KARCHER STAFF BLOG
Karcher 2017-2018 School Calendar
Students of the week!!!!!!!
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Kudos
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- Kudos to our Rube Goldberg students and advisors Mike Yopp & Eric Sulik! Two of the four teams competed this past Friday and our all girls team took 2nd place out of 20 teams!!! Awesome job!
- Thank you to Jenny Geyso, Kurt Rummler, and our 8th grade academic teachers for your adjustments this past week to allow the 8th grade students to have time on their Forward writing assessment!
- In general... we may have a few Forward makeups this week still but not many overall!
- Zach Cowan won the NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award! He is one the recipients and will receive a $500 award that will be placed in a savings account for college! When you see Zach congratulate him!
- Noelle Voegeli won "Outstanding Middle School Soloist" at the Jazz festival in March. Therefore, she won $200 in free tuition towards one of the Conservatory's clinics or camps! When you see Noelle congratulate her as well!
- Congratulations to 7th grade orchestra members Samantha Riley, Patrick Savaglia and Julia Torpy for their performance at the Wisconsin Young Artist Honors Orchestra at UW-Whitewater on Saturday!
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Information/Reminders...
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- Wednesday, April 25 - Administrative Assistants Day!
- Help make Wednesday a special day for Kim Moss, Jane Peterson, Marian Hancock, and Amanda Wilks for all they do for our students, staff, and the school!
- Those willing... please bring in a dish to share for a luncheon for them! We will make sure they have time to be down in the staff lounge for both lunches in order to eat with all of you!
- Applied Academics... it is your week to have students email their parents/guardians about all the happenings in your class over the past five weeks!
- Monday, April 23 - House Splitting
- Kurt Rummler, Mike Jones, Andrea Hancock, and Brad Ferstenou will be splitting houses for the 2018-2019 school year.
- Monday, April 23 - Special Education teacher meeting from 12:00 - 12:45 in the conference room.
- Monday, April 23 - Afternoon Inservice from 1:00 - 3:00 below is where staff should go for the afternoon!
- All K-12 special education teachers will be in the library with Kathy Merlo talking about RtI... starting at 1:00.
- The rest of the staff I would like to have a quick meeting with everyone to share some staffing information. We will meet in the conference room at 1:00 - 1:10. Then from 1:10 - 3:00 will be for the below items/groups (special education teachers I will fill you in during the 12:00 - 12:45 time):
- All Karcher English, Math, interventionists, and counselors will meet in the conference room to discuss RtI adjustments for the 2018-2019 school year. We are starting with English and math as the adjustments district wide is around English and math.
- All social studies and science teachers should meet with your grade level partner and work on your Essential Skill work, focusing on your written goals you discussed.
- All applied academic teachers will be meeting with other elective teachers K-12.
- Due to different dismissal times Dyer will arrive around 1:15, K-4 around 1:25, and BHS around 1:50. This allows you to get organized and work on what you can until the entire group is present.
- Ryan and I will be moving from group to group throughout the afternoon. If you would like us to come to your room please call the office and they can radio us to come by your classroom.
- Monday, April 23 - Jazz Fest in the BHS Auditorium starting at 6:40pm!
- Wednesday, April 25 - Essential Skills PLC.
- Friday, April 27 - 7th grade field trip to Gateway, Elkhorn Campus.
- Steve Berezowitz will get more information to teams this week!
Additional Reminders:
- Students should not have their cell phones in the classroom. Currently our handbook says they can use them during passing time and at lunch, as the year progresses be cognizant of sticking to our handbook as we have seen a rise in cell phone issues in the main office.
- Just a reminder to have your last your class put up their chairs to assist the custodial staff with cleaning your rooms at night.
- Also... don't forget to use the maintenance request for any furniture items you need assistance with, issues you are seeing in the building, etc.
- Please continue to communicate and reach out to parents/guardians at least every two weeks via Skyward.
Pictures from this past week!
Rube Goldberg Competition! Our all girls team took 2nd place out of 20 teams!
Students in Ms. Fulton's class working on reading stamina!
Students in Mr. Jones and Ms. Thate's math class solving systems of equations.
Students in Ms. Murphy's English class participating in a mini lesson focusing on a note taking strategy for factual pro or con evidence within multiple articles.
Our weight lifting club fundraiser allowed for some reupholstering of some of the weight lifting equipment! Below are the before and afters! Thanks to Jon Nelson's father-in-law for the help!
