Cougar Nation News
April 30-May 4
COUGAR NATION!
FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK
Hello Cougar Nation,
Team, the summer months are quickly approaching, our expectation is that all faculty members be in the hallways and vigilant in supporting the safe transition of our scholars. Also, we are in the testing season and, our scholars will be required to demonstrate their learning through our state accountability system (STAAR). This can be a very stressful time of the year for our scholars. We need all hands on deck to support our scholars successful navigation of the STAAR assessments. We are asking that all faculty and staff members provide encouraging words, pats on the back, and positive interaction with our scholars to let them know we believe in them. Also, we must continue to maintain a safe and orderly environment in which learning can take place by doing the following:
- Protect Instructional Time by having a Do Now activity available immediately upon entering the classroom
- Tighten up on classroom routines and procedures - clearly state your expectations, then hold students to them.
- Hold tight to school-wide culture expectations -Be on time and in the middle of the hallways moving students to the right of the hallway
- Do not allow students out of class the 1st or last 10 minutes of class period.
- Only allow students out of class with an approved hallway pass.
- Continue with our hallway sweeps
- Take attendance the first 15 minutes of the class period
- All teachers are required to walk students to lunch and remain until the monitors take over
It takes ALL of us consistently providing the kind of structure and focus that our students need to thrive to prepare our students for college, career-ready jobs and the military.
~Principal Bennett
OUR MISSION
The mission of E.B. Comstock is to ensure the academic, social, and emotional success of all students by maintaining high-expectations and providing the most effective instruction in an environment where students are enriched by authentic learning experiences, are consistently involved in extracurricular activities, and positively supported throughout their daily interactions.
OUR VISION
The vision of Comstock Middle School is to promote every student each year with the academic and social skills necessary to succeed in high school and beyond.
COMSTOCK'S KEY ACTIONS:
- Key Action #1: Advance teacher effectiveness and improve the quality of daily instruction aligned to TEI rubric
- Key Action #2: Ensure student academic achievement.
- Key Action #3: Develop and maintain a positive campus climate and culture.
WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE
April 30
Monday
- BIC 8:25
- PLC's/Instructional Planning
- Tutoring Math & Science 3:45-4:45
May 1
~Tuesday
- BIC 8:25
- SLO's Due
- PLC's/Instructional Planning/Data Analysis
- Tutoring ELAR/Social Studies 3:45-4:45
May 2
~Wednesday
- BIC 8:25
- PLC's/Instructional Planning/Data Analysis
- Tutoring Math & Science 3:45-4:45
May 3
~Thursday
- BIC 8:00- 8:25
- PLC's/Instructional Planning
- Tutoring ELAR/SS 3:45-4:45
- Lesson Plans Due by 4:15
May 4
~Friday
- L.I.T. Meeting 3:45-4:30
- Math & Science Friday Night Lights
- Complete and upload EOY SLO's Testing
- Literacy Night Hosted by City Year 5:30-7:00
May 5
~Saturday
- Saturday School@ 9:00-1:00
Imagine Math Leader Board
Congratulation to Ms. Thomas for having scholars complete 72 lessons in TTM!
1st THOMAS, ASHLEY 72
2nd THOMAS, ASHLEY 53
3rd THOMAS, ASHLEY 53
4th THOMAS, ASHLEY 48
5th MURRY, MEDINA 33
DON'T FORGET
Please remember to do the following:
- First and last 10 minutes of class no students in the hallway.
- Attendance must be taken the first 15 minutes of the class period.
- Escort students to lunch and remain until hall monitors take over
Cougar Proud of Scholars!
Summer Institutes
- June 11-14
- June 18-21
- June 25-28
- July 23-26
Locations of include
- Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School (PK-2)
- W.H. Adamson High School (3-5)
- Yvonne A Ewell Townview Magnet (6-12)
- Lacy @Nolan Estes (Special sessions)
All sessions start at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. with an hour and a half lunch. Registrations opens May 21, 2018
ADMINISTRATOR DISCIPLINE SCHEDULE
- Monday~Ms. Johnson
- Tuesday~Ms. Sutaria
- Wednesday~Mr. Puente
- Thursday~Ms. Johnson
- Friday~Ms. Sutaria
Kudos to our counselors for recruiting at our elementary schools
TEI NEWS
MAY -JUNE-- Mid May Teacher roster verification process
Teachers verify students to be included in calculation of student achievement metrics
May 11th--Teachers submit SLO Goal Accomplishment in Schoolnet
Administrator approves, scores, and completes by May 18th
May 18th-- Last day to enter extended observations, summatives, and SLO scores into Schoolnet
COUGAR NATION!
Email: gbennett@dallasisd.org
Website: www.dallasisd.org/comstock
Location: 7044 Hodde Street, Dallas, TX, USA
Phone: (972)794-1300
Facebook: facebook.com/comstock
Twitter: @ebcomstock