- Celebrations
- Monday's AS Chapel
- End of the Year and Finals Schedule
- Next year's schedule
- Repost: Second Semester Progress Reporting
- Advisory this week...
- Communications
- Religious & Cultural Observances
- Upcoming at AWS
- Important Links
MYP
Items of Note
Celebrations
Last week was such a busy week - so much to celebrate! Our first Oral History Project exhibition was impressive, the Milk Boats race was fantastic, and May Day was lovely (if a little warm).
Congrats to Shelli, Jen, and Clare, who designed and led our 8th Graders in the OHP!
Congrats to Kyle and John, who led our 7th Grade, hamsters and all, through the Milk Boats process!
Congrats to Stuart, whose ensembles provided a rockin' conclusion to May Day festivities!
Monday's AS Chapel
Quick note: please bring your laptop or other device to Chapel for a special activity!End of the Year and Finals Schedule
Please see the draft End of the Year Schedule here. The proctor schedule will be finalized today. Clare and I will be finalizing next week's schedule today; the doc linked above will be updated appropriately. If you have any concerns or see any conflicts, please let me know!
Next Year's Schedule
I'm hoping to have definitive news about next year's schedule in the next week. In the past few months, there has been much discussion between the Divisions about implementing a 6-day cycle as well as upcoming construction projects that could affect classroom space.
Repost: Second Semester Progress Reporting
Now, we're still a ways off from the end of the year, but I anticipate that between now and June, time will, as they say, fly. It's never to late to start thinking about Progress Reports for the end of the year. For Second Semester, I'd like to propose the following schedule:\
- 6 June 8:00am Submit Course Summary to Course Summaries S2 2015-2016
- 8-10 June MS Second Semester Finals
- 17 June 8:00am Submit Student Narratives and Grades to Semester 2 Student Narratives
- 17-20 June Review of Student Narratives and Grades by Bill & Clare
- 21 June Posting of Semester 2 Progress Reports
As you think about writing student narratives, please keep the items noted on Example Semester Narrative in mind, both for content and formatting.
Advisors: Let's plan another round of Grade Checks to be completed by the end of this week. A template for messaging to families about the Grade Check can be found here. This will give us a little time before the trips to address any academic concerns and set plans to implement after we return from the far corners.
Advisory this week...
Communications
Blogs
Religious & Cultural Observances
- Wednesday, June 1 marked the beginning of Caribbean American Heritage Month and LGBTQ Pride Month.
- Monday, June 6 marks the beginning of Ramadan, the holy month in the Muslim calendar which commemorates the giving of the holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast from sunrise to sunset, emphasize prayer, and focus on good works like charity and ethical action.
- Sunday, June 12 is the Jewish holiday Shavu'ot, which celebrates the giving of the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai.
- Sunday, June 19 is Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. While the US Civil War formally ended on April 9, 1865, it was not until June 19, 1865, that Union troops landed at Galveston, Texas, and delivered news of the end of the war.
- Monday, June 20 is the Summer Solstice, which is observed as Litha and Yule by Wiccan communities.
Upcoming at AWS
Monday, June 6
8:00am Course Summaries are due
10:00am Final All Schools Chapel of the Year (bring a laptop!)
Tuesday, June 7
Wednesday, June 8
8:00am Advisory
9:45am 8th Grade Chapel
Thursday, June 9
11:45am All Schools Groundbreaking Ceremony
2:05pm Middle School Spring Athletics Celebration
Friday, June 10
1:30pm 6th Rube Goldberg Project Exhibition
2:05-3:10pm 7th & 8th Grade PHE Guest Speaker on Addiction
Important Links
8:00am Course Summaries are due
10:00am Final All Schools Chapel of the Year (bring a laptop!)
Tuesday, June 7
Wednesday, June 8
8:00am Advisory
9:45am 8th Grade Chapel
Thursday, June 9
11:45am All Schools Groundbreaking Ceremony
2:05pm Middle School Spring Athletics Celebration
Friday, June 10
7th Grade Field Trip to the Seattle Holocaust Center
9:45am-2:00pm 8th Grade Service Project
2:05-3:10pm 7th & 8th Grade PHE Guest Speaker on Addiction
Important Links
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