Monday, November 23, 2020

WHS Staff News - Week of 11/23/20


First, I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving! I am so grateful for all of you and how hard you have been working the past three months. We all know this is not easy. Take a break this upcoming long weekend from school work, as best you can. It’s important we take care of ourselves and the people around us.

I received 27 responses from the concurrent teaching survey and everyone of them had a yes answer to using concurrent teaching. I appreciate the feedback on the pros/cons and think we have made great strides in finding ways to make this work. Based on talking with teachers around the building and the feedback I received from the survey, starting Monday, 11/30, concurrent teaching will be required for all classes. Before you react, this means a few things - nothing really major.

Concurrent teaching will help you with planning and workload!

The number of students who have opted for full-time remote learning keeps growing every day. 

A big reason for this shift is student accountability. This will give students structure by having them log in for each class and more importantly, streamline class attendance. With this move, students will no longer have the option of checking themselves in via Genesis. We will turn that feature off. Teachers will be expected to take attendance via Meet each period for all students in every class. This honestly should make it easier for you because you control it. No more are they virtual, FT remote, etc. If a students is on the Meet they are present - if not, they are absent. The automatic Google Meet attendance report seems to be working well from what I have heard and can be used for attendance verification.

For the hundredth time, concurrent teaching does not mean teaching online for the entire period. Ideas …. get the class started with a short lesson, have students present projects, have students work in groups, conference with individual students, use breakout rooms, etc. These are all things I have seen used by our teachers that are working really well.  If anyone needs help or wants to brainstorm ideas, Dianna, Mike, Susie or I are more than happy to sit and talk with you. 

I will put something out to the students and parents before Wednesday so they know what to expect for next week. 

No Homework Break
There should be no homework assigned over the break. This will apply to the holiday brake as well.

Referendum
As you saw last week, the BOE is moving forward with the referendum, which will go out to the voters on January 26. The project is 90% focused on the High School. We need this to pass.  So for those of you on Twitter, please RT my post related to the referendum so we can get the message out.

The website they created has all the information related to the projects.

Fall Season comes to an end 
What a great Fall Season! Special thanks to all the coaches, Boz, Mrs. Esteves and Mr. Mayer for making it all happening during these crazy times. As a group you gave our students and families some normalcy when so many people needed that.  

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Monday, November 16, 2020

WHS Staff News - 11/16/20


Focus on the SMALL wins! 

I know how hard these first three months have been on so many of you. To be totally honest with you, this past month I have struggled at times with my energy, my focus and mostly worrying about the health and safety of all of you and the students. It's a lot. What keeps me going is focusing on the positives and embracing those moments. Whether it's reading positive tweets, watching our teams play, writing positive notes, time with family or just talking with students, those small moments are saving me and keeping me going.  All of those SMALL moments in each day make all of this manageable. We all need to find ways to get through this and be there for our students. Give the small wins a chance, I really think it can help and bring some joy to what we are going through. We need to stay Warrior strong, we need to remain positive for our own mental health and for our students.  

Please consider sharing how you are doing and if you need anything from me via the 
Mindset Check In form.  

 


Budget Items (2 Things)

#1 Big Ticket Items (Thank you to all those who already submitted)

This link below is to be used for any requests that you have for your program/classes that need to be budgeted for the 21-22 school year. This should be used for ALL Digital Resources, large items or program needs. This form is NOT to be used for basic school Specialty Supplies and other items purchased yearly through Ed-Data. 


All requests must be submitted to Mr. Carroll by 3pm Wednesday, November 18th for approval.  Please note that these are requests and will be reviewed, but your submission does not guarantee that they will be included in the budget. We will inform you either way when the process is finalized.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qur1J7xd023ZjbBeWz3Go17Gjh0_5XZIxHdHeD8bSLo/copy  (This link should force you to make a copy)

#2 General Supplies Order - Due December 4th

Below is the spread sheet for all of your general budget items by department. Please enter all of the items you wish to purchase in the spreadsheet.  This is not new, we have done this in the past. 

For the most part budgets are staying the same so keep that in mind.  If there is something new that you want and you are not sure money-wise, see me. We might be able to get some of these items with this year's budget. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bd4v6cyYbXGUvAmRtjgnF8Ko7pPdMOKNnU1_8s4rd8Q/edit#gid=1152990437


News 

Warrior Gear Sale is up and running.  Samples of some of the items will be in next week.  Because of COVID, trying on the samples will not be allowed. 

 http://whsprincipal.blogspot.com/2020/11/2020-warrior-gear-holiday-sale.html

FYI - Next Monday, 11/23, there will be a film crew around campus taking video for the referendum. They will be here in the afternoon. The referendum will be moving forward with a January 26th voting date. Fingers crossed! 

Wednesday 11/25 (Minimum Day) for all. The day will be optional to work from home or in the building. No office hours, the day ends at 12:44.  

December Calendar - Hybrid Schedule  


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