Mustang Message
August 16, 2015
Message from the Principal
What a jam packed week of collaboration, learning and fun. I created an interactive image using thinglink.com to capture our collective thoughts on what does it mean to be schools of excellence and what still needs to be done. We will continue to explore excellence on our journey together during the 2015-2016 school year. Thank you to Marie Coleman who continues to push me and guide me as I learn how to integrate technology into my practice.
School-wide expectations are no different from classroom ones. When everyone is working together to remember that each student comes with different perspectives and that each student needs to feel safe and oriented then we will have a place where the school year is going to be a great one!
We are still in the process of enrolling new students that may not show up in Focus or on attendance rosters for the first couple of days. Please welcome them to your classroom and make their first impression a positive one! For those of you who have switched schools in your K-12 days, you realize how stressful of a time it can be to come to a new place without knowing anyone.
To be reviewed with high school/dual enrollment students Monday-1st block
Tech Corner
- Click on File ->
- Options ->
- General and
- you'll see a dropdown menu for Office Background (select from 14 different styles such as Doodle Circles or Underwater) and
- another menu for three color options.
- After making your selection, click OK and you'll see the design! :)
Mark your Calendar for the first Web on Wednesday (WoW)! Wed, Aug 26th at either 2pm or 2:35pm sharp for about 25 minutes in room 2-233. The session will focus on Discovery Education's Board Builder - learn how to build your own board AND 20+ ways to use Board Builder in your classroom.
Photo credit to A Softer Answer CC licensed image on Wikipedia
Staff and Student Recognition Program
We are excited to implement a "Staff Member of the Month" driven by your nominations. Please take the opportunity to nominate someone who is a great representative of the Lorenzo Walker Campus, who has gone above or beyond, and/or someone who has done something that you appreciated. The sky is the limit! Based on the nominations, we will be randomly selecting one Lorenzo Walker Technical College and one Lorenzo Walker Technical High School staff member each month. The winners will be recognized and receive prizes. Please click on the Padlet link to nominate a staff member for August.
Type the name of the nominated staff member in the "Title" portion of the Padlet post and your reasoning in the body of the post.
We will also be implementing a "Student of the Month" using the same format beginning in September. Staff will have the opportunity to nominate by grade level. There will be a Padlet board for 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and Post-Secondary. Feel free to start nominating right away but we won't choose winners until the end of September. Follow the same protocol of putting the student name as the title and reason for nominating in the body.
Reminders
- High School teachers have a testing training on Wednesday, August 19th in 4-117 from 1:50-2:35. Make sure to bring/look up your Florida Teaching Certificate number as we will sign the testing security agreement for the 2015-16 year.
- Have you thought about sharing your Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics (STEM) dynamic classroom activities, mini-projects, or STEM career knowledge with others? If you have, go to the District's website to submit a proposal for the 5th annual STEM Conference that will take place on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Golden Gate High School.
- The meeting calendar for all campus reoccurring meetings (PLCs, Leadership, PBS, Mentor/Mentee, etc.) can be found on the wiki (there's a link on the left navigation bar or access directly here). You will also find instructions to personalize your Outlook calendar with meetings that apply to you to include reminder alerts! Be sure to scroll all the way down.
- LWTC instructors - If you are interested in sponsoring a SkillsUSA Club for your program this year? Skills is a great way to showcase your students talents and abilities as they compete with students from through out the state. There is a supplement involved, but also meetings, possible travel, and assisting your students to follow the skills USA curriculum to prepare for competitions. If you are interested please let Denise Duzick know by Friday, 8/31.
- Interested in learning more on effective strategies for addressing the Marzano elements? Stop by the Media Center and check out one of the many titles on file.
- Make sure to complete your pre-service week reflection forms in order to get MIP Points.
- All staff must read the Board Policies and Administrative Procedures which can be found on the lwcampus wikispace . Staff must sign the Acknowledgement form ( on the wiki). Forms need to be given to Laurie Lattarulo or Ray Smith by August 21st.
- Teachers - Deliberate Practice Plans are due September 28, 2015.
Kudos
- Marie Coleman, Tiffany Hall, Pat Metcalf, Ann Fredette, Jeff Rexford, Ariel Pechokas, Denise Duzick and Darlene Crete for our professional learning activities
- Angie Imbriale,Guadalupe Centeno and Ana Bravo for ensuring we had breakfast all week
- Doris Estremera for providing excellent customer service during a very busy week
- Marcella Ugarte who made many phone calls to students/families over the summer to collect textbook obligations
- Abby Lambley and Sabrina Medal for their student scheduling efforts. It was a monumental task that took months of preparation and scheduling student by student.
- Lynne Bruce for organizing the testing calendar for pre-tests and preparing for our opening testing meeting. Being a testing coordinator is a thankless job and it is more difficult than you could possibly imagine. Lynne always does a fantastic job of finding the balance between testing and supporting our students in her role as a counselor.
- To the Student Services Department Bob Waller, Debra Young, Lesa Veitia, Olivia Ralston, Emily Bordner, Heidi Duff, Diane Long, Lynn Bedrava, Doris Estremera, Joseph Martino, Carolyn Casserly and Rose Marie Morales who worked tirelessly this summer recruiting, retaining, and registering enthusiastic students with dreams to be better.
- Laurie Lattarulo who spent many hours cleaning the laptop carts, rebuilding them, renumbering and getting them ready for use.
- To the Student Services Department and all the teachers that participated in the Junior and Adult Orientations - Deb Young, Lesa Veitia, Emily Bordner, Heidi Duff, Diane Long, Lynne Bedrava, Olivia Ralston, Joseph Martino, Carolyn Casserly, Rick Ponton, Benjamin Kurke, Chef Geri, Jeannette Kostka, Bud Ray, Chris Fowler, Brenda Stevens-Harrison, Annie Stout, Kirk Jervis, Debbie Hoofer, John Mazzerella
- To Amanda Vasquez for getting all of our paid students entered into Focus.
- To Amanda Vasquez, Mary Crowley, Tony Singleton, Rick Ponton, Tanya Solt, John Mazzarella, Geri Leonard, Armando Padilla, Daniel Becker, Kirk Jervis, Debbie Hoofer, Susan Resatar, Chris Fowler, Jack Izbicki, Jeannette Kostka, Lynn Flood, and Nancy Turmelle for their efforts in closing out summer students.
- Khris Betten-Jutasi and Laurie Lattarulo for getting all of the Freshmen Experience materials together and delivered.
- Abby Lambley, Khris Betten-Jutasi, Coach Monahan, Steve Parnell, Jackie Hagerman, Rita Kentros, Adam Janowski, Donna Lang, Donna Huprich, Lisa Perez, Tiffany Hall, Pat Metcalf, Lynne Bruce, Stephanie Scott, Mary Ann O'Brien, Sabrina Medal, Laurie Lattarulo and Darlene Crete for helping out, welcoming our newest group of students and providing another successful Freshmen Experience. This year we had 136 students join us! That is by far the most to date.
- Blanca Rodriguez for staying on Friday to help register our new students and setting up transportation.
Happy Birthday
8/16 Lindsey Simmons
8/17 Lesa Veita-Perez
8/18 Darlene Crete
8/20 Neil Fehr
8/22 Sarah Robey
Upcoming Events
8/19, 9:00 a.m., LWTC Lobby - Renaming of School Ceremony
9/10, 6:00 p.m., Annual Title I Open House/Curriculum Night
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