Miner Minutes
October 24, 2015
End of 9 weeks!
Grades are due Wednesday, 10/28. Please print out the same grade verification sheets you have the last few years. Please check over your grades on your verification sheets and sign before you turn your sheets in. Teacher's will be signed off as turning grades in when your verification sheets are turned in. If you have any questions, please let Ms. Wallace know.
Volcanos in Mr. Thompson's class
Capture the Flag in Mr. Treadaway's class
Using great mathematical language with DP
Miner Awards!!!!
At our 1st quarter Honor Roll Ceremony we will be giving out our 1st EVER Miner Awards!!! The Miner Award is a character award for students to be recognized for their displaying the Miner Code traits. Quarter 1 will focus on Respect. After you have voted, by October 26th, students will vote on October 27, 28, and 29 (depending on their skating day and your schedule). Remember that not every student nominated will end up on the final ballot, as the top 4 per team and the top 6 for eighth grade will be selected. Students will be recognized during the Honor Roll ceremony November 6.
Teacher Voting: *teachers must be logged in to Google Apps to use the link
Heart rate lab with Mr. McNeil
CMS supports the military!
Volcano explosion in Mr. Thompson's class
Want to help NCDPI?
For the past 12 years, the North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey has been the microphone used to amplify teachers' voices concerning their schools and districts. NCDPI invites teachers to participate in a contest to create a fresh, new brand that represents how important the teacher's voice is in shaping educational policies and improving working conditions across the state. If you are interested in submitting your idea, please go to http://ncteachingconditions.org/ for detailed instructions. The winner becomes a featured part of the marketing campaign promoting the survey. The contest begins Monday, October 26th and ends Monday, November 2, 2015.
Working hard in Ms. Kluttz's class
More Capture the Flag
Studco Induction Night
November 3 - Capped Workday
Recap of Friday's PD
Thank you for your honesty, open minds, and role play on Friday! Please take time to reflect how what we did can impact how we interact with students and with each other every day. Also, as Mr. Lord explained, these Safe Schools modules are a district requirement. We will complete 3 modules this year, and you have the needed login info in your email. The "Slips, Trips, and Falls" module is the first one, and it must be completed by October 30th. The next round must be completed by February, so we have more time on that one. We will try to facilitate this time together, again, like we did with Module 1. if you have any questions about the SafeSchools requirements, please ask Mr. Lord.
Trying to get building permits
Building our community!
Finally getting to see Mr. Mabry!
Prism Awards - deadline December 7
This award provides up to $3,000 for one year to cover the cost of equipment, materials, and supplies. An additional $1,500 may be requested for professional development related to the implementation of new equipment or use of materials in the classroom. Awards are made to teaching professionals that hold a professional educator's license to teach in a North Carolina K-12 public school.
http://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/science-education/promoting-innovation-science-and-mathematics
STARS grant Information
Our Hilbish Teacher of the Month!
Hoping to get a building permit...
We turned it pink!
Calendar Reminders
October 26: Workday (uncapped so you can use flex time if needed)
October 27: Mentor/mentee meeting at 7:30am; Grade level meetings
October 28: Grades due; Frye's skating rink
October 29: Chorus Fall Showcase at 6pm in the LGIA; Frye's skating rink
October 30: Cabarrus Arts Council Poetry Performance 6th grade 2:45pm; Frye's rink
Friday October 30: Fall fundraiser orders due
Friday, October 30 6-8pm: Halloween Dance
November 2: School leadership team 7:30am (move to Monday due to election day)
November 3: Capped workday and professional development
November 4: report cards go home
November 6: honor roll ceremonies during encore time (more details later)
November 10: faculty meeting at 7:30am
November 11: Holiday
November 17: SIT meeting at 7:30
November 25-27: Thanksgiving holiday
December 1: school leadership team meeting 7:30am
December 2: progress reports
December 3: student expo
December 8: faculty meeting at 7:30am
December 9: Cabarrus Arts Council Poetry Performance 7th grade 12:45pm
December 10: Band/chamber groups concert at 7pm
December 15: grade level meetings
December 15: chorus concert
December 17: Band concert 7pm
TUMBLERS!!!!!
Big 3 Goals for 15-16 School Year
- Student learning
- PLC alignment
- powerful instructional strategies we haven’t tried before
- Capture the hearts of students and staff
- Structures for student success (MTSS, Behavior, Discipline procedures, Facilities, Communication internally and externally, CULTURE)