Woderful Falcon Families,
“Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.” ~Suzy Kassem~
We have successfully finished the first full week of the school year! Falcons, I am pround of you for demonstrating the best versions of yourselves. It is a challenge as peer pressure increases. Many of you want to fit in because you want to be liked, loved and/or included. And sometimes, you will fall into peer pressure because of this desire to be loved and included. I encourage you, insteadm, to do what Susy Kassem said, "Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy." Your originality is far superior than copying someone else' originality. Don't fall for the idea that you have to be like your friend or classmate or anybody. As we move into this week, remember who you are and stand proud.
Master Schedule Changes Update
As of Friday, our enrollment is at 901 with 7 enrollments in the next two weeks. This is above our projections, which means more classes have to be opened. The biggest shift in the master schedule is in special education that has a 20-day requirement to have a verified teacher of record (not a sub) in the special ed classes as well as the corresponding gen ed coteach/collab classes so that appropriate direct services are provided per their IEPs. This is today’s and tomorrow’s biggest shift thus whole class movements may be occurring in addition to a trickle of student changes. In essence, these big moves constitutes teacher moves. For example, Teacher A's Period 1 class will now report to Teacher B's period 1. Or, Teacher C's Period 2 will go to Teacher D's Period 5.
These are common changes that are allowable within the first 10-days. On either Day 10 (August 1) or 11 (August 2), teachers will hand out their course syllabi what will contain expectations and grading policies.
PE Dressing Out Information
Students will dress out in PE starting Monday, August 7th. PE teachers will be engraving locks tomorrow and Tuesday of this week, issuing lockers Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be makeups for anyone absent or who forgot to bring their lock. Parents, it is important that students bring their locks this week. PE teachers do not issue lockers if they don't physically have the lock with them at the time of assignment. If you need help with acquiring locks, please let an administrator know.
Behavior Expectation Assembly Review
Last Wednesday, Mr. Toms and Ms. Cruz, along with our SROs, met with you to discuss behavior expectations. Below is a slideshow highlight of that assembly. This is a reminder that our expectation is that your behavior demonstrate our Falcon Mantra of "Be Responsible. Be Respectful. Be Resilient. If you follow these three things, you will have a fantastic time here at HTM. If you choose to break the rules that help to keep this campus safe, then you are subject to the consequences associated with it. Read the key sections below regarding Dress Guidelines, Cell Phones and Bullying & Harrassment of Any Kind. To ensure that we have provided this training for every student, please complete this attendance form if you were there last Wednesday at the assembly.
Student and Parent Handbook
The newly revised and revamped handbook is now updated. It is located on the website and at the very end of this newsletter. This handbook is discussed partly in the Advisory Toolkit. APs will also be discussing the handbook during the Behavior Expectation Assembly. Parents take the time to review the discipline policy for this year.
ASB GEAR for Sale
Falcons, we have PE clothes for sale including ASB Spirit gear. Every Friday is Falcon Friday where we encourage all of you to wear blue or anything with Falcon logos. Below is a flyer that shows you what we sell. Sales are Cash Only. The ASB Store is open on during lunch and after school. Click HERE to access the order form. Complete before arriving to order.
Falcon Flight Information
If you are interested in participating in Falcon Flight, read the flyer in the Falcon Flight for information and also to access the enrollment form. If your child wants to participate in athletics, he/she must be cleared to play. Please read the section below regarding Falcon Flight. Fall sports tryouts are in two weeks so get your paperwork in order so that you can practice on the first day. All athletics information is in the same section below. If you have any questions, please email Ms. Pulido at jessica.pulido@sweetwaterschools.org or Mr. Horton at joshua.horton@sweetwaterschools.org.
Finally, below are important information regarding HTM. Please read the information on the images provided so that you know as much information as possible.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Finley
