Weekly Staff Letter
March 11th - March 15th
We're almost there......
Resist the urge to ease up on your behavioral expectations.
Easing up the week before a break will backfire completely and it puts added stress on your colleagues. When the teacher is lackadaisical, it just adds to the environment of chaos that the students are slowly creating and makes it harder to get the class back on track. Circle up and review your procedures and expectations, it may have been a few weeks or months since you’ve articulated or modeled them. Remind students, “Yes, it’s almost Spring Break, and yes, you still have to do this.”
- Be visible in the hallways
- Be out and about before and after school
- Be on time for your duties
- Be the adult in all situations (Empathy goes a long way. Some kids do not know what next week looks like for them and typically act out or push the limits.)
- All hands on deck Thursday and Friday (All on Duty before and after school. Please be out either in front or the back as issues usually happen within the first 5 min of the bell.)
- Take 5 min and make a pass through the lunchroom Thursday and Friday. Use this time to continue building relationships.
WEEK AT A GLANCE
Monday, March 11th:
8:00-4:00 Workday (Grades posted by 2:00) END OF QUARTER GRADE POSTING PROCEDURES
Tuesday, March 12th:
Wednesday, March 13th:
6th Grade: Fieldwork Cameo Trip (Wild Horses)
RTI Tier I
Wrestling Tournament @ Rifle Middle School
Thursday, March 14th:
Great day to make 1 positive phone call home.
Friday, March 15th
7:30 - 10:45 - Bill Zima will be visiting. He is the superintendent of RSU#2 in Maine and will now be working for Marzano Research. He is visiting to see how we do things. He will be informally assessing our readiness and where we are at as we continue our progress toward competency-based individualized learning. He's a great guy and if you have any questions please ask.
NWEA Timeline:
Mar. 5th - Apr. 19th: Practice Tests
NWEA Practice Tests: https://practice.mapnwea.org
Apr. 16th - 19th: Admin
Individual conversation with each student around their NWEA goals.
Apr. 23th - 26th: NWEA SHOWTIME!
May 23rd: Student Incentive
Reaching Goal of +65% growth in each area as a school???
PASSWORD: grow
Posted Grades:
This is just a reminder of the importance of getting grades in on time so that many other things can happen.
If you have questions talk to Michelle.
Posting grades are the first thing in a chain of events that must happen so that we as a school can effectively communicate with parents in a timely manner.
- Posted Grades are completed by all teachers (2:00 on Monday the 11th)
- Michelle does a final check (Monday afternoon of the 11th)
- All Report Cards finalized and printed (Tuesday Late Afternoon the 12th)
- Begin work on Breakfast of Champions (Wednesday Morning the 13th)
- Envelopes stuffed (Afternoon of Wednesday the 13th)
- Report Cards mailed. (Thursday Afternoon the 14th or 1st thing on Friday the 15th)
If you need help or are finding yourself a little behind let us know, we will be glad to help out in any way!
Quickly Approaching....Check "Important Dates" Document
March
18th-22nd SPRING BREAK!!!
27th 6th Grade: Rifle Falls
28th 6th Grade: Rifle Falls (option 2)
28th - Breakfast of Champions
APRIL
1st - GVMS PD
2nd- 7/8th Grade Track Begins
3rd-4th Smuggler Mine Tour - Holden/Marolt Mining & Ranching Museum - Wheeler/Stallard Museum (AM Classes on the 3rd / PM Classes on the 4th)
6th- Color Run
9th-16th CMAS testing
STAFF TO DO:
- Pick a student and make 1 positive phone call home this week then share with a colleague.
RTI Tier 1 on Wednesday
All hands on deck Thursday and Friday (All on Duty before and after school. Please be out either in front or the back as issues usually happen within the first 5 min of the bell.)
Take 5 min and make a pass through the lunchroom Thursday and Friday. Use this time to continue building relationships.
Please make sure ALL kids are getting to lunch and outside recess. Check bathrooms and hallways to make sure kids are making their way to lunch. Exceptions: Academic needs(must be with the teacher of record), Behavioral needs, Medical (Cleared through Myndie), Club meetings (ex. Builders, NJHS)
Morning Meeting Participation
Please LINK your morning meeting agenda to the "17-18 Crew/MM Schedule."
CREWs are only responsible for the Friday Morning Meeting and announcements for the week. We also encourage you to take your CREW and practice in the cafeteria during CREW time this week.
Kelly and Dana's Schedule
Dana
Tuesday - At GVMS
Wednesday - At GVMS
Thursday - At GVMS
Friday - At GVMS
Kelly
Tuesday - At GVMS
Wednesday - At GVMS
Thursday - At GVMS
Friday - At GVMS