Bronco Blast
September 18th Weekly Staff Newsletter: by Kimberly Kindred
A note from Kimberly
It was another busy week. We had a leadership meeting, football scrimmages and volleyball games, and I even sat on a Shark Tank panel. There are some amazing things happening in the building.
It looks to be another exciting week next week! Open house, Magnet parent meeting, more athletic games, AVID induction, picture retakes, and professional development. You will also notice that we are scheduled to have another staff meeting next week. This meeting will be a virtual meeting. A little lower in this blast houses more information about the virtual meeting. This is a way for me to honor your time and still meet the requirements of having a meeting and deliver professional learning.
The weather is set to be beautiful this weekend! I am looking forward to attending the College and Career Fair on Saturday morning, my fantasy football team dominated last weekend, and my 5 year old is UNO crazy so there is sure to be 1,000 games of that this weekend! Fun times!
Enjoy y'all,
Kimberly
News from the Counseling Office
Shout out! Showing off a few of those amazing things...
Shark Tank
30 day Challenge
Football
Who is up for the APP challenge?
The Verizon Innovative App Challenge may be just what you are looking for! Verizon is challenging you and a team of 5-7 students to create an APP to solve a problem. You don't have to actually create the app, just the idea and create a video presentation for submission. We can have more than one team! If interested, please read more on the link below and if STILL interested, please let Mrs. Kindred know.
Virtual Staff Meeting - September 23rd
Thank you for helping to make this a success!
PLC procedures and practices
Open House - Meet the Teacher
I LOVE open house. It is an opportunity for me to show off the school and teachers. I will be out and about in the hallways greeting parents, talking about how awesome you are, and how proud I am of their students.
Our Title 1 PowerPoint will be showing all night on the jumbo tron and each advisory teacher will have a sign in sheet for all parents. This documentation is a federal requirement. Please be sure to have all parents sign in during your advisory class.
Remember Cosondra will be feeding us. Dinner will begin at 4:15 in the teachers lounge.
Certified Google Educator...Interested?
If you already have this certification (Whooo hoooo!), please add it to your email signature so that we can, as a campus, begin to communicate that message out to the community.https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification_level1
More Staff Awards! We all know a staff member doing a great job. Nominate someone today! Click here :)
Teacher Focus Groups
West will be forming two teacher focus groups that will be engaging directly with technology. One group will focus and implement The Flipped Instructional Model and the other, A Paperless Classroom.
Information about The Flipped Instructional Model:
https://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/
Information about A Paperless Classroom:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/4-tools-to-go-paperless-nick-provenzano
http://ditchthattextbook.com/conferences/prev-sessions/ipossibilities/
If interested in joining, please sign up below. :)
Upcoming Dates
September 21--Open House (For Parents start at 5:30 - 7:30), Magnet Parent Meeting 7:30
September 23--Picture Retake
September 23--Virtual Faculty Meeting
September 23 - Teacher Self Reports are DUE
September 30--Technology Integration Session 1--D101