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Week of the Warrior
MONDAY: January 20th
No School: Martin Luther King Day
TUESDAY: January 21st
SEL - Tuesday - Circles
NO Student Council meetings on January 21st
Natural Helpers Meeting Tuesday 3-4:30pm Any student interested in joining Natural Helpers see Mrs. Kincaid in the Counseling Center
Science Olympiad will be meeting on Tuesday from 2:45-5:00.
The Robotics team will be meeting on Tuesday in the library from 3-4. Please remember to turn your participation form and t-shirt money into Mr. Golden by Thursday.
Boys Indoor Soccer meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
Flag football rosters are due on wednesday
AP/ACCESS/EPSO Night will be held on January 21st @ 5:30 PM in the Dobyns-Bennett High School Library. (Snow date January 30th) This event highlights all Early Post-Secondary Opportunities Dobyns-Bennett High School students have access to including Advanced Placement courses, Dual Enrollment courses, Local Dual Credit courses, and Statewide Dual Credit courses. Please join us in the Dobyns-Bennett High School Library for an opening session at 5:30 and an additional 5 rotation sessions of your choice thereafter in the Science and Technology Building.
Are you currently enrolled in an ensemble at Sevier and love to sing contemporary music or want to try contemporary acapella? If so, you should audition for the new after school group, the JSMS Contemporary Singers! Auditions will be held Jan. 21 and 22nd. Pick up audition materials and instructions from the chorus room.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
WEDNESDAY: January 22nd
SEL - Second Step
Core classes (8th grade related arts) on Wednesdays
Science Bowl practice on Wednesday from 2:45 - 4:00in Ms. Musselman's room.
There will be a journalism staff meeting on Wednesday, January 8 from 2:45 to 3:30 pm. All staff members are required to attend. The editorial team will meet until 5:15 pm.
Boys Indoor Soccer meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
Flag football rosters are due on wednesday
Are you currently enrolled in an ensemble at Sevier and love to sing contemporary music or want to try contemporary acapella? If so, you should audition for the new after school group, the JSMS Contemporary Singers! Auditions will be held Jan. 22nd. Pick up audition materials and instructions from the chorus room.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
THURSDAY: January 23rd
SEL - Naviance
The robotics team will be meeting on Thursday in the library from 3-5. Please remember to turn your participation form and t-shirt money into Mr. Golden by Thursday.
Boys Indoor Soccer meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
The John Sevier Spelling Bee will take place on Friday, January 24th at 1:00 in Koffman Auditorium. Please wish the students good luck and good spelling!
Coach Christian DB Football Coach will be here Friday the 24th to talk to 8th Grade about DB Football during SEL time.
Science Olympiads will be meeting on Thursday from 2:45-5:00.
DB CTE Preview night for all 8th Grade students 5:30 to 8
Sevier-on-Stage students (Shrek Jr. cast members and stage managers) have been invited to see an abridged version of All Shook Up by the DB-Dramahawks on Friday, Jan. 24th. We will depart from Sevier at 8:15 a.m. and return at 10:15. We are super excited to be able to take the students to see this wonderful show
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
FRIDAY: January 24th
SEL - Mentoring/Feel Good Friday
Boys Indoor Soccer meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
Coach Christian DB Football Coach will be here Friday the 24th to talk to 8th Grade boys about DB Football during SEL time.
Sevier-on-Stage students (Shrek Jr. cast members and stage managers) have been invited to see an abridged version of All Shook Up by the DB-Dramahawks on Friday, Jan. 24th. We will depart from Sevier at 8:15 a.m. and return at 10:15. We are super excited to be able to take the students to see this wonderful show
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
Save the Date
NO Science Olympiad practice on Saturday, 25th.
The 2020 Sevier Geography Bee will take place on Tuesday, January 28th at 1:00 in the auditorium. Please see your Social Studies teacher if you're interested.
February 4-27-Weekly High School Planning Meetings in Classrooms with Counselors and students
February 6-5:30--Family Informational Night for DB High School Planning (8th graders and their families)
Feburary 13-5:30-DB Excel Open House
All-City Band for 8th graders February 18th
March 9-11,16- Individual DB Registration Appointments
March 12-Feild Trip for 8th Graders-Eastman Career Expo
JSMS JAM
Professionalism
Our professionalism is important to our job performance as well as our school culture. When we, as a group abide by basic and foundational acts of professionalism, we are more prepared and we are perceived as people and as a school as one that can be trusted.
When we become lax in our professionalism, it affects school culture. Others around us begin wondering why the same rules do not apply to all. People get frustrated feeling that they are carrying more weight than others. This is unhealthy for a school culture and it does not help us support what we want to ultimately accomplish for students.
January is a tough month. We have come back from a holiday break and we know we are in the long haul to Spring break. Sometimes, this is when we start to slack. I have had groups of people around the building share frustrations about professionalism school-wide lately and so I want to take time to highlight some reminders for all of us that are just basic expectations for us all.
1. Being on Time to Work: The teacher start time is 7:30. That means that teachers should be in their rooms at 7:30. Being on time allows us all to get settled and be prepared to be in the hallways to supervise and greet students at 7:35. When it is a regular occurence that teachers are not on time and are not out in the hall to help their collegues, those who are on time are often left with the responsiblity of watching and monitoring a greater number of students than reasonable and it makes a stressful situation for adults and for students. Please be contientious about being on time to work. Your colleagues do not feel comfortable addressing this with you individually. I realize that all of us have bad mornings from time to time, but if this is more the norm than the exception for you, I would ask that you make this a priority this semester.
2. Calling in In Advance for Time Off: Please be contientious of the fact that if you know you are going to be out of school, please log that into Skyward/SFE ASAP. It is nearly impossible to get subs with short notice. ALL of us have likely woken up sick (or had children wake up sick) and have had no choice but to call in sick. We understand this. However, when this happens at the last minute it is more likely that we will have to pull IAs and/or teachers and this is not ideal and is a hardship for all who are here.
3. Lesson Plans for Subs: It is the expectation that quality sub plans are left for substitutes. We realize that there is no way that a subsitute can replace what would happen by a teacher, but learning can continue with quality plans. It is also just polite and helps our students do well for a sub when quality plans are left. Since we have had teachers filling in for other teachers, we have had more reports left of lackluster plans. If we are not leaving quality sub plans, it is not likely subsitutes will want to sub at Sevier.
4. Teacher Dress Code: Please make sure that your dress is professional. It is very difficult to hold students to a dress code that adults are not following. This is most often the case with leggings where a shirt worn with leggings is not long enough and in sleeveless shirts where the arm holes do not extend to the shoulder. These are often things we dress code students for and so we need to abide by them as well.
5. Planning Times: Please be contientious that teachers have a planning time for the purpose of planning. Planning includes meeting with teachers to collaborate, meeting with parents, grading papers, planning future lessons, etc. Teacher planning time is not a break in the day. From time to time, teaches may need to run out of the building during planning time and that is understandable, but it becomes a problem when teachers are not back in the building in time to greet students for their next class. It is also a problem when teachers are out of the building and as a result, are not a regular presence for their teammates in order to collaborate.
I realize this sounds like I am preaching, but these items directly affect your professionalism and sometimes it's good to have a reminder.
I realize that many of you are following all of these items and it's not fun to get a group email that doesn't affect you. I try not to send emails like this, but I honestly am not sure all the places where this is happening. I try not to function as a police officer and monitor...but it seems like more people have expressed frustruation about these issues lately and so thought we might all be helped by a reminder.
News from Nick
1. CICO Criteria and Expectations papers - The overwhelming response is that these papers have been a huge help for teachers and students. Thanks again to Karen Bear for designing and allowing us to share this with you all! Some tips that we heard are to put the student's name on the paper ahead of time (some were using student workers to help with this) or passing the paper out to the students. We need to make sure students are getting these and not just waiting to see if they will pick them up. This is a support to help improve student behavior and may of these students need your support to help them become more responsible.
We have extra copies of these sheets on the counter near the mailboxes. We will try to keep a fresh stack for you to pick up what you need.
2. CICO scoring - If a student does not check out at the end of class, we are going to start giving them the score they earned in each category, but then enter a zero for the total score. This will help us to see if there are specific areas where the student is struggling. There is still an expectation that students on a CICO will stay in their seat until the teacher comes to check them out. You may need to have some private conversations with students who are repeatedly not following this procedure.
3. Communication Logs - This is going to be new for most of us, or at least a new format for most. In the John Sevier shared drive there is a folder called 'Communication Logs' with a spreadsheet for each grade level. These are going to be used when we are informing parents of various behaviors at school. For example, assigning lunch detention or ejecting a student would be a reason to communicate with a parent and then log the communication. You do not need to log general communication with parents, but more specifically about behaviors, grades or concerns so that there is a record of this communication if parents ever question our communication about their student. This will also be helpful for our Friday behavior meetings to make sure we are not surprising a parent with putting their student on a behavior plan.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/16BYsk27U6zxXzd3JP-T_xqU94NGajMI0
JSMS Chili Cook Off
Great news!
JSMS is going to have our First Annual JSMS Chili Cook Off on Friday, January 31st!
Below is a Google form where you can sign up to enter your Chili in our contest! For those who do not have a talent for cooking chili, do not despair! We have a sign-up sheet where not only can people sign up to bring chili, but where everyone else can bring "all the fixins", like tortilla chips, cheese, sour cream, etc…oh…and drinks! We are interested in ALL varieties of chili!
We have invited a secret panel of judges, who all have a heart for Sevier, to come and join us, and award prizes! As soon as we have heard back from all of them, we will have a grand reveal of our judges!
Please sign up below! Join the fun and try your hand and bringing your favorite type of Chili to the First Annual JSMS Chili Cook Off!
Chili Cook Off Sign Up:
It's an exciting time to be a Warrior!
Calling All Math Teachers
Hello Middle School Math Teachers,
The next middle school math symposium is scheduled on Monday, January 27 (3:15-4:45) in the Watauga Room on the third floor of ASC. This session will highlight the use of linking cubes (also called snap cubes) to teach middle school math concepts. In order to have materials available for you at the session, please register using the link below by January 17.
Link for registration: https://forms.gle/LXQZQf6kZH32uU28A
Please contact Pam Stidham or Amanda Cole if you should have any additional questions.
I am looking forward to learning with you!
Pam
Calling All Science Teachers
During this session, we will work together to gather resources and plan activities for an exciting and engaging PBL project unit with you students. Come prepared to plan for your own class PBL or come as a group to plan for a grade level/team PBL. Bring your devices and any other materials you will need to at least come up with a real world problem/project idea and start planning.
Planning materials and resources will be provided to help guide you in your PBL journey.
Also, if you attend the session and stay the entire time, you will have a chance to win a brand new Pasco Wireless Temperature Sensor for anywhere, hands-on, inquiry-based science! You must be present to win at the end of the session.
Don't forget to complete Safe-Schools Trainings
MORNING YOGA
We have an awesome opportunity here at Sevier. VIDA yoga and the cOMmunity collective will be coming to our school on Friday mornings from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. to do yoga in the small gym. It is open to all students and ALL STAFF. We are hoping this will help students as well as staff relax on Friday mornings. I encourage you to come and please encourage your students to do the same
Coffee Cart-Feel Good Friday
Feel Good Friday just keeps getting better! Stephen Baker had the awesome idea to start up a coffee cart for the Warrior Academy kiddos and the FA-3 kiddos to run together on Friday mornings. The cost will be $1.00 per cup, and we have creamers and sweeteners as well!
The funds will just replenish the cart from week to week, but the personal interaction and functional skills the kids are going to learn from this will be invaluable! I am looking forward to watching them grow throughout the year and build relationships with you all through this venture!
I have included the Google Sheet that we will use each week to fill orders. There is a cell for your name, classroom number for 1st period assignments, type of drink, and if you need a disposable cup, or if you'll have your own mug for us to make it in!
Thank you all in advance for your support of this fun idea, and to Baker for getting it all together. I love our big Warrior Tribe!
Thanks again!
Baker and Megan
Duty Scheudule:
Morning and Afternoon Duty:
Hall and Lunch Duty:
Warrior Whoop!
Warriors of the Week
Mariyah Bullion, Asya Carpenter, Jesus Alexander "Alex" Portillo Guillen, ayden Hammonds
Claire Mooney, Ciara Webb
7th
Lucinda Brewster, Peyton Franklin, Zayden Johnson, Sarah Arreola, Alivia Sifuentes
8th
Meredith Mooney, Rajah Locklayer, Michael Coggins, Da'nicia McGuire, Keyleigh Payton
Charlie McHugh--1000 Point Club!
Band Junior Clinic
I want to extend a huge thank you and congratulations to the Sevier Band Parents Association for orchestrating another phenomenal audition cycle. There are thousands of moving parts to make this event run smoothly and this year was one of the best!
I am so proud of every student who auditioned. The ability to set goals and fulfill commitments are invaluable life skills necessary for success. Sevier had an excellent showing of 31 students making clinic and 3 earning a first chair placement (Sam Perdue, Mason McCoy, Brigg Farr) ALL students who auditioned will be celebrated during the morning announcements on Tuesday. Congratulations!