th
Friday, October 20th = Math 6th & 8th/ELA 7th (ALL 8th grade will take Math, including Math1 students even though Math1 does not take the 8th grade math EOG)
Monday, October 23rd = 8th Science
Tuesday, October 24th = Math 1 (they will take their test in their Math1 class)
Wednesday, October 25th = Make-ups (in class)
IB Reminders
IB Assessment Procedure:
1. Clearly label each assignment:
IB Criterion ___ – Assignment Name
ex: IB Criterion A - Aztec Timeline
2. Assignment points: 0-8
3. Weight: 0.00
4. Include in Final Grade: No Check
5. Enter description:
IB achievement levels are assessed from 0 to 8. Please see the assessment rubric for details on each level. Achievement levels are not averaged into final grades.
Exempt the grade
Caught being BALANCED
During the Month of October, any student who exemplifies being BALANCED should receive an Inquiry Baseball/ Trading Card from a staff member. When you give the trading card to a balanced individual, please complete the back of the card and have the student pose with the card & take a “selfie”. The students get to keep this card as a reminder of their good work.
Three Thank Yous
MTSS Beliefs Survey
They survey window is the rest of the month of October. Please take a few moments to complete the survey. It is anonymous, but we need to have 100% response rate for our school. If we get 100% response rate, we will have some surprise JEANS PASSES on some special Mondays! The district encourages us to host a meeting for completion, but we are hoping you can complete this on your own in your own time so we don't need to schedule another meeting, as we know there's a lot going on right now. Please be on the look out for the email.
Our program choice open house - OCTOBER 30
Please consider volunteering for this opportunity to highlight the great things our school has to offer students. See details here:
Reminder Links
Dance signups - please help!
Here is the link...
Concord Scoop Announcements
MTSS Reminders
What happens if you have behavioral concerns about a student?
- Email the grade level guidance counselor with the student's name & concerns.
- 6th Grade: Ms. Pauls
- 7th Grade: Ms. Ligon
- 8th Grade: Ms. Duncan
They will share a Data Form with you to complete & set up a virtual meeting with all of the students teachers.
What happens if you have academic concerns about a student?
- On a CFA→ are 80% of your students proficient?
- If 80% of students are proficient, is this student consistently not proficient?
- What interventions have you already put in place to help the student be successful? Is there something different to try?
- Is the student currently in a Tier 2 Reading/ Math Intervention?
- If so, contact their intervention teacher for suggestions.
- If not, please email Amy.Brewer@cabarrus.k12.nc.us with the student's name,concerns, etc. and she will share a Data Form with you to complete & set up a virtual meeting with all of the students teachers.
Extended Calendar
Oct 18 Jill Foster bday
Oct 23 Benchmarks
Oct 24 7:30-8:30am PBIS Committee; Benchmarks
Oct 25 all day - social media takeover; John York bday; Lori Comer bday; Nanette Ramos bday
Oct 26 7:45-8:30am Mentor/Mentee meeting
Oct 26 Early Dismissal for professional development TBD
Oct 27 Uncapped workday for professional development
Oct 30 4:00pm Grades due
Oct 30 6:00-7:30 CMS School Choice Open House
Nov 3 4-6pm Halloween Dance (STUDCO) Students