KARCHER STAFF BLOG
Student's of the week for
January 11th - January 15th
- Joey Berezowitz (Diamond)
- Joey is kind and compassionate to other students. He is respectful to his peers and teachers. He works hard and has a positive attitude.
- Tristian Post (Applied Academic)
- Tristian follows "The Karcher Way" on a daily basis by setting a good example of kindness to other students and respect towards his teachers.
- Amelia Anderson (Onyx)
- Amelia is a wonderful example of a student who consistently follows and lives by "The Karcher Way". Thank you Amelia for always having a smile on your face, being willing to help others, and for taking pride in all that you do. Keep up the good work!
- Trinity Northrup (Silver)
- Trinity is responsible and leads by example. She always is showing a positive attitude.
- Claire Walby (Karcher Bucks)
- Claire is such a caring and kind person. She is very respectful to her peers and her teachers and continuously shows compassion throughout the school day.
- Megan Vankoningsveld (Hive)
- Megan's perseverance and effort in the classroom has been extraordinary. She continues to lead by example in our school.
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Kudos
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- Jean Fifer was chosen as the KCB STAFF OF THE WEEK! Congrats Jean and thank you all for continuing to reinforce our 8 character traits.
- A shout out to Stephanie Rummler and Jacob Malewicki for putting together the Character Assemblies for our 7th and 8th grade students! Great job and what a great assembly and great job working through this for the first time. Nice job!
- Thank you to ALL of our staff who presented awards to our students at the Character Assemblies. It was truly a great morning for all of our students and a great reminder to us all about why going into the field of education is the best career path there is... nice job everyone!
- Thank you Marian Hancock for all of your help and patience throughout MAP Testing... we all appreciate all the work you put into the schedule, makeups, and assisting our staff.
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Reminders
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- Literacy Lesson: Questioning.
- Everyone will be utilizing the reading the literacy team provided on Monday and then the questions on Tuesday. You are welcome to use the inside/outside circle activity as a means to have the students work through the questions.
- Flexisched has been reset for January 28/29 and February 4/5.
- January 26th is the end of the quarter.
- January 27th is an all day in-service and an 8-4 work day.
- The morning will start at BHS in the auditorium for the longevity awards from 8:00 to 9:00.
- We will then be back at Karcher from 9:00 to 11:30 as building level in-service.
- 9:00 - 10:00 Library - Scheduling, Literacy, MAP Data
- 10:00 - 11:30 Standards/Common Assessments
- 11:30 to 12:30 for lunch.
- 12:30 - 4:00 is for grading and classroom work time to finish up semester 1 and get ready for semester 2.
- 12:30 - 1:00 - Google Classroom with Molly Ebbers in the library. Staff interested in learning more about Google Classroom can meet Molly in the library at 12:30.
- Starting February 1st we will begin the process of scheduling for the 2016-2017 school year.
- On February 1st Eric Burling will come over to present to 8th grade during advisory time as an entire class in the auditorium.
- I will present to 7th grade in the library by house.
- Diamond House on February 1st during advisory.
- Onyx House on February 2nd during advisory.
- Matt will be presenting to 6th grade.
- Our goal is to have every student's applied academic requests and academic courses by February 19th.
- ***** If your advisory students are not in a scheduling meeting on either February 1st or 2nd please utilize that time for students to upload documents for their student led conference portfolios and/or look over the course catalog for the 2016-2017 course selections.
- Student Led Conferences...
- On February 2nd and 4th from 2:40 - 3:30 those willing and/or able to assist with how student led conferences will look this year we would appreciate your insight as we add in some time for parents to meet with the teachers along with the student led conferences. So, if you are able we will be meeting regarding student led conferences in the library on the 2nd and 4th. All are welcome!
- Strings Winter Concert - February 4th @ 7:30pm @ BHS auditorium.
- February 9th - Student Council Culver's Night - 5:00 to 8:00. Have dinner at Culvers and 10% of all proceeds will go to support all activities at Karcher.
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Pictures from the week
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Students in Ms. Berezowitz's class dissecting worms.
8th grade students in Ms. Amundson's class working in small groups to identify the parts of a cow eye to better understand how light refracts through the eye.
Academic Bowl students...
8th grade Character Assembly recognition.
7th grade Character Assembly recognition.
Matt and I looking like fools on stage to assist with the importance of communication at the Character Assemblies.
TED Talk for the week: This TED Talk really makes you reflect on the importance of thinking about how we present information to our students, our children, and those we come in contact with. The TED Talk is 19 minutes long but worth watching and listening. I hope it leaves an impact as it has for me...
Calendar for January & February:
