Week of April 22, 2018

Upcoming at AWS...

Sunday, April 22
10:00am MS Lacrosse on James Field
11:30am 5th/6th Lacrosse on James Field

Monday, April 23

F DAY

8:00am Morning Meeting

10:00am All Schools Chapel
10:30am Break and Snack in the MS Office

3:30pm Topic Group Meetings
3:30pm Ultimate @ Bush

Tuesday, April 24

A DAY

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
3:30pm Track & Field @ Charles Wright Academy

Wednesday, April 25

B DAY

8:00am Advisory
8:00am Dismissal for Orchestra Students (Regional Orchestra Festival at Stadium) with 11:45am return
10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office

10:20am MS Chapel (Leenstra Advisory as acolytes) led by the Paço/Flores Advisory and 6th Grade Recognitions
3:00pm Golf @ Meadowpark GC

Thursday, April 26

C DAY POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY

8:00am Advisory

10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office

10:20am Long Advisory: Journeys Prep

2:45pm MS Faculty Meeting in the Design Lab
7:00pm "Tale of Tales" in the Kemper Theater

Friday, April 27

D DAY

8:00am Advisory
10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office

10:20am MS Share
7:00pm "Tale of Tales" in the Kemper Theater

Saturday, April 28 & Sunday, April 29
Spring Music Recitals
10:00am 5th/6th Lacrosse on James Field
2:00pm MS Lacrosse @ Port Susan Middle School

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!

Faculty Meetings...

Updated All Schools Meetings for the remainder of the year...

• Monday, April 23 Topic Group Meetings
• Monday, April 30 AS Faculty Meeting: Reporting out
• Monday, May 14 AS Faculty Meeting: Reporting out
• Monday, May 21 AS Faculty Meeting: Reporting out

Absences & Substitute Teachers

Absence Protocols and planning for Substitute Teachers: 

• Faculty Absence Coverage Protocols
• MS Faculty Substitute Plans

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...

• Thursday, April 26-Friday, April 27: MS Play in the Kemper 
• Friday, April 27: All School Civvies Day
• Thursday, May 3: Grade 8 Departs for Costa Rica
• Friday, May 4, Period 5: Guest Speaker Michael Hemp for Grade 6
• Saturday, May 5: edCamp Puget Sound at AWS
• Monday, May 7: Grade 7 Departs for the Southwest
• Monday, May 7: Special Schedule for Grade 6 (Journey Prep and 5th to 6th Transition Day)
• Tuesday, May 8: Grade 8 Departs for California
• Thursday, May 10: Grade 8 returns from Costa Rica (no classes for Grade 8 on Friday)
• Friday, May 11: Grades 6 & 7 Return
• Wednesday, May 16 7:00pm: All Schools Orchestra Concert
• Friday, May 18 7:00pm: MS Dance in the Kemper Gym
• Tuesday, May 22: Grade 6 Medieval Day
• Thursday, May 31 2:15pm: MS Spring Athletics Awards
• Friday, June 1: May Day
• Friday, June 8: Milk Boat Regatta on American Lake
• Monday, June 11: Grade 6 Design Exhibition, Grade 8 Retreat
• Tuesday, June 12 9:00am: Eighth Grade Chapel, 10:30am: Oral History Project Exhibition; 1:00pm Open Mic
• Wednesday, June 13 10:00am: MS Closing Ceremony

Upcoming religious and cultural observances

• Sunday, April 1 marked the beginning of Autism Awareness Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and National Poetry Month. 
• Sunday, April 22 was Earth Day, an international observance that calls attention to our shared responsibility to care for our natural environment.