Minnewaska Memo
Minnewaska Middle School News
Week 2!
With that said, I know there are a lot of other items that need attention this week. Our BLT will meet on Wednesday after school. If you have things that we need to connect on, please have your BLT rep bring it to the meeting. A couple things we need to focus on include morning routines and plans for Wednesdays.
I'd love to have a staff meeting this week as I had shared would be the plan. However, given the current time we have available, I want to make sure we're spending the time required on what we need. So, I'm pushing it off. There's a date coming shortly we'll work to regroup again. Don't plan on this week.
Reminder, NWEA assessments should be completed by Friday. If you need help making this happen, please let me know!
There's lots of conversations going on about how to make 20-21 the best it can be. I anticipate we'll start talking about Student Council this week and working with kids to provide some great experiences for each other. Lots of other conversations too, watch for an update mid-week.
There's a lot in this newsletter you need to know this week. Make sure to check it out! Especially lunch changes.
Have a great Tuesday and celebrate the fact that routines are the tiniest bit established! :)
COVID Thoughts
"COVID is going to get bad and it'll only be a week until we're in DL as a whole."
Could this be true? Yes, but maybe not. For a highly anxious student, this isn't going to help. For a student thinking this year is going to change for the worse, this isn't going to help. I have all kinds of theories, if you've been around me enough, you know I can become a conspirator. However, what I think or what you think about COVID isn't what we get to share with kids. WE get to be the middle ground, voice of reason that's politically correct.
Dismissal
We're asking for dismissal to happen in stages. Here's the plan:
3:07 8th, 4th and 5th dismiss
3:10 7th and 6th dismiss
As we get going there will be bus duty after school, likely each teacher will have a week. Mr. Meissner is working on a schedule for our entire 4-12. For our first week, please join us outside as we have all hands on deck making sure kids get where they need to.
Sub Plans
Lunch Changes
Recess
Schedules
Sarah's Schedule
MAIS AM
9:00 Out of District
10:15 Return to District
1:00 Admin. Mtg.
3:45 Command Team Mtg.
Wednesday, September 9
9:00 Handbook Mtg.
10:30 Child Protection Team Mtg.
3:00 IEP
3:10 BLT Mtg.
Thursday, September 10
Friday, September 11
7:30 Child Study
And of course, don't share with our kids.