Bearcat Brief
March 6, 2018
Notes from Niki
There are lots of timetables below for you to consider. Please read the rest of the brief carefully.
Read-In Day Schedule
We will follow the schedule below for Read-In Day. There will not be Friday Free Ride.
1st Period: 8-8:58 (full period to allow for advisory and speakers)
2nd Period: 9:02-9:38
3rd Period: 9:42-10:18
4th Period: 10:22-11:00
11:00-12:15 -- Assembly / Lunch / Workshops
Bearcat : 12:15-12:45
5th Period: 12:49-1:35
6th Period: 1:39-2:22
7th Period: 2:26-3:15 (high school students leading Bring Your Own Book)
Schedule for PD Day March 12
9:00- 12:00: Building PD
- PBIS Presentation
- Time with building committees to give feedback on PBIS (1st priority) work on building improvement committee agenda items
- Come back together for PBIS discussion, presentation of staffing considerations for 2018-19, and GLA testing schedule
12:00- 1:00- Lunch
1:00-3:30- BYOC
Possible GLA Testing Schedules
Schedule A:
7:59- 8:09 Advisory
8:10- 9:50 ELA Session 1 in all areas
9:54- 10:34 1st Hour
10:38- 11:18 2nd Hour
Skip 3rd Hour and BCT
Resume Normal Schedule with 4th Hour
Advantages- afternoon schedule remains intact and doesn't affect shared teachers, morning classes still have a significant amount of time, allows a little more time for testing
Drawbacks- skipping 3rd hour means some people would miss their prep and you wouldn't see that group of kids for whatever review or lesson
Schedule B
7:59- 8:09 Advisory
8:10- 9:40 ELA Session 1 in all areas
9:44- 10:24- 1st Hour
10:28- 11:08- 2nd Hour
11:12-11:33- A Lunch
11:37- 12:17- A 4th Hour
11:12- 11:52- B 4th Hour
11:56- 12:17- B Lunch
12:21- 1:01- 3rd Hour
1:05- 1:45- 5th Hour
1:49- 2:29- 6th Hour
2:33- 3:15- 7th Hour
Advantages- Equity in prep hours, see all kids
afternoon schedule remains intact and doesn't affect shared teachers, morning classes still have a significant amount of time, allows a little more time for testing
Drawbacks- altered schedule affects kids with executive functioning issues, all classes are reduced to 40 minutes, coverage required for 3rd Hour choir
Schedule A or Schedule B will be run on the first day of testing. After that, students will all test in their regularly scheduled classes. We will begin working on a Special Education testing schedule to minimize the use of the "holding room" and take advantage of student testing being spread out over the schedule.
Professional Reading/ Resources:
Upcoming Events
March
March 2- Families In Action Dance @HMS
March 5- 9- National School Breakfast Week
March 5-9- National School Social Work Week
March 5- PBIS Leadership Team Training @Heart of Missouri RPDC
March 5- 7th and 8th-Grade Volleyball vs. Pacific, 5:30
Gate- Ash
March 6- Statewide Tornado Drill- we will practice everyone getting to the interior rooms in the 5th-grade hallway
March 6- Choir Concert, 7:00
March 8- Science Fair Work Night (tentative)
March 8- 7th and 8th-Grade Girls Volleyball@ St. Clair Middle School, 12:30
March 8- School Board Meeting
March 9- Read-In Day, Dress like your favorite book character, lunch with loved ones... See Google folder for more information
March 10- 7th Grade Volleyball Tournament @ Washington, 8th Grade Volleyball Tournament @ Owensville
March 9-16- Scholastic Book Fair
March 12- Professional Development Day (We should have an hour or so of building time to work in building improvement committees. Chairs, please plan for this.)
March 13- 7/8 Grade Volleyball vs. St. James, 5:30
Gate- Engemann
March 14- Band Concert, 7:00
March 15- 7th and 8th-Grade Girls Volleyball @ Bland, 5:30
March 19- 7th and 8th-Grade Girls Volleyball @ Washington, 5:30
March 20- 7th and 8th-Grade Girls Volleyball vs. Sullivan, 5:30
Gate- Heaney
March 22- 7th and 8th-Grade Girls Volleyball @ New Haven, 5:30
March 22-24- Spring Play @HHS
March 23- Student of the Month Assembly- Positive Work Ethic, preview citizenship with FCCLA presenting
March 28- Fire Drill
March 28- Student Council Meeting, 3:15- 5:00
March 29- April 2: Easter Break
April
April 3- 7/8 Track @Union Quad
April 5- HMS Student Showcase, 5:00- 6:30
April 6- HMS Track RelaysGate- Tara and Betsy
April 9- 7/8 Track @Pacific Quad
April 10- Faculty Meeting, 7:30
April 11- Tentative Date for Required Insurance Meeting
April 12- 7/8 Track @Owensville
April 12- Board of Education Meeting
About Us
Email: nbuschmann@hermann.k12.mo.us
Website: www.hermann.k12.mo.us
Location: 164 Blue Pride Drive, Hermann, MO, United States
Phone: 573.486.3121
Twitter: @HMSBearcats