GWMS Sunday Message
Week of February 15
Kudos to…
ALL STAFF for stepping up and performing as true professionals balancing life, DEP, grading, parent communication, action plans while always putting the needs of our students first.
- ELL Department for all of their work with the WIDA testing.
- Ms. Dickey for presenting the TELL survey.
- Ms. McNutt for her help during Ms. Boyle's absence.
- Elective Department for preparing for elective fair, specifically Ms. King, Ms. Currie-Boyd and Ms. Dickey.
- Ms. Ballering for her support in the morning in the hallways.
- Ms. Kennedy for working with the ELA department in preparation for the writing SOL.
- Ms. Podgorski for National History Day! What a success!
- ALL of the History Teachers for your support of our students as they worked towards National History Day! Way to go!
If you'd like to add your own Kudos the link is here.
Now it is time for our PBIS vocabulary game….. WORDS WITH FRACULTY
WORDS WITH FRACULTY! This week’s intellectually snobbish, impractical, obsolete, and vacuous word will be stated on the announcements. Students will be challenged to use the word in its proper context per the appropriate content area to gain prexie love in their classes.
THIS WEEKS WORD: LANCE - spear; spike; javelin (or the awesome 8th Grade Academic Principal)
AVID Organization - Homeroom
Elective Fair for Incoming 6th Graders
Wednesday, Feb 17, 2016, 06:00 PM
George Washington Middle School, Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA, United States
TELL ACPS Survey
Google Apps Professional Learning Series
We will be offering a four session tiered, differentiated professional learning series on Google Apps to help prepare all teachers for chromebooks in the classroom next year.
First session will be:
February 16th, periods 1, 3, and 7
Electives - February 23rd and 24th, period 5
*PE teachers are welcome to come to any of the above sessions, work on their own or schedule a separate time to meet with Kyle or Jim.
Meet in the multi-purpose room for a slow paced session for learners that would like step-by-step instruction and assistance.
Meet in B104 for a self-directed session with objectives listed on the board and video tutorials provided. A TIS will also be in the room to answer questions.
Teachers unable to attend during the periods provided will also be able to review video materials on their own and submit artifacts through Google Classroom to demonstrate their learning. Teachers must submit artifacts under the categories Must Know and Good to Know.
All sessions will be posted in PLMS for recertification points. Teachers must register for the courses to receive recertification points. Teachers not attended sessions in person must submit artifacts to receive recertification points.
PLMS Course number: 14192
PLMS Course title: Google Classroom Overview
You must register before February 16th to receive credit.
Before coming to the sessions...
All teachers need to join the Google Classroom course where objectives are listed and materials are posted. To do so:
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Go to classroom.google.com
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Click on the “+” in the upper right hand corner
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Choose Join Class
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Enter this code: fn3jqc
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Click Join
All teachers also must request access to Google Classroom as a teacher. To do this.
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Go to classroom.google.com
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Click on the “+” in the upper right hand corner
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Choose Create Class
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You will get a message that says that an administrator must approve you.
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Click OK
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Once you’ve clicked OK, a message is automagically sent to Help Desk. Within 24-48 hours you will get an email from Help Desk saying that your Google Classroom account has been approved.
Tuesday, Feb 16, 2016, 08:45 AM
George Washington Middle School, Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA, United States
Parent Teacher Conferences
Student Surveys & Mid Year Reflection
PBIS - February Pillar is RESPECT Reloaded!
The Prexie Pride Pillar of the Month is Respect Reloaded! This month we will focus on Black History Month and Respect by using the theme, What Are You Fighting For? Each week we will use specific events from African American culture to highlight this theme and challenge reasons why they should demonstrate respect for themselves, for their peers and adults, for example:
- Montgomery Bus Boycott vs. Following directions on the school bus, What Are You Fighting For?
- Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in vs. Following directions in the cafeteria, What Are You Fighting For?
- Overall Civil Rights Movement vs. Following simple requests, What Are You Fighting For?
Our goal this month is to help our students understand that they don't need to fight (fight by not putting forth effort, fight following simple requests, fight their peers) because the fighting has already been done for them! We want to take away any excuse they have not to demonstrate respect by asking them the question, "What Are You Fighting For?"
Mail Chimp
Mail Chimp has proven to be a great way to keep our GW families in the loop with all of the fantastic things that go on at GWMS. Thank you to everyone for your contributions…..KEEP THEM COMING! You are doing great work with our students and the parental feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
Continue to send your pictures and short write-ups to Ms. Barnes - adriane.barnes@acps.k12.va.us - to share all the wonderful things going on in your classrooms.
Thank you!
HALLWAY SUPPORT AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Please stand in the middle of the hallways and actively monitor and support students on their way to class. We need to perform as a unified team in this respect. The power of the many is what makes transitions smooth and orderly. Simply put, we cannot do this alone.
Saturday School
There IS Saturday School this Saturday.
Please make sure you fill out the Saturday School referral form and send all work to the 7th grade office for Ms. Benitez to have ready for the students when they check in.
Upcoming Dates:
Feb 20
Feb 27
March 5
March 12
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21
Restorative Justice
Upcoming Week
Monday 2/15/16
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 2/16/16
Tech Tuesday! Professional Learning - 1st, 3rd and 7th
Department Meeting 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Wednesday 2/17/16
Elective Fair 6:00pm - 7:30pm - Auditorium
Thursday 2/18/16
Friday 2/19/16
Saturday 2/20/16
Saturday School