Peek at the Week
Week of 1/22/2018
Shepherd Middle School in the News
Nothing like having a two day work week due to a Winter Storm! This week we have a Professional Development Day on Monday and four days with students, giving them the best we've got! Kaci Sheridan and Lesa Pritchard from Whole Life Heroes will be leading the learning in the morning. Ms. Marceaux, Mrs. Whitmire (Ami), Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Goffney and Mrs. Corbridge will be your go to learning leaders in the afternoon.
In case you are wondering where the Leadership Team will be on Monday, we will be in South Austin at Robert C. Zamora Middle School. Why you ask? At the end of each school year, TEA puts out a report that groups 40 'most like' schools. They are grouped by similar number of students and sub pop's (EcoD, SpED, ELL and the like). We decided as a Team that we wanted to go shadow our counterparts at a school that did just a little better than we did on the previous years STAAR test. So, I made a call to the Principal of this school to see if we could come out and visit the school. He said yes and so did Mr. Hartley! We are excited to be able to see how the school operates from the start of their day to the end. Robert C. Zamora will be having a regular school day, so we will be able to see affective and academic education. We will be paying particular attention to SpED instruction and ELL's.
We will share what we have found at our Faculty Meeting at the end of the month. If YOU have any questions or specific things you would like us to ask/look for, text one of us (me, Mrs. Stanley, Mr. Seagroves, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Lilley, Mrs. Ducharme).
One Team, One Focus, Grow Every Child...
-Denise
THIS weeks PLC schedule:
Monday- PD Day, The Great 8- Self- Awareness, 8a-4p; Ami, will be leading Math PD AllDay; Mr. Hues will be working with Mrs. White and Mrs. Francisco on Impero in the afternoon.
- Report to SMS at 7:30a and sign-in at the front office.
Tuesday- Plan with IC
Wednesday- Plan with IC
Thursday- WAR Room (Math and ELAR, if not finished from last assessment)
Friday- RtI w/Seagroves
-Denise
Survey for $50,000 Technology Grant
Calendar
This Week- AOD Weatherford
Thursday- Boys BBall v Hudson @ SMS, 4:30p; Girls play at Hudson; Board appreciation dinner, 5:30p
2018
Save the Date!
1/31/2018 Volleyball Behavior Incentive Game, 1p-3:35p
2/2/2018 and 2/9/2018 PM Activity Schedule
- UIL Coaches Practice with their students; everyone else, remain with your 8th period students- use as a STUDY HALL
3/1/2018 T1 Math/Science Night
Teachers and Students!
- Hallway transition presence.
- Help monitoring boys bathrooms.
- Greet students at your door.
- NO blankets as outer wear.
- Cell phones are for instructional use only. Remind students, NO PHONES IN THE HALLWAY before dismissal.
- Teacher dismisses students, not the bell.
- Completion of Lesson Plans is not optional.