LVHS Weekly!
Excellence In All We Do.
April 4, 2018
Keeping this in here on purpose!
- Make sure students take a hall pass when they leave class. If you need more, let them office know.
- Be in the hallways during passing period.
- Be at your duty station on time and be diligent.
- Send students to the front office if they want to go to their car during the school day - we have a system.
- Start class with a student-centered activity and teach bell-to-bell. (Idle hands and all.)
- Don't leave students unsupervised. If something happens under your care, you will be held responsible. This includes during lunch time - don't leave students in your room alone.
- Enforce the dress code/Don't let students use their phones in class. It takes all of us consistently enforcing it to make it a schoolwide expectation.
Semester Exam Schedule
9th, 10th, and 11th graders - 1st and 8th periods
Wednesday, 5/23 - Final Exams - 12th graders - 1, 2, 3, 4 exams
9th, 10th, and 11th graders - 4th and 5th periods
Thursday, 5/24 - 9th, 10th, and 11th graders - 6th and 7th period exams
12th graders - Walkabout at LVES, 8:20, then Senior Trip
Friday, 5/25 -12th graders - Graduation practice at 9:30 am, LVHS gym
9th, 10th, and 11th graders - 2nd and 3rd period exams
1st period meets from 8:05 - 9:10 - iPads collected at that time
No advisory.
2nd period is from 9:15 - 10:45. All 3rd period classes meet from 10:50 - 12:20.
Early release for students at 12:20.
Graduation starts at 6:00.
Staff reports to aux gym at 5:00.
RtI Meetings - you're invited.
The Tier 3 paperwork is found in Eduphoria. Go to the student tab, choose the student who you need to write the plan for. Go to the Forms tab and then hit NEW FORM. Be careful not to write over someone else's information!
This Week at LVHS:
Monday, April 2:
- District Golf - Girls & Boys (Round 1) @ Lady Bird GC in Fredericksburg
Tuesday, April 3:
- District Golf - Girls & Boys (Round 2) @ Vaaler Creek GC in Blanco
- Baseball & Softball at Florence
Wednesday, April 4:
- District Track Meet at Johnson City HS
Thursday, April 5:
- District Track Finals at Johnson City HS
Friday, April 6:
- District Tennis at Ingram HS
- Baseball & Softball vs Gateway Prep @ home
Saturday, April 7:
- District Tennis at Ingram HS
- 2018 Prom
Make sure you are documenting the phone calls and emails to parents regarding students with failing grades. You will have to turn in this documentation at the end of the semester. Plus, parents can help!
Blue and Gold Awards Ceremony
Outstanding Senior Mathematics Student
Outstanding Senior Science Student
Outstanding Senior English Language Arts Student
Outstanding Senior Social Studies Student
Outstanding Senior Business Student
Outstanding Senior Welding and Construction Student (or 1 of each)
Outstanding Senior Fine Arts Student
Vanguard Award - outstanding senior students - character and leadership
LVISD 2018-2019 Calendar Approved:
STAAR testing.
Tuesday, April 10: English 1 STAAR
Thursday, April 12: English 2 STAAR
Tuesday, May 8: Algebra STAAR
Wednesday, May 9: Biology STAAR
Thursday, May 10: US History STAAR
Friday, May 11: STAAR Make-Up tests
Requisitions close on May 1, 2018!
If you have summer training needs...get those in sooner than later. When the PD well is dry, it is dry!
SENIORS FAILING YOUR CLASS?
Graduation Details - all teachers are required to attend.
6:00 pm
Lago Vista High School Gym
(Doors will open for seating at 5:00 pm.)
Old Stuff that I want to make sure you read the first time or for reference:
Intervention during advisory.
Please be aware that we are having ELA interventions during advisory on A-Days and math intervention on B-Days. This affects several freshmen. If a student is in one of these intervention groups, please do not expect them to miss for your class.
Parent Newsletter will be going out weekly.
Kickball Showdown - Tuesday, March 27
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14DtakLEYNGuqqJ_2NhtJ9l2SdmIIFIVzpb386iHEPFY/edit?usp=sharing
If you wanted to play and we left you off on accident, please let me know!
School safety - our top priority
- Keep your classroom door locked.
- Always make sure visitors have a badge. If not, alert the front office immediately. Ask the visitor to go get checked in.
- Never prop open doors, including the outside doors.
- Encourage students to share concerns about other students - using SafeAlert (you should have an info poster in your room) or by confiding in an adult.
- Take concerns and threats seriously - contact the office if concerns arise.
- Be in the hallways during passing periods.
- Don't be afraid to be a little paranoid - alert the office if you have a concern ASAP.
Final Exam Exemptions!
Attendance Criteria:
Perfect Attendance during the second semester in ALL YOUR CLASSES: EXEMPT 3 FINALS.
NO MORE THAN 1 DAY ABSENT TOTAL in the second semester: EXEMPT 2 FINALS.
NO MORE THAN 2 DAYS ABSENT TOTAL in the second semester: EXEMPT 1 FINAL.
A student who has missed more than 6 absences per period in any class for the year may not be eligible to exempt ANY exams.
Grade Criteria: At least an 80% semester average and an 75% final (yearly) average in the class the student is exempting.
Guidelines:
· Exempting a final exam does not entitle a student to be absent on the day or period of the final. Students must still attend classes, regardless of exemptions earned. Students absent during finals will lose their exemptions in accordance with the above exemption criteria.
· For the sake of exemptions, any attendance disputes must be addressed and resolved with the attendance clerk within 3 school days of the absence or tardy.
· If you fail to meet the attendance eligibility requirements because of additional absences, you will receive an Incomplete in the course you requested to exempt. You will have 10 school days to come in and take the missed exam before a zero is recorded in its place.
The following absences do not affect exemption status:
1. Medical appointments which are documented with a doctor’s note furnished to the attendance office upon return to school.
2. Funeral for immediate family members up to 3 days.
3. School functions.
4. Religious holidays.
5. Military deployment of an immediate family member.
6. Required court dates.
7. College days (up to 2 per year).
Students in grades 9 and 10 may be eligible for semester exam exemptions if ALL of these criteria are met:
Freshmen - pass all 3 STAAR tests - exempt final exam in one of those classes (Algebra, Biology OR English 1)). For each STAAR test you get commended on, you get to exempt the final exam in that class.
English 2 - pass STAAR - exempt final in English 2. Commended on English 2 STAAR, exempt final in one other class in addition to English 2.
You must have at least a 75% average in a class in order to be eligible to exempt the final.
You must have teacher permission to exempt the final in their class.
You are encouraged to take the final in the class you exempt. If your grade on the final raises your average, it will be used to calculate your semester average.
iPad use...it's just for academics during instructional time.
Thanks!
first 15, last 15 minutes of class are a no fly zone. don't allow students to leave your class during these times. first 5, last 5 during advisory.
PTSA News.
The biggest news is that Savannah Wolff's mom is the hospitality head for our PTSA. She already has the following dates picked out to help celebrate us:
Fri, Mar 23rd …. Chili & Hot Dogs
Fri, Apr 27th …. Southern Style
Fri, May 18th …. Tacos OleReminder - Here is our awesome board so you can thank them when you see them:
President - Peter Coldicott
VP - Hospitality - Mary Wolff
VP - Membership - Terri Smith
Secretary - Ben Vogel
Treasurer - Sarah Thompson
If you have students with accommodations, read this:
If a student has 'oral admin' as a testing accommodation, you must send them to a small group to receive this accommodation. They can not refuse to use it. If it's in there, we are required to provide it for them. No ifs, and, or buts.
Canvas - assignments
grades are to be updated every weekend in Canvas (TxConnect for progress reports only). i check on tuesdays. if you haven't updated within 4 days, you will receive a written reminder.
Reminder of minimum number of assignments per category:
• Daily = 20% - minimum of 6 required per 9 weeks
• Formative Assessment = 35% - minimum of 3 required per 9 weeks
• Major Grades = 45% - minimum of 3 required per 9 weeks
Students must go through the nurse to leave campus because of illness. If they leave without getting cleared by the nurse first, their absence will not be excused!
Advisory changes:
Hosting a club or UIL event?
Spring duty Schedule
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MKMXlsBXYNI9-IW79QdWeddQjhaW_ed-/view?usp=sharing
Newbies be sure to read (veterans review):
- Make sure you are in the hallways during passing periods.
- Make sure your door stays locked during the school day.
- No cell phones in classes - not even homeroom. Especially not during homeroom. They can study, read, or something else academic or productive. Cell phones are OK during passing periods, in the hallways, and at lunch.
- Leave attendance rosters for your subs when you are out and plenty of work to utilize the 90 minutes you are gone. This should not be a missed instructional day for your students.
- Remember that grades get posted in Canvas. The only assignment you should have in TxConnect should be the student's weekly average from Canvas. This should be entered in the one assignment you create in your gradebook, called "Current Average - See Canvas for Assignment Details". This should be updated over the weekend/Mondays, every weekend/Mondays.
Academic Integrity Policy.
Clear Expectations.
I'd love some feedback on the usability of it if you decide to use it. Thanks!
Whoop, here it is:
https://drive.google.com/a/lagovista.txed.net/file/d/0B9GUQCF2uqLcLWl4QTRST2ZKWjQ/view?usp=sharing
Positive Reinforcement System (aka - Tickets)
Make sure you sign it (legibly) and then the students write their name on it and come to the reception desk to put their tickets in the bucket. Please do not send them during instructional time (I know...you wouldn't think of it)! Thanks!