The Wolf Howl
Week of February 26-March 2, 2018
Career Day 2018
Career Day 2018!
Campus Excellence Committee Meeting- Monday, February 26th @ 3:30 pm (Learning Commons)
Choir UIL at Grapevine High School- February 27th @ 6:30 pm (GHS)
CTMS Instructional Rounds (GCISD Visits CTMS) 9:00- 10:30 am
- Differentiation during a project (SS)
- Differentiation through presentations only (ELA)
- Does the staff equate differentiate choice with differentiation only?
- Teachers were walking around meeting students need all over the classroom.
- Asked probing questions throughout
- Differentiation on campus based on readiness
- There's choice, but is it tailored to students need?
- Many components of good things
- What mindset does teacher have when grouping their students?
- How are we extending the lesson for students?
- Good collaboration but everybody was doing the same task
Track Meet - Thursday, March 1st @ 4 pm (Wolf Stadium)
Baby Shower- Bailey Gross- Friday, March 2nd @ 3:30 pm (Learning Commons)
MindSet- Growth vs. Fixed
Fixed Mindset Educators say this...
- "I can't deal with these kids."
- "Kids in 2018 don't Listen & are not motivated."
- "We can't stop the bullying."
- "I can't teach a kid with parents like his/hers."
- "This professional development isn't going to work."
- "I know how to teach, but these kids are hopeless."
- "My kids will never pass the exams."
- "Nothing is going to work."
- "My school is never going to get better."
- "No point in trying anymore."
Bonus: "I'm just here for a paycheck" "Only 2 more years till I retire" "I can't wait to retire!
Growth Mindset Educators say this...
- "I can learn how to inspire these kids."
- "How can I figure out how to make kids listen in 2018 & get motivated?"
- "How can I stop the bullying problem?"
- "What are ways I can get parents to help me?"
- "These are some great ideas I can use in my classroom."
- "I need to learn to bring hope to these students."
- "What are some strategies I can teach for these kids to pass exams?"
- "There must be something that can work."
- "How can I find a way to make my school better?"
- "What can I do to grow and keep trying?"
Housekeeping
- Be sure you are updating your gradebooks each week every Tuesday, by 8:00 am. There should be two grades per week.
Inspirational Quote of the Week
Wolf Howls
Lindsey Billman howls for Lisa Grimes, who went out of her way to rescue me from DMAC!
Brooke gives a thankful howl to Bridget for coming up and making posters for career day.
Brooke gives a thankful howl to Lisa G for organizing the hospitality room. It looked great!
Brooke gives a thankful howl to Rachel and Billy for loaning Tabetha and I recess equipment and helping to talk to lunches about career day!
Grimes sends a huge howl to Stephanie Chance who is always working behind the scenes whenever we host big events such as career day! She is such a blessing with her knowledge and assistance- down to her cart managing skills! Thank you Stephanie for all that you do!!
Grimes sends a huge howl of gratitude to Bridgett! Her expertise and ability to work miracles for every little job needed is truly appreciated!! Thanks Bridget for always taking care of my copy requests in such an excellent and timely manner!
Grimes sends a huge howl to the Humanities ELA team for letting me crash your station in the library on Tuesday night! I loved seeing each of you shine as you interacted with parents and students and put smiles of reassurance in the faces of our incoming wolves!
Grimes howl out a huge howl of gratitude for the amazing collective efforts of Camille, Ali, Sherri, And Angela x2! Can I just say-All the love for all the Angelas! This dynamic team has forged a career day schedule and managed logistics for hours and days! It should be noted as well that in order for this team to be so focused on this task- it requires their counterparts to work hard as well! To all those who work behind the scenes to make “teamwork happen!” It is the wolf way!
Brooke gives a thankful howl to Dave for leading our PLC Last week over quick assessments. I loved the battleship idea!
Brooke gives an amazing howl to Sherri, Angela Kaker, Angela Stock, Ali, Camille, Moises, Alex, and Brendon for all their help planning Career Day! Y'all did such a great job thinking of all the little details and also stayed late organizing!
Brooke gives a teammate howl to Lisa Smith, Dave, Jason, and Tabetha for creating CBAs to support 8th grade this week. Y'all rock!
Brooke gives a science howl to Daniela and Jennifer for helping me organize the field trip and chaperones last week for our upcoming field trip. Y'all are amazing and thanks for working during your conference!
Alex sends a huge howl to Bridget, Ali, Moises, Camille, Angela Stock, Angela Kaker, Sherri, Brooke Teeter-Stocz, Lisa Grimes, Anna, Stephanie Chance, Kim Ware, and Brendon for their tireless work to make Career Day a reality. Many hours went into this production and bc of it, our Wolves had a great day in store!
Celebrations
Upcoming Events
2/24- Math-Science Meet @ CTMS
2/26- CEC Meeting @ 3:30 pm / Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm
2/27- Choir UIL Concert @ GHS (6:30 - 8:00 pm)
2/28- CTMS Instructional Rounds (9:15 - 10:30 am)
3/1- Track Meet @ CTMS
3/2- Bailey Gross' Baby Shower @ 3:30 pm
3/5- Choir UIL Competition @ CHHS / Tennis vs Dawson
3/6- 6th grade field trip- Perot Museum; PTA Meeting (Library) @ 8:30 am
3/8 -Track Meet @ Copell High School (Coppell West is host)