November 6 -

While some students from Stowe and PA clashed on the soccer pitch this Saturday, others came together last Friday (in Montreal) to help think of ways to solve the problems of the world. These students and teachers from PA and SHS visited the Montreal Institute for Genocide & Human Rights Studies (MIGS) and met with the executive director. The center leads efforts to stop genocide and combat onlne extremism and ideology. 

Thanks for all of your hard work, time and supreme professionalism during this 1st quarter grading period. I hear over and over how people in our building have been kind, supportive, helpful, patient and positive during this challenging time. Thank you! Without your respectful and empathetic attitudes toward each other, this process would have been much more difficult. You are an amazing group of people and our students and community are lucky to have you.

Master Report update and *Recommendation:

- 11/6-9: *if not already done: Review with your classes what to expect on the Mastery Report
- 11/10: (In-Service) We will reflect on Q1 reporting and begin planning for Q2 and beyond
- 11/13: The plan is to send the Mastery Reports home on 11/13
- 11/14: Activity in TA to discuss how to communicate at home about the Mastery Report
                - On 11/10 in-service day we will review the TA activity

*In your classes, be sure that students are aware of what targets they are going to be assessed on for this Q1 Mastery Report. Students should also know how they were assessed. If needed, you can likely use your Q1 narrative to help explain this to students. See Phil if you have questions.

Friday 11/10 In-service Update: 

- 8-4 is the expected work time
- Plan to work in small/large groups in the morning and small group/individual in the afternoon.
- topics include, but not limited to: grading/reporting, flextime, & TA/M3


Upcoming Events:

11/7 - M3 session #4 during TA
11/10 - In-Service
11/15 Art Show & Music Concert 7-8
11/16-18 PA Musical 7-9pm
11/21 - Community meeting during TA
11/22-24 - T-day Break - gobble gobble

FYI - TA CALENDAR (This is a living breathing document, sort of. Anyway, it's dynamic, it changes as our needs change.)






This Week's Link:   Inspiring video 

Five hundred Vermont educators and students joined us last week for our annual conference, the highlight of which was the inspiring keynote address from Dr. Ruha Benjamin: SCHOOLS AS LABORATORIES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE REGENERATING EMPATHY AT THE HEART OF EDUCATION.  Our conference survey confirmed that for nearly everyone present, it was the best keynote speech they had ever witnessed.

Schoolwide Happennings: 

Kindness rules: Students send positive vibes to their classmate in the hospital. 

Thanks Moira for helping with organizing Mix it UP

Decorating for Day of the Dead Cookies (Mexican Holiday of 11/1-2)

Celebrations: 

XC runners at the Championship Event

Boys celebrate after beating #1 seed Winooski to earn a trip to the Championship. They lost to Stowe on Saturday, but played hard until the end. Congrats to Angie and the team for a great season. 

Eli Smith finished 3rd at the D3 State Championship.

Happy Birthday: Lindsey Yablonowski (11/6)...and I missed one last week, Janet Sanders was on Sunday (10/29).