October 15 - Pause & have a laugh...

 

Thank you for your efforts to make conferences smooth, effective and productive. We had our greatest number of participation since 2005 and a 15% increase to last fall. Mike Dolan takes the crown with 31 total conferences and 5 of you tied for second with 30 conferences. But, we're not keeping score. I saw all of you having meaningful and thoughtful conversations with parents and students. Thanks for taking the time and energy to make conferences a positive experience. I do wonder, where do we go from here? We met with 48% of our student population and were at near full capacity. While our numbers are encouraging, we'd need to schedule another full day to meet with ALL students or we need to rethink how we do conferences. 

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This Week's Link(s):

It's time for a Joke: 

I recently spotted some comics and graphic novel type of writing in some classrooms. There's something for everyone and this form of writing is proven to inspire and engage your students. 

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: Tips and Tools to Help You Integrate Comic Strips in Teaching

Comics in the Classroom

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Updates: 

Grading Timeline : Verification Sheets DUE TODAY. 

10/18 - We will have a Leadership Team meeting in the library at 3pm next Tuesday. We will be discussing & planning how we will continue our collective work on scales during the 11/11 in-service day, use of Best Practice time for instructional/curriculum work, and grading/reporting. Please send a representative from your department. 

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Calendar

10/17 Best Practice   3pm Library

10/18 - Leadership Team Library 3pm

10/19 Green & Gold Staff Wardrobe 

10/22 - Haunted High

10/24 Best Practice   3pm Library

10/25 - Community Meeting 11:15am

10/28 - Early Release (GRADING)

11/11 - In-Service @ PA (with LSUU)

11/23-25 - Thanksgiving Break

LSUU Professional Development Calendar

Athletic Calendar

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TA (Teacher Advisory) 

Links to activities and scripts for TA this week: 

Tuesday (10/18):   Wellness Activity #3; Announcements; 

Friday (10/21): Flex sign up; Announcements; SSRS student survey  (Script)

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Schoolwide Happenings: 

Thanks for your efforts with Conferences

Science Extend with Ciambra

PSAT - the more things change, the more they stay the same

Electro-magnetics in Physics

Explaining the importance of road signs in Driver Education

Keep your eyes out for some cool accordion books coming our way soon

Helping to glean the back yard garden in Creative Writing

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Celebrations: 

Congratulations to Margo Warden! 

She will be honored at next week's Healthy Lamoille Valley Educators Celebration. Below is a quote from director Jessica Bickford (which I totally agree with!!): 'Margot has been an awesome partner in prevention, advancing the prevention work within the school community.  This alone would be amazing, but then when you consider that she started during Covid - when student connections were more difficult, yet more needed than ever - her accomplishments are astounding.  We would love it if others from the district could come and share in celebrating her! Here is the information and registration link: 

Happy Birthday

Anne DeVos  Oct. 17

Moira Donovan  Oct. 25

Van Carr  Oct. 28

Carrie Felice  Oct. 31

Quote of the Week: 

“How can we order society in such a way that increases human flourishing and limits suffering? What is the good, the true, and the beautiful? How do we make sense of the sins of the past and the way the legacies of those failures follow us to the present? What is justice? What is love and why does it hurt us so? What is the good life? Is there a God who orders the galaxies, or did we come from chaos, destined to return to it?”

            Esau McCaulley’s suggested Essential Questions in “What Mrs. Bailey Taught Me in  A.P. History Changed My Life” in The New York Times, September 21, 2022