Weekly Staff Letter
February 27th - March 2nd
Week at a Glance
Tuesday, February 27th:
SLC's (Please take attendance)
Wednesday, February 28th:
Morning Meeting Today
NO RTI Meetings this week - Use this time to stay caught up as the quarter ends next week.
4:45 - Grades posted by 4:45 today (14 minimum for Content and 14 for Habits)
Thursday, March 1st:
Friday, March 2nd:
10:30 - 7/8 Guest Speaker from the Sopris Sun (Interview Techniques)
Anna will be here on the 7th. (Hardcopy lesson plans due to Kelly's Mailbox before you leave on the 6th)
Quickly Approaching....Check "Important Dates" Document
March:
6th - Assisted Living Home Visits (7th/8th Interviews)
7th - Battlement Mesa Schoolhouse Visit
7th - Mrs. Abbey will be here to talk w/ 8th graders during Crew (8:00-8:45)
7th - Anna Observations (Hardcopy lesson plans due before you leave on the 6th)
8th - Music Concert
9th - GVMS School Dance (6-8)
NWEA Timeline: (STUDENTS MUST INCLUDE NWEA GOALS IN THEIR SLC)
Jan. 30th - Feb 2nd:
Student Goal Setting Worksheets during Crew
Feb. 6th - 16th: Facilitated by the office (Crew Leaders get completed copies to Myndie)
Get Student Goal copies to core teachers
Master copy stays with Crew Leader
Feb. 20th - 23rd: SLC Preparations
Feb. 26th - 27th: Student Led Conferences
Students discuss NWEA goals as part of SLC’s getting parents onboard
Mar. 28th: Beginning of State Testing (PARCC/CMAS)
Encourage as a warm-up for Spring NWEA’s
Apr. 24th - 27th: NWEA SHOWTIME!
May 24th: Student Incentive
Reached Goal of +65% overall growth (School wide incentive)
STAFF TO DO:
- 16 of 18 Academic Sentence Starts have been posted in classrooms. Now that they are up how are we using them to truly be effective? (It's a "look-for" during observations.)
- Make students use complete sentences when speaking and writing, 100% of the time.
- Make sure you update your grades by 4:45 on Wednesday. At a minimum, you should have at least 14 Content and 14 Habit grades entered in Infinite Campus by the end of this week.
COWBELL vs. DYNAMO: (CC4: Engaging Families/Community)
(I know we will have some no-shows...call and reschedule. Deadline for this competition will be Friday, March 2nd.)
Morning Meeting Schedule
Please LINK your morning meeting agenda to the "17-18 Crew/MM Schedule."
CREWs are only responsible for the Friday Morning Meeting and announcements for the week. We also encourage you to take your CREW and practice in the cafeteria during CREW time this week.
Dana's Schedule
Tuesday: At GVMS
Wednesday: At GVMS
Thursday: At GVMS
Friday: At GVMS
Kelly's Schedule
Tuesday: At GVMS
Wednesday: At GVMS
Thursday: At GVMS
Friday: Out of Building (Boys Bball in Alamosa)