Panther Press
for the Week of Mar 4 Plus
Reminders from the Principal
Make sure you are reading the Panther Press each week and planning accordingly. Visit the Google Classroom to ensure you know when things are due. The next set of Lesson Plans are due Mar 15.
The 3rd Nine Weeks ends on Mar 8. Grades will be due at noon on Mar 12 and Report Cards will be sent home on Mar 13.
All teachers should be reviewing expectations and class rules with every class at a minimum of once a week. When doing group or partner work, expectations and group norms should be revisited.
The forms for submitting Parent Contacts are in the Google Classroom. Make sure these are up-to-date. It is the expectation that parent contacts are entered when they are made not at the end of the nine weeks or days/weeks/months later. It is imperative that these contacts are made prior to the end of the Nine Weeks. we cannot have any surprises. All students who are failing your class must be contacted before the end of the semester.
All teachers will be required to administer a minimum of four assessments every nine weeks: two before progress reports and two after. The two Unit Assessments count towards the total minimum assessments required: One unit assessment must be before progress reports and one after. Plan accordingly so that required RTI activities can be completed prior progress reports and report cards going home. Progress reports were sent home this week and we will be checking grade books to ensure the minimum number of assessments have been administered.
I need to remind ALL staff members of a couple of things: 1) all staff members are required to remain on campus during the work day unless they have permission from an administrator to leave for school related business (teachers must sign out in Mr. Anders' Office and classified must clock out as well), 2) All staff are responsible for electronic communications and items shared through the google platform. We will be adding additional documents as the year progresses. "I did not read my email" or "I did not know how to access the google folders" is not an acceptable excuse.
Lunchroom
All teachers will be required to sit with their students during lunch. Lunch is not duty free. All teachers are responsible for the students they take to lunch whether the students are in the hall on the way to lunch, in the line to get their food, at the lunch table, taking their trash to the garbage and in the hall on the way back to lunch. Supervision of students assigned to the teacher is one of the primary professional responsibilities of the teacher. Teachers are required to ensure their table and areas are clean when they leave the lunchroom.
Important Reminders for the Week of Mar 4 Plus
Mar 4 - Timecards approved by 3 PM
Mar 4 - HMS Girls Tennis vs Rudd @ Bud Newell Tennis Courts
Mar 4 - HMS Baseball @ Corner Middle
Mar 5 - Spring Pictures in PE
Mar 5 - NO FACULTY MEETING (See Mar 8)
Mar 5 - Monthly FBLA Meeting after school in the Bus Tech Lab
Mar 5 - HMS Baseball @ Oak Mountain
Mar 5 - HMS Softball @ McAdory Middle
Mar 6 - Monthly FCCLA Meeting after school in FACs classroom
Mar 7 - Spring Immunization Clinic for 6th Grade only in Conference Room
Mar 7 - HMS Boys & Girls Tennis vs Bragg @ Montcrief Tennis Courts in Gardendale.
Mar 8 - Special Called Faculty Meeting in the Library ( Schedule of attendance was given out in Faculty Meeting Feb 26)
Mar 8 - 9 - McAdory Softball Tournament - See Coach Glasgow for details
Mar 8 - End of 3rd Nine Weeks
Mar 8 - HMS Baseball @ Hilcrest
Mar 10 - Daylight Savings kicks in at 2 AM Sunday Morning
Mar 11 - Local School PD Day - Schedule to come
Mar 11 - HMS Baseball @ Bessemer City
Mar 12-18 - Spring Book Fair in Library
Mar 12 - 15 - Spring Walkthrough - Visitors may visit at anytime this week
Mar 12-14 - Cheer Clinic
Mar 12 - Grades Due by Noon
Mar 12 - Grade Verification Sheets by 3 PM
Mar 12 - NJHS Meeting after school in Room 104
Mar 12 - HMS Baseball @ Homwood
Mar 12 - HMS Softball @ Oak Grove
Mar 13 - Report Cards go home with students
Mar 13 - Student Council Meeting after school in FACs classroom
Mar 13 - HMS Softball @ Bragg
Mar 14 - HMS Softball vs Bragg @ Natalie Bunn Field
Mar 14 - HMS Baseball vs Hewitt-Trussville @ Bud Newell Field
Mar 15 - 5th Grade Tour of HMS
Mar 15 - Fun Friday Non-Participation list by noon
Mar 15 - First Fun Friday at 2 PM
Mar 15 - Lesson Plans due by 3 PM in Google Classroom
Mar 15 - Cheer Tryout after School in Competition Gym
Mar 15 - HMS Boys & Girls Tennis vs Bragg @ Montcrief Tennis Courts in Gardendale