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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Nuts/Bolts - Week of 8/29/16

This week: Supervision - Team A                                  Updated: Emergency Map / Flowchart

Monday 8/29 - Attendance: Please take attendance normally through Aeries every period. No warm body count required. Allow tardies as students will be navigating their classes for the 1st time. Distribute packets of forms to 1st period students. Normal bell schedule.
Tuesday 8/30
Wednesday 8/31 - PLC = Staff Conversation RE: PBIS Kickoff @ 2:35pm in Library.
Thursday 9/1 - PBIS Kickoff Schedule
Friday 9/2 - Non-Student Day

  • Read IEP @ Glance - Consider communicating via email with these parents to introduce yourself and let them know you've read through the accommodations.
  • Voicemail Setup - Don't forget to setup your voicemail - Instructions

Shout Out! - Office Staff + Custodial Staff

Our frontline office staff is rocking it! They have been working hard behind the scenes to make sure students are enrolled, work orders and purchase orders are submitted, etc. They do this while answering phones, updating Aeries, and managing our calendars. Really, they are crushing it and we are very appreciative! Thanks Jill, Jalinda, Sharon, and Jennifer! 
We would also like to thank our amazing custodial staff for making our classrooms and campus shine. They've worked hard to push through work orders on lights, ceiling tiles, etc. all while responding to many requests for furniture needs. We are exceptionally grateful to have such a hardworking team! Next time you see Ishmael, Dennis, Alfonso, or Ramiro share your gratitude! 

How the Mind of a Middle Schooler Works

This educator and blogger consolidate 6 research-based facts about adolescent minds while offering her own tips / instructional strategies like:
  • Purposefully create lesson plans with five short activities rather than one long lecture
  • Give students tools for solving problems.
  • Incorporate art, music, and movement into lessons

Tech Tip - AirServer


AirServer is a program that lives on your computer that allows you to wirelessly send your iPhone, iPad, or Chromebook screen to your computer (and thus display it using projection). 

This opens a whole new array of learning via apps in the classroom and/or students showing their work. $8 to purchase - Download

On your school machine, Windows 7 - Download / Install this file 1st