Panther Press
for the week of February 13th
ALL TEACHERS MUST WEAR THEIR ID BADGE WITH SPARC CARD.
Message from the Principal
All teachers are required to monitor their students in the lunchroom as they go through the line and while at their lunch table. It is not the role of the lunchroom staff to monitor your students.
Unit plans must be up to date and posted in every classroom.
All teachers are required to communicate with parents if a student is in danger of failing their class before the end of the grading period. Sending letters home that are not returned do not count as a parent contact. Sending INOW print outs home that are not returned do not count as a parent contact. They will reflect positively on the teacher for attempts but without a response we have no way of verifying that the parent has received the information.
Do not forget to post at least one grade this week. Last week we sent out email reminders for gradebooks. We will send out memorandums for the start of the second semester. Keep in mind all teachers are required to administer at least one unit test every 4.5 weeks. We will be checking for these after progress reports. Documentation of RTI for these should be noted in the comment section of your gradebook. Unit tests in which a student makes less than a 60 must be retaught and re-assessed. The reassessment must occur during the nine weeks in which it originally administered.
We will be introducing an ACT Aspire Student and Teacher Incentive Program in the coming weeks. Look for more details in February.
All teachers are required to have a substitute folder in their classroom complete with class rosters and emergency lessons. We understand that from time to time thing happen and a full blown lesson cannot be created to cover an absence so it is an imperative that emergency lessons are in the folder. We still have issues with finding enough substitutes and it really is not fair to any of your colleagues to have to create a lesson for your class when they end up having to cover.
All students are required to have passes when in the hall during class time. There is no exception to this. We have way too many students in the hall after the tardy bell and quite a few of them have been let out by teachers without a pass.
Go Panthers!
Important Dates for the Week of January 30th
Do not forget to turn in Unit assessments when you start a new unit.
State Monitoring Feb 13th -17th
- Feb 6th - Apr 7th - ACCESS Testing Window Opens
- Feb 13th - Dyslexia Training Selected Teachers
- Feb 13th - Monthly NJHS Meeting in Room 201 after school
- Feb 14th - Faculty meetings this week in the conference room
- Feb 14th - MyTime approved by 3 PM
- Feb 14th - Monthly Art Club Meeting after school in Art Room
- Feb 14th - Miss HMS Pageant Practice at HHS
- Feb 16th - Diamond Dolls Meeting after school in FACS Room
- Feb 17th - Grades posted by 3 PM
- Feb 18th - Miss HMS Pageant at 2 PM at HHS
Feb 20th - School Closed - Presidents' Day