Chamberlain's Senior Bulletin
Vol 5? Lol
You're killin me smalls!
I enjoyed watching the movie yesterday. Grounded me. Reminded me that sadly. Their world does not revolve graduation, no matter how badly we want it too. It doesn't make them bad etc, it just means they are misguided.
That thought leads me to the following things:
1. How are your mentees doing? Good, bad, ugly? Check in and up! Harass them or praise them, they need it this final semester. And don't forget to document it on the spread sheet :)
2. What are you going to do for those kiddos who will fail two quarters? I know what you have to do: give them their outlook for the rest of the year which cannot be you are done bc mathematically they aren't, call home, tell me and Amy in writing! Please do not tell me in the hall or at lunch duty. Send me and Amy an email. Include Luke. Again, you guessed it! Document on the spreadsheet!
3. Have I thanked you for documenting yet? Lol.
4. What are we doing to salvage them? Tutoring? Extra work? You tell me!
OGT Tutoring
English sections
Wednesday 245-345 m
Chamberlain and Palmer, Palmers room
Math
Wednesday's 245-345
Ebright, Ebrights room
Science and Social Studies: we need volunteers! Let me know
We also have tutoring at lunches. See the applicable schedules. There are also social studies and science prep classes during the school day, but remember not all kiddos schedules can get them into those. Amy is working on that as we speak. Thank you Amy!!!
Senior Class Meeting
Thursday, Jan 21, 2016, 09:15 AM
WHS Auditorium
Senior Documentation is REQUIRED
I only ask that you do what you would need to hear was done to help your own children graduate. If you haven't, I need you to. It's part of our tone of trust and decency. They trust us with them for four years and the decent thing is to exhaust all efforts. It is worth it, I promise. I went to summer graduation for a Whetstone kid who needed one OGT, by 3 points. His smile (evidenced by the photo in my office) was worth every headache he ever gave me. I just got tickets in the mail to watch him play in a college game :)
Use the link above to document the following (on records day perhaps???): their VCAP progress, if they failed your class, and your contact attempts and any interventions you have tried personally.
Please and thank you :)
Prom
Friday, Apr 29, 2016, 07:00 PM
Monaco's Palace & Catering, Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH, United States
Senior Fundraising, please share on your social media!
Wear Pink for Senior OGT Support
Friday, Mar 11, 2016, 07:15 AM
West High School, South Powell Avenue, Columbus, OH, United States
Final Thoughts
The video above and the quote are symbolic of so many of the kids you interact with on a daily basis. I never been in a building where I can say without a doubt that ours teachers love our kids. You help each kid see themselves differently daily and daily try to help them become people then when they first came to us. You take that challenge on willingly and come in daily ready to combat their own lack of belief in themselves. That, colleagues, is a powerful challenge that you accept and rally against with fervor and enthusiasm.
Without the antics of GiGi Morelli, the rugged honesty of Elaine Shepherd, and the unwillingness of Tim Carpenter to allow me to become a statistics, I wouldn't have graduated, let alone be where I am today. So I thank you bc the kiddos we work with do not understand the impact you have had on them for years to come (lord knows I didn't until my first day of teaching) and I want you to feel the appreciation you are due.
-Mandie
PS - Update the spread sheet :)