CAHS Staff Connection
January 14, 2015
Upcoming PLC Meetings for December
1. Wednesday, January 14th
- Topic: Teachscape: Domain 3b - Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques
- Meetings will be held with PLC Administrator:
- Foltz and Davis - PE/Health/CI/Fine Arts/Math/Science - Cafeteria
- Dompreh - SS and CTE Rm. 538
- Bobalik - ELA and WL Rm. 116
- Special Education Staff w/Maribeth - Media Center
2. Wednesday, January 21st
- Exam week - NO LATE START
- PLC will meet from 1:25-2:40 p.m. auditorium
- Topic: Restorative Practice
- Special Education Staff w/Maribeth - Media Center
3. Wednesday, January 28th
- Meeting will start in cafeteria/sign in
- Housekeeping items and then release for PLC work time - review and data collection from common assessment exams
- Special Education Staff w/Maribeth - Media Center
Please talk with your PLC administrator if you have questions.
M-Step and Change to SAT
March 3 - ACT (11th grade only)
March 4 - ACT WorkKeys (all students in attendance)
April - 8 days of testing - we will block classes - more detail to come.
NEXT YEAR
- SAT will be reconstructed and look more like the ACT will cover CCSS
- No longer a penalty for guessing (used to be 1/4 point penalty)
- Nearly all colleges take both ACT/SAT
- Scoring will change to score range of 10-40
- https://www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/redesign
12th Grade Exam Exemptions
Review regulations - not to be used on Pass/Fail; C-A courses only; may not benefit to use exam exemption; don't need to attend if using exemption (don't mark absent)
C-A Rocks Slips
**** CA Rocks Slips for Completed Vocabulary Packets*****
Genesee Valley Rotary Student of the Month Nominations
Upcoming Nominations:
**English & World Language – January** (luncheon is on 1/27)
Science – February
Math – March
Social Studies– April
Open - May
Nominations are DUE by 15th of each month.
Advisory and Interventions
Upcoming 9th/10th Advisory Content Lessons:
- January 12-16 - Students will have time in assigned advisory or intervention group to study for exams. 11th grade will continue to work on ACT Prep.
- January 20-23 - Exams
- January 26-30 - English (DUE by Wed 1/21 to Sue)
- February 3-7 - Math (DUE by Wed 1/28 to Debbie)
*******Reminder that this is a professional obligation by staff to provide the work and allow time for students to complete the work, as well as collecting it in the core class***********
ABC 12 - Spirit Cup - February 20th
Student Council is looking for other groups to help coordinate the Spirit Cup effort this year. Please let Angela Middleton and Cindy Gunn know if you are willing to help out with the Food Drive. We will also ask other buildings to help with this initiative.
Carman-Ainsworth High School
Email: ddavis@carmanainsworth.org
Website: http://www.carman.k12.mi.us/Domain/124
Location: Flint, MI, United States
Phone: 810.591.3240
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CarmanAinsworthCS
Twitter: @CarmanAinsworth