December 3rd - It's getting cold outside....

 

And when it gets cold, it snows!!! PA Nordic skiers are ready to go! 

Winter Sports and other winter activities are back for students. And they are for us, too! We have a long tradition of finding ways to stay connected and healthy during these short and cold days. Getting together after school for quick group skiing in the back of school or a brisk walk through town are some popular examples. Let's find ways to motivate each other to bring some joy, exercise, and positive vibes into our winter months during school days. One opportunity coming up soon is the HITT class offered by Kelly and Marcy. This starts up after the December break and will occur Tuesday's 3:30 at PA (specific location to be announced soon). 

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This Week's Link(s):

The Lamoille Justice Program: Listening Outside the Lines (several PA alumni are involved in this project)

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Updates/Reminders: 

GRADING coming soon..... As we are almost in our final month of the first semester, now is a good time to review your course profile and proficiency alignment for semester-long courses. If you would like support with this process or if you are worried that you will not be able to address all proficiencies aligned to your semester long courses, Maura is available to help. Please reach out to her at Maura.Wieler@lsuu.org. 

Mask Breaks: Please, when providing mask breaks, join your students & remind

them that mask breaks are meant to be outside. We are seeing an increase in hallway 'loitering' during class time. *We are bringing back the fire pit (soon) to encourage outdoor breaks. 

School Culture:  It is one of those times of year where student behaviors tend to be more challenging and more prevalent than usual. For many of our students, school breaks bring upon lots of anxiety and uncertainty. This manifests itself at school in many different forms: withdrawal, refusal to cooperate, disrespect, wandering, tardiness, anger, hyperactivity, immature decisions, etc. 

Please pay particularly close attention to your students and...

- Be extra DILIGENT.

- Be extra PATIENT. 

- Be extra PRESENT in the hallways and common spaces

- Report when something goes wrong.

In short, be as much of your awesome selves as possible.

A collective, consistent, and respectful presence from all of us will keep school calm and successful this month. 

Back to ballin' means back to basics

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Calendar

12/9 - Phil out - VSA Conference

Welcoming a new student and demonstrating poor masking. 

12/10 - Basketball starts (Boys at Lamoille 7pm, Girls at Twinfield, 6pm)

12/13 - Best Practice   3pm Library

12/21 - Community Meeting 

12/24-31 - First Winter Break 

1/14 - End of Semester

1/17 - LSUU In-Service

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TA (Teacher Advisory) 

Links to activities and scripts for TA this week: 

Tuesday:  Climate Survey Feedback Activity; Announcements

Friday: TA Takedown for December?; Flex sign up; Announcements

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Schoolwide Happenings: 

Students presenting 'US Drone Policy' to the 'Senate Foreign Relations Committee' in Current Events 

'Friendsgiving' in TA prior to break

Intimate Book Talk in English9 

Learning the French 'Electric Slide' in a combined Gym/French class

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Celebrations: 

Click here for the full story on Alden (PA 2018) and Marc's son. 

Happy Birthday

Sheila Jones  Dec. 7

Jen Quevedo  Dec. 12

Doug Farquhar  Dec. 17