Highlights 12/21/12

Have great Holiday and Happy New Year.  Enjoy the time off with your families and take time for yourself.    

 News:

School safety concerns - When we get back in January a security community will be formed to discuss our current security plans and look at anything that needs to modified or changed. If you would like to be part of the community, let me know.  

Requesting Subs - Our math student teacher, Kevin McOwen is certified to sub in the district and since many of you got to know him and saw what a good teacher he is, you might consider asking for him when you call Terry.   J. Sacci

New procedure for submitting period attendance when Genesis is down.  The new form can be found on this blog under Google Forms.  Period Attendance Form

School Highlights - Blog/Twitter Posts:

Hey Waldwick HS: Tune in for "HIGH SCHOOL LIFE" this Saturday, Dec 22 to see a Waldwick HS feature on @msg_varsity    Flyer about the show

PD Resources:

Interest blog post "Armed Guards" discussing the Newtown CT. Incident written by Dr. Davids Gentile @drgentile_mps  

Happenings 12/14

News:

• New dates for the remaining marking periods:
  Marking Period 2: Ends 1/30/13 – Grades due 2/4/13…released 2/7/13
  Marking Period 3: Starts 1/31/13 – Ends 4/12/13 Grades due 4/17/13…released 4/22/13
  Marking period 4: Starts – 4/15/13 – Ends – 6/13/13
  
  
• The Sophomore Class Council will be hosting "Top a Teacher" on Thursday, December 20th, after school until 4:15 PM.  Students will be able to purchase sundaes and either eat them, or top a teacher with the ice cream.  The teacher's participating are Mr. Opderbeck, Mr. Apap, and Mrs. Kish.  Students will be coming around to homerooms to sell tickets for sundaes.  D. Kish

• REMINDER:  The Reorganization/Regular Board Meeting takes place on Monday, January 7, 2013.  Any items that need to be placed on the agenda must be received by the Board Office no later than December 19.

• Friday, December 21st will be a FREE Jean Day and Warrior Gear for all staff.  

• Third Annual Holiday Luncheon - Friday, December 21st during the Pep Rally 11:30 -12:36pm.  2 hot Entrees: Pasta and Chicken, Sandwich/Wrap Platter, Green Salad and Fresh Fruit salad, Water & Soda. We welcome any of your special holiday desserts to share.   RSVP to: Terais McLoughlin or Kerry Gugliemotti
  With payment by Friday, December 14th.  The cost will be $12 per person.  
  
  

School Highlights - Blog/Twitter Posts:

• Fall Season Recap
• Check out the HS Twitter Account for tweets from the Varsity Dinner and Holiday Concert

PD Resources:

•  10 Cell Phone Apps for Teachers  - is written by @MZimmer557 the author of:  The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness 

• I recently found this blog called Learning Unlimited written by @tysonkimberly and in the spirit of the holiday season they are currently running a series of blogs posts called "12 days, 12 tools".  Each post includes a printable cheat sheet and gives some great information about each topic.  Below are two examples of the cheat sheets included in the blog posts.  

Twitter Cheat Sheet 
Common Core Standards Cheat Sheet 

Happenings for the Week

WHS News:

• On Thursday, December 6th - Faculty Desert War took place after school in the cafeteria.  Thanks to Mr. Opderbeck for putting this together and to all the staff members that participated.  The Dessert War was a huge success and raised $450 to help fight child slavery!!         
• Friday, December 7th over 160 students-athletes will be honored at the Fall Varsity Dinner sponsored by the Booster Club. 
• The Secret Santa drawing will take place Friday, December 7th at 3:10.  Sorry for the inconvenience!   T. Waligroski
• Winter Concert - Thursday, December 13th at 7pm in the Little Theater 
• Class "Cupcakes Wars" are coming to Waldwick HS on 12/19/12.  More details to come. 
• Third Annual Holiday Luncheon - Friday, December 21st during the Pep Rally 11:30 -12:36pm.  2 hot Entrees: Pasta and Chicken, Sandwich/Wrap Platter, Green Salad and Fresh Fruit salad, Water & Soda. We welcome any of your special holiday desserts to share.   RSVP to: Terais McLoughlin or Kerry Gugliemotti
  With payment by Friday, December 14th.  The cost will be $12 per person.  
• I heard about this website on the radio this morning.  It's called "Secret Sandy," and allows you to secretly donate presents to children who lost their belongings from Hurricane Sandy.  You can choose a particular area to help (for example, if you grew up in the Rockaways, you could select to specifically give a gift to a child from that area), or you could select to help out a particular situation, (for example, if you are a parent of 3 children, you could select to help out a family that also has 3 children).  It's a nice idea if you're looking to do a little good around the holidays!
  http://secretsandy.org/   J. Sacci

Blog/Twitter Posts:

Congratulations Cara Montella - Bergen County High School Band
November Students of the Month
Waldwick students join Movember 

PD Resources:

From @rmbyrne author of a great blog - Free Technology for Teachers 
10 Google search tips all students (teachers) can use

From @Edudemic - A dedicated community of educators and technologists looking to enhance learning.   
100 High School Teacher Blogs to Start Reading