2-11-10

Thanks

• To those who brought food for the Souper Bowl..that was good eatin'!
• To Mr. Hemauer, you made the bully box for "bad jokes!"
• Again for your efforts with the Mall of America trip

Information

• Please put your conferences on the sheet in the 8th grade office
• All referrals for special education for this year need to be made by March 1st

Reminders

• Tech requests can be made through February. Please refer to the email from Scott.
• Please continue to send students on the Student Success Team down to the library on Wednesdays

This Week

• Mon. Feb. 15: Reach Reading meeting at 8:05 in LMC
• Tues. Feb. 16: Intruder Drill during passing time; Progress reports due by noon; Dolphin Team Olympic opening ceremonies in the Auditorium during TA
• Wed. Feb. 17: Late Start - Thurs. Feb. 18: PBIS meeting in Room 512 @ 8:05; Math Reach Committee meeting in room 230 @ 8:30; Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:00-8:00 - Algebra meeting 5:00-5:30 in auditorium
• Fri. Feb. 19: Sunshine Committee:Internet Cafe @ 8:05

Next Week

• No school - Mid-Winter break!!

Two Weeks

• Mon. March 1: Communications meeting in room 230 @ 8:05
• Tues. March 2: Holocaust speaker for 7th grade 1:30-3:00
• Wed. March 3: Late Start; 9:15 -1:15 Bembnister/Eckwright field trip

Data

• As a school, we are averaging just over 3 Office Discipline Referrals per day
• 81% of all school referrals are written to males
• 81% of all 8th grade referrals are written to males

2-4-10

Thanks

• for your efforts with the MOA trip and P/T conferences
• Music department for your entertaining 5th graders on their visit
• Ms. Rykal and Ms. Wells for your assistance with the Student Success Team
• Data Team for your efforts and data gathering abilities
• Ms. Rasmus for contacting a rep about student response systems
• Art department for getting the Artsonia tiles displayed
• all of you for doing what you do to make this school what it is

Information

• Technology requests can be submitted until the end of February. Refer to the email from Scott.

Reminders

• Budget is due in Skyward by February 12th

Next Week

• Mon. Feb. 8: 8:05 Team Lead, Dept. Head, Curric. Assist. meeting in LMC; Schedules for students staying back from MOA for each team will be distributed/shared
• Tues. Feb. 9: 7:30-5:00 Starfish Team to MOA; 8:05 Tech Tuesday: Technology request training; Dolphin Team opening ceremonies in the auditorium; 3:00 Admin meeting @ Chi-Hi
• Wed. Feb. 10: 7:30-5:00 Dolphin Team to MOA; 8:05 Unified Arts meeting in room 512
• Thurs. Feb. 11: 7:30-5:00 Eagle Team to MOA;
• Fri. Feb. 12: 8:30-2:30 8th grade orchestra students to Hudson for field trip; 8:45-12:00 6th grade field trip to Micon; 3rd quarter progress report cut-off date

Two Weeks

• Mon. Feb. 15: 8:05 At Chi-Hi for meeting; 8:05 Reading and Math Reach Groups
• Tues. Feb. 16: 3rd quarter progress reports due by noon
• Thurs. Feb. 18: 8:05 Climate Committee Room 226; PBIS Committee in room 512; 8:30-9:00 Math Reach Committee meeting in room 230; Algebra meeting for 7th grade parents 5:00-5:30 in the auditorium; P/T Conferences 5:00-8:00

Data

To Date:

• 59 ODR for insubordination
• 43 ODR for fighting/physical aggression
• 38 for harassment/bullying
• 52 incidents between 3:00-4:00
• 39 between 9:00-10:00

1-28-10

Thanks

• To UA staff, Mr. Jochimsen, Ms. Erickson, Ms. Rasmus, Mr. Hemauer, Ms. McClean, Ms. Hanson for helping with the UA presentation/coverage
• Congratulations to Ms. Jahnke! She was engaged over Christmas break! I just saw her ring, so my apologies if you all knew!!

Information

• Budgets will be done on Skyward-The window opens Feb. 1. All requests need to be submitted by Feb. 12
• A list of families w/o email access at home can be found on the I:Drive under MS Teacher Docs
• Underwater World asks that we put students in groups of 15 and have an adult assigned to each group. Please have that ready by the day before your team goes to the Mall of America. We also need bus lists for that day.
• Scott Kowalski will be emailing information on how to access technology requests. Look for this next week.

Reminders

• Underwater Adventures permission and money due next Tuesday!
• Lesson plans
• Update PLP tab with accomodations
• Student Success Team meets every Wednesday in the library during TA

Next Week

• Mon. Feb. 1: 8th grade team meeting during 5th period in Mr. Jochimsen's room
• Tues. Feb. 2: Tech Tuesday-Mobile Labs @ 8:05 in room 600; Mike Buhrow Infinite Campus training with special ed department during 2nd and 3rd periods; Underwater World permission slips due to TA teacher; 6th grade walk through 11:15-2:00
• Wed. Feb. 3: Late start-those interested in the Inter-writer presentation can attend that, otherwise the time is yours to work on your budget; 3rd period = Training on P/T attachment in lab 402 for those interested; Data Team meeting from 3:45-5:00 in Aimee Drivas' room
• Thur. Feb. 4: 6th grade walk-through 11:15-2:00
• Fri. Feb. 5: 8:05 Training on P/T attachment in lab 402 for those interested; 6th grade walk-through 11:15-2:00

Two Weeks

• Mon. Feb. 8: Team lead, Dept. head, Curric. Assis. meeting at 8:05 in the LMC
• Tues. Feb. 9: Tech Tuesday - Mobile Labs in room 600; Starfish to Underwater Adventures; Jerim to admin meeting at Chi-Hi @ 3:00
• Wed. Feb. 10: Unified Arts meeting at 8:05 in Marcy Smith's room; Dolphin Team to Underwater Adventures
• Thur. Feb. 11: Eagle Team to Underwater Adventures
• Fri. Feb. 12: Faculty Meeting in auditorium at 8:05; 3rd quarter progress report cut-off; submit reports by noon on Tues. Feb. 16

Data

• Cumulative GPA
• 16 students with 4.0
• 70 with 3.75-3.99
• 58 with 3.5-3.75
• 76 with 3.0-3.49
• Total: 220 students with a cumulative GPA over 3.0

1-21-10

Thanks

• To our art department, they've reached out and received a lot of support from our community. Ms. Armitage told me she just received over 40 tiles to add to our school from the money!
• To Ms. Petersen..be sure to check out the article on the 8th grade office bulletin board about her efforts with a local athlete
• To those who have offered to help with the UA tours next week
• To Dolphin team for continued work and efforts with WM
• To Ms. Rasmus and Mr. Hanson for your extra work with AIMSWeb
• To you who continue to update your lesson plans
• For your efforts with the spelling and geography bee

Information

• I'll be meeting with 18 students every Wednesday in the library during TA who have struggled through first semester. Let me know if you'd like to see the Powerpoint of what I'm having them do

Reminders

• Lesson plans!! 19 of 29 had theirs updated when checked on 1-20-10..
• We'll begin the new format for Working Lunch next week..please have 3-5 names to add from your team
• If you haven't viewed the PBIS video that was emailed previously be sure to do so

Next Week

• Mon. Jan. 25: Building Leadership meeting @ 8:05 in LMC; 8th grade team meeting 5th hour; Start of 3rd quarter/2nd semester
• Tues. Jan. 26: UA presentation in auditorium during 4th hour/lunch
• Wed. Jan.27: UA meeting @ 8:05 in Ms. Smith/Wesolek's room; UA presentation in auditorium during 4th hour/lunch
• Thur. Jan. 28: UA presentation in auditorium during 4th hour/lunch; Pops concert @ 7:00 pm (Jazz band, Show choir)

Two Weeks

• Tues. Feb. 2: Underwater World permission slips due to TA teachers; 6th grade walk-through 11:15-2:00
• Wed. Feb. 3: Late start/Collaboration
• Thur. Feb. 4: 6th grade walk-through 11:15-2:00
• Fri. Feb. 5: 6th grade walk-through 11:15-2:00

Data

• 98 of 287 (34%) Office Discipline Referrals (ODR) written for 8th graders
• Written to 37 different 8th grade students
• 20 8th grade students have more than one ODR
• 24 of 98 (24%) from the classroom
• 20 of 98 (20%) from the hallway
• 19 of 98 (19%) from phy ed
• About 90% of our 8th grade students have not received an ODR this year!
• School-wide we collected 510 Respect & Responsibility slips through December and have written 246 ODR during the same time. A positive to negative ratio of 2.07 to 1

1-14-10

Thanks

• For your help with the high school tours
• For your efforts with AIMSWeb
• To UA staff for your input regarding UA tours
• Art department for you efforts in getting grants
  

Information

• Next week we will look closer at the working lunch protocol.
• Some students are engaging in "Body Boxing," which is basically planned fighting. It is an agreement to "fight" between friends. It involves punching, kicking, and kneeing one another below the head but above the waist.
• I will be out of the building from 2:45 on Thursday, Jan. 14th for an admin meeting at Chi-Hi
• Parent/Teacher information will be emailed out next week

Reminders

• Student registration forms and four year plans are due either Mon. Jan. 18th at Parents Night or Wednesday, Jan. 20th to TA teachers
• Friday, Jan. 15th is when all AIMSWeb testing is due!!
• Update lesson plans
• Continue to document on the PLP contact tab and accomodations
• Students are not to wear sleepwear to school per the student handbook, please remind them of this

Next Week

• Mon. Jan. 18: 7:00 pm Parent's night at the high school for our 8h graders
• Tues. Jan. 19: College student observing with Jerim all day; REACh reading meeting 4-6pm in LMC
• Wed. Jan. 20: Tech Committee meeting at 8:05; Final turn in date for HS registration and four year plan
• Thur. Jan. 21: PBIS Committee meeting at 8:05; Fiber and Fabric field trip to Stout 1st period-Lunch; Climate Committee meeting at 8:05 in LMC
• Fri. Jan. 22: End of 2nd quarter/First Semester
  

Two Weeks

• Mon. Jan. 25: Beginning of 3rd quarter/Second Semester
• Tues. Jan. 26: Grades due by noon; UA tours 4th hour-thanks for helping with coverage
• Wed. Jan. 27: UA tours 4th hour-thanks for helping with coverage; Admin out for all admin meeting at 2:30
• Thur. Jan. 28: UA tours 4th hour-thanks for helping with coverage

Data

Fall Aimsweb-8th grade

• 64% reached the fluency benchmark
• 74% reached the comprehension benchmark
• There is no benchmark set for the math test; we are part of the norming group

1-7-10

Thanks

• To the special education department for their insight and efforts during collaboration
• Ms. Erickson for taking on the task of Aimsweb fluency testing for the entire Dolphin team
• Ms. Armitage for her efforts in writing grants to help beautify our school
• Ms. Demske, Ms. Klitzke, and Ms. Sommerfeld for their help with Aimsweb fluency testing
• Ms. Jahnke and Ms. Alvarez for making me king for a day!

Information

• Please read the RtI handout

Reminders

• Lesson plans!
• Friday, Jan. 8th we have a faculty meeting in the auditorium at 8:05
• Turn all detention forms into the 8th grade office

Next Week

• Mon. Jan. 11: Dolphin Team visit to high school 12:45-3:41
• Tues. Jan. 12: Starfish Team visit to high school 12:45-3:41
• Wed. Jan. 13: Foods class visit to McDonalds 8:45-10:45; Eagle Team visit to high school 12:45-3:41
• Thur. Jan. 14: Geography Bee finals in Mr. John Johnson's room
• Fri. Jan 15: Everything Aimsweb must be completed and returned to the 8th grade office!!!; Student Council ski trip to Trollhaugen 4:30-midnight

Two Weeks

• Mon. Jan. 18: Parent meeting for 8th graders at the high school 7:00 pm
• Thur. Jan. 21: 8:05 PBIS committee meeting in Ms. Smith's room; Ms. Hoyt's Fabric's class field trip to Stout 8:45-noon; Orchestra concert 7:00 pm
• Fri. Jan. 22: End of 2nd quarter/First semester

Data

• 16 of the 29 8th grade or UA staff had their lesson plans updated on the web or the I:drive as of 1-6-10
• 157 Respect and Responsibility Slips turned in for December
• 45 office discipline referrals (ODR) written in December
• December's Positive (R&R slips) to negative (ODR) ratio is 3.5 to 1

12-30-09

Thanks

• and Happy New Year!
• Congratulations to Nick Hefty, he got engaged over break!!
• Congratulations to Marcy Smith, she had a baby boy!

Information

• January 22nd is the end of 2nd quarter
• All teams are starting Aimsweb testing this week
• Let's make final decisions on which 8th graders will be mentors this week during team meetings
• Math Aimsweb will take place during this two week window from Jan. 4-Jan. 15; decisions to be made during this Wednesday's collaboration and during our team meetings
• Let's decide during team meetings when each team wants to give the MAZE
• An RTI reading will be handed out during team meetings or will be placed in mail boxes
• The schedule for the high school visits will be handed out on Tuesday at team meetings
  

Reminders

• Please plan time to watch the 20 minute PBIS video emailed by Ms. Etmund
• Continue to document interventions, accomodations, and modifications with data in Infinite Campus.
• If you plan to fundraise, please follow the procedure in the Teacher Handbook
• If you have already done a fundrasier or have received donations please document this on the fundraiser form found on the I:drive; same for any future fundraisers/donations
  

This Week

• Wed. Jan. 6: Late start; Jerim to Stillson for 2:15 meeting
• Thur. Jan 7: Algebra prognisis test given to 7th graders
• Fri. Jan. 8: Faculty meeting in the auditorium
  

Next Week

• Mon. Jan. 11: Team lead, Dept. head, Curric. assistant meeting at 8:05 in LMC; 12:45-3:41 Dolphin Team to high school-Jerim goes with
• Tues. Jan 12: 12:45-3:41 Starfish Team to high school-Julie goes with
• Wed. Jan. 13: UA meeting at 8:05 in Ms. Smith's room; 8th grade foods classes to McDonalds 8:45-10:45; 12:45-3:41 EagleTeam to high school-Jerim goes with
• Thur. Jan. 14: Geography Bee at 8:45 in auditorium
• Fri. Jan. 15: Student Council ski trip to Trollhaugen 4:30-midnight

Data

• 80 of 240 (33%) Office Discipline Referrals (ODR) written to 8th graders

Aimsweb targets for 8th grade

• Fluency: /Fall = 142/Winter = 149/Spring = 158/


• MAZE: /Fall = 22/Winter = 20/Spring = 26/
  

Gallup Poll

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124778/Teachers-Score-Higher-Professionals.aspx