Weeks of March 25 & April 1, 2018

Upcoming at AWS...

Monday, March 26-Friday, March 30
Spring Break

Monday, April 2

C DAY

8:00am Morning Meeting

10:00am All Schools Chapel
10:00am LS/MS Counselor Candidate - Faculty drop-in in the Sutton Room

10:30am Break and Snack in the MS Office

Tuesday, April 3

D 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

Wednesday, April 4

E DAY

8:00am Advisory

10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office

10:20am MS Chapel (Calcote Advisory as acolytes) and 6th Grade & Communicator (All Grades) Recognitions

10:20am LS/MS Counselor Candidate - Faculty drop-in in the Sutton Room
6:00pm Journeys Information Night (6th: Chapel, 7th: Library, 8th: Great Hall)

Thursday, April 5

F DAY

8:00am Advisory

10:05 Break and Snack in the MS Office

10:20am Advisory

2:45pm MS Faculty Meeting in the Design Lab

Friday, April 6

A DAY

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

10:20am Clubs

Candidates

In the coming weeks, we'll have candidates in for a variety of positions. As details are confirmed, I'll aim to link the candidate's schedules here. After each interview day, we'll invite feedback on the candidate - if you interact with the candidate at all, please feel free to provide any feedback or observations!

Progress Reports

For Q3:

• Advisor’s Letter
• 1st paragraph: common to all Advisees, briefly summarizing how Third Quarter has gone for the Grade Level and for your Advisory.
• 2nd paragraph: unique to each Advisee, briefly summarizing how Third Quarter has gone for her/him; following up on concerns addressed in Spring Conferences; and plans for next year; if applicable, indicate an attribute of the Learner Profile or an ATL for which s/he demonstrates growth, strength, or challenge.
• If the student has been performing poorly or if the student is at risk of a low or failing grade at the end of the year, identify those subjects at risk, report on progress, and include information about a plan to provide support or recommendations for support at home.
• 3rd paragraph: common to all Advisees, briefly summarizing what's ahead for the end of the year for the Grade Level and/or for the Advisory.
• Brief Course Summaries:
• 3-4 sentences summarizing what was covered in Fourth Quarter; for 6th and 7th Grade Courses, anticipating what will occur in the subject area next year.

Schedule for Q3 Reporting

9 Mar: End of Third Quarter

22 Mar: Spring Conferences

23 Mar: Faculty In-Service

9 Apr: Submit Q3 Course Summaries to Docs

16 Apr: Submit Q3 Advisors’ Letters to Folder for Review; Administrative Review of Narratives

18 Apr: 8:00am Submit Reviewed Reports (Advisor Letter + Course Summaries) Due

4:00pm Publish Q3 Progress Reports

FYI The next Grade Check is scheduled for April 30.

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!

Faculty Meetings...

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

• Monday, April 9: Emergency Training #4
• Monday, April 16 Topic Group Meetings
• 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...

• Wednesday, April 4 6:00pm: MS Journeys Information Night (at least one parent of every student must attend! Journeys Chaperones are welcome, not required.)
• Thursday, April 12 10:05-10:55am: Class Photos (students and Grade Level Advisors)
• 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 
• Friday, April 27: All School Civvies Day
• Thursday, May 3: Grade 8 Departs for Costa Rica
• Saturday, May 5: edCamp Puget Sound at AWS
• Monday, May 7: Grade 7 Departs for the Southwest
• 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
• 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. April 1 also marked the beginning of the Christian season of Easter, which lasts for 50 days. The Jewish festival of Pesach, also known as Passover, began with sundown on March 30 and continues through sundown on Saturday, April 7.
• Monday, April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day, which puts a spotlight on the hurdles that people with autism face every day and celebrates the unique talents of those with autism. 
• Tuesday, April 3 is the Jain holiday Mahavir Jayanti (MUH-hu-veer ja-YAHN-tee) which marks the birthday of Lord Mahavira (MUH-huh-vee-ruh), an important figure in Jain history. 
• Saturday, April 7 is World Health Day, an initiative of the World Health Organization. This year's theme is "Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere."