In the Loop
McDowell School News 9/9/16
What's Up?
EW Office - Wilson
Kickball Field - Bartolone
PPU - Stitts
UPCOMING
9/10/16 - Family Fun Night @ Hudson Memorial Stadium
9/14/16 - STAFF MEETING @7:45 in C-11
9/21/16 - Grade Level Meeting for classroom teacher's only @ 7:45 (location TBA) See more information below.
9/23/16 - SCHOOL PICTURE DAY
9/26/16 - McDowell Math Night 6:30-8:00PM
10/2/16 - Run for the Schools
10/14/16 - Early Release for Students (11:45)
BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK
- Have you paid your Sunshine dues yet?
- Have you turned in your SUB FOLDER?
- If you haven't already done so, please pick up your handwriting packets in the office.
- Please let the office know (via email) if you are willing to have your classroom used for Girl Scouts. It's once or twice a month until about 5:00PM. Thank you, Jamie, for volunteering your room!
- Please have a walkie-talkie with you at all times when you are out of the building. Each pod should have a walkie-talkie in a designated room.
MESSAGES FROM MARK
- In October, Hudson Community First will host the annual Take a Second Make a Difference month and luncheon to recognize community members who are making a significant difference in the life of a child. Download a nomination form at www.hudsoncommunityfirst.com. Ten recipients will be recognized at the Take a Second Make a Difference luncheon at the Country Club of Hudson. Please mail your nomination form to Community First, PO Box 515, Hudson, or return it to the Hudson Library in the teen room. For more information email lehnerennis@gmail.com.
- Regarding Professional Development absences in Aesop, whether the PD is in district or outside, the location of the PD must be included in the "Notes to Administrator" section. For example, “Dibels training at Malson”, or, “Evaluation System overview at Summit County ESC”. A full address is not required.
- The Hudson City Schools Foundation and Hudson Community First 4th annual Family Fun Night Back to School Bash is Saturday, September 10, from 5:30-8:30 pm at Hudson Memorial Stadium (rain location HMS). The event features inflatables, face painting, games, a movie on the stadium screen, food, and fun.
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
The tech department is dedicated to efficiently assisting all staff members with their technology needs! If you have a technical question about equipment, hardware, or software, please contact the Help Desk at ext. 1400 or fill out a Help Desk ticket. Using the Help Desk ticket system ensures your technology question is routed to the correct person in the tech department who can provide you with the most timely support.
For any instructional technology support or professional development, please contact Kristin Dages (Media Coordinator) and Stephanie Sholtis (Technology Coordinator) at TLC@hudson.k12.oh.us. We would be happy to assist in your classroom and attend PLCs or other meetings.
In addition, Kristin and Stephanie will be posting weekly tech tips on Hudson's Teach.Learn.Collaborate (TLC) Blog (http://hudsontlc.blogspot.com/) and will also email staff weekly with information about the blog posts. Please be on the lookout for these weekly emails.
Stephanie Sholtis
Technology Coordinator
Hudson City Schools
330-653-1400 ext. 3540
Grade Level Meeting
1. September 21st @ 7:45 there is a grade level meeting for classroom teachers only to norm the pre “on demand” assessment.
2. Teachers must bring their class on demand writing pieces, a copy of the Narrative Rubric for each student. This can be found on the Heinemann web site.
3. Watch the NEW! Units of Study for Teaching Writing Video Orientations, Grades K-8
This should be watched during your PLC before September 21st. Stop the video at Unit 2
This can be found on the link below
http://webinars.heinemann.com/wuos-video-orientations
Teachers will have to register on this page to get to the video. Select grade 3.
Master Plan
One of the goals of the strategic plan and through other district initiatives, the district team has been working on developing a Master Facility Plan. A draft of the plan will be presented to the Board of Education on Monday, September 12th as part of the educational focus section of the meeting. As part of the community engagement strategy, we need the staff’s feedback and input about the Facility Plan. There will be several focus groups, which include staff, students, community, parents, and community leaders. Please consider attending our voluntary building-level focus group. The focus group will be approximately 90 minutes.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TCq9shPgPqZUxT1oCP7nZEJKm43jjXINZq2xmFDu9ek/edit?usp=sharing