Shepherd Middle School
Principal's Weekly Newsletter October 7-11, 2019
SHEPHERD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Shepherd, TX 7737936-628-3377 Fax #936-628-6749
Website: https://sms.shepherdisd.net/
Location: Shepherd Middle School, 1401 South Byrd Avenue, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
Phone: 936-628-3377
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdMiddleSchool/
Twitter: @pirateriffic
SHEPHERD MIDDLE SCHOOL QUOTE OF THE WEEK!
Kudos and huge thank you to Mrs. Wesley and Mrs. Bullock!
Kudos and huge thank you to Mrs. Wesley and Mrs. Bullock for ensuring this was a success!
Kudos and huge thank you to Mrs. Wesley and Mrs. Bullock!
School-wide book study: The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon
Please join the Positive Passengers Only Bus in spreading all the pirateriffic things transpiring at Shepherd Middle School on the following social media platforms!
Please help us ROAR on social media! We did not place for the District Social Media Award.
Teacher 10 rules for the ride of your life!
Student 5 Rules of my life!
All Aboard the Shepherd Middle School Energy Bus!
Shepherd Middle School Weekly Visibility Walk: Our focus will be Planning Dimension 2.3: Communication
- Academic Language
- Checkpoints
- Structured Peer Conversations
- Exit Ticket
Seidlitz Training; Academic Language!
Thinking Stems from Lead4ward for all CORE subjects.
Checkpoints!
@edutopia "In a choice-based classroom, it's good to have plenty of checkpoints so students can't get too far off-track. See how one teacher @mbteach keeps the workload manageable." https://t.co/W6eKvrZYOa?amp=1
Shepherd Middle School Weekly Wave Walk: Our Focus Area Will be Champs; activity!
Post-It. Please ensure you have your POST-IT posted. Also, please have the POST-IT completed to include warm-ups & closures. We will be observing your awesome lessons and closures!
Please ensure we conduct Positive phone calls and any other student concerns weekly.
Please ensure you share your scheduled parent conferences. Building Strong Parent-Teacher Relationships (Our community goal#1). Positive phone calls home will be part of SMS school’s story. Please consider sharing via Twitter #GoodNewsCallOfTheDay as well as tag @PBISRewards in your Tweets. We will be great!
Lesson plans are due every Wednesday prior to the week in which you plan delivery at 6:00 PM.
Please ensure this has been submitted. Data Analysis – Assessment Performance Reflection.
Updated Library schedule
Please stop by during lunch and cast your vote for Student, Parent, Teacher, and Paraprofessional of the month!
Birthday Shoutout!!
GARCIA, GENARO- 7-Oct
INFANTE, PEDRO- 7-Oct
MARTIN, ZIYON- 7-Oct
STOWE, ZACHARY- 8-Oct
ANDERSON, ZACKERY- 9-Oct
FOUNTAIN-SEWELL- 9-Oct
PATTERSON, AVIANA- 9-Oct
LUNSFORD, ABRIONA- 10-Oct
URBINA CANTU- 10-Oct
HERRARTE LOPEZ- 11-Oct
MORALES, GERMA- 11-Oct
Weekly Events for October 7-11, 2019
*** Lesson plans are due by 6:00 PM every Wednesday prior to the week in which you will deliver, so instructional leaders will be able to provide meaningful feedback***
***Please do forget to attend your weekly PLCs, and Instructional Binder (handy dandy notebook)***
***Team Leadership Meeting, Monday, September 16, 2019, at 6:45 - 7:15 AM***
***SMS Picture Re-take Day Tuesday, October 8, 2019***
***Principal Student Cabinet meeting Friday, October 11, 2019 during B-lunch***
***MS Volleyball @ Tarkington Monday, October 7, 2019 at 4:30 – 8:00 PM***
***College and Career Awareness Week, October 14-18, 2018 see Counselor Kramer ***
***MS Football (H) Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 4:30 – 9:00 PM (Homecoming)***
*** Thresholds*** Please continue the "threshold" because you as teachers know the value of greeting and checking the pulse of students before the learning starts!
Message from Mrs. Stanley. Student Success Team (SST) Meetings after school next week.
(Math, RLA, Science, Social Studies, Special Education, Instructional Coaches)
If you are a coach, please plan accordingly. If you have duty on the date of your meeting, switch with someone that has a meeting on another date.
Monday 8th grade-3:45p
Tuesday 7th grade-3:45p
Wednesday 6th grade-3:45p
Please bring the following your Chromebook. list of students of concern (Academic or Behavioral), and any other documents to support concerns.