Founders Weekly
February 11th thru 15th
Shout out!
So many great things happened this week! I want to recognize a few:
- Mrs. Karas for making deep connections with kids!
- Mrs. Medeiros for digging in to solve some challenging behavior!
- Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Gemma for wonderful work with NJHS!
Cell phone Contracts
Mindset and Communication
Student Shadowing
Empathy Interviews
If you are interested in participating you can find the guidance here. I would love for all staff to participate!
Faculty Observation Opportunity
Recess Observations
Overall recess has been a great addition. There have definitely been some challenges with 6th grade recess in particular. This affirms the need for our students to freely interact, learn important social skills, and problem solve with peers. I know this has affected instructional time, however, I believe it will begin to work itself out and improve their interactions in the classroom.
That being said, we are issuing consequences and guidance for those students so they can develop those skills.
I am looking at revising the study hall/recess supervision schedule to allow for students and adults to be in indoor/outdoor spaces that suit their comfort levels. If you are interested in helping me work this out let me know.
Recess Coverage
The goal is to get all students outside who want to be outside and allow all students who are looking for inside to be inside. To help facilitate this I need to know which adults prefers to supervise outside (30 degrees or above) and who prefers inside. We will require a 20:1 student to teacher ratio for outside for safety purposes. Mr. Soares is willing to be a supervisor for all 3 outdoor recesses daily.
Please put your preference here.
Upcoming dates:
February Break 2/18-2/22