CHS Staff Bulletin
2/11/19
Looking Forward to a Great Weekend
Team Churchill,
We have had a full week. If anything it has been heavy for students and staff. I wish a full and relaxing weekend to you and yours. I also hope that we aren't too impacted by cold weather next week. Please keep yourself safe and warm.
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In The Know
Title IIa Money - We have received funding to support department collaboration. This means I can pay extended contract and or subs if you would like to connect as a team to align curriculum, review units, build common formative assessments, and prepare lessons for your common courses. If you would like to use this opportunity please let me know and we can get a plan together.
Finals Schedule - We have an efficient schedule for how we deliver finals at Churchill. I need to clarify a few details that need to be addressed as we head into finals for this trimester and next.
1) First and foremost we need to ensure that we maintain the same number of instructional minutes. This doesn't present a problem at this time and stands as a mute point.
2) Attendance must be taken in all 5 periods. While this seems standard, we do need to do a better job taking attendance in every class every day. Somewhat of a mute point, but definitely an area of growth.
3) Lastly, no student should be expected to sit for more than 3 finals in any given day. This means sitting for a summative exam.
While we don't expect that any students will have more than 3 finals in one day, it is important that we don't stack the odds on our kids. Please communicate with your classes about your finals expectations. Please inform students that they should bot have to sit for more than three exams in any given day. Please let students know that if they are in this predicament we will need to work together as teachers to modify their finals week so that the student is not burdened with more than three exams on any given day. This means that as teachers we will need to offer the exam early or later so as to avoid this level of conflict.
Looking Forward
1/28–2/28 — 20KINDteen Book Drive
2/11–2/15 — BLACK LIVES MATTER DISPLAY
Monday, 2/11
7:45 am — FOG
CANCELED: OSAC Scholarship and Oregon Promise Application Workshop
Tuesday, 2/12
EARTHQUAKE DRILL (5th Period)
3:45 pm — 9th Grade Data Team
3:45 pm — Calendar Planning Meeting
Wednesday, 2/13
7:30 am — Data Team
2nd period — Health Team Drill
12:26 pm — National Guard Q & A
1:30 pm — Counselors Meeting at Ed Center
3:45 pm — Operations
6:00 pm — Spring Athletics Information Night
Thursday, 2/14
7:30 am — Safety Team
3:45 pm — Site Council
Friday, 2/15 — FORECASTING: 45-MINUTE ADVISORY SCHEDULE
OSAC SCHOLARSHIP EARLY BIRD DEADLINE
0 7:36 AM – 8:25 AM
1st 8:30 AM – 9:19 AM
2nd 9:24 AM – 10:13 AM
Advisory 10:22 AM – 11:07 AM
3rd 11:15 AM – 12:07 PM
Lunch 12:12 PM – 12:42 PM
4th 12:47 PM – 1:36 PM
5th 1:41 PM – 2:30 PM
Field Trip: All Northwest Honor Choir
Filed Trip: Job Corp (Kerner, 5th Period)
2:45 pm — Grade Level Team
Next Week...
2/18 SCHOOL CLOSED: Presidents Day
2/19 3:45 pm LCC Placement Testing
2/19 3:45 pm Spring Musical Auditions
2/22 7:45 am Student of the Month Breakfast (Social Studies)
Kudos
Pathways Assembly - Thank you Casandra for your organization and attention to detail in facilitating this assembly. You have worked long and hard to secure efficient collection of student course requests in order to build a strong master schedule. You know more than any administrator I have ever had the opportunity to work with about master schedule. It shows in the minimization of course conflicts that students do not have to experience.
I would like to recognize the many teachers who stepped up to the plate to support their colleagues as they presented in the Pathways Assembly. Your willingness to volunteer your time is recognized and admired. I appreciate your commitment to support your colleagues.
Katy McAuliffe - There seems to be know limit to your work ethic. Your consistent commitment to Equestrian Team, counseling, scheduling, AP, tour guiding, and about 35 other things makes Churchill a special place to work. Thank you for your career-long commitment to helping everyone who you work with be better at what they do.
Leah Dunbar - You recently took on another student teacher and I know they are in for a very enriching experience. Your ability to make all humans feel welcome and loved creates a climate that we should all strive for. Churchill is very, very lucky to have you on our staff.
From Matt Myers. Thank you to Kevin Summerfield for organizing and then graciously stepping aside to allow Marcos Alvarado and I to chaperone 30 wonderful CHS Latinx students to the U of O on March 31st for the Raza Unida Youth Conference. After spending the day with CHS Latinx students I became acutely aware of how thirsty they are for the opportunity to be among peers. This was an eye-opening experience for me and it has made me a better educator. Kevin...YOU'RE AWESOME!
Congratulations! Football players Marshaun Tucker, DeMontre Thomas, Richard Estrella, and Kimani Quade all signed Letters of Intent to play for the Portland State Vikings next fall. Heading to the University of Oregon is volleyball player Taylor Williams.
Keri Pilgrim Ricker - Is doing an amazing job representing Churchill High School as the Oregon Teacher of the year. Not only has she presented recently at the annual While Child Summit in Portland, but she also presented recently at the CTE and Industry Career Summit. She was the Keynote presentation and she killed it. There were many separate comments after the keynote in separate breakout sessions. Thank Keri for representing Churchill so well. Your professionalism and expectation of excellence is inspiring and contagious.
Churchill High School
Website: https://chs.4j.lane.edu/
Location: 1850 Bailey Hill Road, Eugene, OR, USA
Phone: 541-790-5100
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