Betsy's Bits
April 8, 2018
In Case You Missed It:
Thank you to everyone for your flexibility and attention to detail during benchmarks and check ins the last week we were in school. It takes everyone being on the same page to ensure efficiency for such a mammoth task of testing 885 student and giving 2,038 tests in three days. If you know of anything we need to work on or address before we have our End of Year exams, please let a member of SLMS Leadership Team know. Check ins are back and have been shared with those teachers. I All test scores are back and have been shared with teachers in ELA, Math and Sc 8. As soon as I receive district breakdowns, I will share that info, too.
At this time we have not been allocated additional monies to have after school tutoring. I was told in January we would get some money, but still do not know how much. We need to come up with plans and ideas to implement during the day to ensure all students grow. If you teach a different area and have suggestions or are willing to volunteer during part of your planning, please let me know. As always, I will keep everyone informed as things change and/or I receive any additional information.
Encore finished running the new wiring for our WiFi before we got out for break. Shannon emailed me during break saying "We have installed the new ACCESS POINTS in the following rooms: all 8th grade class rooms, 701,702,704,706,703,709, Media Center, CAFE, GYM, 609, PLC, 134. They are installed on the ceiling with a green sticker. Please let the teachers know that the GREEN sticker MUST not be taken off. Thank you". Hopefully this will help some of our tech issues...
Coming Up:
Mark Your Calendars:
Tuesday: Magazine sale incentive BINGO and Pizza 12-1:30pm Media Center, ELA and Math Team meetings, PTSO/Meet the Coaches @5:15pm in gym, AVID Family Night @6:00 pm media center
Thursday: PTSO Chocolate Sale Incentive Party 11-1 gym, Home baseball & soccer vs. West Lee
Friday: 6th Grade AVID LEC tour 8-11