Thursday, August 26, 2010

9-12-10

Thanks
  • Mr. Zabrowski and Mr. Duffy for your assistance with the Cardinal Credit
  • PBIS Committee for your work creating behavior expectations
  • Secretaries for organizing our beginning of the year materials
  • For your efforts during Back To School Night
  • For a great start to the 2010-2011 school year!

Information

  • Aimsweb window opens Sept. 7-17. We will assess our students during TA.
  • Parent/Teacher Conference information will come out this week
  • Be sure to teach the Cardinal Directions to your TA. They are found on the I:Drive where you find the other TA activities. Each lesson is labeled by month
  • Working Lunch starts this week
  • Last year we discussed possibly having two dances for 8th grade. Let's talk more about this. I've contacted the DJ we used last year and he's willing to keep his rates very close to what we payed last year.
  • Voyagers after school programming begins next week
  • Executive Skills will start second quarter; please keep note of students (approx. 8 total) that might benefit from this group
  • An email will be coming out from the music department with dates that they would like to play for us during TA

Reminders

  • Be sure to create your Classroom Matrix so students are clear of expectations
  • Tech Tuesday and Thursday this week...Google Docs: Creating lesson plans using Google Spreadsheets and linking this to our school website
  • Finish creating team norms
  • Be sure to give out those Cardinal Credits!!!

This Week

  • Monday Sept. 13: Special education meeting @ 8:00 in Mrs. Thompson's room; Working Lunch begins
  • Wed. Sept 15: Full staff collaboration with break outs to follow
  • Thurs. Sept. 16: PBIS Committee Meeting @ 8:05 in Mrs. Smith's room; Climate Committee @ 8:00; FCCLA informational meeting in the auditorium during TA
  • Fri. Sept. 17: Staff coffee in the Internet Cafe; AIMSWeb window closes, please have all materials turned into the 8th grade office

Next Week

  • Mon. Sept. 20: Student Council election week; Career teacher evaluation meeting @ 8:05 in the auditorium
  • Tues. Sept. 21: Voyagers after school programming begins
  • Fri. Sept. 24: Tech Committee Meeting @ 8:05 in Lab 410

Data

  • 7 Office Discipline Referrals so far written for 8th graders
  • Two for fighting
  • Two for skipping class