domingo, 7 de abril de 2019

April 8, 2019

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Kudos
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  • Congrats to Donna Sturdevant who was made a grandma on March 18!  Her daughter Shelly had Leah Mae Perrone late at night on the 18th coming in at 8lbs 12 oz!  Shelly and Leah are doing great!  Congrats again Donna :))) 
  • Andrea Pangburn will be joining our team starting Monday, April 8 filling one of our special education aide positions.  Andrea will mostly be working with Sue and Katie but does have parts of her day in other areas of the building.  Please assist Andrea with the lay of the land, changes in schedules these next two weeks, etc.  Welcome to the team Andrea!!!  
  • Kudos to Kelly Fulton, Andrea Hancock, and Alyssa Riggs for assisting with our special education teacher interviews this past week!  We interviewed 8 candidates and are hopeful to have found a few strong prospects!  
  • Thank you to Mike Jones and Kailee Smith for attending the WOW Conference this past Thursday.  Mike and Kailee will be sharing with the rest of the staff some take aways at our PLC on April 17.  And... thank you to Jon Nelson for filling in for Ryan and I while we both also attended the WOW Conference.  Thanks again!
  • Kudos to Hans Block and Jon Nelson for assisting our profession by taking on a field student, Corbyn Thornton, from now through May 10.  So... if you see Corbyn working with Hans or Jon welcome him to Karcher as well!  
  • Thank you to Jane Peterson and Korrine Peterson for assisting with the organization of all of our Forward Exam tickets!  It takes a lot of time so please thank them when you see them for their help with ensuring our testing tickets are organized for our building.  
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Information/Reminders
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  • We interviewed for our open special education position last week and are in the process of securing a candidate for the position.  Once it is solidified we will share information about the new hire. 
  • You may have noticed the Karcher library/office aide posting that went out this past Friday. We are looking to fill our library/office aide ASAP as Karen Gerold resigned her position.  
This week:  
  • April 8 - April 11 Forward Exam Week 1 
    • Click HERE to see the schedule for April 8 through April 11.  The focus during this week is for both grade levels to complete the writing prompt portion of the Forward Exams within student's ELA classes.  
    • Applied Academic staff:  Note that there is an adjustment to where morning electives fall and the length of time.  
      • You can see your actual schedule on page 2 if you click on the link to view the schedule.  The times have been adjusted to have 49 minute classes during the testing periods.  Please make sure you look at page 2 for your schedule.  
    • Academic teachers:  Note that your schedule too is different and you will have one period per day that is extended as well.  
    • Friday, April 12 is a normal bell schedule day!!!
  • Monday, April 8 - Essential Skills Committee in our Karcher library from 3:45 - 5:15 
  • Wednesday, April 10 - PLC in the Band Room.  
    • We will start at 2:47 and go until 3:27.  
  • Friday, April 12 
    • Last day for students to complete their 7 iReady lessons for the next incentive day!  They need to complete 3 reading and 3 math with 1 additional in either subject area. 
    • We will then use the makeup time slots during the week of April 15-18 to get kids to note where they want to go for the incentive.  
      • April 22-23 for 7th grade:  
        • 22nd - prep for assembly in advisories 
        • 23rd - students who get the incentive will attend the incentive.  Those not will report to their 1st hour academic teacher and SSR or do iReady.  
      • April 22-23 for 8th grade:  
        • 22nd - students who get the incentive will attend the incentive.  Those not will report to their 2nd hour academic teacher and SSR or do iReady. 
        • 23rd - prep for assembly in advisories 
Looking ahead:  
  • April 15 - Monday - BLT Meeting from 2:40 - 3:30 
    • We will discuss chapters 4 from both books and also an update on the change over to a skills based gradebook for the 2019-2020 school year.  
  • April 15 - April 18 - Forward Exam Week 2 
    • Click HERE for the schedule.  This will be for all 4 days during the week.  There will be no extended advisory or iTime due to the adjusted bell schedule.  
      • There are 4 pages to this schedule so keep scrolling :)  
    • We will also have all applied academic teachers joining/assisting in academic classrooms this year throughout the testing sessions.  We will finalize this during this week and get information out to staff prior to the weekend.  
      • Note... page 2 of this schedule is for applied academic teachers.  In order to still get prep you will leave your testing group at 10:25 (this is noted in your schedule).  
    • Special education teachers will be working with students in a small group setting and our interventionists will most likely be doing the same.  Ryan and I may also take a small group as well depending on need, etc.   
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    Pictures from the week
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    7th graders creating scientifically accurate models of the reproductive structures of angiosperms

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