WMS Weekly Mission
We Learn. We Lead. We Succeed
Announcements
- As we continue to work as a building on building our knowledge on formative assessments, one of the most important thing to remember is that these types of assessments should not be a stop in your lesson but rather a seamless interaction between instruction and assessment. Please read the following quote from Tom Schimmer: "As much as possible, we should not have to stop teaching in order to conduct our formative assessments. In other words, if I were to walk into a classroom and observe, the lines between the moments of assessment, instruction, and feedback would be blurred; the chosen strategies would seamlessly lead students and teachers through a continuous assessment-instruction-feedback loop. While there are always exceptions to any rule, we should, as much as possible, strive to infuse our assessment for learning practices into our instructional strategies."
- Leader in Me discussion groups dates and times. If you are concerned about the specifics or want to share ideas, this is your chance to share your voice! Also, an opportunity to get District Growth Hours. The discussions are open to everyone! The discussion topics, dates and times are listed below:
April 4 @ 3:00 - When and How to Implement with students (location will be emailed out)
April 6 @ 2:40 - When and How to Implement with students (location will be emailed out)
April 11 @ 3:00 - Open Discussion
April 13 @ 2:40 - Open Discussion
Weekly Events
Monday, April 4th
- ADVISORY: Pull up the advisory video document and scroll to April 4th. Open the document that is listed and call up the students in your advisory that will be able to attend the musical on Wendesday. Notice the tabs at the bottom, the second tab is already sorted by advisory. Students that had no tardies, late to school, or early release (dr. and dentist do count as late) from January 4th - March 24th are able to attend.
- After school meeting for all staff has been cancelled. We do not have an All Team meeting this month because of district PD and MAP trainings so team leaders please let your team know if you will be meeting. If not, you can work in your room.
- 3:00 pm - Leader in Me Discussion - When and How to Implement (location will be emailed out)
- 5:30 pm - Partners in Strength at the HS. This is an amazing event! If you just need one of those feel good moments, come on over and check it out. You will be moved!
Tuesday, April 5th
- Tutoring in the library
- 4:00 - Track meet @ Nixa
- 4:30 - Softball game @ Cassville
Wednesday, April 6th
- Reward musical for students with no tardies on Wednesday, April 6th. A list of students can be found in two places inside the Staff Folder to View. A link to the document is found on this weeks advisory video calendar or the document can be found inside the Staff Folder to View (name of doc is Play List 4/6/16). Notice the different sheets (look at the very bottom of the document - notice the tabs). I have created a list of all the students that are in the play or can watch the play but also made a different sheet per hour they will be gone which is sorted by the teacher. I also made one list sorted by advisory because on Monday you will share who can go to the play with those students in your advisory.
- 9:30-12:00 - Amelia and I will be out of the building at an administrators meeting over at Central Office. If you have an emergency, call the office and they will directed it to the right person.
- 4:30 - Softball game @ Bolivar
Thursday, April 7th
- Tutoring in the library
- 7:00 pm Spring Musical - The Lion King
Friday, April 8th
- 4:30 - Softball @ Pleasant Hope
- 7:00 pm Spring Musical - The Lion King
Saturday, April 9th
- 7:00 pm Spring Musical - The Lion King
Wellness by Katie Wright
Brisk five-minute warm-up walk, then:
Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 2-1/2 minutes)
Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
For those interested, the mammogram bus will be at Willard North on Monday and will be here at WMS on Friday.
The final weigh in for the Biggest Loser competition is NEXT MONDAY, April 11. You have one last week to drop the pounds (at least for the competition!).