Wm. Adams Middle School
Faculty and Staff Newsletter • December 19, 2016
Everyone Has Duty Monday and Tuesday
Teachers in odd numbered classrooms will be INSIDE on Monday (12/19)
Teachers in even numbered classrooms will be OUTSIDE on these dates.
Teachers in odd numbered classrooms will be OUTSIDE on these dates.
Afternoon duty IS NOT an option. It takes all of us to supervise. THANK YOU!
Please pick up your ornament Tuesday afternoon. The tree will be taken down on Wednesday morning.
Thank you also to everyone who participated in the door decorating contests. Your efforts helped to liven up our hallways. (On a side note, the prize money Dr. Holmgreen won was given back to be used for teacher incentives.)
Once again, thank you all!
Afternoon Tutorials
We know that we must make some changes if we are going to improve our accountability ratings. Toward this effort we will be holding afternoon tutorials for both grades and all core content areas beginning January 23. These will be held Mondays through Thursdays from 4:00-5:30.
What we need:
1. One academic team per grade level to agree to tutor each day or week. We have some options---the team could change each day or we could have one team commit to an entire week. Be talking with your team and bounce some ideas around. You will be paid to tutor. If you do not want to tutor, you may ask someone else in your content area to take your place.
2. Lessons need to be differentiated for students at each level: low, on level and high. Go back to your lesson plans and see what you used in your lessons. You probably still have the materials so all that needs to be done is to differentiate them for the various levels.
We have a little time once we come back to flesh this out but be thinking and discussing this with each other.