Monday, September 22, 2014

WHS Staff News 9/22/14

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Fall is in the air, which means school is in full swing.  The fall sports teams are off to a great start.  If you have time, consider attending an upcoming game.  The students love seeing their teachers at their games!  Advisors have started meeting with their clubs and planning out events and activities.  If you are not an official advisor and want to get involved, see me and I can try to point you in the right direction.  

I know the beginning of the school year is VERY hectic, but hopefully you have established routines and things are calming down.   In talking with staff members and the supervisors, the early SGO deadline did not help.  It is something we will look at for next year.   

Last week the individual student passes were handed out.  Students should not be leaving your class without their pass.  The blue "room log" sheets will be left in your mailboxes later today which students will also need to sign before leaving the class.  The logs are room specific and help in cases when something happens during a specific period we can determine who was out of the room.   In addition to the students passes, we created special "Pink" passes for Study Hall, Media Center and Academic Support, which will be used for students in those particular classes.  If an administrator or hall duty teacher (really, any teacher) sees a student walking around without a pass, they should be stopped and asked where they are going and whose class they are coming from.  We need to be consistent and the students will follow.  

Lets have a great (Short) week!!  #Ownit

Looking Back
Back to School Night went very well last week.  I received a lot of positive feedback from parents on how great the teacher presentations were and how happy their children are with their teachers.


Looking Forward
Honeywell Test for staff will be on Tuesday, 9/23, @ approximately 7pm.  Please make sure you review your profile prior to the 23.  Letter & Honeywell Directions from Dr. Casarico

 All of the required Safe School Online Training's, need to be completed by 10/3/14

 Learning and Collaborating Time - Wednesday 9/24 (More info on this to follow)

 Expect an Emergency Drill sometime this month. Make sure you have a key for any room you are assigned to and have reviewed lock down & evacuation procedures with all your classes.

No School - Thursday 9/25

 Goodell Jean Day - Friday 9/26

Recent Blog Posts 
New Staff @ WHS

PD Resources 
Six ways to Be a Lifelong Learner via Jordan Collier  (@JCollierAR )
Why We Don't Truly Embrace Failure via George Couros ( @gcouros ) 
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