Virtual MS Schedule
Advisory 8:00-8:10am
1 8:15 - 8:50am
2 8:55 - 9:30am
Brain Break 9:30 - 9:40am with Coach Myah
3 9:40 - 10:15am
4 10:20 - 10:55am
Brain Break 10:55 - 11:05am with Coach Alex
5 11:05 - 11:40am
6 11:45 - 12:20pm
Advisory 12:25 - 12:35pm
Optional Extras
Teacher Office Hours 1:00 - 2:00pm
Athletics Stay Active Session 2:00 - 2:40pm
Extended Day 3:00 - 4:00pm
The Week Ahead
Morning Advisory Slides - Please show each morning.
Monday, April 27
- 8th Grade PM Advisory all together
- Shelli will be introducing a pen pal activity that is optional. Clare will send an invite to the meeting request to all 8th grade and advisors.
- MS Leadership Team Meeting @ 2:15pm
Tuesday, April 28
- Grade Level Team Meetings
- Grade 6 @ 2:15pm
- Grade 7 @ 2:45pm
- Grade 8 @ 3:15pm
- Please email any families who have not yet signed up for a conference on Pick-A-Time, reminding them to do so.
Wednesday, April 29
- Nothing
Thursday, April 30
- MS Faculty Meeting - Assessment Committee meeting. All are welcome to attend but not require beyond the assessment folks.
Friday, May 1 - No classes
- Conference Day
- Student Movie with Ms. Strate @ 3pm in Teams. Faculty attendance not required.
Action Items
- Conferences:
- If you haven't heard from your advisee families, please email a quick reminder that Pick-A-Time closes on Wednesday at midnight.
- When families have selected a time, please send a Team meeting invite to the student for the specific time. Students whose parents will NOT be present with them may also need the link forwarding to that parent. Please talk in advisory and remind the students that they can forward this email to their parents as needed.
- Textbook Count: As Ruth requested in an email earlier this week, please fill in your section of this Google Sheet to let us know which classes have textbooks checked out. And, if so, the title of the text(s). If you have not given students any textbooks, please select 'No' in the Textbooks Distributed column (or just reply to Ruth's email and she will kindly fill it in).
- ATL REVIEW: Next week, we will begin mapping and articulating our ATLs. The work will start in the weekly subject meetings and Angelica and I are hoping that we can join you when you meet. This week, please confirm that your subject teams are meeting on the days and times stated below. If they have changed, please let Angelica and I know.
- Art - Tuesday P2
- Math - Wednesday P6
- Science - Wednesday P6
- LL - Wednesday P6
- LA - Wednesday P3
- IS - please confirm meeting day and time
- Design - please confirm meeting day and time
- PHE - please confirm meeting day and time
Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders
- 8th Grade Pen Pals: Starting soon, on a voluntary basis, 8th Grade students, USG, and USB students will be paired with a LS student and exchange video messages. Basically a penpal but with video. Shelli and I will meet with all the 8th grade in Teams during PM advisory to introduce this idea.
- Surveys: These went out in the Flash to parents and to the students on Thursday afternoon. If you would like to see the results, here are the links. There aren't many parent responses yet, but hopefully, with another reminder, they will respond.
Microsoft Teams Tips and Updates
As always, please remember to visit the AWS Technology Resources document frequently. There are a whole bunch of new resources shared by YOU all. Take a peek.
Updates from Sandra Bush
- Community Connections
- Vidigami: If you haven't had a chance, take a peek at the Vidigami albums for Spirit Week and for Virtual Learning. There are some super fun and heartwarming pictures in there!
- Health/Sanity-Saving Activities: In addition to the 5 min/30 min/1 hr+ ideas for individuals and with others on our Online Academic Continuity Resource Board, links to the Athletic department's Cardio Workouts have been added for your easy access! You can access them live or take a look at the archives! Have a family/individual physical-distancing activity that's working particularly well for you? Read an article recently you think would be worth sharing with others? I would love to hear from you and perhaps share it with others who might be searching for things to do/read! Send me your thoughts here.
- Cooking/Baking: Ok, ok, I hear you. No one's really up for sharing recipes. 😉 But my family is always looking for new things to make, so please do send some over if you have a favorite!
- New upcoming webinars that might be of interest:
- April 28:
- Social Justice & DEI During the Pandemic - ISEEN (Independent School Experiential Education Network)
- April 29:
- Leading Remote Learning: The Future of Assessment - NAIS
- Service Learning and Community Engagement During Stay-at-Home Orders - ISEEN (Independent School Experiential Education Network)
Absent Students
- Follow this link for Anticipated Absent Students
Kudos / Funny Stuff / Anything other than work...
- Thanks to everyone who joined in Spirit Week. Especially to Shannon, Shelli, and Kyle who I saw every day in a different costume! Sorry for not including photos other anyone other than Kyle (he kindly forwarded his to me). If you have any of you or your students, please either upload them to Vidigami or send them my way!
- Keep doing what you are all doing, folks. I had the privilege of being in and out of classes last week and saw lots of great connections with students and positive learning occurring. You got this!
The Month Ahead
- Still stuck in our houses...
- Friday, May 1 - Virtual Conference Day, no classes
- MS Faculty Meetings
- Thursday, April 30: Assessment Committee Meeting to review Assessment Policy
- Thursday, May 7: All faculty ATL work
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