Knight Notes
March 28, 2016
Happy Monday!
I hope you had a wonderful Spring Break and had time to relax. You certainly deserved it. I look forward to a great 4th quarter.
Thank you for all that you do to make FHN a great place to grow and learn.
--Andy
Celebrations
- Congratulations to DECA for qualifying many students for Nationals (see picture to the righ)t.
Congratulations to Jacob Beckmann for receiving the Partners for Progress STEM award.
Congratulations on two good nights of conferences. i heard many great things from parents.
5 Quick Facts
Kim Sulzner--Drama
- I was born in Taipei Taiwan
- I have been married for 26 years
- I love to camp and travel
- My family consists of two kids and two dogs: Gianna is a Junior here at North and Carson is a 7th grader at Hollenbeck, Toffee is a chocolate Lab and Ginger Is a yellow lab.
- I am a HUGE Rick Springfield fan. Don’t judge, he is a nice guy!-I know because I have met him several times and no I am not a stalker.
Diane Fingers is next!
Acheivement
Tools for your Toolbox:
Anticipatory Guide:
- Create true/false statements related to your content
- Have students respond, placing their answer in the before column.
- Students with Think-Pair-Share and explain their reasoning. Bring questions to the whole class.
- Go over each statement as you come to them in your lesson.
Higher Order Thinking:
- Do not ask questions that are clearly true or false and be careful not use always or never.
- Ask questions that get students to think and make connections from what they know to what you will be teaching.
Attendance
Behavior
The Behavior Leadership Team will be meeting on 3/30 at 2:30 in the main office conference room.
Climate
The staff survey will close at 3 p.m. today. Thank you to those who have taken it! We are currently at a 78% participation rate. Please let me know if you did not get a link.
Technology
The Technology Committee will be meeting on 4/7 at 2:30 in the main office conference room.
App of the Week
Classkick
Price: Free
Platforms: iPad
Grades: 6-12
Classkick is a bit different from Showbie and Handouts because it blends going paperless with formative assessment. Teachers send out assignments to students and can monitor students as they work. There are a lot of options for completing assignments and giving feedback, including adding images, drawing, inputting text and adding Web links; students and teachers share all these tools for creation, opening up possibilities beyond traditional worksheets.
One especially notable feature lets students raise their hands in-app, signaling to teachers they need extra help or even need to ask other students for help.
EOC and ACT Testing Window
4/11- 4/19 ELA, Alg 2, and Gov
4/19 ACT
4/25- 5/3 Alg 1 and Bio