Week Ahead: March 4-8

| March 3, 2019 | Week Updates | No Comments

It’s good to be back!  I am so thankful for being able to see my daughter Makenna and check in on her first hand.  I am also so grateful to have been able to visit some amazing schools and attend a fantastic NAIS conference.  Thank you to all who covered extra duties and took care of so many things during my absence.

There is lots happening between now and Spring Break.  Hard to believe that’s just 4 short weeks away.

Here is what’s up next week:

Monday, Mar. 4
Day 6, GHEF (Adv)
1:30-3 Sr. Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
3:15-4:30 MS Leadership Team Mtg (agenda)

Tuesday, Mar. 5
Day 7, DABC (DEAR)

Wednesday, Mar. 6
Day 8, HEFG (DEAR)
*Happy Birthday Helen Thompson!
3:15-4:30 Divisional Mtg, Talk Moves and More (Library)

Thursday, Mar. 7
Day 9, ABCD (Adv)
9:30-11 Admin Mtg (Molly attends)
4-6pm HS v. Faculty softball

Friday, Mar. 8
Day 10, FGHE (DEAR)
*SLC – selection of artifacts completed

Upcoming (on the radar)

  • March 11-15  International Week
  • March 12  PSAT for Gr 8 (will run 8-11 ish; no special schedule, gr 8 will just miss the morning blocks)
  • March 14  Grade 6 It’s All Greek to Me Showcase
  • March 14   International Food Fair and Cultural Performances and Dances, 12-3:00 (Plaza)
  • March 15   International Week Cultural Booths, 8:30-1:00, HS Gym  (MS students will assist with activities); 1:30-3:00 Fashion Show and HS Performances for lead by HS in Plaza
  • March 18, 19, 20 – Project X eXperiences
  • March 21  Student Led Conferences, 4-8pm
  • March 22  Student Led Conferences, 8-1 (no regular classes)
  • March 24-29 Project X
  • April 1-5   Spring Break

SLCs:  I hope that the launch of SLCs was successful last week for grades 6 and 7 – and will be successful for grade 8 today.  This week is the selection of artifacts in all classes.  This is the responsibility of each classroom teacher.  Be sure to spend time helping students brainstorm possible options and selecting the one they want to utilize.  This needs to be completed by Friday.  As advisors, you should also schedule 10 min of check in time Monday and Thursday to ensure your advisees are making progress on this.  All the materials are found in the SLC folder.

Project X:

International Day: I’m still trying to get clarity on the exact schedule for Friday, March 15.  As soon as I do, I’ll get that out via email.  Please anticipate some kind of shortened schedule with activities for all the MS in the afternoon, as well as groups of students being out in the morning helping with the cultural booths when the ES goes through the booths.

Repeat Post – Ready for Wednesday: Talk Moves- The next steps with Talk Moves is the following

  • Use Talk Moves in your class at least 1 time in the next 4 weeks
  • Document your reflection on the experience
  • Be prepared to talk about this at the next divisional meeting, March 6

Links to Talk Moves used on Wednesday (you can also find these in the MS Divisional Material folder, MS Common Strategies, Sentence Stems / Talk Moves:

 

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