Kudos!
- Congrats to Katherine Botsford and Stephanie Rummler on receiving the first staff "Medal of Awesomes" for this school year!
- Just a reminder for MOA - always take a picture of yourself with the student on the pass off between days! For the picture remember that perception is everything! Always maintain some social distancing and ensure both staff and student has their mask on for the picture!
- Thank you to those who reached out with ideas and thoughts for iTime. Your ideas/thoughts allowed us to pause and provide time for teams to really think through what students need and what you need right now relating to iTime. Thank you all for your collaborative nature to work together for the betterment of our students!!!
- Thank you as well for your willingness to adapt and adjust when it comes to the need for spaces throughout the building. Again... doing such a great job working together to meet the needs of our students and each other!
- Thank you to Kris Thomsen for removing the JEDI students from your gradebooks this past week! If you notice anyone else that should be removed please reach out to Annie or Steve as they can verify first and then have Kris take them out of your gradebooks!
- HUGE kudos to Jenny Geyso for your continued efforts with our 6-12 JEDI students! It is a TON of work and Jenny has accepted the challenge and is doing an amazing job with the help of Jessica Bailey and Lynn Petges.
Information/Reminders
- Masks on the bus:
- As we progress into the school year please assist us with reminding our students of the need to always keep their masks on while riding on a bus. We all need reminders sometimes, this is one of those moments were a reminder to students would be great!
- Morning adjustment:
- After meeting as a building team it was decided to let students just go to their lockers/classrooms right when they arrive at BHS. We had them sitting in the upstairs cafeteria tables or hanging out in the gym but most were going to the tables upstairs. This was causing A LOT of students to be gathered together at the start of the day. Therefore, students are welcome to still sit at the table to have breakfast and/or they can make their way to their lockers when they arrive.
- iTime:
- We adjusted our thoughts for iTime for the time being - please help ensure students know where they should be going for iTime as it will be a new location for them!
- KCBs:
- Remember the adjustment with KCBs - students will just hold onto their own KCBs and use them as "money" when they are able to use them!
- Wednesday, September 23 - We will not be meeting for building level time this week.
- However, anyone interested in assisting with the wayfinding for new Karcher is welcome to join Jennifer Pelnar and I starting at 10:30 in Jennifer's classroom. Wayfinding relates to the images and wording that will be found throughout the building on specific walls, etc.
- Wednesday, September 23 - Special Education Teachers will be participating in a training around Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) with CESA 2 from 12:30-2:30.
- Special Education Teachers - a Zoom invite will be shared with everyone prior to 12:30. An agenda for our time with CESA 2 will also be shared with you prior to Wednesday! If you have any questions please let me know!
- The high school special education team will also be participating in the training.
- Regular Education teachers - as we begin our journey of tweaking and adjusting how we meet the needs of our students with IEPs we will be working to focus more specifically on grade level standards when writing IEP goals and working to understand what specifically designed instruction should look like moving forward. As the special education team and admin learn more from CESA 2 we will share what adjustments and tweaks we will be making as we move forward! This will most likely be a learning year for our special education staff and reg ed will be involved when appropriate!
- Use of Wednesdays for students to come to BHS
- Annie has been working with Thomas Bus so that our students are able to use the busses on Wednesdays to come to BHS to work on their virtual/in-person work. Annie will be sharing more with the team once things get finalized! This is a great partnership with Thomas Bus as they are more than willing to assist!
- As a reminder as well... if you want any students to come in due to falling behind with their work on their Essential Skills for you, please reach out to their parents/guardians to arrange having the student attend on Wednesdays.
- Band/Orchestra lesson adjustments:
- The adjustments for when band/orchestra lessons will take place will start this week. This only relates to elective periods and no students will miss any of their other classes due to lessons. This is an exception this year due to the hybrid model and the desire for all students to be in their scheduled classes for the full duration of the two days they are in-person.
- The band/orchestra schedules is listed on the elective teacher schedule... just scroll down!
Picture from this past week!
8th graders in Mike Jones and Amanda Thate's math class working on determining slope!
