Principal's Corner
February 5th
Parent Conferences
It’s that time of the year when we need to start preparing for our Spring Parent Teacher Conferences. They are scheduled for February 27th & 28th, and these will be minimum days for everyone.
More details about the conferences will come, but for now, we need all 7th and 8th grade teachers to submit the names of 20 students whose parents they’d like to meet with. Not all parents will show, but please select your top 20. These students may be struggling academically or behaviorally. Our parent conferences will be structured the same way we held them in the Fall of this year. We will hold 7th and 8th grade in the WMS gym and let parents know the window of time that they can come in, rather than setting up individual appointments. 6th grade will be scheduling their own conferences, and those will be held in their classrooms.
For 7th and 8th grade teachers, Nicole will send you the link to submit your names through Google. Please submit them by this Thursday, February 8th. Nicole will mail out letters to all of the parents during the week of February 13th.
Research Study
Honors Applications and Elective Forms
PTO
Monarch Madness
EUHS is planning their 8th grade Monarch Madness day on Friday, March 17th from 9am to noon. 8th grade students will be bussed to the high school for Monarch Madness! During this field trip, students will have an opportunity to tour the Ag Farm, learn about the high school registration process, and be part of a high school Pep Rally. 8th grade teachers will be attending this event with students. More details and the SOP to come.
Registration forms will be distributed to students at this time. All forms are due March 23rd and can be turned in to the Wilson or the EUHS office.
EUHS will also be hosting Future Monarch Night on Wednesday, March 22nd at 6pm in the Auditorium. At this event, students and parents will be able to meet with the Assistant Principals, turn in your registration forms, meet with teachers, sign up for clubs and sports.
Summer Planning
It is already that time of year to start budgeting and planning for summer. If your grade level or department would like to request time to plan this summer, I need to email your planning proposal to Donya by Wednesday, February 15th. The district will not be providing release time for curriculum or assessment development during the 17-18 school year as they are prioritizing teachers in classrooms and decreasing sub time. The only exception being for any new grade level trainings such as potentially elementary NGSS and K-12 Social Studies due to the new framework.
Per District, we need to ensure that all pacing guides and assessments (formative and summative) to be administered during the 17-18 school year are developed prior to July 15.
The following needs to be addressed in summer work proposals:
1) What will be accomplished? (This must be a detailed plan. For example, if assessments need to be created, please explain which assessments and when they will be administered)
2) Who will participate in the planning?
3) What exact days will the planning take place?
4) Where will the planning take place?
Please turn in your proposals by Tuesday, February 12th, so that I can review them prior to sending them on to Donya.
Thanks!
Trainings this Week
6th Grade training with Gay- Wednesday, February 8th & Friday, February 10th
ELD training- Thursday, February 9th ( Yeager, Ford, Rodriguez, Brenneman, Henderson, Hilvers & Tollison)