December 21 - Happy Winter Soltice

 

"Winter is the time when nature takes a well-deserved nap, and we can find beauty in the stillness of the world." - Unknown

I hope you all have a very enjoyable and nap filled break. Thanks for helping Peoples Academy to have an inspiring, engaging, and successful year. 

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Quote of the Week: 

'Brains that Fire Together Learn Together' 

          - Edutopia, 2023 Most Significant Studies (below)

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This Week's Link(s):

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2023

Some topics to consider: 

- AI can decrease planning time for teachers...dramatically?! 

- New thearoies about Teen Mental Health

- Tone of Voice matters

- Less Feedback = Better Writing

- Direct Instruction and Inquiry- Based instruction can live together

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Updates/Reminders: 

 1. January Assessment Schedule 

        - Friday, 1/19, 1pm Staff meeting - 10-15m Securely Training

2. Grading Timeline Quarter 2 

3. Default Flex Update: Based on your feedback, we will not be moving to a default flextime schedule for the second semester. Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. 

There are a few things that WE ALL CAN DO TO HELP make flextime more smooth. 

1 - Please check weekly & encourage your advisees to sign up. If they don’t, sign them up yourself and report this to the office.  

2 - Call students back when they are falling behind - let the office help you 'chase them down' if they don't come. 

3 - Only allow students signed up for your flex into your space - unless the teacher they are signed up for knows they are with you.

4 - Prevent phone use and report inapropriate phone use - don't let them stare at their phone for a good part of the time. 

Some of the problems with flex are things that WE CAN CONTROL. If we work together and follow the guidelines, flextime can work. We started the year strong with these guidelines, let's kick off the 2nd semester in the same way. I will remind students of this in our opening community meeting on the first day of semester 2. 

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Calendar

12/22 - Green & Gold, Pep Rally/Community Meeting

1/5 - Green & Gold

1/15 - MLK jr. Day - No School

1/16 - Assessment Week Starts

1/22 -  Best Practice 

Flex Dept Meeting Dates

Co-Curricular Schedule

The JV Boys graciously scrimmaged the 8th Grade boys last week.....I'll leave it at that. 

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TA (Teacher Advisory) 

Friday(12/22): Students will report to TA at the start of flextime (11:15) for and then go to the Pep Rally Pep Rally/Community Meeting at 11:30. 

Tuesday (1/2):  Welcome Back; Flex sign up; Announcements

Friday(1/5): Flex sign up; Announcements

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Schoolwide Happenings: 

The Annual Egg Drop in Physics

Crepes Du Jour

Human Biology

First Aid in Health Class

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Celebrations: 

Awesome Effort with the Doors....