Thursday, March 10, 2022

3-11-2022

 Good Luck to Dan Matt and the girls basketball teams in the tournament this weekend. Go Bengals!

Also want to wish our chess team good luck in their state tournament this weekend.  Thanks again to Rich and Joe for helping out with practice and tournament supervision.  

8 Evidenced based tips to spice up your lectures

https://www.edutopia.org/article/8-evidence-based-tips-make-your-lectures-more-engaging-and-memorable



The sun will come out....soon!  Next week is tech week, thanks to Melissa, Danielle and April for their continued hard work and dedication to working with our theater students in getting ready for Annie. Please let them know if you can help with supervision for the performances next weekend.



Thanks to Jen and Joe for being flexible with the gym space and for bringing in guest speakers Teen Decision for our 8th grade students. 

Thanks to Greg for presenting the IAR information on Wednesday for our staff.  I will send the schedule out next week and you should have the manual as it was placed in your mailbox.  

Best strategies for small group instruction

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-what-are-the-best-strategies-for-small-group-instruction/2021/11



I am looking forward to the Caudill Party on Friday.  Thanks to Michele for celebrating our students passion for reading.

Thanks to Jen and Jessica for leading NJHS in their book drive for Africa.  Please keep promoting it with your kids.



 5th grade team will be conducting the CogAT testing with their students next week.  This data helps us with proper student placement and gives us information on student performance.  

Congrats to Angela and Danielle who presented their awesome podcast at the DuPage County Instructional Coaches Meeting recently.  We are really lucky to have them as part of our team!

A simple process and template for student podcasting

https://blog.tcea.org/simple-process-template-student-podcasting/



If you are doing an alternative evaluation this year please make sure that you are continuing to work on getting all forms and documentation turned in.  Please see me if you have any questions.  



A huge thanks to the Master Schedule Committee Meeting who met for the final time on Wednesday.  I appreciate the two years of service given to this committee.  I will be going to teams to present some schedule changes for next year that should help student services be implemented while reducing pull out of academic and special classes.  

"Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time." -- Edward Bernays

"It's terrible to lie in chains, to rot in dungeon deep, but it's still worse, when you are free, to sleep and sleep, and sleep." -- Taras Shevchenko

"I don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet." -- Wanda Sykes

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