Betsy's Bits
September 3, 2017
In Case You Missed It:
It is a district-wide expectation for grades to be put into grade books at least once a week. Each week you should have at least one new grade in your grade book.
This is a reminder that we will be looking for and at lesson plans when we visit classrooms. Make sure you document how you are incorporating Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading into every lesson. Students should be active and engaged in every class. Every class should schedule time to help kids get organized (papers in binders and write in agendas) If you are confused or can't wrap your head around how to do this, please reach out to teammates, AVID Site Team Members, and/or Vincent Pienaar, AVID elective teacher. We are all in this together!
It is an expectation that we post samples of RIGOROUS work samples in our hallways demonstrating our kids thinking and using WICOR. SanLee came up with a collaborative definition of rigor at an UnMeeting in October of 2015. If you would like to see the slides from this UnMeeting, click here. Click here for our Frayer Model of the SLMS rigor definition.
It is a SLMS expectation to return phone calls and emails within 24 hours. Please make sure your telephone message is set up and all old messages are deleted. Click here for directions on how to set up. If you do not have your messages set up to go to your email and would like to, please email Shannon Johnson for help.
Congratulations to 7th grade for all turning in their Sunshine dues first! They will have a duty-free lunch on Tuesday :) If you haven't paid the $10, please try to do so. This goes to celebrate and support each other throughout the year.
Jessica Cole Maskulka, counselor for 6th and 8th (M-Z), has turned in her resignation. She has gotten a job much closer to her home and will start there at the beginning of October.
As of Thursday afternoon, all students that had not shown up for school had been "found". Thank you for making phone calls and communicating with us concerning information found or not found out.
Our Data Manager, Joy Wilson, has been sooooo busy with attendance, enrolling, and withdrawing students the first week. She is planning to make changes to student's schedules in PowerSchool this weekend that needed to be made because of issues. All student schedules and teacher rosters should be updated on Tuesday morning. Thank you for your patience!
Stallions Keep REACHING and RISING
Coming UP...
Mark Your Calendars:
Tuesday: Emergency sub folders due to AP by 3pm, Math(Reed) & ELA(DiMarcello) Dept Meetings 3pm, AIG(Colwell) Team Meeting
Wednesday: Secondary Literacy PD in PLC room (admin-9am) (PLC Leaders-3:30pm), Football Jamboree 4:30pm @SLHS (Lee and Moore Co school employees FREE, everyone else $5)
Thursday: Beginning Teacher Meeting - Media Center @3:30pm, PTSO/Meet the Coaches/AVID Family Night 5:15-6:30 pm
Friday: NCEES meeting in PLC room (8th - 8:00, 6th- 9:30, Electives - 11:00, 7th - 1:10) Bring your laptop.
Monday, 9/11 - UnMeeting!