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