February 8th

KARCHER STAFF BLOG

Student's of the week for

February 1st - February 5th

Selena displays a positive attitude consistently throughout the year so far. She is very kind and leads by example.

Summer is actively engaged in class, personable, and polite. She is a responsible student council representative for her advisory.

Nathan has been a consistent hard worker this year. His effort is noticed within his performance in class and on tests. He is always a productive member within his group and works well with all of his peers.

Gian has a great attitude and is always stepping up to help others in his classes.

Jacob is a team player and leads by example whether it is on the basketball court, the classroom, or in the hallways.

Casey is a hard working student. She is very responsible for doing her homework and always puts forth 100% effort!

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Kudos

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Jacob Malewicki was chosen as the KCB STAFF OF THE WEEK! Congrats Jake and thank you all for continuing to reinforce our 8 character traits.
The 7-12 Strings Concert put on a great show this past week! Nice job Nick Buendia!!! Rod Stoughton also assisted by adding the extra flare to the concert on the guitar and Nick stepped in to play the drums as well for a few pieces. Nice job to both of you! Was a great performance :)
Thank you to those of you who assisted with the discussion about student led conferences this week!

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Reminders

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Course selection sheets should have been turned in by February 5th (last Friday) by our current 7th graders. Once we have all of them we will get the course selection sheets to each house, special education department, and interventionists in order to assist with academic selections for their 8th grade year.
The 8th grade students will receive their course selection sheets this week - after 8th grade Open House on Monday night (February 8 from 5:30 - 7:25)

Staff Meeting Monday, February 8, to discuss student led conferences.
Monday night board meeting starts at 7:00 followed by a report from Plunkett Raysich Architects at 7:30pm - at this meeting we will be hearing about the costs involved regarding our current buildings.
Molly Ebbers will be starting up "Tech Tuesdays" in her classroom from 2:40 - 3:30.

This Tuesday, February 9, she will be continuing with assistance regarding Google Classroom.
Any and all staff are invited to attend and are can leave when you need to - relaxed atmosphere to assist with technology questions as we progress through the school year.

Culver's Night is Tuesday, February 9, from 5:00 - 8:00 to support our Student Council. All the proceeds will go to all activities at Karcher. Stop out and you never know... you might win something free!!!
PLC Wednesday, February 10 - The new literacy tool, determining importance, will be presented by Jenny Geyso, Molly Ebbers, and Patti Tenhagen.

Staff will then be asked to show how they will be incorporating the strategy into their own classroom instruction. You will have time on February 17 to work within your content regarding the strategy.

February 10 - 12 - I will be at the AWSA Principals Conference. Matt will be in the building on Thursday and Friday.
February 12 - Half day in-service. Teaching staff I ask that you use the 1:00 - 3:00 time to work on one or all of the following items (start in the library briefly with Matt @ 1:00):

Just a reminder, February 15 we will be changing how we operate for iTime with the focus being on:

Just a reminder to make sure you are taking your attendance within the first 5 minutes of advisory and ensuring it is accurate.
Please check your sub folders and adjust necessary items to reflect courses you have for second semester.
Budgets are due to Kim by February 19th.

Reminder: If you are taking supplies from the main office and you are taking the last item or close to the last item please let Jane know the supply item is getting low so she can order more.
Cell Phones - As we started off in September cell phones should not be in the classroom visible unless requested by the teacher. If a student does have their cell phone out at an inappropriate time please utilize your cell phone jail within your classroom. Chronic cases should be brought to the office and entered in Skyward as a referral.