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Excellence In All We Do.
April 1, 2019
CALENDAR THIS WEEK:
Monday, April 1 -
A Day
PLC - ELA - Common planning, STAAR tutorials planning, and review of curriculum document audit document
District Golf
Tuesday, April 2 -
B Day
PLC - Math - Common planning, STAAR tutorials planning, and review of curriculum document audit document
One Act Play at Jefferson High School (Area Competition)
Tray Turner's Birthday!
Baseball and Softball at Blanco
Wednesday, April 3 -
A Day
7:30 am - STAAR Training for Test Admin (you have received an email if you are required to attend)
PLC - Science -Common planning, STAAR tutorials planning, and review of curriculum document audit document
Stoner out all day at UT Job Fair and UIL Band Competition
Band Concert and Sightreading Competition at Burnet, 12:30 pm
Michael Gonzalez's Birthday!
Thursday, April 4 -
B Day
PLC - SS & Spanish - Common planning, STAAR tutorials planning (SS only), and review of curriculum document audit document
Track at Jarrell High School Meet
Friday, April 5 -
A Day
Summative Appraisals Due to Teachers (Conference to Follow)
Club Day!
STAAR is NEXT WEEK!!!
We will have clubs this Friday. Students need to be in attendance at their club of choice by 10:50. Once they reach their destination, they are locked in there until the end of advisory unless they have a pass to leave. Do not release your club students early.
Don't do it!
I can't emphasize enough the importance of us all maintaining high standards for both behavior and classroom performance.
A few areas I have seen lately that need reminding, schoolwide-
- Make sure students take a hall pass when they leave class. If you need more, let them office know.
- Be in the hallways during passing period.
- Be at your duty station on time and be diligent.
- Send students to the front office if they want to go to their car during the school day - we have a system.
- Start class with a student-centered activity and teach bell-to-bell. (Idle hands and all.)
- Don't leave students unsupervised. If something happens under your care, you will be held responsible. This includes during lunch time - don't leave students in your room alone.
- Enforce the dress code/Don't let students use their phones in class. It takes all of us consistently enforcing it to make it a schoolwide expectation.
Blue and gold Ceremony
Outstanding Senior Mathematics Student
Outstanding Senior Science Student
Outstanding Senior English Language Arts Student
Outstanding Senior Social Studies Student
Outstanding Senior Business Student
Outstanding Senior Welding and Construction Student (or 1 of each)
Outstanding Senior Fine Arts Student
Vanguard Award - outstanding senior students - character and leadership
STAAR Testing this Spring
Tuesday, April 9: English 1 STAAR
Thursday, April 11: English 2 STAAR
Tuesday, May 7: Algebra STAAR
Wednesday, May 8: Biology STAAR
Thursday, May 9: US History STAAR
Friday, May 10: STAAR Make-Up tests
GRADUATION DETAILS - ALL TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND.
6:00 pm
Lago Vista High School Gym
(Doors will open for seating at 5:00 pm.)
MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOCUMENTING THE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS TO PARENTS REGARDING STUDENTS WITH FAILING GRADES. YOU WILL HAVE TO TURN IN THIS DOCUMENTATION AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. PLUS, PARENTS CAN HELP!
Leaving this in here in case you didn't read it last week
As a staff we agreed upon the following:
No cell phones visible in class.
No earbuds in the ears when teachers are talking.
If cell phone is out - 1. warning first 2. take up for the rest of class 3. Give to Mrs. Janson in the front office.
Mrs. Janson will be keeping the log of frequent offenders and will collect the money from parents, when necessary.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!
Good luck to band and break a leg to One Act Play as they go to their competitions this week!
Have you signed up for Prom Duty?!
We need everyone's help it chaperoning prom this year! If you have an actual reason for not attending (like a conflict), please let me know. We would ask that you stay after graduation and help stack chairs.
Thanks, all!
Summatives due to you by Friday
Teacher contract are addressed at the board meeting on Monday, April 8.
STAAR Testing is next week! English 1 and 2 are April 9 and 11, respectively! More details below!
Sub Plan Requirements
Subbing is a really hard job. We need to do whatever we can to make it easier for them.
You should be receiving a purple folder that will have your name on it. Inside, there will be all kinds of goodies preloaded in it for our subs:
o A copy of our bell schedule.
o Our master schedule.
o Phone number listings.
o Hall passes.
o Advisory expectations.
o A map of the school.
o Any other information the teacher wants you to have.
o A quick classroom feedback form for the teacher. Please leave this on top of this folder at the end of the day.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, when you are gone, you should include in the purple folder:
- Specific lesson plans for the sub to follow, including a schedule of your classes.
- ROLL SHEETS TO TAKE ATTENDANCE EACH PERIOD.
- Your classroom expectations and suggestions for classroom management.
- Helpful teachers to turn to in case they have questions or concerns.
- Details on specific student needs, such as assignment accommodations, health concerns, or small group testing, if applicable.
You may place these in your purple sub folder or you may leave directions in the purple folder on where to find your plans. Do not assume a sub will know where your plans can be found.
When a sub calls me and says, "I don't think they left me any plans/roll sheets", my response will be - "Look in the purple sub folder."
Tuesday and Thursday ELA tutorials during advisory
You might be called on to take in some additional advisory students as we use this time to prepare for things like UIL and STAAR. This week, we have several 9th and 10th graders who will be in tutorials with Cody, Frank, Steve, Tanya, and Karen. In the interest of time, these students will go straight to these tutorial classes.
Please use this link to check on any missing kids from your advisory -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19BC3CBXaqvT1t-1RZRy9Hg-A8kmB8qA-4PX-J9SoPss/edit?usp=sharing
Latest Duty Assignments
March 25 - April 12 (15 Days)
Morning
Main Hallway - Taylor
Cafeteria - JimEd
Student Drop Off – Tarver
Bus Drop Off - Turner
Main Hallway - Panter
Student Pickup - Selter
Grassy Knoll - Pruitt
Bus Pick up - Esquivel
Backups: Lousma, W. Phillips
Very serious - Read - Update grades weekly...
...This includes entering zeroes for assignments that are missing. While I know you are trying to give the student some grace by not entering zeroes for missing assignments, it is not a very effective way to communicate a true reflection of their grade. I've received more than one email from parents lately about lots of grades/several zeroes being entered the morning of progress reports.
In summary, enter grades weekly, even if they are zeros. UNLESS it is for a student who gets extended time through 504/SpEd and it is still within their extra time allotment. :)
Old, but important, stuff -
first 15, last 15 minutes of class are a no fly zone. don't allow students to leave your class during these times. first 5, last 5 during advisory.
School Safety - You are a big part of it
- Keep your classroom door locked.
- Always make sure visitors have a badge. If not, alert the front office immediately. Ask the visitor to go get checked in.
- Never prop open doors, including the outside doors.
- Encourage students to share concerns about other students - using SafeAlert (you should have an info poster in your room) or by confiding in an adult.
- Take concerns and threats seriously - contact the office if concerns arise.
- Be in the hallways during passing periods.
- Don't be afraid to be a little paranoid - alert the office if you have a concern ASAP.
- If you see something that should result in a lockdown (think active shooter), be prepared to use the phone system to alert the school. Do not count on someone else to make that call.
Semester Exam Exemptions!
Juniors and Seniors at Lago Vista High School with no outstanding fines or monetary obligations may be exempt from a final (second semester ONLY) exam if they meet the following criteria and follow the guidelines as written below:
Attendance Criteria:
Perfect Attendance during the second semester in ALL YOUR CLASSES: EXEMPT 3 FINALS.
NO MORE THAN 1 DAY ABSENT TOTAL in the second semester: EXEMPT 2 FINALS.
NO MORE THAN 2 DAYS ABSENT TOTAL in the second semester: EXEMPT 1 FINAL.
A student who has missed more than 6 absences per period in any class for the year may not be eligible to exempt ANY exams.
Grade Criteria: At least an 80% semester average and an 75% final (yearly) average in the class the student is exempting.
Guidelines:
· Exempting a final exam does not entitle a student to be absent on the day or period of the final. Students must still attend classes, regardless of exemptions earned. Students absent during finals will lose their exemptions in accordance with the above exemption criteria.
· For the sake of exemptions, any attendance disputes must be addressed and resolved with the attendance clerk within 3 school days of the absence or tardy.
· If you fail to meet the attendance eligibility requirements because of additional absences, you will receive an Incomplete in the course you requested to exempt. You will have 10 school days to come in and take the missed exam before a zero is recorded in its place.
The following absences do not affect exemption status:
1. Medical appointments which are documented with a doctor’s note furnished to the attendance office upon return to school.
2. Funeral for immediate family members up to 3 days.
3. School functions.
4. Religious holidays.
5. Military deployment of an immediate family member.
6. Required court dates.
7. College days (up to 2 per year).
Change this year - Because of the timing of the STAAR tests, 9th and 10th graders will not be able to use those results for exempting their semester exams and are therefore not eligible for semester exam issues until their junior year.
Advisory norms
1. Students who have failed a course for the semester shall not be allowed to leave advisory to attend a club. I will send out the failure list tomorrow morning.
2. In order for a student to attend another teacher's advisory, they must have a pass from that teacher.
Stop sending kids to other teachers classrooms without a pass from that teacher, please. Don't send a kid to another classroom unless you have written correspondence with that teacher that you want them.
Why join PTA?
2. By becoming a member, you are eligible for teacher grants and scholarships.
3. You more than make up the $10 fee with the luncheons they provide us every month!
Hard copies of this form will be placed in your box or click on the image above to download and print. Please turn in the form and money to Mrs. Kaiser or Mrs. Becker. Thanks!
STAY ALERT SYSTEM REMINDER!
Users may anonymously report concerns 24-7-365 via the StayALERT website, an e-mail, a phone call to a recorded and monitored line, or via a text message from a cell phone. Photos and video clips pertaining to the StayALERT report may be included. No special app required! Reportable information will be forwarded in a timely manner to a pre-designated school official for review.
To make a report, use one of the methods below:
Website: stayalert.info
Call or Text: (206) 406-6485
Email: report@stayalert.info
first 15, last 15 minutes of class are a no fly zone. don't allow students to leave your class during these times. first 5, last 5 during advisory.
Duty Schedule
hall passes
Access it here: https://drive.google.com/a/lagovista.txed.net/file/d/0B9GUQCF2uqLcN1luZTFtZUtVYkU/view?usp=sharing