Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Weeks of March 26 and April 2, 2017

Upcoming at AWS...

Monday, March 27-Friday, March 31
SPRING BREAK

 Monday, April 3
A DAY 
8:00am Morning Meeting in the Lounge
10:00am All Schools Chapel
10:40am Snack @ the MS Office

Tuesday, April 4
B DAY 
8:00am Advisory
10:05am Snack @ the MS Office
10:20am Journeys Meetings: 6th in Strate's Room, 7th in Rockne's Room, 8th in the Lounge
2:15pm Subject Area Collaboration
2:45pm 6th Grade Team Meeting in the Design Lab
3:15pm 7th Grade Team Meeting in the Design Lab

Wednesday, April 5
C DAY 
8:00am Advisory
10:05am Snack @ the MS Office
10:20am MS Chapel & 6th Grade Recognitions
2:15pm MS Faculty Meeting in the Design Lab
6:00pm MS Journeys Parent Info Meetings (6th Parents in Great Hall, 7th Parents in Library, 8th Students & Parents in Chapel)

Thursday, April 6
D DAY 
8:00am Advisory
10:05am Snack @ the MS Office
10:20am Long Advisory
2:15pm Subject Area Collaboration
2:45pm MYP Meeting in the Design Lab

Friday, April 7
E DAY 
8:00am Advisory
10:05am Snack @ the MS Office
10:20am Clubs

Action Items...

Communicating about Student Concerns

At this week's Grade Level Team meetings, there was some discussion about ensuring that parents are kept in the loop about student progress (or lack of progress). After April 14, we'll start a conversation about how we train students and parents on use of the portal and protocols for communicating concern. For now, please maintain the following: 
  • If a student earns a failing grade for a major assessment or exhibits a pattern of low grades on minor assessments, please notify the student's Advisor AND add that student to the Grade Level Team's agenda. 
  • If a student's overall grade in a course falls below a C, please notify the student's Advisor and Parents. 
  • If a student's overall grade falls into the failing range, please notify the student's Advisor and me to discern if the student needs to be pulled from Athletics or extracurriculars, AND notify the student's Parents.

Chapel

Just a reminder: upcoming MS Chapels will be led by the following Advisory groups:
  • April 5: Paco/Flores
  • April 26 Strate
  • May 10: Hartmann/Finch
  • May 17: Hunt
  • May 31: Taylor
If your group needs a different date, there is a little bit of flexibility (April 12 is open; Service Learning Chapels on April 19 and May 24 could swap). For details about awareness months or holidays, see the MS tab or the Cultural & Religious Observances tab on Chapel Planning 2016-2017. 

Updating, Refurbishing, and Fixing...

Please continue to think about the needs for your classrooms and workspace and what updates you'd like to see for next year and capture ideas and requests on this doc. 

Communications

This week, the blog for families will feature the Individuals & Societies and PHE programs. Please email your post to Bill or Alicia, or drop it in the corresponding box on this doc. 

Think about...

On Wednesday, April 5, the Stanford Alumni Association is hosting a webinar with Beverly Tatum titled “Campus Conversations About Race in the 21st Century.” You don’t have to be a Stanford alum to register, and there is no cost. Even if you can’t attend the live webinar, they will mail out a recording afterwards. Click here to register if you are interested!

Upcoming Religious & Cultural Observances

  • Tuesday, March 28 marked the beginning of the Hindu New Year and the Hindu festival of Ramayana. It was also the Zoroastrian holiday of Khordad Sal.
  • Saturday, April 1 marked the beginning of .  Autism Awareness Month, National Child Abuse Awareness Month.
  • Wednesday, April 5 is the Hindu holiday Ram Navami, which celebrates the birthday of the Hindu god Rama.
  • Friday, April 7 is World Health Day.
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