Staff Update Week of May 20th

Important Dates

5/20-            8th Grade Swings and Things Field Trip

5/21-            "Northern Lights" Assembly 2nd period

5/22-          Last Day of School

5/23-            PD Day

5/24-            Teacher Records Day

Important Information

PLCs

No PLCs last week of school (besides PD Day)

Last Day of School (5/22)

Students will not be permitted to use lockers or bring items to school on Wednesday (5/22)

6th Grade Plan

7th Grade Plan

8th Grade Plan

PD Day (5/23)

Here is a link to the schedule for PD Day on 5/23

Please see me with any questions

Check Out Day (5/24)

Staff meeting 8:30am in Band Room?

Teacher checkouts begin at 9am

Please bring your End Faculty Check Out List

Checkout order will be randomly selected Wednesday.

If you don't mind having a later time in the day for checkout, let me know.

At Risk/ Possible Failure List

Please refer to Casey's email from 5/15.  Here is a link to the At Risk/ Possible Failure List

Please have this completed by May 23 at 9am

Please send an email to Casey if you have any students receiving "Incompletes"

Math and Science AIR Results.

Congrats to Karla, Michelle, Kelly, Tracey, Amy, Mallory, Lisa, and Mackenzie.  I am pleased with our growth from last year.  

	Eastlake	Willowick	Willoughby	Eastake (without units)
Math6	50%	23.77%	14.39%	52.57%
Math7	46%	37.10%	38.89%	51.04%
Math8	42%	33.60%	24.22%	51.35%
Algebra	95%	100.00%	86.15%	95%
Geometry	73%	72.22%	85.00%	73%
Science8	60%	53.95%	47.43%	70.96%

Good Professional Reading (or Watching)

Mayfield Middle School's visiting school presentation

Many teachers have gone to Mayfield MS this year to see what they are doing.  If you didn't get a chance, take a look at this presentation.

  Staff Update Week of May 13th

PTO School Dance

Important Dates

5/13-            Fire Drill 2:30pm

5/14-           5th Grader visit EMS

5/14-           5th Grade Parent Night

5/14-           Choir Concert

5/15-           Tornado Drill 8:45am

5/15-            6th Grade Zoo Field Trip

5/16-           Band/Choir Assemblies (2nd period)

5/17-           8th Grade Honors Breakfast

5/20-            8th Grade Swings and Things Field Trip

5/21-            "Northern Lights" Assembly 2nd period

5/22-          Last Day of School

Important Information

Fire Drill and Tornado Drill

We will be having a fire drill and a tornado drill this week.  See dates and times above.  Please make sure students know the procedures and are quiet.

Locker Cleanouts

We will place garbage cans in the hallways Thursday (upstairs) and Friday (downstairs) this week.  Students should start cleaning out their lockers on these two days.  

We will also have garbage cans available on Monday and Tuesday next week.

Students will not be permitted to use lockers or bring items to school next Wednesday (5/22)

Good Professional Reading (or Watching)

Connecting Across Disciplines in PBL

Stop Popcorn Reading

 Staff Update Week of May 6th

Important Dates

5/7-            PTSO Staff Cookout

5/9-            7th Grade Zoo Field Trip

5/10-            PTSO School Dance

5/14-           5th Grader visit EMS

5/14-           5th Grade Parent Night

5/14-           Choir Concert

5/15-            6th Grade Zoo Field Trip

5/16-           Band/Choir Assemblies (2nd period

5/17-           8th Grade Honors Breakfast

5/20-            8th Grade Swings and Things Field Trip

5/21-            "Northern Lights" Assembly 2nd period

5/22-          Last Day of School

Important Information

State Testing

Thank you for everyone's flexibility with State Testing.

We only have 2 kids that need to make up tests.  They should be completed on Monday.

Teacher Appreciation Week

Thank you to the entire staff for everything you do for the students at EMS on a daily basis.  The reason EMS is the BEST school in the district is because of you.  Our students are lucky to be part of this school and to have you as role models.  

Those of you that are Browns fans, please enjoy the wonderful treats that are planned for you this week.

PTO Dance

The PTO is hosting a school dance on Friday from 6:30-9:00pm.  Last year, the dance was very nice and the kids had a great time.  I am sure this year will be even better.  Feel free to stop by and see the students.

Erin's Law

Inspired by a survivor of child sexual abuse (CSA) and created with evidence-based practices, Erin’s Law require schools to: 

● Provide age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention education to students, 

● Train school personnel on child sexual abuse detection, and 

● Inform parents and guardians of child sexual abuse warning signs 

Joe Rhomberg will be doing presentations with all students grades 6-8 this week.  Thank you Casey for setting this up and Joe for presenting on this important topic.

Good Professional Reading (or Watching)

Integrating Math and Art in the Classroom

How to Teach an Inductive Learning Lesson