October 29 - Have a Spooktacular Weekend

Posted by pgrant October 29, 2021

October 29 - Have a Spooktacular Weekend

Here are some spooky tales for a good weekend read.

Congratulations on completing Quarter #1. If we were a pizza pie, we'd be down two slices already. But, we're not pizza. We are a highly functioning team that accomplished a lot in a short time period. We successfully re-integrated our entire student body (and ourselves) into a full academic schedule. We stayed open and kept school safe and positive. We taught a full course load and incredibly rich curriculum*. We executed fun and positive all school in-person community events, such as, community meeting and the pep rally. We successfully completed a season of sports and re-started numerous clubs including drama. Thank you for your hard work, patience, and persistence in making school great in so many ways.

* This week alone I learned about a Nigerian author, comets, sand storms, cell biology, ratios & slope, good fats v bad fats, We-video, the Morrisville Conservation Core (& other local businesses), Morrisville Gov't, the periodic table, proper badminton backhand form, 4 things to do when approached by an emergency vehicle, cryptocurrency, Barbara Kingsolver, the book Feed, correct use of charcoal pastel, Free Markets ($$), students favorite places in the natural world, and much more; plus student (scholarly) habits, some related to time management.

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This Week's Link(s):

LSUU GOALS Presentation from Monday's BP meeting - in case you want to review any of the slides and messages from Monday.

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Updates:

November 11th In-service schedule will be as follows:

8:00-10:30 Virtual Marzano Training

10:30-12:00 Building PA Focus & Lunch (likely provided by LSUU)

12:00-1:00 Lunch & Wellness Break

1:00-4:00 Facilitated Equity Work

Please note that this in-service day will be at PA and all faculty members are required to be in the building for the day. Paraeducators, attendance is optional and paid for, come for some or all of the day.

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Classroom visits: Phil has a standing meeting every other Wednesday with Mr. Heraty. In the future, Mr. Heraty will be visiting classrooms as part of this meeting. If we pop into your room is simply an opportunity for him to see high school classrooms in action.

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Calendar

More cool CAD work from Tech & Design

11/4 - Final Grade Changes in PowerSchool Due

11/5 - VT School Safety Visit, Rob Evans from the AOE

11/8 - Best Practice

11/11 - In-Service

11/15 - Best Practice

11/24-26 - Thanksgiving Break

12/3 - Early Release

12/24-31 - First Winter Break

Photo of the Girls Soccer Team and their final game - staying positive

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TA (Teacher Advisory)

Links to activities and scripts for TA this week:

Tuesday: Get your handshake video in; Announcements

Friday: Flex sign up; Announcements

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Schoolwide Happenings:

Mesolithic Cooking in World History Class (with a few modern tools)

Deconstructing a computer, which is like deconstructing a 'cell'

'Being Escher' in art class

Working on 'B roll' film for a Current Events class presentation

Getting Schooled in Astronomy - can you see the comet?

Standardized Test Round #2 - SAT on Thrusday

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Celebrations:

There will be a faculty and staff appreciation on Wednesday, November 3rd at 7:30 in the cafeteria. There will be coffee, tea, hot cocoa and muffins available.