EAST PAULDING MIDDLE SCHOOL
December 1, 2017
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
But there is one thing that I know for sure...we will get there!
UPCOMING EVENTS
12/4/17 - Staff Climate Survey Opens
12/4/17 - Fire Drill - 1:30pm
12/5/17 - Local School Council Meeting - 9:00am
12/6/17 - 2 Hour Early Release - Faculty Meeting - 2:00pm - Cafe
12/7/17 - PTSA Meeting - Band Concert - 6:30pm
12/7-8/17 - 6th Grade MI
12/8/17 - Leadership Meeting - 816 - 7:30am
12/11/17 - 9th Grade Honors Lit Mid-Term (8:50am in Cafeteria)
12/11/17 - 7th Grade MI
12/11/17 - Grade Posting Window Opens
12/12/17 - Chorus Concert - EPHS - 7:00pm
12/12-14/17 - Science Benchmarks
12/15/17 - 7th Grade MI
12/18-19/17 - 8th Grade MI
12/19/17 - Mid-Year Conferences Due
12/19/17 - Teacher Pie Day - Sponsored by PTSA
12/19/17 - Scoliosis Screening
12/20/17 - Reindeer Games
12/21 - 1/2/17 - CHRISTMAS BREAK
1/3/18 - Teacher Workday - Faculty Breakfast Sponsored by 7th Grade (Rowe and Mello)
FOCUS WALK
FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC!
Thank you for your efforts and dedication to our students!
Faculty Christmas Celebration
We will have our Faculty Christmas Celebration on 12/6/17. If you would like to take part in our "non-traditional, out-of-the-box, never really know how it will go" gift exchange, please bring a wrapped gift valued at $10 or less.
See the email from Tuesday afternoon for additional details.
2017-2018 School Improvement Plan
STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES
1. Teachers will utilize academic vocabulary and anchor charts to increase student achievement in the classroom.2. Teachers will provide specific daily learning targets as a tool to direct student focus for each class period and monitor student progress via feedback and assessments.
WHERE ARE WE NOW
We have completed SIP specific PL for the 1st semester, and the majority of out PL after Christmas will center around our team observations and/or ghost walks. For now, continue to practice your daily focus of embedding academic vocabulary into your conversations and activities, creating or referencing at least 1 anchor chart each day, and writing a student friendly learning target that is attached to your closing.
MONITORING
We will continue to monitor our SIP through formal and informal observations. It is important that you are working on improving your practice of implementing learning targets, anchor charts, and vocabulary. I wan to challenge you to hold yourself and your team mates accountable to stretching their limits. Our ultimate goal is to develop a building full of teachers who encourage and help each other become the best teacher they can.
paulding county school district accreditation process
While this can be a stressful process, I am confident in the professionals within our building that we we shine and grow as a team!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
12/16/17 - Jeff Masterson
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Contact Information for Tom Alverson
Email: talverson@paulding.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/Domain/29
Phone: 678-350-8027
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