Staff Update Week of January 27, 2025

Important Dates

1/28-           Career Day

1/29-            Fire Drill 2:22pm (Note time change)

1/29-            EMS PTSO Dine and Donate (Marco's Pizza)

1/30-            8th Graders visit North (time to be determined)

1/30-            8th Grade HS experience Night at North

2/14-            Valentines Day

2/17-            President's Day.  No School

2/25-           Fire Drill  1:40pm

Important Information

Video Recording (Monday)

EMS Video Schedule
Time	Location	Notes
8:30-8:35	Main Office	Action Shot of Morning Announcements
8:35-8:45	Guidance Office	Interview (Ms. Cook) and action shots with Counselors
8:50-9:00	Room 118	7th Grade PLC in Action
9:05-9:15	Rooms 101 and 102	Autism Units in Action
9:25-9:35	ADP Room	Interview- Mrs. Michalski
9:40-9:50	Room 118	7th Grade Science- Mr. Johnson
9:55-10:05	Room 201	6th Grade ELA- Mrs. Ianiro
10:10-10:20	Room 219	8th Grade Social Studies- Mrs. Rockwell
10:35-10:55	Room 202	6th Grade PLC in Action
11:10-11:20	Cafeteria	6th Grade Lunch, Interview with Mr. Eberly
11:25-11:35	Library	Maker Space and Interview with Mr. Dressel
11:45-11:55	Main Office Hallway Area	Transitions - Main Hallway by Office
12:00-12:10	Gymnasium	PE Class- 6th Grade- Mr. Rhomberg
12:10-12:30	extra time if needed	extra time if needed- Additional Interviews

PLCs this week

6th and 7th grade PLCs have been moved to Monday this week.

Career Day (Tuesday)

1st-3rd period (8th graders only)

Thank you Leah for your hard work setting this event up.

8th Graders to North

Thursday, 11:30-12:30

The 8th grade team is working on creating groups

High School Experience Night at 7pm at North for Parents.

*  we may try to have a trip to South later in the year for students that are committed to going to South next year.

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 Staff Update Week of January 20, 2025

Important Dates

1/20-             MLK Day.  No School

1/24-            Quarter 2 Academic Awards (1st-3rd periods in Cafeteria)

1/28-           Career Day

1/29-            Fire Drill 8:46 

1/29-            EMS PTSO Dine and Donate (Marco's Pizza)

1/30-            8th Graders visit North (time to be determined)

1/30-            8th Grade HS experience Night at North

2/14-            Valentines Day

2/17-            President's Day.  No School

2/25-           Fire Drill  1:40pm

Important Information

New Bell Schedule

The new bell schedule starts this week.  Scott is working on getting the bell's reprogrammed.  Bells will be turned off until this is done.  I will keep you posted.

North HS Visit (8th Grade)

8th grade students will be visiting North HS on January 30th.

Students will be bussed over in groups of about 30 between 11:30-12:30

8th grade team will discuss in PLC this week.

2nd Quarter Academic Awards

We will be recognizing students that achieved a 3.0 or above and/or students that raised their GPA by at least .5 (.5 I club) on Friday

1st period-  7th Grade

2nd period-  8th Grade

3rd period- 6th Grade

Thank you Leah and Jaimie for getting this organized.

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 Staff Update Week of January 13, 2025

Important Dates

1/14-            Specials Teachers Meeting 7:45am  Art Room

1/17-            Ice Cream Party for Fundraiser

1/20-             MLK Day.  No School

1/23-            Fire Drill  8:45am

1/23-            8th Grade HS experience Night at North

1/24-            Quarter 2 Academic Awards (1st-3rd periods in Cafeteria)

1/28-           Career Day

1/29-            EMS PTSO Dine and Donate (Marco's Pizza)

2/14-            Valentines Day

2/17-            President's Day.  No School

2/24-           Fire Drill  1:40pm

Important Information

Parent Communication

Just a friendly reminder that Parent Communication is an essential part of our jobs.  Although we provide many ways for parents to monitor their student's progress (Schoology, Powerschool, etc), many parents do not take advantage of this.

If students are missing multiple assignments in your class, you need to reach out to them and let them know.  A simple email can make parents aware of the missing assignments and perhaps get the student to complete their work.

Positive Phone Calls

Please try to contact parents when students are to be commended for the outstanding work they are doing in your classroom.  There is not one parent that would not want to hear great news about their child.  This message gets passed to the student and encourages him/her to continually put their best foot forward

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  Staff Update Week of January 6, 2025

Important Dates

1/6-                Staff and Students Return

1/20-             MLK Day.  No School

1/23-            Fire Drill  8:45am

1/22-            Smiles Program (Dental Care at school)

1/23-            8th Grade HS experience Night at North

1/24-            Quarter 2 Academic Awards (1st-3rd periods in Cafeteria)

1/28-           Career Day

1/29-            EMS PTSO Dine and Donate (Marco's Pizza)

2/14-            Valentines Day

2/17-            President's Day.  No School

2/24-           Fire Drill  1:40pm

Important Information

Return to School

Our students have a tendency to forget rules and expectations after being out of school for a couple of weeks.  Please plan on reviewing our "non-negotiables" and other expectations with students upon their return.

Monitor Halls

Please stand at your door between periods.  Not only does this help curb negative behavior, but it is also a nice gesture to greet students as they enter your room.

Gradebooks

Reminder, 70% of a student's grade should be based on assessment.  Cut the fluff.   

You should have at least one assessment grade per week in your gradebook.

This will be discussed further in PLCs

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 Staff Update Week of December 9th

Important Dates

12/17-            Band Concert 7pm (EMS Gym)

12/18-            2nd period Band and Choir Concert in Gym

12/18-            Fire Drill 2:28pm

12/20-            PTSO provided lunch for staff

12/20-             PBIS Holiday Carnival Day

Important Information

Band & Chorus Concert

The in school Band and Chorus concert will be 2nd period on 12/18.  This was originally scheduled for 7th period.  We will call students down to the gym over the announcements.  Please sit with students in the bleachers.

Hallway Decorations

Please start cleaning up the hallways on Monday.  All hallways must be clear of decorations by Wednesday at 3pm.  Please make sure every piece of tape is off the walls and ceilings.  Scott and his crew should not have to clean any of this up.  Thank you.

Holiday Carnival

The gym and cafeteria will be used for our PBIS Holiday Carnival on 12/20

Each grade level will have an hour at the Carnival.  Please have students leave their supplies in the lockers.  We will call students down to the gym via the announcements.

*  Please refer to the email from Amy Clendenning for more details

            6th Grade    8:50-9:50

            8th Grade    10:00-11:00

            7th Grade    2:00-3:00

Winter Break

I hope everyone has a great, relaxing winter break.  Thank you for everything you do each day to make a positive impact on the lives of our students.  

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 Staff Update Week of December 9th

Donuts and Juice at the Academic Awards Assembly

Important Dates

12/11-            7th Grade Field Trip

12/12-            Writing Revolution Day 3

12/13-            8th Grade Band Students to Longfellow

12/17-            Band Concert 7pm (EMS Gym)

12/18-            2nd period Band and Choir Concert in Gym

12/18-            Fire Drill 2:28pm

12/20-            PTSO provided lunch for staff

12/20-             PBIS Holiday Carnival Day

Important Information

Informal/ Formal Observations

I would love to try to get some more observations completed prior to Winter Break.  Please let me know if there is a day/time I can come observe.

Home Sporting Events

We have two home basketball games and a home wrestling meet this week.  Please consider sticking around and watching part of a game/match.  Your students love when they see you in the crowd supporting them.

Writing Revolution PD (12/12)

Our 3rd Session of Writing Revolution is scheduled for Thursday

Here is the schedule for teachers:

6th period-  7th Grade teachers, Murfey, Dressel, Forcht, Rhomberg, Black

7th period- 8th Grade teachers, Dishong, Michalski, Ramming

8th period- 6th Grade teachers, McQueen, Minichello,, Seddon

Rigor and Engagement

We still have two weeks before break.  Please make sure you are planning rigorous and engaging lessons.  Assessments should be used on a regular basis to measure student learning.   Kids that are engaged are kids that are behaved.  

PLCs    

Unit teachers and Specials teachers are reminded that they are welcome to attend a grade level PLC anytime.  I know many of you have classes during these meeting times.  I will get you coverage so you can attend.  Just let me know

6th Grade-  Tuesdays 3rd Period

7th Grade-  Wednesdays 1st Period

8th Grade-  Thursdays 7th Period

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  Staff Update Weeks of November 25th and December 2nd

Congratulations to our honored teachers

Important Dates

11/25-        Fire Drill  10:23am

11/28-12/2    Thanksgiving Break

12/6-            First Quarter Academic Awards (1st-3rd periods)

12/11-            7th Grade Field Trip

12/12-            Writing Revolution Day 3

12/13-            8th Grade Band Students to Longfellow

12/17-            Band Concert 7pm (EMS Gym)

12/18-            7th period Band and Choir Concert in Gym

12/20-            PTSO provided lunch for staff

Important Information

1st Quarter Academic Awards

We will be having our 1st Quarter Academic Awards assemblies on Friday, December 6th.  This will be done by grade level.  Each grade level will be called down to the cafeteria.  Any student that earned a 3.0 or above will receive a certificate.  Once all names have been read, students that did not earn above a 3.0 will go back to class.  Students that earned above a 3.0 will stay for donuts.  Same process we did for 2023-24 Academic Awards.

1st period-  7th Grade

2nd period-  8th Grade

3rd period-  6th Grade

Hallways

The hallways look great.  I am hearing many complements from parents and visitors.  Please make sure you are monitoring the hallways to ensure students are not knocking down the decorations.  If this becomes a problems for our students, then we will need to take everything down immediately.  

Parent Communication

If students are receiving a D or an F in your class, please make sure you contact their parents.  This is a requirement.  

It is also encouraged to send positive emails home to parents for students that need a bit of encouragement.  Getting parents to see that you are working hard to teach and motivate their kids helps tremendously.

Thanksgiving Break

I hope everyone enjoys their well deserved Thanksgiving break with family and friends.  Only 3 weeks left in the quarter once we return.  Finish strong!

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