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Friday, September 30, 2011

Friday Focus #6: 9.30.2011

We are almost halfway through the 1st trimester (27 out of 63 days). So far, it has been a great year. We have had very few disciplinary issues (please knock on wood right now) and overall attitude and morale seems high! Please continue to do what you do best! Keep up the great work and have a wonderful weekend!

There will be a Child Abuse Prevention Training held on Wednesday, October 12 from 4 - 8 PM in the Media Center at CHS. Anyone wishing to attend in order to complete your 4-hour requirement, please email Paula Klosterman. If you are unable to attend this session, but still need your training, see Jason... there is another option that carries a $30 fee.

Last night, a sub-committee of the Race to the Top team discussed the teacher evaluation tool. As part of ODE and RtTT requirements, we are in the process of revising this tool. Part of the requirement is to use student growth as part of the measure used to evaluate teachers and administrators. This is still in the very early stages of development and we will keep you posted as we progress.

A Thank You Card was received from Matt & Kathy May and family expressing their "sincere appreciation for all [our] thoughtfulness and support in so many ways". The card is posted across from the mailboxes on the bulletin board.

Netbooks are begin rolled out next Thursday to all Freshmen during 2nd period. Students should report to 2nd period and will be CALLED DOWN after attendance. They will be gone most/all of the period. The freshmen have received a copy of the user agreement.

Tech Tuesday next week: "Organizing all of those GREAT online resources & SHARING them!"

I am looking for interested staff members to present on Tech Tuesdays... its very easy and low pressure. Any tech topic of interest to others is welcomed. Post ideas & needs below!

Don't forget... parent-teacher conferences are next Wednesday from 4:30 - 7 PM.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...
10/4 Wally Ellinger

Upcoming Events

10/5 My College Options Survey during Advisory (details later)

10/5 Parent Teacher Conferences, 4:30 - 7 PM
10/6 Netbook Distribution 2nd period

10/7 Spirit March

Friday, September 2, 2011

Friday Focus #2: 9.2.11

Here goes round 2 of the Friday Focus. You can easily find archives of the Friday Focus by looking at the 'Labels' section of the blog found under the advisory calendar on the right hand side. Click on the label 'Friday Focus' and it will bring up all of the Friday Focus posts (English teachers -- help me figure out how to make Friday Focus plural please!).

What a great start to the school year. There seems to be such a positive energy and focus in this building... one that has always existed, but seems even more prevalent this year. Thanks for your individual contributions to this culture. I continue to hear great things from the students about our teachers and their class time! Keep up the great work!

On that note, I also heard some really great feedback from parents about Open House. Thanks to everyone for meeting with parents and investing time in the process! My only wish is that we could get more parents to attend. If anyone has ideas, please let me know!

If you haven't already (and as of 11:30 AM on Thursday, that would be everyone), please sign the card in the office for the May family. We were able to purchase $200 in gas cards from last week's Jeans Fund donations. Remember that Matt is a teacher at the Middle School (see Friday Focus #1 for more info). The card will be with the Jeans Fund envelope on Friday.

Next Wednesday, we will have a a faculty meeting @ 7 AM in the Lecture Hall to review our Safety (lockdown) Drill procedures. The meeting will end by 7:20 AM and is mandatory. Please make arrangements to attend (refreshments will be provided).

Tech Tuesday next week will cover 'World Client' and will be hosted by Keith Gudorf. Keith will go over how to navigate the new email program, including notification of new messages, creating distribution lists, and other tips & tricks. Tech Tuesday is open to everyone and is held from 7:00 - 7:20 AM or 2:20 - 2:50 PM in room 119. As always, TT is optional and CEUs are available.

Teachers... please turn in a set of your classroom rules and/or expectations to Phil by the end of next week. This will aide us in dealing with disciplinary incidents from your classroom.

We are always looking for teachers/advisories to participate in the Week in 3 Words. If you, your advisory, or your class would like to film clips for Week in 3 Words, let Megan or Jason know and we will come record.

Remember, we are still looking for teachers to read Project Wisdom announcements. Stop down anytime to see Megan...

The 'Healing Fields' are back in the area. About 5 years ago the Healing Fields were organized in Maria Stein in honor of the 9/11 tragedy. The Healing Fields will be hosted this year in Bryant, Indiana at Bearcreek Farms. For more information, click on the links below. If anyone would like to take a group of students, please see Jason. We will not be taking large groups like we did last time.

About the Healing Fields Healing Fields Schedule of Events Healing Fields Pamphlet

Stay cool today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...
Lisa Sorrell (9/7)

Upcoming Events...
9/2 Spirit March
9/5 NO SCHOOL
9/6 Tech Tuesday -- "World Client"
9/7 Faculty Meeting -- 7 AM in the LH
9/9 Pep Assembly

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Friday Focus #1: 8.25.11

Trying something new this year... the Friday Focus (a [semi]-weekly communication to the staff) on Thursday or sometime before school starts on Friday! So here goes... this year's 1st edition, distributed simultaneously via email and the infamous (and, to some, mysterious) staff blog!

We are nearly done with the 1st week of the 2011 - 2012 school year... thank goodness its a short one! So far all has been very smooth. Thanks so much to all of you for your efforts in making this a smooth transition into the year!

This Friday will mark the 1st Spirit March of the new school year. For everyone new to the building, the Spirit March began last school year. It goes like this... we begin 1st period Friday morning like any other morning. Then, shortly after the Pledge of Allegiance, the Marching Band will begin making their way to the west end of 3rd floor hallway. At that time, they will begin playing the fight song and will march down the hallway. They travel from 3rd west to 3rd east, then to 2nd floor (east to west), then first floor (west to east), then down south senior hall toward the science wing and back down north senior hall, finishing with a left turn toward the choir room.

Even though it involves lost class time (but not much time), please consider sending your class into the hallway to cheer them on!

The Spirit March truly is like nothing else... gives me goosebumps just thinking about it! THANKS TO THE CHS BAND for participating in this!

Also on Friday morning, we will be taking the Senior picture... Seniors should follow the band as they march by... eventually we will just walk out the doors by the CAPT building to the track to take their class picture. Following the picture, we will hold their class meeting in the lecture hall. Plan to have them out of class almost the entire period.

If anyone would like to participate in this week's version of 'Week in 3 Words', please stop by the office prior to 4th period on Friday. The theme this week is '1st week in 3 words'.

If you have not yet heard, Matt May's wife, Kathy, has been diagnosed with cancer. Matt is a teacher at the Middle School and the High School swimming coach. Matt & Kathy along with their 5 children need all the prayers and support we can give them. We will be purchasing gas cards for the May family with the jeans fund this week (for new teachers, the jeans fund is a $1 donation made by staff on Fridays for wearing jeans... money is turned in to Megan or CJ). In addition, the Mays have set up a webpage on the Caring Bridge website to share their story and Kathy's progress. The web address is: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kathymay1.

Here is a message from Jenny Dippold (East Elementary Guidance Counselor):

We are also going to be setting up a schedule to bring in meals. We are going to organize it using mealtrain.com. Other than lots of prayers, having meals brought in something Kathy would like. However, she wants to wait until after her appts. at Ohio State this week. (She goes on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.) If you are interested in being a part of the "meal train", let me know and I will contact you once we have it going. THANK YOU!

Next week, we will begin Tech Tuesdays.

Tuesday's topic (8/30): Navigating the Staff Blog

Please consider attending if you are unsure of how to login, maintain access, comment, or have any other general questions about the staff blog and its use.

Tech Tuesdays will be held in room 119 from 7:00 - 7:20 or 2:30 - 2:50. They are optional, but CEUs are available.

Please remember that we are asking that all advisory teachers check on student grades weekly. We would like for you to use some sort of tracking sheet. I have included the link to a grade tracking sheet Erika Draiss created. I know others of you have created/used similar documents. Anything is fine, but please use something. We would like to collect these (or get a copy) at the halfway point and at the end of the trimester (9/30 & 11/22). If you have another grade tracking sheet that might be shared with others, please email it to me and I will add it to this list.

http://goo.gl/Tqkqg

Also, the 'Guidance Referral' form is still an active document. Please use this to let the office staff know if a student continues to struggle. Here is the link:

http://goo.gl/086mh

Remember that our 1st fire drill of the year will be on Monday 8/29 around 9:45 AM. We will be distributing an attendance sheet that we will ask everyone to use to take attendance during the drill. We would also ask that you assemble your class in a line outside (to help keep order and to take attendance).

From the Guidance Staff:

Thanks for your patience in schedule changes. Most changes are completed... the only changes that might occur now will come from mistakes or misplacements.
The counselors will be scheduling Advisory period meetings soon with various grade levels for beginning of the year information.

Don't forget Open House is next Wednesday from 6:30 - 7:30 PM. Schedule can be found in Opening Day information, under the schedules tab on the staff blog, or by clicking here.