SMS Weekly Update 04/01-04/05
“Everyone Does Better When Everyone Does Better"
Mission, Vision, Core Values & Smart Goals
SMS Vision Statement:
“Sedgefield will be a premier middle school that produces globally competitive leaders.”
SMS Mission Statement:
“Our Sedgefield faculty is committed to providing rigorous and relevant instruction in a safe and personalized learning environment.”
SMS Core Values:
INTEGRITYSAFETY
EDUCATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
LEADERSHIP
GRIT
RESPONSIBILITY
2018-2019 EOG GOALS
- Reading: 40% GLP
- Math: 35% GLP
- Math 1: 100% GLP
- Science: 70% GLP
2018-2019 Attendance Goals
- Scholar Attendance Rate: 97%
- Faculty Attendance Rate: 95%
Weekly PLC Schedule
Monday: Grade Level Planning Meetings
Tuesday: Grade Level Planning Meetings
Wednesday: Morning Staff Meeting: Vertical Department Meetings
Grade Level Meetings in PD Room (Book Study: Building Equity)
Master Calendar & Upcoming Important Dates
Below are key dates for the next few weeks as well as the link for the
18-19 Master Calendar
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-JhEtxMehiMt8BGpiA61oMyEckHgCts6L0C7L4E542Q/edit?usp=sharing
- April 9-10-Spring MAP Test
- April 11- Spring Career Fair (gymnasium)
- April 15-19 - Spring Break
4th Quarter Updates to Department Bulletin Boards
6th Grade 4th Quarter Reset Assembly On Monday Morning
6th Grade Attendance Raffle Contest From Ms. Pierce
We have 2 weeks until spring break! I’m doing a little incentive for YOU ALL over these next few weeks. Every day that you are in attendance your name will be put into a drawing for a $20 gift card. The more you’re here, the more chances you have to win!! The winner will be drawn on Friday, April 12!!
Keep pushing through and working as a team...we can do it!!
Spring MAP Testing (April 9th & 10th)
Spring MAP testing will be conducting on Tuesday April 9th & Wednesday April 10th. Scholars will test their Math & Reading growth since their last MAP assessment in the winter. Detailed student growth reports will be sent home with scholars the week after spring break.
March FAC Concerns & Administrative Responses
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EIYxOsRDKO6wFZY_bojoFpXAmvZbFdqy/view?usp=sharing
Building Equity Book Study at SMS
The PD course has been approved!!!!!!!!!
The course number and class name are below. They should be able to just put the course number into MYTALENT – under Professional Learning and register.
Course Number: 420619
Course Name: PDV 520 Building Equity Book Study Sedgefield Middle School
If you did not receive your Building Equity Book, please come by my office to sign one out. All staff should have received an email invitation from Canvas to join the course. If you have not received the email, I can trouble shoot with you.
Here is the outline of the course:
Week 1: February 13 Introduction—Grade Level Meeting
Week 2: February 20 Chapter 1
Week 3: February 27 Chapter 2
Week 4: March 06 Chapter 3
Week 5: March 13 Chapter 4
Week 6: March 20 Chapter 5
Week 7: March 27 Chapter 6
Week 8 :April 3 Chapter 6 (6th Grade Only)
SMS Career Fair Coming Soon
SMS Weekly Sports Update 04/01-04/05
Our spring sports season continues this week. Our boys and girls soccer teams have a home game on Monday versus James Martin Middle and an away game versus Waddle on Wednesday. Our girls and boys track teams have their next meet of the season on Thursday at Piedmont Middle School.
SMS Professional Development Corner
Marshall Memo 779
This week's quotes and articles come from a Hechinger Report, Education Week Teacher, Phi Delta Kappan (more next week), The Cult of Pedagogy, Educational Leadership (more next week), Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (more next week), Teachers College Record, Education Week, American Educator, The Reading Teacher (more next week), and Education Update. Here are the headlines:
- "Do less, then obsess"
- Supporting below-level readers as they grapple with difficult texts
- Building literacy skills in secondary content classrooms
- A New Jersey high-school district addresses equity issues
- A study of teacher merit pay in North Carolina
- Pointers for white teachers working with children of color
- Including LGBTQ content in elementary classrooms
- More books that build empathy in children
- Questions to ask a book buddy
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