Friday, September 9, 2016

Week of September 12, 2016


Upcoming at AWS...

Monday, September 12
E DAY
8:00am Morning Meeting 
10:00am All Schools Chapel
10:30am Snack in the MS Lounge
10:40am Tutorial Time: Indiv & Soc

Tuesday, September 13
F DAY
8:00am Advisory 
10:00am Snack in the MS Lounge
10:10am Tutorial Time: Math & Science
10:20am Flex
2:15pm Design and Arts Collaboration
2:45pm Grade 8 Team Meeting
3:15pm Grade 6 Team Meeting

Wednesday, September 14
A DAY
10:00am Snack
10:10am Tutorial Time: Language & Lit
10:20am MS Chapel
2:15pm MYP

Thursday, September 15
B DAY
10:00am Snack
10:10am Tutorial Time: Language Acquisition
10:20am Share
2:15pm Math and Lang Acquisition Collaboration
2:45pm MYP Collaboration 
3:30pm MYP Share
6:30pm MS Back to School Night

Friday, September 16
C DAY
10:00am Snack
10:10am Flex

Action Items...

Communications

  • This week's Academic Highlights: Language Acquisition and Design (I'll send a link to submit course highlights early next week)
  •  Course pages on the myAW portal:
    • Please remember, once course pages are up and running, to post all homework assignments, handouts, and updated instructions on the portal in a timely fashion.
    • The Gradebook should be updated at least weekly. 

Professional Growth

  • The schedule for Professional Growth is here: Schedule for Professional Growth 1617; and the folder for all Professional Growth docs is here: Professional Growth Docs: Templates.
  • If you haven't already, please reach out to Alicia to schedule a Professional Goals conference with me before September 23. 
  • Observations
    • On the Schedule linked above, please note designated weeks for observations. Feel free to get the observation on the calendar at any time. Observation scheduling includes: a 15 minute pre-observation meeting the day before; observation of a full class period; and a post-observation meeting 2-3 days after the observation. 

Chapel

  • The doc for Chapel Planning 2016-2017 is ready for Advisories to claim dates to plan! Find the MS tab on the bottom and claim any date that isn't designated for Service Learning. 
  • More details about planning Chapel are forthcoming; for now, consider focusing on the LP attribute for the month as well as any observances that are noted (awareness months, holidays, etc.).

Student Recognition

  • Each week, we'll recognize students for modeling the LP Attributes through small and big ways. The past couple of years, these recognitions have happened at the weekly Friday Share. In the spring, we'd talked about integrating them into other parts of the week, such as Monday Morning Meeting and Wednesday MS Chapel. Let's try it during Chapel for First Semester, and we'll see how it goes. 
  • The schedule for recognitions is here and linked at the bottom of this blog. Next week, we'll recognize students in the 8th Grade. 
  • Please complete your nomination by 8:00am on Wednesday so Alicia can prepare the certificates. To nominate a student:
    • On the Student Recognition Schedule doc, select the tab for the corresponding Grade. 
    • Find the name of the student you'd like to nominate. 
    • Provide the date of the Chapel they'll be recognized. 
    • Provide the LP Attribute you'd like to recognize the student for. 
    • Provide 1-2 sentences describing how they model this attribute (this will be included in the certificate). 
    • Provide your name.
  • We'll aim to recognize every student in a grade before second or third nominations occur, but, as we did last year, we won't recognize students inauthentically or hold back a timely and deserved honor. There are 10 slots for each Grade, meaning about 3-5 recognitions each week. 

Teams to Reflect on the Program

  • Last year, we identified a handful of different teams to consider different aspects of the program, and last week another opportunity arose to look at the Orientation Trip. Here's the list of who signed up for what. Please let me know if this is something you're still interested in, or whether you're interested in looking at something else instead/as well, and we'll get some meetings on the calendar. 
    • MS Handbook Review (2-3 meetings this spring) Jen, Jessica, Taralynn, Shannon COMPLETE!
    • Advisory Conference Review (1-2 meetings this spring, 1-2 in Fall 16 to consider how we can continue to refine the Advisory Conference model) Angelica, Kyle
    • Assessment (throughout 16-17 to consider how we are implementing the Assessment policy and ways to support faculty with this) Angelica, Shannon, John H
    • Journeys (1-2 meetings this spring, 1-2 in Fall 16 to consider how the Journeys are reflected in the curriculum and throughout the MS space) Shannon, Kyle, John H, Taralynn
    • Service Learning (1-2 meetings in Fall 16, 1-2 meetings in Spring 17 to consider how we can best implement the service learning program)Jessica, Shelli
    • Experience Days (1 meeting in August, 1-2 other meetings in Fall 16 to consider how we structure and implement Experience Days; also to follow up on the decisions we've made to frame these experiences as arts engagement) Kyle, Liz, Alice
    • Chapel (throughout 16-17 to develop the MS Chapel program)John R.
    • Admissions Process (1 meeting in August, other meetings throughout the fall to consider the overall process for MS admissions) Jen, Alice, Shelli
    • Orientation (2-3 meetings in Fall 16 to consider the purpose and structure of the Orientation Trip) Liz, Emma

                Following Up...

                Schedule

                Here's a link to the Master Schedule. It's been updated to reflect a few tweaks. If you find further conflicts, please email me and Jen McConnell so we can fix it.  

                Communications

                For the weekly Flash, please note the schedule below. 
                DateSubjectSubject
                September 9
                September 16Language AcquisitionDesign
                September 23Language & LiteratureScience
                September 30ArtsMath
                October 7Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education
                October 14Language AcquisitionDesign
                October 21Language & LiteratureScience
                October 28ArtsMath
                November 4Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education
                November 11Language AcquisitionDesign
                November 18Language & LiteratureScience
                December 2ArtsMath
                December 9Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education
                December 16Language AcquisitionDesign
                January 6Language & LiteratureScience
                January 13ArtsMath
                January 20Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education
                January 27Language AcquisitionDesign
                February 3Language & LiteratureScience
                February 10ArtsMath
                February 17Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education
                March 3Language AcquisitionDesign
                March 10Language & LiteratureScience
                March 17ArtsMath
                March 24Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education
                April 7Language AcquisitionDesign
                April 14Language & LiteratureScience
                April 21ArtsMath
                April 28Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education
                May 5Language AcquisitionDesign
                May 12Language & LiteratureScience
                May 19ArtsMath
                May 26Individuals & SocietyPhysical & Health Education

                Think about...

                This is a difficult weekend for many people as the US marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. There's not much to say about this that hasn't been said, but these poems might provide an opportunity for reflection, including words from some of the most famous contemporary poets. 

                Upcoming opportunities

                Upcoming Religious & Cultural Observances

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