Week of September 24, 2017

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Monday, September 25
C DAY

8:00am Morning Meeting in the MS Lounge

10:00am All Schools Chapel

10:30am Snack in the MS Office & Break

2:15pm Science and Language & Literature Meetings

2:30pm Volleyball teams departure
3:30pm CaP Facilitators Meeting
3:30pm Soccer v. Lighthouse Christian
3:30pm JV Volleyball @ Heritage Christian

Tuesday, September 26
D DAY

8:00am Advisory

10:05am Snack in the MS Office

10:20am Flex & MS Chorus

2:10pm 6th G Volleyball dismissed
2:15pm Language Acquisition and Individuals & Societies Meetings
2:45pm Cross Country team departure
3:15pm 8th Grade Team Meeting in the Design Lab
3:30pm Cross Country @ Jefferson Park

Wednesday, September 27
E DAY

8:00am Advisory

10:05am Snack in the MS Office

10:20am MS Chapel: Calcote Advisory as Acolytes
2:45pm MS Faculty Meeting in the Design Lab

Thursday, September 28
F DAY
7:45am 7th Grade Parents Coffee in the Dining Room
8:00am Advisory
10:05am Snack in the MS Office
10:20am MS Share in the Great Hall
3:30pm Soccer @ Muckleshoot Tribal
3:30pm JV Volleyball v. Tacoma Baptist

Friday, September 29
A DAY
ALL SCHOOLS CIVVIES DAY 
8:00am Advisory
10:05am Snack in the MS Office
10:20am Clubs, MS Orchestra & Band
2:15pm Design Meeting

Experience Days

It's time to start planning for Experience Days 2017! The folders for this and the last two years of Experience Days planning is here. 

Last year, we framed Experiences in the Arts, thinking this would contribute to meeting the required number of hours for Arts (it doesn't), so this year, we're back to a broader field of opportunities. To register an idea, please note the following details on Experience Days 2017 Ideas: 

• Your name
• Title or general idea for the Experience
• Other relevant Details (cost, min/max numbers, etc.).

Please post ideas before Wednesday! We will review and begin to create a list of offerings at this week's Faculty Meeting. 

Professional Growth: Goal Articulation, Meetings, and Observations

If you haven't already, please schedule a meeting with Bill to talk about professional goals for the year. 

Observations begin the week of September 25. See the list below - Bill & Clare will divide observations as listed below. For observations, please schedule three things:

• Pre-Observation Meeting (10 minutes, the day before the observation). Complete the pre-observation template before this meeting. Thinking about what you'd like feedback on, consider the elements in the Danielson framework, listed in the pre-observation template. 
• Observation (one full class period). 
• Post-Observation Meeting (30 minutes, at least 2 days after the observation). Complete the post-observation template.

How to prepare? Don't. Well...don't do anything differently for an observation than you would for any other class meeting. Think about what you want feedback on - a particular strategy or technique, engaging a particular student or group of students, a new lesson or mechanism. Use the observation docs in your folder to guide

Observations: Bill/Clare

Fall Observation Bayard, Drown, Lovejoy Calcote, Flores, Paco Hunt, McConnell Price, Strate Dicks, Finch, Rockne Hartmann, Taylor, Wagstaff Gettel, Hake, Leenstra

Week of… Sep 25 Oct 2 Oct 9 Oct 16 Oct 23 Oct 30 Nov 6

Student Recognitions

We haven't abandoned Student Recognitions! We will resume student recognitions in October.

Communications

For the Flash/families blog: For the first round of these, which will take us into Second Semester, I ask each teacher to write a brief synopsis of a unit s/he is teaching indicating what s/he is excited about or energized by teaching the unit. The schedule for these is below. Each will be accompanied by a little "get to know you" profile of the author, guided by your responses to this short form. Please complete at least three of these questions.

• September 29: Shelli
• October 6: Kyle
• October 13: Jen
• October 20: Jessica
• October 27: Shannon
• November 3: Emma
• November 10: Liz
• November 17: Mike
• December 1: Ann 
• December 8: Sedia
• December 15: Angelica
• January 5: Holly
• January 12: Alice
• January 19: Stuart
• January 26: John H
• February 2: Vicky
• February 9: Jessica
• February 16: John R
• February 23: Niki

Upcoming Religious & Cultural Observances

• National Hispanic Heritage Month began on September 15. 
• Thursday, September 28 is Teacher's Day in Taiwan, which celebrates the birthday of the great philosopher Confucius.
• Saturday, September 30 is Dusshera (DUH-sher-ruh), the final day of the Hindu festival Navaratri (NAH-vah-rah-tree). It is also Yom Kippur (yohm kee-POOR), the most solemn day of the Jewish year.