Panther Press
for the Week of August 28th
Reminders from the Principal
Make sure you are reading the Panther Press each week and planning accordingly. The first unit assessments, Lesson Plans and Parent Contacts are due August 26 via EMAIL to your designated administrator. Lesson plans should cover through September 8 and parent contacts through August 25. Math teachers see Ms Pezeshkmehr for the lesson plan template. LDC teachers (English, Science, Social Studies, ect...) see Ms Hoggle/Ms Sears for the lesson plan template. We will talk more about unit assessment requirements in our first two faculty meetings. Do not forget that all teachers are required to administer a unit assessment every 4.5 weeks and they must be labeled as a unit assessment in your gradebook.
The next faculty meeting will be August 29. The expectation is that all teachers will be in the conference room (or meeting location) within 10 minutes of the tardy bell so that we can begin on time.
September is Attendance Month so please begin stressing to students the importance of being at school every day. We are working on an incentive based on attendance that will also help our numbers for staffing next school year. Students will have an opportunity to exempt a semester diagnostic if they meet 2 of 3 options. One option will revolve around attendance in the month of September. Another option that has been discussed (but not settled on) emphasizes classwork/homework averages. The third option is still up in the air so be prepared to share next week in faculty meeting.
The current Panther Pass Menu was published to parents in the 1st Nine Weeks Newsletter as well as on the school website and Facebook page this past week.
I need to remind ALL staff members of a couple of things: 1) all staff members are required to remain on campus during the work day unless they have permission from an administrator to leave (teachers must sign out in the front office and classified must clock out), 2) All staff are responsible for electronic communications and items shared through the google platform. A copy of the current staff handbook for HMS is on the google drive. We will be adding additional documents as the year progresses. I did not read my email or did not know how to access the google folders is not an acceptable excuse.
Important Reminders for the Week of August 28th
Aug 28 - All staff timecard corrections and timecard approvals due by 3 PM.
Aug 28-29 - HMS Volleyball tryouts after school
Aug 29 - Faculty Meeting in Room 106
Aug 30 - Fall Pictures during PE
Aug 30 - Fire/Tornado drill (we will hold it during 3rd period due to pictures)
Aug 31 - Pep Rally for students who have demonstrated positive behavior and not received a write-up through the office will be in attendance.
Aug 31 - HMS Football vs Pleasant Grove at HHS
Sep 1 - Being a Bystander Presentations with 7th Grade Social Studies
Sep 1 - Scantron Assessments begin - See schedule handed out by Dr. Foster
Sep 1 - Grades must be posted to Chalkable by 3 PM
Sep 1 - HHS Football @ Walker
Sep 11-13 - SREB Technical Assistance Visit
Sep 25-27 - HMS Cheerleading Clinic in HMS Gym
Lesson Plan, Unit Assessments & Contact Log Administrators
- 6th Grade teachers, Poe, Finch, Overton, and Owens submit to Mr. Anders via email.
- 7th Grade teachers, Gonzalez, Moreno, Evans, Williams and Channel submit to Mr. Powell via email.
- 8th Grade teachers, Cerka-Wilkes, A. Smith, Kunath, Whitfield and Richards-Broome submit to Dr. Foster via email.
Parent Contact Log Calendar
- August 26 (Lesson Plans for Aug 10 – Sep 8, Parent Contacts through August 25)
September 8 (LP Sep 11 – 22, PC through Sep 8)
September 22 (LP Sep 25 – Oct 6, PC through Sep 21)
October 6 (LP Oct 10– October 20, PC through Oct 5)
October 20 (LP Oct 23 – Nov 3, PC through Oct 19)
November 3 (LP Nov 6 – Nov 17, PC through Nov 2)
November 17 (LP Nov 27 – Dec 8, PC through Nov 16)
December 8 (LP Dec 11 – Dec 19, PC through Dec 7)
December 19 (LP Jan 8 – Jan 19, PC through Dec 18)
January 19 (LP Jan 22 – Feb 2, PC through Jan 18)
February 2 (LP Feb 5 – Feb 16, PC through Feb 1)
February 16 (LP Feb 20 – Mar 2, PC through Feb 15)
March 2 (LP Mar 5 – Mar 16, PC through Mar 2)
March 16 (LP Mar 19 – Apr 6, PC through Mar 15)
April 6 (LP Apr 9 – April 20, PC though Apr 5)
April 20 (LP Apr 23 – May 4, PC through Apr 19)
May 4 (LP May 7 – May 24, PC through May 3)
May 25 (PC through May 24)