PKMS Update 10.7.19
A Close Look At How We Did & Will Do Our Work
Good Day ALL
Dr. Campolongo, Ms. Simon, and I continue to be appreciative of your hard work, planning, and collaboration. Thank you for another great week of instruction and student learning.
This week’s quote speaks to our Social Emotional Learning Theme of Respect and Responsibility: “The Price of Greatness is Responsibility." - Winston Churchill
As has become a part of the PKMS culture, please allow these words to inspire you as you design and redesign lessons, tasks, and questions, and reflect on practice.
Remember, to SMILE (Show My Infectious Lovable Energy) as it is the first thing students, families, and colleagues see.
Let's Keep These Thoughts in Mind:
- Laugh a little. Laugh a little more.
- Gladden the heart of a child.
- Always operate from a honest place.
- Give a soft answer
Remember the benefit of going the extra degree (212)!
Work Appreciation
Thank you to Ms. Simon and the MBK Mentors for their planning ideas and work
Thank you to everyone for this past week's professional conversations and work in our learning communities
- Thank you to staff for parent and family outreach and meetings conducted this week
- Thank you to our security: Chemay, Nigel, and Peter for their work
- Thank you to our nurses who have helped us transition - We should have an assigned school nurse very soon
- Thank you to our Clinical Team for continuing to support students, families, and staff
- Thank you to our staff for supporting students in class, during lunch supervisory, recess, and one another (teamwork in excellence and collaboration!)
Student & Staff Work - A Humanities Lens
Students typing with a degree of speed and accuracy - using a CAD system to create, view, and manage design drawings - describing aspects of game design - identifying and explaining the difference between internal and external character traits - determining a central idea of a text and analyzing its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot - engaging in a full body resistance training workout - practicing aquatic skills - using reading, writing, listening and speaking to present their Hispanic heritage projects to the class - identifying Spanish-speaking countries and capitals on a map
Working in Spirit
Spirit Week - October 7 - 12 - Thank you to the Coaches for their organization - Thank you, staff for your flexibility - Some of you might want to do some team-building activities in your classrooms Friday morning. I will email specific Periods 1 & 8 information soon.
- Monday, October 7th - Mismatch Monday (mix it up but wear some shade of BLUE)
- Tuesday, October 8th - I Love Denim Day
- Wednesday, October 9th- NO SCHOOL
- Thursday, October 10th - Crazy Hat/Headband & Socks Day
- Friday, October 11th - Peekskill Pride - Red & Blue Day
Town Hall - Student-Building Work
- Monday, October 21 - Maura Rawlins - Margaret's Place Conversation & Expectations for Participation- Grades 6 - 8
- Tuesday - Friday
- Work Completion Day – Please structure it so that students can complete homework, work on projects, and get work from other teachers
- Fun Day - Students who have met behavioral expectations will enjoy recess or whatever classroom activity designed
Collaborative & Department Work
- October 8th - Meet as a Full Department to discuss Interim Assessment I
- October 15th - Designing Interim Assessment I - administered week of October 28, 2019
- October 22nd - Designing Interim Assessment I - administered week of October 28, 2019
- October 29th - NO MEETING
- November 5th - Superintendent's Conference Day
- November 12th - Meet as a Full Department
- November 19th - Dept Members present latest assessment data analysis using District Data Analysis Form with Action Plan - Please focus your analysis on a population subset - ELLs, Spec Ed, African American, etc. - Boys, Girls, etc
- November 26th - Dept Members present latest assessment data analysis using District Data Analysis Form with Action Plan - Please focus your analysis on a population subset - ELLs, Spec Ed, African American, etc. - Boys, Girls, etc
Grade-Level Work
- October 16th - Administration and Clinical - How's it Going and RtI Conversation
- October 23rd & 30th - Reintroducing the Data Driven Instruction Model & Examining NYS ELA & Math Level I Reporting (What do the indicators tell us)
- October 23rd & 30th - RtI Meetings where applicable - Leslie Detres will communicate specifics
- November 6 & 13 - Administration and Clinical - How's it Going and RtI Conversation - Closer look at The Struggling Student
Work Reminders
- Data Driven Instruction Model
- Always Ask: Have They Learned? How Do You Know?
- Training One Another
- Discussing Student Performance Information
- Designing Tiered Instruction
- Walkthrough Discussions
- Reviewing and Discussing Your Lesson Plans
- Reflecting on Daily Practice
- Reviewing Assessments from All Content Areas (Formative, Summative, Interim)
- Discussing Progress Monitoring Efforts
- Pacing through Rubicon Atlas
- Lesson Plans Should Be Designed with the following in Mind
- Student Engagement
- Rigor of Work
- Questions Posed - What is the level
- Tiered Instruction
- Guided Instruction
- Student-Centered Tasks
- Driven By Data
- Clear and Articulated Assessment Throughout (assessments must contain spiraling back questions)
- Instructional Reflection
- Groupings (Fluid)
- Take attendance for each of your instructional periods
- Familiarize yourself with your students’ 504 Plans and IEPs. Please know what the instructional adjustments and learning accommodations are
- Ensure that you are planning with your grade content colleague and you are following Rubicon Atlas
- Ensure your Gradebook and Teacher Webpage/Google Classroom reflect current information and assignments
- Communicate with families and maintain that communication in PLP
Work Dates
- October 7th – Faculty Meeting @3PM in Auditorium - Katie Geider (Student Assistance Services) presentation & De-Escalation & Student Removal Conversation
- October 9th - NO SCHOOL - Yom Kippur
- October 10th - Technology Team Meeting @7:45AM in Room 230
- October 11th - BERT Meeting @7:45AM in Library
- October 14th - NO SCHOOL - Columbus Day
- October 15th - SLT Meeting @7:45AM in Library
- October 17th - New Staff Meeting @7:45AM in Library
- October 18th - Department Leader Meeting @7:45AM in Main Office Conf. Room
- October 21-23 - Book Fair - more information to follow
- October 24th - PHS College Fair for Grade 8 Students - 9:30AM- 10:00AM - Details to Follow
- October 25th - Half Day - PLA - more info to follow
- October 28th - November 1- Interim Assessment I
- October 29th - ELA Simulation I (during class time)
- November 4th – Faculty Meeting @3PM in Auditorium- Review work for Superintendent's Conference Day
- November 5th - Superintendent's Conference Day (NO STUDENTS) - Interim Assessment Data Analysis & Other Topics
- November 14th - Author Thanna Lai Workshop - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Grade 8)