Staff Spartan Weekly, Week 11
Support, Courage, Hard Work, Uplift, Responsible, Respectful
Supportive Spartans
Supportive Spartans Girls Volleyball competed courageously with their uplifting, supportive spirt in CIF's First Round. Congratulations, Almont League Champs. You make us proud!
Courageous Spartans
Courageous Spartan Boys Water Polo travelled to San Diego to compete at the invitational. They returned with an impressive 4-1 record. We salute your courage and hard work!
Hardworking Spartans
Hardworking Spartan Cross Country will compete in Almont League Finals this Friday. They are in the running for Almont League Champs. Keep up your hard work and uplifting spirit. It will make a difference!
Uplifting Spartans
Uplifting Spartan AVID placed positive Post-Its with uplifting messages throughout campus Wednesday morning. Why? Because they are uplifting Spartans who know we all benefit from positivity.
Responsible Spartans
Responsible Spartans Football played at Keppel on Friday. They courageously supported one another to another victory. Congratulations, Almont League Champs. You make us proud.
Respectful Spartans
Schurr Announcements
SCHURR 4 Cs: Communicator
"Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind the the one where they sprang up."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
Gratitude: Thank you to our WASC team for conducting 4 Cs Learning Walks on Tuesday (10/17), Wednesday, (10/18) and Thursday (10/19). Thank you for sharing your observations on Monday.
Gratitude: Thank you to all teachers who got visited last week for WASC Learning Walks. Thank you for your flexibility and support as we learn together how best to improve learning at Schurr.
Gratitude: Thank you to Carlos Avila, Sandra Gutierrez, and Ami Szerencse for their engaging 4Cs lesson that challenged us to critically think about our own grading policies, collaborate grounded in text-dependent thinking, communicate with our colleagues, and create a CEE connected to our learning. Thank you for continuously modeling the 4Cs in all our professional learning.
Gratitude: Thank you to all our Fall Coaches for their hard work. Schurr was Almont League Champs in: Boys Water Polo, Girls Volleyball, Boys Football. Thank you for your hard work.
Gratitude: Huge thank you to Trevor Lomas for coordinating a successful earthquake drill. Thank you to everyone for your support. Together, we ensure that we collectively implement policies and practices that improve our safety. Everyone's respect and responsibility shone through.
College Day (Instruction-Free Day), on Wednesday, Nov. 1, we will have an instruction-free day planned out by Schurr's New Tech Network (Carlos Avila, Jessica Cortes, Lauren Kalmar, Nare Mnatsakanyan, Baltazar Mejia, Jonathan Tuthill, Eduardo Viramontes) to get our students to think about their college plans, work on college essays, consider four-year plans.
Panorama Survey: The Panorama Survey opened up Monday, October 23. Please have your 2nd Period students go to: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/montebello. Students use their student IDs as access codes. The deadline is Friday, November 3. It would be ideal to complete it by Friday, Oct. 26 . We use this data to inform decisions in term of Socio-Emotional Learning. Thank you.
PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) Elections: Schuur's PTSA still needs the following elected positions: four vice presidents and one historian. Our next PTSA meeting is on Tuesday, November 14, at 5:30. Thank you for your support and uplifting spirit.
Gratitude: Thank you for continuing to hand out Spartan Bucks to students who are showing Schurr values and expectations (Supportive, Courageous, Hardworking, Uplifting, Responsible, and Respectful) and the 4Cs (Critical Thinker, Collaborator, Communicator, and Creator). Please circle the value you want to emphasize, remind them to write their names on the back (first, last, and ID number) for this Friday's raffle. We appreciate your collective effort to empower our Spartans.
Weekly Calendar
Monday, October 23, Spartan Spirit Wear: Free Dress
-Staff Meeting/Professional Learning in lieu of ILT/Data Teams, 2:40 - 3:30
-Flag Football (H) South El Monte, 3:30
-Boys Water Polo (H) Alhambra, 4:00 -
Tuesday, October 24, Spartan Spirit Wear: Club Wear
-Steering Committee, Professional Library, 7:30 - 8:20
-Spartan Meet, 2nd Period, USB, Pre-Recorded Video sent out at 8:00am
-Girls JV and V Tennis @ Keppel, 3:15 -
Wednesday, October 25, Spartan Spirit Wear: Way Fresh Wednesday-Wellness Wednesdays, Panorama Survey: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/montebello
-Working Together Wednesday, Professional Library, per schedule.
-Frosh Football (H) Montebello, 4:00 -
Thursday, October 26, Spartan Spirit Wear: College and Career Gear
-Spartan Meet, 2nd Period, Schurr News, Pre-Recorded Video sent out at 8:00am
-Lights On After-School, sponsored by ELO-All Stars, Library, 4:00 -
-Girls V Tennis @ Almont League Prelims, 12:00 -
-JV Football @ MHS, 4:00 -
-Flag Football @ MHS, 6:15 -
Friday, October 27, Spartan Spirit Wear: Spartan Wear
-Spartan Meet, 2nd Period, Counselors reinforcing Schurr's PBIS and 4Cs values and expectations.
-Girls V Tennis Finals @ Alhambra, 12:00 -
-Boys and Girls Cross Country Almont League Finals, 1:30 -
-Boys V. Football @ Montebello High School, 7:00
Schurr Shout Outs
-Schurr Shout Out to Spartan Legion Drill for receiving 2nd Place at their first competition.
-Schurr Shout Out to Spartan Legion Band for receiving 2nd Place at their first competition.
Schurr Shout Out to Spartan Legion Colorguard for receiving 2nd Place at their first competition.
-Schurr Shout to Spartan Legion for placing 2nd in Band, Drill, and Colorguard in the first parade of
-Schurr Shout Out to Izabella Santoyo and Jasmine Munoz for leading USB's Spartan Meet.
-Schurr Shout Out to Mia Amaro and Genesis Lerma for informing us through Schurr News.
-Schurr Shout Out to Girls Flag Football for their continued courageous competitive spirit. You rock!
-Schurr Shout Out to Boys V Football for their away victory against Keppel, 64-0.
-Schurr Shout to Girls V Volleyball for winning Almont League (10-0) and for a successful season.
-Schurr Shout Out to Boys Water Polo their 4-1 record at the San Diego invitational and for winning Almont League. You will continue to make us proud in CIF. Keep up your hard work!
-Schurr Shout Out to Schurr's Student-Athletes of the Week:
- Girls: Dayra Reyes, Schurr's Homecoming Queen, for her consistent hard work and uplifting leadership on the volleyball court. Her courage were clear against Notre Dame Academy.
- Boys: Mark Guzman, for his uplifting hard work all week, and especially at the San Diego Invitational. He constantly uplifted his team to never give up. Go Spartans!
Upcoming Spartan Events
Monday, October 23, Professional Learning (in lieu of ILT/Data Teams), 2:40 - 3:30
Monday, October 30, Data Teams, 2:30 - 3:30
Wednesday, November 1, College Day, details forthcoming.
Friday, November 3, AVID Walkathon, 4th Period
Friday, November 10, Veterans Day, Board Holiday--No School
Friday, November 17, Renaissance Rally
Monday, November 20 - Friday, November 24, Thanksgiving Break--No School
Friday, December 15, Last Day of the First Semester