March 19, 2018

KARCHER STAFF BLOG

Karcher 2017-2018 School Calendar

Students of the week!!!!!!!
(Running slide show)

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KarcherMiddleSchool/

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Kudos

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Kudos to Steve Berezowitz, Jack Schmidt, Brad Ferstenou, other coaches, and our student athletes on a great basketball season!
Kudos to our staff and our students for your professionalism and assistance on March 14 with the Nationwide school walkout. Our students who chose to participate were very respectful along with our students who chose to not participate... it was great to see the respect and responsibility that all of our students demonstrated.
Kudos to Amanda Thate for taking some of our students to the HS Reality Fair this past week and worked with Allison Tenhagen to assist with bridging the transition for some of our students.
Kudos to Rod Stoughton and our choral department on a great Sing-a-bration performance this past week! It is amazing to watch and see all the talent that our students have and to see their progression through grades 5-12. The final piece was amazing and really pulled at the heart strings... great performance!

And thank you Dustan Eckmann for assisting with the sound for the night as well! Rod Stoughton always helps Dustan with sound at the band concerts and Dustan does the same for Rod... thank you for supporting each other!

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Information/Reminders...

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ELA teachers... it is your week to have your students email their parents/guardians about what has been taking place in ELA over the course of the last 5 weeks!
Reminder... all staff should be emailing parents/guardians a minimum of every other week informing parents/guardians of upcoming projects, etc. Please make sure you are putting this into practice.
Monday, March 19 - NJHS induction ceremony @ 6:30pm in the Karcher auditorium.
Monday, March 19 - Lift-a-thon fundraiser from 2:30 - 4:00.
March 26 - March 30 - Spring Break!!!
April 2 - Staff Meeting

Forward Exam information. Everyone is welcome to attend.

April 2 week...

During iTime for the week of April 2 the entire building will be focusing on Forward Exam test prep. Academic teachers, please make sure you determine your rotations and/or plans this week and get necessary information about to your entire iTime groups (Applied Academic teachers) so that everyone can hit the ground running upon our return from break.
The next iTime rotation will then start on April 17.

April 4 - Paraprofessional Day!

Lets have a potluck to thank all of our aides for all of your hard work and dedication to our students and to Karcher! Sign ups will be in the main office!

April 9 week... Forward Exam Testing for Karcher.

Bell Schedule
Testing Schedule
Testing tickets will be organized by students 4th hour locations.
Note... Friday is a normal bell schedule day. 8th grade will still be testing so the building needs to remain quiet during periods 4 and 5 as that will be when 8th grade is still testing as a testing block.

April 16 week... 8th grade ELA Forward testing during this week in the area of writing. Students and staff need to be cognizant of hallway noise during this week to assist with the testing environment for ELA.

Videos I frequently watch... thought I would share as you may have a few minutes to reflect and watch as well over break. No pressure... just things I listen to often.