WHS Staff News - Week of 9/14/20

I could not have asked for a better first week with students in the building! Thank You!!! With everything we had to overcome to get here, we should all be extremely proud. I hope some of your fears and concerns have been calmed with what we have put in place. We can't relax with our safety precautions and we need to continue to BE PRESENT every class, everyday for out students. 

I know this is not easy. Everyday I worry about teacher burn out and the amount of stress so many of you are feeling. Right now my best advice is, Focus on what you can control.

  

PD Opportunity
The Blended & Online Learning Course with Catlin Tucker  

If you are on Twitter, I'm sure you have seen/read some of her blog posts in the past. 

The district is prepared to pay for this online course that is self-paced and offer PD hours for those who take advantage of the course.  

If you are interested, please add your name to this doc. 

Department Meetings on "Concurrent Teaching" 

Concurrent teaching is the process of teaching students in the classroom and students online at the same time.
As I stated in my Remind message last week, we are starting the conversation about concurrent teaching and the options it provides. Dr. Elias (Director of Curriculum) will lead the conversation and share teaching strategies and resources with each group.

Monday 9/14 2:30 - 3:15 Math (HS) Room 501

Tuesday 9/15 2:30 - 3:15 Social Studies (HS) Room 141
Wednesday 9/16 1:35 - 2:15 

    PE & HE (HS & MS) Room MSMPR
    Related Arts (HS & MS) Room MSMPR
Wednesday 9/16 2:30 - 3:15 World Language (HS) Room 144
Thursday 9/17 2:30 - 3:15 Language Arts (HS) Room 138
Monday 9/21 2:30 - 3:15 Science (HS) Room 301

*Special Education teachers should attend the department meeting they teach more in. 

A Few Quick Hits

• Fire Drills - For our first fire drill we will be walking through it first as per new State guidelines.  I will have more info on this later in the week.
• Reminder that all Google Classroom post for AM classes should be posted at 8am daily

Lunch time offer from Parkwood Deli
Few important details.....

All orders MUST be in by 11:00 am so we can get them to you by 12:30.
All orders MUST be entered as a PICKUP as we do not typically deliver at this time.
Enter Pickup time as ASAP.
In the special instructions, they MUST include WALDWICK HS so there is no confusion.
Park Wood Deli & Catering