Week beginning Jan 27, 2020

All Week

Snack Duty: Tilly

Advisory Slides

The Week Ahead

Monday, Jan 27

• Visiting Student: Adalyin Li 5th / 6th 
• Chapel - Recognition Awards for all grades
• Adapted schedule for the day  

• CaP Topic Group Meetings 3:30pm 

Tuesday, Jan 28

• MS Leadership Team Meeting @ 8:10am
• DeAnna from Grand Classrooms visiting 2:00pm
• Grade Level Team Meetings in the MS Faculty Workroom - Cancelled. Please work on advisor narratives.

Wednesday, Jan 29

• Long Advisory
• Grade 8 - Discuss Ticket to Thrive event. Please remind students to register and that there will be no P5 or P6. 
• Grade 7 & 6 - Reflect on Peking Acrobats

Thursday, Jan 30

• LS & MS Preview
• Shelli and I will be with the Preview from 9-11:30am. Mary will be subbing for Shelli during that time.
• The following students will be missing class to help with the event: 
• Will C., Ju-ah, Ava S., Alex VR.
• New Faculty MYP Meeting @ 2:30pm with Angelica - Help available if needed. 

Friday, Jan 31

• Advisor narratives due by 8am and submitted here. Please copy and paste onto the document that has been created for you in this folder. 

Action Items

• Advisor Reports: These are due, 8am this Friday. Once you have summited your reports, Shelli or I will read them and hope to have them back to you early the following week to then upload to myAW. If you need help or support, please reach out. 

• Peking Acrobats: This is going to be a fantastic show! The transportation is going to be a little tricky due to LS going as well. Ruth or I will send out reminders about the logistics of the buses first thing on Monday and we will announce this during chapel P1 too. 

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

• Scholar Search: This USG and USB event will be on Friday, Feb 7. There will be no P5 or P6 for Grade 8 that day so that all students have the opportunity to attend. Any family not wishing their student to attend can be collected at the end of P4. This went out in the Flash on Friday and will also be communicated this week to families directly. 

Upcoming Meetings

• Monday Self Study MYP Meetings
• Feb 3
• Feb 24
• March 2
• Tuesday Grade Level Team Meeting
• Jan 28 - Cancelled to work on Advisor Reports
• Feb 4  - Start as a whole to discuss Community Engagement Days
• Thursday MS Faculty Meeting  
• Jan 30 - No meeting - Work on Advisor Reports 
• Feb 6 - No meeting 
• Feb 13 - No meeting - Inservice 
• Feb 20 - No meeting - Community Engagement Days
• Feb 27 - MYP Self Study & CaP Survey 

Absent Students

• Follow this link for Anticipated Absent Students

Kudos!

• To those on the 6th grade corridor who have had to deal with the recent black water and leaking in classrooms. I know this is a horrible situation and we hope it gets sorted very quickly! Thanks for keeping us in the loop and being troopers about this awful situation. 
• To Mark, Larry, Gary, Chuck and his team for keeping on top of the mess. This is not a job I would have wanted!
• To everyone who has started the MS Lazy Ironperson - you rock! Keep up the miles and let's see what we can all achieve in the next few weeks. And a special thanks to John for leading the charge on this great community builder. 
• And finally to the team who help chaperone the dance. Thanks for spending your night supporting the SEL of our MS kiddos. I think they had a lot of fun!

The Month Ahead

• Monday, Jan 27 - Peking Acrobats trip for all MS. Please see Adapted Schedule 
• Thursday, Jan 20 - LS & MS Preview 
• Friday, Jan 31 - Advisor narratives due by 8am
• Monday, Feb 3 - All School Chapel. Please see Adapted Schedule. 
• Tuesday, Feb 4 - MI testing in the Great Hall for 8th Grade 10-10:45am
• Wednesday, Feb 5 -MI testing in the Great Hall for 7th Grade 10-10:45am
• Thursday, Feb 6 - MI testing in the Great Hall for 6th Grade 10-10:45am
• Friday, Feb 7 - Reports Posted by 3pm; Scholar Search for 8th Grade from 1:10pm 
• Saturday, Feb 8 - Ticket to Thrive
• Wednesday, Feb 12 - FCD Program in Advisory. 
• Thursday, Feb 13 - No students - Inservice Training
• Friday, Feb 14 - No School 
• Monday, Feb 17 - No School 
• Thursday, Feb 20 - Community Engagement Days
• Friday, Feb 21 - Community Engagement Days
• Thursday, Feb 26 - Winter Musical 1-3pm 
• Thursday, Feb 27 - Grade 6 Parent Coffee @ 7:45am; Winter Musical 7pm 
• Friday, Feb 28 - Winter Musical 7pm 
• Saturday, Feb 29 - Crab Feed Auction 

Week Beginning Jan 20, 2020

All Week

Snack Duty: Price

Advisory Slides

The Week Ahead

Monday, Jan 20 NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, Jan 21

• New student starting - Victor Siripanich 
• MS Leadership Team Meeting @ 8:10am
• Advisory Flex
• Can all grades please gather in the MS Lounge at the start of Flex for a few quick announcements for the week. 
• SC to meet with Shelli as normal for All-School Chapel planning 
• Grade Level Team Meetings in the MS Faculty Workroom. - Canceled. Advisors to work on reports. 
• If you have students of concern, please connect with their advisor and Grade Level Team Leader. 

Wednesday, Jan 22

• New Student Visting: Natalie Swanes 5th / 6th 
• Long Advisory - Inclusion focus
• Makeup Finals 

• 1 8:10-9:45am (95 minutes)	Makeup Spanish Final All Grades in Calcote's Room with Calcote & Golding 6 - Sophie M Spanish 7 - Daciana Spanish 7 - Miles Spanish 7 - Will C Spanish 7 - Eliza H Spanish 8 - Zoe A Spanish 8 - Zoe W Spanish 8 - Ava S Spanish 8 - Kai J Spanish 8 - Yuri U Spanish

• 4 12:15-1:50pm (95 minutes)	Makeup Math Final All Grades in Phan's Room With Phan, Strate & Wagstaff 6 - Katya D Math 6 - Esra A Math 6 - Aliya K Math 6 - Sophia D Math 7 - Eliza H (IM1 - Tilly) 8 - Ava S Math (IM2 - Weston) 8 - Marilyn W (IM1 - Tilly) 8 - Kai J (IM1 - Tilly) 8 - Malia O (Intro - Tilly) 8 - Yuri U (IM1 - Tilly) 8 - Finn K (Intro - Phan)

• Students who still need extra time in Math should stay in during PM Advisory and Athletics to finish. 

Thursday, Jan 23

• New Student Visting: Issac Opoku 5th / 6th 
• Grade 6 Art Mural Field Trip 11:40am - 2:15pm 
• Students attending 

• Ahmad, Eisha*

  Ahmad, Nawal*

  Bland, Naomi*

  Boitano, Emily

  Borgelt, Vala*

  Daniels, Keeler

  Defebaugh, Katya

  Moore, Trinity*

  Neeves, Sophie

  Overton, Caroline

  Rozendaal, Carmen

  Sands, Thomas*

  Soustelle, Clementine

  Vargas-Reid, Alexander*

  Fong, Kiera*

• New Faculty Meeting @ 2:30pm with Shelli (reports and grading help as needed)

Friday, Jan 24

• Subject Grades Due at 8am 
• Faculty Absent: Will - Mary Subbing. Linh out after lunch - Clare to cover Math at 1:10pm
• New Clubs beginning
• MS Dance 7-10pm 
• Chaperons: Clare, Shelli, Kyle, Tracey, Shannon, and Andrea.

Action Items

• Lazy Person Triathlon: John will be reaching out to all ASAP regarding the start date and requirements for this fun month activity for all adults associated with MS. We will have a social gathering at the end of the Triathlon to celebrate everyone's accomplishments. Please join in! This is a great community builder and away to stay fit. 

• Duties for Semester 2: Just a reminder that the new duties start on Tuesday, 1/21. It is essential that everyone reviews this and keeps to their assignments. Thank you!

• Missing Finals: Will occur on Wednesday, Jan 22. You can see these under the tab Makeup Finals in Adapted Schedules or listed above. 

• Reports: 
• Subject Grades due Friday, Jan 24 by 8am 
• Advisor Narratives due Friday, Jan 31 by 8am
• Reports released to families Friday, Feb 7 by 3pm 

• Outside Space: The field and blacktop area by the new gym are now safe for us to use. The Morning Slides will announce if this area is open each day. 

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

• New Student: Victor Sirpanich will be joining our MS starting Jan 21. We also have another potential student in the pipeline that may start later this week. Victor will be joining Tracey's advisory and 6B as he will be in ESL and General Music. Below is a brief overview of Victor and his background: 

Victor enjoys playing basketball & soccer. Victor won a courtesy award, and a PE award of some sort as well. He is looking forward to attending a school where students move throughout the day rather than stay in one classroom all day as they do in Thailand. He is a beginning English speaker, and the family’s goal is to give him an earlier start than his brother had to gain Language proficiency.



His brother Wynn is a student at UWT, living in an apt near the campus where Victor will live as well. Victor will ride the school bus. Parents travel a lot and will visit with some frequency. Victor himself has traveled to many countries with his family, Japan being his favorite so far. 




• Your Input on grading for next year:
• This was actually on the agenda for the last MS Faculty Meeting and I totally skipped it by accident. For next year and for all grades, we are proposing to move to three categories of grades shown below. As we explore ways to inform our students, parents, and other faculty about the progress of our students, it feels that having just a letter grade or single percentage can give a false or unclear representation of how a student is doing in the areas we value. The percentage breakdown that we currently award to summative verse formative for the total grade is really not recognized by the student or families. By breaking down the grades into three clear components, there will be more clarity for all involved. Thoughts? Please let me know. 
• Practice Completion (develop habits; all should get 100%!; demonstrates effort)
• Skills Assessment (formative that should show growth over a unit and show an upward trend)
• Summative Assessments (application of the skills and content gained over the unit)

• Sports facilities - A reminder from the Athletic Department:
• Pool: The Department of Health has approved adult use of the pool without the presence of a lifeguard. Each employee must sign a waiver prior to use. This waiver will be available next week. You can submit the form to Mike Finch in person or via email. The pool can be accessed via key fob only as the code does not work for entry. We kindly request that faculty/staff who utilize the pool in the morning hours are out of the locker rooms by 7:30am. Afternoon use of the pool may be available when student programs are not in session. A full pool schedule will be posted and available by February 1^st.
  
  
  Employees are NOT allowed to bring their children to the pool UNLESS they are certified lifeguards and the children are AWS students. HOWEVER, the faculty/staff member who is lifeguard certified must act as a lifeguard during this time (i.e. sitting in the lifeguard chair or standing on the pool deck) and not participating in swim with their children. Please do not bring friends of your children or other family members into the pool.
  
  
  Spin Room: The spin room is available for faculty/staff each morning until 7:30am and each afternoon that the bikes are not fully occupied by students. While the bikes are on a first-come first-serve basis in the afternoons, adults should give up their seats to students who are waiting.
  
  
  The Peloton app is located on the iPad next to the television. To access the content for Peloton workouts, turn on the TV and soundbar via remote control, then pick your workout and have fun. The iPad always remains on. Please note that the bikes can be used without the app. 
  
  
  Post workouts, please thoroughly wipe down the equipment with the antibacterial wipes found inside the spin room. Gator towels can be used during your workout and returned to the laundry basket inside the spin room. All equipment and mats should be put away properly.
  
  
  Fitness Area: The Treadmills, Adaptive Motion Trainers (AMT), and exercise equipment may be used in the mornings until 7:30am. While the treadmills and AMT’s are on a first-come-first-serve basis in the afternoons, adults should give up their seats to students who are waiting.
  
  
  To access the treadmills and AMT’s, you will need a Precor key fob. This set up takes no more than 5 minutes and allows you to track your progress, link your Netflix account to your screen, etc. Please contact Andrew Braunstein to receive your Precor key fob.
  
  
  Post workouts, please thoroughly wipe down the equipment with the antibacterial wipes found inside the spin room. Gator towels can be used during your workout and returned to the laundry basket inside the spin room. All equipment and mats should be put away properly.
  
  
  Locker Rooms: If you use the locker rooms in the mornings to change and/or shower, please ensure that you’ve vacated the locker room by 7:30am.

Upcoming Meetings

• Monday Self Study MYP Meetings
• Feb 3
• Feb 24
• March 2
• Tuesday Grade Level Team Meeting
• Jan 21 - Cancelled to work on Advisor Reports
• Jan 28 - Cancelled to work on Advisor Reports
• Feb 4  - Start as a whole to discuss Community Engagement Days
• Thursday MS Faculty Meeting 
• Jan 23 - No meeting - Work on Subject Grades & Finals 
• Jan 30 - No meeting 
• Feb 6 - No meeting 
• Feb 13 - No meeting - Inservice 
• Feb 20 - No meeting - Community Engagement Days
• Feb 27 - MYP Self Study 

Absent Students

• Follow this link for Anticipated Absent Students

Kudos!

• Thank you to all for your subject overviews! I know that January feels like a lot and Shelli, the Grade Level Team Leaders, and I will be reviewing how we can streamline reporting and what we do, why, and when. 
• To those who helped proctor finals, thank you. I think they went smoothly, although we still have a number who need to take theirs. Happy grading to our Spanish and Math teams :-)

The Month Ahead

• Thursday, Jan 16 & Friday, Jan 17 - MS Finals
• Monday, Jan 20 - MLK no school 
• Friday, Jan 24 - Subject Grades for the semester due by 8am; MS Dance 7-10pm
• Monday, Jan 27 - Peking Acrobats trip for all MS. Please see Adapted Schedule 
• Thursday, Jan 20 - LS & MS Preview 
• Friday, Jan 31 - Advisor narratives due by 8am

Week beginning Jan 13, 2020

All Week

Snack Duty: STANGENBERG

Advisory Slides

The Week Ahead

Monday, Jan 13

• New Student Visiting: CANCELLED due to predicted snow
• Chapel CANCELLED: Advisory and work on Reflections for Semester 1
• Dance permission slips now available in MS Office and Strate's Room
• Musical tryouts today at 3:30 PM. All MS students are welcome to audition.
• All School Meeting @ 3:30pm in the Great Hall

Tuesday, Jan 14

• New Student Visiting: Alice Gabrielson 5th/6th 
• Musical tryouts today at 4:30 PM. All MS students are welcome to audition.
• MS Leadership Team Meeting @ 8:10am
• Grade Level Team Meetings in the MS Faculty Workroom
• 3:15 - 3:45pm Grade 8
• 3:45 - 4:15pm Grade 6
• 4:15 - 4:45pm Grade 7
• Next week (7, 8, 6)

Wednesday, Jan 15

• New Student Visiting: Kevin Nguyen 5th/6th 
• Absent Faculty - Shelli from lunch onwards
• Long Advisory
• Please focus on Reflections for Semester 1
• 7th Grade boys to meet initially with Kyle, Sam, Mark, & Clare (Kyle's)
• 7th Grade girls to meet initially with Shelli, Andrea, Niki, Liz, & Devon (Shelli's)

Thursday, Jan 16

• Hunt Advisory in CIVVIES today with Holiday Tea Civvies Pass
• FINALS - full schedule here

Friday, Jan 17

• Calcote Advisory in CIVVIES today with Advisory Pumpkin Civvies Pass
• FINALS -full schedule here
• Subject Overviews Due at 8am. Please submit here. 

Action Items

• Missing Finals: Please remind all students to ask their parents to complete a Request to be Absent if they will be missing any day or part of a day of finals. I have emailed all students who I know will be absent and created a schedule for them. A few who can, will take their finals early on Thursday, during the 6th grade Spanish Final, the rest will on Wednesday, Jan 22. You can see these under the tab Makeup Finals in Adapted Schedules.

•  Reports: 
• Subject Overviews due Friday, Jan 17 by 8am 
• Subject Grades due Friday, Jan 24 by 8am (will be extended if a snow day occurs)
• Advisor Narratives due Friday, Jan 31 by 8am
• Reports released to families Friday, Feb 7 by 3pm 

• Outside Space: The field and black top area by the new gym are now safe for us to use. However, because of the predicted bad weather next week, we will not open this use for MS until further notice. This area will need to be supervised, so Shelli will be reaching out about how this will occur. 

• Clubs: Clubs have now ended and Shelli will be sending out information about new club choices this coming week. If you have an idea for a club, please let Shelli know. 

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

• Snow Day on Finals? If a snow day occurs on a final, we will reschedule for the following Thursday and/or Friday. There may also be a late start next week due to the predicted bad weather. Please see the timings for the schedule of regular periods. Finals will continue even with a late start. In the event of any changes, I will email everyone with schedules and details.  

Two-Hour Delayed Start Schedule:

Min	Start time	End time	PERIOD
10	10:00 AM	10:10 AM	Advisory
40	10:15 AM	10:55 AM	Period 1
40	11:00 AM	11:40 AM	Period 2
35	11:40 AM	12:15 PM	Lunch
40	12:15 PM	12:55 PM	Period 3
40	1:00 PM	1:40 PM	Period 4
40	1:45 PM	2:25 PM	Period 5
40	2:30 PM	3:10 PM	Period 6

• Duties: It is really important that we all supervise the areas we have been assigned. Please check the linked document for a reminder. We will be reevaluating this week what areas need supervision and sending out a revised duty rooster for the start of semester 2.

• Peking Acrobats: The whole MS and many LS classes too, will be attending a performance by the Peking Acrobats in Tacoma on Monday, Jan 27. Please see the tab under Adapted Schedules for how this will affect lessons. We will have a special chapel to celebrate Lunar New Year first period and then depart for the show. We should be back for a regular lunch. 

• MS Dance Jan 24, 7-10pm: Of course the best way to start the year is with a bit of a boogie on down! This dance is open to all 6-8th and thanks in advance to the following for chaperoning - Shelli, Kyle, Tracey (swapped with Will), Shannon, and Andrea.

• Ticket to Thrive, Saturday, Feb 8, 8:30 - 1:00pm: This is our big testing day for MS and when many of our potential families are on campus to meet teachers, parents, and students. All MS faculty (part-time or full-time) are expected to be on campus for this event. More details are to come. In the meantime, please see me if you have specific questions. 

• Upcoming Meetings
• Monday Self Study MYP Meetings
• Feb 3
• Feb 24
• March 2
• Tuesday Grade Level Team Meeting
• Jan 14 - Reviewing students for reports
• Jan 21
• Jan 28 - Cancelled to work on Advisor Reports
• Feb 4  - Start as a whole to discuss Community Engagement Days
• Thursday MS Faculty Meeting 
• Jan 16 - No meeting. Work on Advisor Reports
• Jan 23 - No meeting 
• Jan 30 - No meeting 
• Feb 6 - No meeting 
• Feb 13 - No meeting - Inservice 
• Feb 20 - No meeting - Community Engagement Days
• Feb 27 - MYP Self Study 

Absent Students

• Follow this link for Anticipated Absent Students

The Month Ahead

• Thursday, Jan 16 & Friday, Jan 17 - MS Finals
• Monday, Jan 20 - MLK no school 
• Friday, Jan 24 - Subject Grades for the semester due by 8am; MS Dance 7-10pm
• Monday, Jan 27 - Peking Acrobats trip for all MS. Please see Adapted Schedule 
• Thursday, Jan 20 - LS & MS Preview 
• Friday, Jan 31 - Advisor narratives due by 8am

Week Beginning Jan 3, 2020!

All Week

Snack Duty: Brown

Advisory Slides

The Week Ahead

Monday, Jan 6

• Absent: Rachelle. Lucas will attend his 6th LL class; 8th grade to Study Hall in MS Lounge.
• Chapel - Recognition Awards for ALL grades. Please add away!
• Theme: Revisiting our Super Powers & Resolutions
• No formal Self Study Meeting - please continue to work during your subject meetings on Part C.

Tuesday, Jan 7

• Visiting student - Isabella Johnson 5/6th 
• MS Leadership Team Meeting @ 8:10am
• Grade Level Team Meetings in the MS Faculty Workroom. Please see the notes below under Action Items about this and next week's meetings.
• 3:15 - 3:45pm Grade 6
• 3:45 - 4:15pm Grade 7
• 4:15 - 4:45pm Grade 8 
• Next week (8, 6, 7)

Wednesday, Jan 8

• Visiting student - Victoria Bryant 6th (possible midyear entry)
• Long Advisory - Food advisory. Please see notes under Action Items about checking in with students regarding using the portal etc.
• Grade 6 Study Skills classes: meet in their regular classroom but heading to the Math Center to recap the assignment center and portal with Andrea and Gretchen. 

Thursday, Jan 9

• Visiting student - Sarah Sisay 5/6th 
• Lockdown drill occurring. Time unspecified.
• New Faculty MYP Meeting @ 2:30pm with Shelli
• NO ACTUAL MEETING - SHELLI WILL COME AROUND AND CHECK-IN DURING THIS TIME
• MS Faculty Meeting @ 3:15pm - It would be super helpful for all to attend due to the logistics we need to discuss regarding Q3.
•  Finals, Subject Overviews, Semester 1 Advisor Reports, and TtoT Overview 

Friday, Jan 10

• Visiting student - Gabriella Roppo 5/6th 
• LS & MS Chapel - run by MS and featuring Experience Days

Action Items

• End of Semester Summative and Finals Schedule 2020: Please make sure that you add in any tests or projects due beginning the Monday we return until the end of the semester to the Google Doc End of Semester Summatives and Finals Schedule 2020. Please do your best to NOT have more than two major items due on a single day and spread out assignments as best you can. Thank you. 

• Grade 6 the portal and assignment center help:  Gretchen and Andrea will be working with the 6th grade during Study Skills class on Wednesday to review the topics listed below. Please use advisory time to check that students feel comfortable with these topics. If you have a new student in 7th of 8th grade (Price Stangenberg, Taylor/Sullivan, and all 8th grade advisors), please also review this with your students in advisory this week. If you need help or support, please see Angela, Gretchen, or Andrea for specifics. 
• Setting up Chrome to go to Assignment Center straight away
• Setting up a bookmark for Google Drive
• Showing them how to find missing assignments
• Teaching them/reteaching them how to use the assignment center
• Talking about why using paper portal is so important as a planning tool

• Advisors: During the next Tuesday Grade Level Team Meeting we will be focusing on information that advisors need to include in their reports. Advisors, please go through your advisees and in the column that is titled "End of Semester" and highlight in orange the students you really need further insight into in order to complete your Advisor Reports that are due Jan 31. Please do this prior to the start of the meeting. We will prioritize to chat about these orange students first. These students will tend to be those who we have not thoroughly discussed and can go underneath the radar. Students that come up weekly should not be prioritized. See Kyle's example below for his advisory group in 7th grade. 

• MYP in the Flash: Each week in the Flash this year, there has been an MYP section that has focused on some of the broader themes of MYP. Our families trust us with their student's education, but they still know very little about what MYP is and why this is a rigorous and globally-minded program. Moving into the second semester, I would like to put the spotlight on a different subject each week and how it connects to MYP. This shouldn't be a massive commitment and can be very specific on a grade level and unit, or much more general and broad as needed. Lang and Lit will start us off, but please see the Google Sheet MYP Update for the Flash, for when you will be asked to write a very short blurb. 

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

• Visiting Students: Joy has been working overtime and we have a lot of students visiting this month. It's wonderful to be popular! Most students are looking at entry into 6th grade next year and so will spend the majority of the day with their peers in 5th grade and then the afternoon shadowing with a 6th grade student. The day will end with an interview conducted by Joy and myself. Because of this, please be aware that I will be unavailable most days from 2:15 - 3:15pm conducting these in Joy's office. If you have any specific observations that you would like to share with Joy or me, please reach out. 

• Lucas Won Joon to join 8th grade ESL starting Tuesday (Rachelle is out on Monday). This will allow Lucas to get 8 lessons of ESL every week. 

• Ticket to Thrive, Saturday, Feb 8, 8:30 - 1:00pm: This is our big testing day for MS and when many of our potential families are on campus to meet teachers, parents, and students. All MS faculty (part-time or full-time) are expected to be on campus for this event. More details are to come. In the meantime, please see me if you have specific questions. 

• MS Dance Jan 24, 7-10pm: Of course the best way to start the year is with a bit of a boogie on down! This dance is open to all 6-8th and thanks in advance to the following for chaperoning - Shelli, Kyle, Will, Shannon, Andrea.

• Upcoming Meetings
• Monday Self Study MYP Meetings
• Feb 3
• Feb 24
• March 2
• Tuesday Grade Level Team Meeting
• Jan 7 - Reviewing students for reports
• Jan 14 - Reviewing students for reports
• Jan 21
• Jan 28 - Cancelled to work on Advisor Reports
• Feb 4  - Start as a whole to discuss Community Engagement Days
• Thursday MS Faculty Meeting 
• Jan 9 - Finals, Semester 1 Advisor Reports, and TtoT Overview 
• Jan 16 - No meeting. Work on Advisor Reports
• Jan 23 - No meeting 
• Jan 30 - No meeting 
• Feb 6 - No meeting 
• Feb 13 - No meeting - Inservice 
• Feb 20 - No meeting - Community Engagement Days
• Feb 27 - MYP Self Study 

• DEI Initiatives: Sandra Bush, asked me to pass along and share this article with all of you and if you have time, I would appreciate your reflection on this. Over the break, I read a very powerful book by Dr. Joy Debruy, called Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome and I am taking an online course starting this month called African-American Multigenerational Trauma & Implementing Models of Change. The course is led by Dr. Joy Degruy, a keynote speaker at the POCC. I hope that this, along with other work that stems from our work on inclusion, will help foster our DEI initiatives and help our school grow as a community. If you would like to read the book, or the one I am currently reading, White Fragility: Why is it so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin Diangelo, please let me know and I am happy to pass them along.
  
  

Absent Students

• Follow this link for Anticipated Absent Students

Kudos!

• Will and his Robotics team. Congrats to Will and our first Robotics team for coming 12 out of 20! John also supported and was there to help ride the herd. Thank you all. 
• If you see Mark, Chuck, or their teams, please thank them for their hard work in getting the MS dry again! What a way to start the winter break. 
• And to all those who attended the All School Holiday Celebration and participated in the division challenge, you rock! If anyone who like to see the photos or video of these fabulous performances by each division, let me know as they are priceless!

The Month Ahead

• Thursday, Jan 16 & Friday, Jan 17 - MS Finals
• Monday, Jan 20 - MLK no school 
• Friday, Jan 24 - Subject Grades for the semester due by 8am; MS Dance 7-10pm
• Monday, Jan 27 - Peking Acrobats trip for all MS. Adapted schedule to come. 
• Thursday, Jan 20 - LS & MS Preview 
• Friday, Jan 31 - Advisor narratives due by 8am