CHS Staff Bulletin
12/10/18
Team Churchill
I hope you are headed into a relaxing weekend. I had the fortune of attending an AVID Conference this week and learned a great many things about the implementation of best practices in teaching. What was encouraging is the level of implementation we currently have at Churchill high school. We have many great things going for us and many new things to try out.
I hope you are well and truly enjoying your family. Please take time to enjoy them and hold them close.
Enjoy the weekend.
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In The Know
- The drop/add period ends on Monday of next week;
- Students can drop a class with parent permission until day 15 with nothing recorded on the transcript;
- After day 15, it will be more difficult to drop a class and both the class and either a WD or WF will be recorded on the transcript.
- Students will need to decide on graded versus P/NP at mid-term.
There has been feedback that the new GRAAC administrative rule is causing some anxiety. Many of the concerns are a result from a very literal interpretation of the guidelines prescribed in the Administrative Rule (AR). I would like to encourage each of us to remember that this is a period of transition and that as such we will be flexible in our implementation of the AR. While we will not be ignoring the new AR, we simply must be flexible as we transition into a new way of doing business. I encourage each of you to promote adherence to the spirit of the law, not just strict adherence to the letter of the law, when making decisions about adding classes around day 5, dropping classes around day 15 and partial credit. Rather than getting hung up on whether or not we can offer partial credit, we could be devoting the same amount of time and energy into seeing what needs to happen so that students can demonstrate what they know and can do SO THAT THEY EARN .5 CREDIT FOR EACH CLASS. In the end, our goal is to ensure a manageable pace of change related to partial credit and the newly adopted GRAAC AR.
Please let me know what questions you may have as I am happy to help in any way necessary.
Looking Forward
3:00–5:00 pm — International Human Rights Day Celebration
Monday, 12/10
7:45 am — FOG Mtg
Tuesday, 12/11
Field Trip: Maring Biology to Aquarium (T1 students)
3:45 pm — 9th Grade Data Team
Wednesday, 12/12
7:30 am — Data Team Mtg.
3:45 pm — Operations
Thursday, 12/13
7:30 am — PBIS
7:30 am — Safety Team
10:00 am — Lane Community College Visit
12:15–1:00 pm — Coscto Goodies in Staff Room
Lunch — Youth Action Council
4:00 pm — Site Council
Friday, 12/14 — ADVISORY SCHEDULE (bus safety/transcripts)
SENIOR YEARBOOK PORTRAITS AND QUOTES DUE: squires_d@4j.lane.edu
7:45 am — Student of the Month Breakfast
2:45 pm — Teacher Meeting
Next Week...
12/17, 8:30 am–12:00 pm — Counselor PD
12/17, 3:45 pm — Oregon Promise application Workshop
12/19, 1:45 pm — Field Trip: Choir at KMS
12/19, 3:45 pm — LCC Placement Testing
12/20 — Fire Drill (3rd period)
Lunch — Cookie Palooza Staff Appreciation
12/20, 2:20 pm — Graduation Committee Meeting
12/21 — Winter Assembly
12/24–1/5 ❄❅❆⛄ WINTER BREAK ⛄❆❅❄
CLASSES RESUME Tuesday, 1/8
Churchill Athletic Events for December 10-22:
M - 12/10: No Events
T - 12/11: Girls Basketball at Sheldon: 515/515/645pm: JV and Frosh Released at 315pm/ Depart at 345pm ( 1 way drop)
Boys Basketball vs. Sheldon: 4/530/7pm: Frosh Released at 3pm
W - 12/12 Wrestling at Springfield Dual: 5pm Weigh in/ 6pm Match: No Early Release
TH - 12/13: No Events
F - 12/14: JV/V Girls Basketball vs. North Bend at 515/645pm: No Early Release
Boys Basketball at North Bend: 1245pm Release/ 115pm Depart
Swimming hosts Thurston at 330pm: 145pm Release
S - 12/15: F/JV Girls Bx at South Eugene at 230/4pm: Self Transport
M - 12/17: No Events
T - 12/18: Girls Basketball at Thurston: 515/645pm: JV 315pm Release/345pm Depart (one way drop)
Boys Basketball host Thurston: 4/530/7pm: Frosh Released at 3pm.
W - 12/19: No Events
Th - 12/20: Girls JV Basketball at Marist for 4pm game: 2pm Release/230pm Depart; Pick up at 7pm
Boys F/JV Basketball at Marist: Frosh at 4pm/ JV at 530pm: Release at 2pm/Depart at 230pm: Pick up at 7pm
Girls JV2 Basketball at Creswell for 730pm game: no early release: Load at 530pm/ Depart at 545pm: Round Trip Bus
Swimming at North Eugene: Release at 250pm/ Start time at 415pm
F - 12/21: Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball at Ashland: Girls at 515/ Boys at 645pm: 1130am Release/ Noon Depart
Wrestling: hosts Willamette: Weigh ins at 5pm/ Match start at 6pm (no Early Release)
S - 12/22: Girls JV Basketball at Junction City: 9am and Noon (Bus depart at 730am) (Bus pick up at 3pm)
Boys Frosh and JV basketball at Junction City: Frosh 930/Noon// JV1030 and 130pm: (Bus Departs at 730am) (Bus Pick up at 3pm)
Wrestling at Thurston Tournament: Self Transport: All Day
Kudos
From Debbie Levy to Staff - Thank you for your patience and for helping make textbook checkout go so smoothly in the library. We checked out and renewed over 700 textbooks today! Special thanks to Keith Fjordbeck for delivering 21 (!) boxes of paper to the library, to Alison Conner from the 4J Library Services office for checking books out during 2 periods, to Lisa Iacovetta for sharing her TA, and to student Drew Fischer for stepping in and helping check out textbooks during 4 periods today! What a wonderful community we have at Churchill! I'm grateful to work with such caring colleagues and students.
Kudos to Julia Von Holt - Julia joined CHS late in the school year and has been nothing but flexible, adaptive, and positive. She stays later than she needs to in order to gain instructional knowledge from her peers and genuinely cares about the success of students. I am very thankful to have her on our staff.
From Kim Roellig - "Thank you so much to CHS families and staff for your generous donation of hygiene supplies. We are now well stocked with toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorants. Go Lancers!"
Just wanted to give a major affirmation to Marcos Alvarado, he saved the day by acting as an emergency translator for an IEP meeting today. He was on his way out the door when we caught him and stayed past his normal working hours to assist in a major way. Really impressed with the high quality of staff you have here at Churchill, top notch in our district.
Churchill High School
Website: https://chs.4j.lane.edu/
Location: 1850 Bailey Hill
Phone: 541 790 5100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChurchillHighSchool
Twitter: @CHSLancers