Meat & Potatoes
April 2 - April 6
Up & Coming Events
Tuesday - WMS AVID Interviews on campus
Wednesday - AVID College Day
Staff Development - April 2
We will meet in the lecture hall and there will only be one sign-in sheet for the day. Be sure that you register so you receive credit for professional development. Breakfast and lunch will be on your own. An announcement will be made at the end of the day for dismissal.
8:00 AM - STAAR Training (Zumwalt)
8:45 AM - WICOR (Ireland)
9:15 AM - C&I Presentation (Kovacs & Gibson)
10:00 AM - Schoology Presentation (Symank & McDermott)
12:00 PM - Lunch on your own
1:30 PM - Departmental Planning
During departmental planning, please create a Google Doc for your agenda and minutes. Once you have it all cleaned up, please share it with me.
5th Grade ELA & Math teachers will need to create a list of students they plan to recommend for advanced classes to be shared with Mrs. Z by the end of the day.
6th Grade: Coach Fedora - April 11
We will do this like we did last year with the boys in the gym and the girls in the cafeteria. Please escort the boys to the gym beginning at 9:15. At 9:35, please escort the girls to the cafeteria. Coach Fedora will go from the gym to the cafeteria.
Once in the gym, Mr. Grande and I will supervise so teachers can go back to help escort the girls. Once the girls are in the cafeteria, everyone will need to wait until Coach Fedora comes in to speak. Mr. Grande and I will again supervise the girls while everyone escorts the boys back to class.
Counselor's Corner
6th grade teachers, please know there is more specific information to come regarding the College and Career Day April 11.
Rocco's Corner
Ironically that manifests in more misbehavior and poorer academic performance that makes our jobs even harder to do.
I have had to check myself in this regard more often lately and want to remind others of this unfortunate cycle.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Martin's World
McDermott's Tech Tip
Good news—next year CSISD will begin using Schoology (pronounced: Skoo’-luh-jee), an award-winning learning management system. With Schoology you can blend your courses with online teaching and learning, extend instruction beyond classroom walls, and communicate more effectively all with one digital tool! With your teacher account in Schoology you will be able to:
Create and Share Content
Give Assignments
Administer Assessments
Communicate with Parents
Calculate Grades
Join & Create Groups
Share Updates
Create Events
Look for information coming soon about TONS of professional learning opportunities (for comp time!) this summer. Those who do not attend any Schoology PD in the summer will be required to attend two sessions at You Matter about Schoology. In order to be able to choose all 6 of your YOU MATTER sessions, be sure to schedule in one of the Schoology sessions sometime over the summer!
If you want to take a sneak peek at Schoology, check out this link to see the different features!