9-15-23

 The BB300 sounds great.  Please make sure you play it for your homeroom each day and make sure they are quiet and listening.  Thanks to Chris for doing a great job with the kids.  

Thanks to all of the Math Teachers for attending the Math Curriculum Adoption Presentation from Savvas. Also thanks to Danielle and Angela for assisting with the Zooms for both the Evergreen and Benjamin meeting and for all the work they are doing to assist with the ELA and math adoptions.  

Yays, Nays and Hip Hip Hoorays!

Yays, Nays and Hip Hip Hoorays

The PTA meeting was very well attended by parents.  Thanks to Jessica for being our teacher rep and for talking about the opportunities for partnership that our NJHS students can offer at PTA Events.  

I appreciate all of the time that Josh is putting in to make the makerspace ready for his after school club.  Once the after school club is up and running we will have information on  the maker space for use by students during the school day during study skills classes.  

I appreciate everyone looking at the IAR data from the spring on Wednesday.  Taking the extra steps to break down data to the student level will allow us to identify and help student learning.  I will come to team next week to discuss the scores further along with other data as we develop the school improvement plan.  

Please make sure that we do not have unsupervised students in the hallway.  The LMC provides a supervised alternative to kids working on a project or that need to catch up on an  assignment due to absences.

"Teacher Tip: Enlarge and laminate your writing paper and use it to display a sample piece of writing! Either one you model for your class or a shared writing piece that students can refer back to."

Congratulations to Megan P, Joe and Morgan for being recognized for achieving tenure at Monday's board meeting.

Megan D, Kerry  and the Bengal Cafe student helpers were also recognized for the work they do helping students and getting our staff their tasty beverages each week.

Proven classroom strategies for winning over reluctant readers

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/62154/proven-classroom-strategies-for-winning-over-reluctant-readers

Please remember to turn in your student growth goals and set up your first observation with me if you are on cycle.  Also, please let me know if you need any help with your growth goals.  

Thanks to the Team Leaders for meeting with me on Monday.  I could not do my job without their outstanding leadership each day!

"A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." -- John Barrymore

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