Doerre News
Volume 5 - Week of September 10, 2018
2018-2019 Doerre Campus Goals
Build Relationships and Community
Implement PLCs with fidelity
Foster a Campus Growth Mindset
MINDSET MATTERS
CROSS THE LINE
September 11th Observation
The observance will be held in conjunction with the moment of silence you already observe each day. Prior to the moment of silence, a statement of reference to the memory of individuals who died on September 11, 2001, will be made.
Upcoming Dates
September
10: progress report grades DUE
12: 8 am Faculty Meeting in the museum
14: 8am New Student Breakfast
14: Pride time: 6th grade social- Popsicles in the park
17: #DoerreStrong Football Game
21: BOY Linguistic Accommodations DUE
October
15: Pep Rally During Pride (7th grade and 1/2 of 6th)
16: Pep Rally during Pride (8th grade and 1/2 of 6th)
**This will take the place of Free Choice Friday**
Where: Doerre gym
Theme: Luau
This Google Doc that has information for the pep rally this year.
November
28: 7:45 am Faculty Meeting with Dr. Champion
March
20: 7:45 am Faculty Meeting with Dr. Champion
Click here to access the Doerre Google Calendar (this will replace our Doerre Outlook calendar and be view-able by parents and students).
Sept. 14th: Popsicles in the Park
ELLevation rollout: Linguistic Accommodations
Linguistic Accommodations will be streamlined into ELLevation. ALL core content teachers will fill-out a linguistic accommodations form on ELLevation. You will receive an email reminder 2 weeks prior to due date.
Klein ISD is going to Space!
We are ready to LAUNCH—literally--into our first Innovation Challenge this year! We wrote and won a grant and are very excited to be one of the districts selected to participate in the Students Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Space Shuttle Competition. Teams of 3-5 students in grades 5-12 will design an experiment showing the effect of gravity being turned off in a system. Each team will need one educator-sponsor to facilitate, but the research, ideas, and written technical proposal should come from our brilliant students.
If you’re interested in this Innovation Challenge and want more information:
- Please fill out the Interest Form.
- You will receive an access code to join the informational Schoology course once you submit the form.
- Once reviewing the information about the program in Schoology, you can sign up if you want to be a sponsor and list your student team members.
- This form, with the names of your team members, is due by September 17. (And teachers of our younger learners, don’t worry! There’s a related innovation challenge coming your way soon…more information in a future Exchange.)
Relationship Driven: #purposefulkindness
PASS IT ON- honor your students and colleagues with a note.
#purposefulkindness note cards can be found in any of the grade level offices, the front office, and in the teacher's lounge.
Course Syllabi
Syllabi should include:
Brief description of course
Textbook info/online links
Grading procedures including re-teach options and retest guidelines for major grades
Grade Repair procedures
STAAR information with dates of Spring tests and online links to more information where applicable
Tutoring times/places for extra help
Test days
Teacher contact information
Required & suggested supplies
Building Trust, A Sense of Security, & Belonging
Document all those moments where you impact the lives of students and each other using the hashtag #MomentsinKlein. Make sure to tag @DoerreKISD
#DoerreStrong: Each month we will host a community building activity for our students living in residential treatment centers and foster care. The goal is to help them connect with our school community and feel as though they belong. We will feed the students and their caregivers, then attend a Doerre event together. September's event will be a Kick Off The School Year at a Doerre football game.
The here for the sign up list for food.
Results Focused: PRIDE
Click HERE for the PRIDE site on the Doerre Dashboard for all things Pride (calendars, resources, lesson plans, etc)
A Pride activity for today has been posted on the Doerre Dashboard.
- The PLC’s will decide who they need for intervention and/or enrichment for PRIDE and send the student names to the department chairs who will then send one list for the department to their specialists.
- The specialists will claim students on the PRIDE lists.
- The priority calendar will work like this: 3 weeks math, 3 weeks ELA, 1 week science or S.S. or Electives.
- Department chairs need to send a list of intervention students to specialists by the end of the day Tuesday. Department chairs need to submit all other student names to the specialists by the end of the day Thursday.
- Teachers still need to fill in their offering choice by Monday (study hall will be offered through athletics, so we do not need any more options for study hall)
- Students still need to pick their Friday choice during Pride on Wednesdays.
- Students will be sent an email on Friday with their PRIDE schedule for the following week. Please still communicate with your students about where they are going.
Student Focused- Classroom Activities in WEEK 3
Intentionally Personalized: Gifted Learners
Student Art for Veterans Day Breakfast
Sunshine Club
Education Foundation Grant Writing Workshop
Intentionally Personalized: An intro to Personalized Learning
Click here and work your way through a Personalized Learning Hyperdoc.
Cha, Cha, Cha CHANGES- INNOVATION
Doerre Dashboard
The Doerre Dashboard contains all things Doerre and is linked here. Please bookmark the link for future use, as we will be using it for many things in the future including the pledge, daily bell schedule, Pride folder,ISS lists and more!
Check out our new collab space!
Click here to view the Collab Space calendar.
Establishing a Culture of Collaboration- The Arrow: A Newsletter for Parents and Students
Leveraging Technology: Techie Time With Tiffany
Promise2Purpose Investors- Duty Assignments
Online Professional Learning
For more information and awesome posts this week, check out The Exchange:
- Klein in Space
- Teacher Tech Tips
- Happy New Year by Klenk Principal, Allie Martin
Team Building Games
There are tons of team building games that can be used in the classroom. Some of my favorite sources of these include:
Doerre Intermediate School
Email: kland1@kleinisd.net
Website: http://doerre.kleinisd.net/
Location: 18218 Theiss Mail Route Road, Spring, TX, USA
Phone: 832-249-5700
Facebook: facebook.com/DoerreKISD
Twitter: @MandyLandKISD