Sunday, March 4, 2018

Week of March 4, 2018

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Monday, March 5
B DAY
Grade Checks for Advisees
8:00am Morning Meeting
10:00am All Schools Chapel: Guest Speakers from L'Arche Tahoma Hope to observe National Developmental Disabilities Month
10:30am Break and Snack in the MS Office
3:30pm Varsity Basketball v. Muckleshoot Tribal in Kemper Gym
3:30pm CaP Facilitators Meeting

Tuesday, March 6 
C DAY
7:45am Grade 7 Parent Coffee in the Dining Room
8:00am Advisory
10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office
10:20am Flex & MS Chorus
2:15pm Grade 7 Team 
2:45pm Grade 6 Team
3:15pm Grade 8 Team

Wednesday, March 7
D DAY
8:00am Advisory
10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office
10:20am MS Chapel (featuring the MS Orchestra) and 8th Grade Recognitions
1:20-2:00pm Master Class for MS Orchestra with Sarah Ionides (Orchestra students only: Ava Salam, Amelia Wynne; Lauren Cook, Kiran Hutchinston, Sofia La Rosa, Elodie Soustelle, Rae Wartelle, Sasha Zhang; Kate Collie, Mia Escobar, Gwynnie Hayes, Dana Hicks, Anna Parrott, Samantha Salamone)

Thursday, March 8
E DAY
8:00am Advisory
10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office
10:20am Long Advisory
2:00pm Early Dismissal for MS Girls Basketball Teams
2:45pm MS Faculty Meeting in the Design Lab
3:30pm JV Basketball @ Rainier Christian (dismissed 2:00, depart 2:15, return 6:30)
4:30pm Varsity Basketball @ Rainier Christian (dismissed 2:00, depart 2:15, return 6:30)

Friday, March 9
F DAY
8:00am Advisory
10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office
10:20am Clubs
5:30pm Family Night Auction

 Saturday, March 10
6:00pm Auction 2018

This week...

Wednesday-Friday, Bill will be traveling to Atlanta to present at the NAIS Annual Conference, and Clare will be in charge in the Middle School. If you're planning to be at the Auction on Saturday, you're in for a treat with the fund-a-need video...no spoilers!

Next year...

At Thursday's faculty meeting, Christian joined us to talk about significant staffing changes for next year, including new roles and a change in teaching assignments. On Friday, we emailed everyone with a assignments for next year - to get ready for any changes and to identify any PD or other support that you need to prepare, please schedule a meeting with us through Neil. 

In-service on 3/23

On March 23, Tom Bronson will be joining us for a day of professional development, focused on MYP assessment. More details will be forthcoming about the schedule of the day and topics to be addressed. 

PD this spring and summer

It's time to think about professional development for the spring and summer! If you are considering any conferences, coursework, or other PD opportunities, please reach out to Bill and Susan soon to ensure funding. If you'd like to meet to talk about options, please reach out!

March 14

Around the country, students are mobilizing to demonstrate in response to the shooting in Parkland, FL. US students have launched a plan to demonstrate, and, as Christian's letter in the March Flash indicated, the school will make space to support student's expression and to ensure non-disruption of teaching. On March 14, we will run a Monday schedule. At 10:00am, the MS will gather in a space TBD (probably the Lounge) to address these issues and to inform the MS about safety on campus. 

Grade Checks

Advisors: please send the parents of your Advisees a Grade Check email, and ask for a response by the end of the week. Please remind your Advisees' parents to sign up for a conference (signup via Pick-a-time will open on Monday). 

Summer work...

Planning for summer? Already? Please take a look at the work outlined for Summer News 2018. If you anticipate any changes, please update the doc directly before Spring Break. 

Maintenance, Furniture, Updating, etc...

This is the time of year that Mark and his team set their schedule and priorities for maintenance and updating that happens over the summer. If you have any ideas or requests, please log them on MS Space Ideas and Requests 2018. These requests could range from absolute necessity to pie-in-the-sky ideas. Please take a look around your classrooms and other spaces - if you see a need or an opportunity for updating, please put it on the list!

Kudos...

Alice is working toward a masters in instructional design, and this week she completed and passed her capstone project, "The Effectiveness of the Flipped Classroom in a Middle School Chinese Language Classroom." Congrats, Alice! 

Faculty Meetings...

Updated All Schools Meetings for the remainder of the year...
  • Monday, March 5: CaP Facilitators Meeting
  • Monday, March 12: Topic Group Meeting
  • Monday, March 19: Topic Group Meeting
  • Monday, April 9: Emergency Training #4

Attendance procedures...

For Advisory Attendance: 
  • Do not take Advisory attendance on myAW/Whipple Hill. 
  • The attendance doc is included in the Important Links, above to the right on this blog. 
  • Be sure to enter on correct date (see date tabs at bottom) 
  • Morning Attendance options: ABSENT, TARDY, PRESENT
    • Enter A/T/P with intention (if entered too fast, it will change)
  • After School Plan options: BUS, CARLINE, ED, P/U, WALK
    • Enter B/C/E/P/W with intention (if entered too fast, it will change)
    • If ED -  record specific Club, Activity, Sport or other p/u plans in Other Attendance Notes
  • Absent Students:
    • With reason – note specifics in Reason for Absence & Follow-up
    • Without reason – highlight Reason for Absence & Follow-up YELLOW
  • If Early P/U, record time to be picked up in Other Attendance Notes
  • Lunch – ignore (only for Early Childhood)
For Class Attendance: 
  • Take attendance in myAW/Whipple Hill. 

Absences & Substitute Teachers

Anelisa has developed a form to streamline planning for substitute teachers. MS Faculty Substitute Plans is designed for anticipated absences - it captures the schedule for the day, and asks the teacher to drop sub plans directly into the doc. Please take a look - if you have any feedback or questions about the form, please contact Anelisa. 

On a related note, please take a look at the Faculty Absence Coverage Protocols. There's nothing new in here (except using to the MS Faculty Substitute Plans) - just  a reminder. If you'll be out last minute, please remember to text Bill AND Anelisa at the earliest possible moment to notify of absence. Also, please be sure to complete the Employee Absence Form as soon as you return. 

Accessing the OCC

If you haven't already, please be sure to log onto the replacement for the OCC. Below is the video John showed us. Please follow the directions to make a new account for IBO.org. Once you have done this, John will be notified by email that you have set up a new account (old ones for the OCC won’t work and you need to register as new). John and Clare are happy to help in any way we can, please reach out if you need help with this process. It would be great to have all MS teachers registered before Feb break. 

https://vimeo.com/232957815/1ac6739414

Ordering & Supplies

Just a reminder - please direct all requests for supplies and special orders through the form the Neil created. The form is also linked in the Important Links list on this blog.

A little further down the road...

  • Monday, March 5 4:00-5:00pm Auditions for the MS Play
  • Tuesday, March 6 7:45am: Grade 7 Parents’ Coffee (note date change!)
  • Wednesday, March 7 1:20-2:00pm: Master Class for MS Orchestra with Sarah Ionides (Orchestra students only: Ava Salam, Amelia Wynne; Lauren Cook, Kiran Hutchinston, Sofia La Rosa, Elodie Soustelle, Rae Wartelle, Sasha Zhang; Kate Collie, Mia Escobar, Gwynnie Hayes, Dana Hicks, Anna Parrott, Samantha Salamone)
  • Friday, March 9: Family Night Auction
  • Saturday, March 10: Auction 2018
  • Tuesday, March 13 7:45am: Grade 8 Parents’ Coffee (note date change!)
  • Thursday, March 15 10:00am-11:45am: Guest Speaker George Elbaum for Grades 7 & 8
  • Friday, March 16 All School Civvies Day
  • Friday, March 16 8:30am-2:15pm Grade 6 Field Trip to the Gates Foundation
  • Friday, March 16 2:15pm: SRS Irish Dance Performance 
  • Wednesday, March 21 2:15pm: Winter II Athletics Assembly
  • Thursday, March 22: Spring Advisory Conferences
  • Friday, March 22: Faculty In-Service
  • Monday, March 26-Friday, March 30: Spring Break
  • Wednesday, April 4 6:00pm: MS Journeys Information Night (at least one parent of every student must attend!)
  • Friday, April 20: UW Engineering Discovery Days field trip for Grade 8
  • Wednesday, April 25: Regional orchestra festival at Stadium High School
  • Thursday, April 26-Friday, April 27: MS Play in the Kemper 
  • Saturday, May 5: edCamp Puget Sound at AWS

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