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Warrior Weekly Word #17: December 10-14, 2018
P.O.P. Power of Positive
Denton's POP!
- Great job to our Music Department for a well-attended and festive "Pancakes & Pops" Winter Concert!
- Fantastic Night by our Drama Department! Mrs. George deserves a great round of applause for her hard work on this show! Willy Wonka was wonderful!
- Thank you to our fantastic counselors Kierstin and LeAnne for their informative session on Trauma-Informed Classrooms.
- We need your input! We are putting together time for your department to be an integral voice in the future planning for our site's vision and goals. Check out the VISION 2020 information sheet and we will get you the schedule soon.
- Got Questions?? My door is always open and I am here for you. Feel free to stop by, send me an email (if I miss it, please don't hesitate to contact me again), or text me. (661) 345-4307
You can still RSVP for our Staff Christmas Dinner-See Cheri! :-)
The Standard with Mike Strahan
Students may wear their hoodies before school until the bell rings and in inclement weather. At the bell, no more hoodies for the day. We appreciate keeping food inside the buildings and the campus trash pick-up.
Refer to you Warrior Handbook for this week's lessons for Advisory.
This week focuses on RELATIONSHIP BUILDING ACTIVITY.
Review Matrix with students.
Wednesday focus: Relationship Building Activity
Palmer's Points
Repetition Is the Key - Madeline Hunter
- For a child to learn something new, you need to repeat it on the average eight times.
- For a child to unlearn an old behavior and replace it with a new behavior, you need to repeat the new behavior on the average 28 times.
- Twenty of those times are used to eliminate the old behavior, and eight of the times are used to learn the new behavior.
Attendance is timely! Please remember to do attendance at each period.
SMS Oral Language Participants
1st Place Humorous Duo: Ciara Arellano and Taylor Calley (SMS)
1st Place Serious Duo: Alex Davis and Emily Bailey (SMS)
1st Place Serious Solo: Heaven Ratliff (SMS)
Pancakes & Pops - Band
Pancakes & Pops - Choir
Happy Birthday!
Bethany Reed 12/3
Susan Rogers 12/3
Mac Colbert 12/5
Multiple Tiers of Student Support - The Building Blocks of Who We Are!
M.T.S.S. is not a new system, rather it is an organization of WHAT we do.
Tiers of Systems that create support for students in 3 main areas:
Academics, Attendance, Behavior
- Tier 1 actions, interventions, & procedures: for ALL students
- Tier 2 actions, interventions, & procedures: for SOME students
- Tier 3 actions, interventions, & procedures: for FEW students
Interventions intended to improve through support (well-selected and with fidelity)
Procedures designed for efficiency, rigor, and thoroughness (including flowcharts)
Fun Days for Students and Staff!
Have Artistic Students? We have a great program!! PTSA Reflections Program
Our PTSA is looking for student creative works for the statewide REFLECTIONS program.
The theme this year is "Heroes Around Me".
Play the Staff Trivia Game!
You Can Still Play!!
Vision & Goal Progress
Watch us this year as we...
- Increase academic achievement in ELA & Math on CAASPP
- Close the gap from honor roll to tested achievement (total honor roll)
- Create celebration moments for students and families
- Provide rigorous curriculum and learning experiences for students (including OLF, History Day, Science Fair, BOB, fine arts, sports, clubs, etc.)
- Reduce suspensions: Fewer than last year (120)
- Increase attendance percentage (95.0%)
- Decrease truant tardy/sarb referrals (#)
Warrior Pride ~ We Have It!!
Standard Middle School
Website: sms.standardschools.net
Location: 1222 North Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, CA, USA
Twitter: @StandardWarrior