5-13-10

Thanks

• To all of you for taking the PBIS Self Assessment Survey!!
• Happy 30th to Morgan Hanson!
• To our music teachers! Our concerts are wonderful!!
• Everyone who helped out during our dance celebration..I received great feedback from the students, our staff and the DJ on how polite our students were
• For your efforts with AIMSWeb

Information

• If you would like to help with revising the goal setting format for students email Heidi by the end of the day May 12th. You will get curriculum pay.
• Phy Ed is holding the mile run Thursday, May 13th
  Permission slips for Valleyfair are due back by May 28th
• Let Mrs. Etmund know if you need books bound

Reminders

• Lesson Plans!!
• Evaluation projects need to be turned in!!
• 7th/8th grade mentor party from 11:00-12:30 at Ojibwa
• All goals are due by May 14th; FCCLA field trip all day

Next Week

• Wed. May 19: Collaboration/Late Start
• Thurs. May 20: PBIS meeting at 8:05 in Mrs. Smith's room; 8th grade class picture during TA
• Fri. May 21: RCU dance from 4:00-6:00 pm

Two Weeks

• Mon. May 24: Thurs. May 27: Students will receive an invoice if they owe fines
• Fri. May 28: Valleyfair forms due; Fine payments due

Data

• 8th grade has 108 students that have earned and/or been nominated for awards with more to come!

4-29-10

Thanks

• All of you who help with SAP groups
• To Mrs. Southworth for all her work with History Day
• To Mr. Van Amber for all his efforts with our luncheons this year
• For your kind words this week
• Mr. Crawford, Ms. Scarseth, and Ms. Nola Cook for recognizing students with Respect and Responsibility slips..you are this month's winners for The Fill Inn Station gift certificates!
• For all you do to make CFMS a great place to be

Information

• On May 11 from 9:30-1:00 approx. 40 8th graders will go to help with the elementary track meet. They will walk to the high school.

Reminders

• If you are in an evaluation year and are working on a project please get that turned in as soon as you can
• Luncheon today!!
• Dance today periods 8-10. Dance in B&C, basketball in A, and swimming as well

Next Week

• Mon. May 10: Team Lead, Dept Head, CA meeting in LMC at 8:05
• Tues. May 11: Staff go to lab 410 during a.m. prep to take the Self Assessment Survey in regards to PBIS (I'll be around lab 410 from 8:00-11:30 to assist); about 40 8th graders to the HS to help with the elementary track meet; 6th graders to Ojibwa for Mentor party 11-12:30
• Wed. May 12: UA meeting at 8:05 in Mrs. Smith's room
• Thur. May 13: 7th and 8th graders to Ojibwa for Mentor pary 11-12:30
• Fri. May 14: Goals due; maintenance requests due; 6th grade to the zoo; FCCLA field trip; volunteer, etc. awards due to me
  
  Two Weeks
• Wed. May 19: Collaboration; all admin meeting at 2:30

Data

• 51 students have earned the Presidential Award of Excellence
• 28 students have earned the Presidential Award of Acheivement
• Both require a 3.5 or higher every semester thus far.
• Excellence = 85 percentile or higher on WKCE in Reading and/or Math
• Achievement = 75-85th percentile on WKCE in Reading and/or Math

4-23-10

Thanks

• Administrative professionals for all you do
• Mr. Zabrowski for inviting me out to throw boomerangs

Information

• Individual and collaboration group goals due by May 14
• During our 8th grade team meeting Mr. Kowalski will share information about technology goals
• Start thinking about a goal for us for 8th grade. We'll use most of the time to decide our goal during the team meeting. Some things we've talked about all year: TA curriculum, using the Accomodation tab in IC, Working Lunch, and missing work/poor grades, among others.
• We are short on help for holding the AIMSweb testing as we did the first time this year. It looks as though we'll need to test as we did in the winter.
• May 11 we need staff to go to Lab 410 for about 10 minutes either before school or during their morning prep to take the Self Assessment Survey for PBIS.
• We've started a pilot Executive Skills group through the SAP group format. More information will be shared at meetings.

Reminders

• Lesson Plans!
• TA curriculum. We talk a lot at meetings about what students need, the TA curriculum helps us to hit on some of the social/emotional concerns we all have for our middle schoolers.

Next Week

• Mon. April 26: 11:30 8th grade team meeting in Mr. J's room;
• Wed. April 28: UA meeting at 8:05 in Marcy's room
• Fri. April 30: 4th quarter reports cut-off

Two Weeks

• Mon. May 3: Holy Moly it's May!! 8:05 PBIS team takes the SAS survey in Lab 410; Start AIMSWeb testing
• Tues. May 4: 4th quarter progress reports due by noon; 8:45-3:30 Starfish History Day field trip to Carson Park; AIMSWeb testing
• Wed. May 5: Late Start; 9:45-3:30 Eagle History Day field trip to Carson Park
• Thurs. May 6: Dolphin History Day field trip to Carson Park
• Fri. May 7: 8th grade dance during periods 8, 9, 10 in the gym. More information to come.

Data

• Behavior referrals per day per month:
• March: 3.6
• April: 2.7

Sure feels like there has been more activity in April!!

4-15-10

Thanks

• Happy Birthday Mr. Jochimsen!!
• to Mr. Crawford, the Dolphin Team, Mr. Britton, Mr. Van Amber and others for your efforts on the TA celebration for Mr. J
• to Ms. Hanson for inviting me in to see your study
• to our secretarial staff for your daily efforts

Information

• Please let me know before next Thursday, April 22 if you feel a student should not attend summer school. I need a letter documenting reasons why so I can bring it to BRT.
• Strep throat is going around, please take care of yourself! Wash, rinse, repeat!
• To learn, humans require regular and frequent feedback on thier actions. Without formal feedback to encourage desired behavior, other forms of feedback shape undesired behavior (took that from the training last week!)

Reminders

• Breakfast Friday, April 16 in the Internet Cafe
• All of 6th grade goes to the high school from 9:00-11:00 for a play
• Those due for evaluations please be sure to submit projects to me by May 3rd.
• Lesson Plans
• Document interventions/modifications/student and family contact in IC

Next Week

• Tues. April 20 - Closing ceremonies for Dolphin Team in auditorium
• Wed. April 21 - Late Start/Collaboration; 8:45-11:30 Bembnister/Eckwright classes go bowling; Principals out at 2:30 for an all admin meeting
• Fri. April 23 - 8:05 Technology Meeting in 410; 8:05 Climate Meeting Room 226; End of 5th rotation for 6/7 UA

Two Weeks

• Mon. April 26: 8:05 Math and Reading REACh groups meet; 11:30 8th grade team meeting in Mr. J's room
• Tues. April 27: 5th rotation UA grades due by noon for 6/7 students
• Fri. April 30: 4th quarter progress report cut-off

Data

• 157 Respect and Responsibility slips turned in during March
• 96 Office Discipline Referrals written in March
• Positive to Negative ratio of 1.64 : 1
• 62 8th graders were mailed summer school registration forms

4-1-10

Thanks

• To Mrs. Lisa Johnson, Mrs. Stowell, and Mrs. Kidd for your work with the Talent Show
• To Mrs. Susan Johnson for your time spent with students on the Talent Show
• To Mr. Collicot for your efforts with the Jazz band, they sounded great at the Talent Show!
• To the staff acts in the Talent Show! I really thought Mr. Olson was Jon Bon Jovi...
• and Happy Easter!

Information

• WKCE scores are posted on April 7th, we can access and share information then through DPI
• When we return from Easter Break we will decide who to recommend for summer school and who should take part in the Student Success Team for 4th quarter
• Spring Aimsweb will take place May 5 (Starfish), May 6 (Eagle), and May 7 (Dolphin) in the auditorium like we did in the fall during TA and 7th period.

Reminders

• Duties due to Janet by April 1st
• Those due for evaluations this year be sure to complete what you are working on by May 3rd. I need to submit everything before the end of May including our post observation meeting information.

Next Week

• Mon. April 5: No School
• Tues. April 6: 8:05 Communications meeting in room 230; Talk about Summer School and Student Success Team during team meetings
• Wed. April 7: 3rd quarter grades due by noon; Bembnister/Eckwright Field trip 9:15-12:15; I am out for a training
• Thur. April 8: 8:05 Reach Math meeting in room; I am out for a training; Meeting with Tammy Slowiak; No Voyagers
• Fri. April 9: 8:05 Faculty meeting in auditorium; Sunshine Meeting; Students leave for Washington DC trip

Two Weeks

• Mon. April 12: 8:05 Team Leader, Dept. Head, Curric. Assistant Meeting in LMC
• Tues. April 13: Students return from Washington DC trip
• Wed. April 14: 8:05 UA meeting in room 512
• Fri. April 16: Clubs begin for some

Data

• You all are #1!! We are the only middle school in the state implementing all three areas of RtI: Reading, Math, and Behavior!!!

3-25-10

Thanks

• Foreign language teachers for taking students on a unique learning experience
• Mrs. Hoyt and staff for your efforts with Voyagers
• Those who use the Contact Log when contacting parents!!!
• Mrs. Rasmus for a "Clicker" introduction last Friday

Information

• Please have students clear off tables at the end of the day so our custodians can wipe down table tops
• Dana Sommerfeld is visiting with admin today to share WKCE information. Hopefully we can share this next week.
• Many students are starting new point sheets/daily progress reports. We'll check progress after four weeks.
• Tammy Slowiak will be visiting with us April 8 to talk about students. Let's talk during team meetings and fill out the forms Mrs. Rasmus attached to us.
• Our technicians report we have a $700 dollar bill waiting to be paid from repaired keyboards and another monitor in the middle school that needs to be repaired for about $120. Please be sure to supervise use when using technology. Possibly assign equipment and then check on it at the end of every period.

Reminders

• Please think of students who would benefit from the Student Succees Team for 4th quarter. I'll be asking for a list at next week's team meetings.
• Update Lesson Plans
• Be sure to contact parents when you send a student from class for disruption or assign a detention
• I'm willing to supervise students during the Talent Show. Teams can provide me with a list of students they determine and we'll be in Ms. Kuehn's room 638 (I'll see the parent Talent Show)

Next Week

• Mon. March 29: 5th period-8th grade meeting in Mr. Jochimsen's room; 4:00-6:00 Building Leadership Meeting; Talent show for parents @ 7:00; Full moon!!
• Wed. March 31: Eagle Team to local restaurants
• Thurs. April 1: Talent Show in the afternoon; Duty requests due to Janet; End of 3rd quarter
• Fri. April 2: No School

Two Weeks

• Mon. April 5: No School
• Tues. April 6: Start of 4th quarter
• Wed. April 7: I am at a PBIS training all day
• Thurs. April 8: At a PBIS training all day; Tammy Slowiak visits during 5th hour-refer to Mrs. Rasmus' email

Data

• 443 Office Discipline Referrals (ODR) to date school wide written to 162 different students
• 543 ODR during the same time frame last school year written to 221 different students

3-18-10

Thanks

• Mrs. Southworth and Ms. Toutant for leading the 8th grade project
• PBIS Committee for your efforts
• Art department for continuing to beautify our school with student work

Information

• If you see students with marker, etc. on their hands or arms please tell them to wash it off and use the writing utensils appropriately

Reminders

• Lesson plans!
• Document parent contacts in the Contact Log

Next Week

• Tues. March 23: Fight Against Corporate Tobacco (FACT) information tables during lunch
• Wed. March 24: Unified Art meeting at 8:05 in Room 512; FACT visit during lunch
• Thur. March 25: FACT visit during lunch
• Fri. March 26: Tech Committee meeting at 8:05 in Lab 410

Two Weeks

• Mon. March 29: 8:05 Building Leadership meeting at 8:05 in the LMC; 8th Grade Team meeting at 11:27 in room 602; Building Site Team meeting from 4:00-5:30; Talent Show for parents at 7:00 pm
• Thurs. April 1: End of 3rd quarter; Talent Show for students
• Fri. April 2: No school-Easter Break

Data

Mr. Britton provided data about sports:

• Behavior events per student: Athlete = .20; Non-Athlete=.33; Non Athlete Percent Difference = 65%
• Unexcused absence per student: Athlete = 1.13; Non-athlete = 3.27; Non-Athlete Percent Difference = 189%
• Grade Point Average: Athlete = 3.33; Non-Athlete = 2.98; Non-Athlete Percent Difference = -11%