The Week Ahead
Spirit Week
Monday, May 17 - Monochromatic Monday
- Faculty Out
- Stuart out all-day
- No sub needed
- Angelica out all day
- P3 - 8A - Kissler
- P5 - 8B - Kissler
- P6 - 8C - Kissler
- Chapel 2:25 - 2:45pm
- AAPI Heritage Month - Linh
- Awards introduction (link to nominations will be sent at the end of chapel with nominations are due by Wednesday)
- MS Basketball @ Seattle Christian
MSG Varsity 3:30 (dismissed 2:00, depart 2:15)
MSB Varsity 4:30 (dismissed 3:10, depart 3:20)
MSB JV 5:30 (depart 4:15)
Tuesday, May 18 - Teacher/Student Swap Tuesday
- Faculty Out
- Angelica out all day but will livestream
- Advisory - James
- PM Advisory 2:25 - 3:10 pm (Grade 7 will already have had a SH today)
- Nominations for awards if more time needed - due Wednesday
- MS Leadership Team Meeting 3:30 - 4:15 pm
- Faculty Out
- Alice out all-day
- P1 8A LL - Dan
- P2 8A LL - Alexis
- P4 8A IS - Alexis (take lunch P5)
- P5 8B IS - James
- P6 8C IS - James
- Student nominations for awards due by today
- Athletics or early dismissal at 2:25 pm
- Grade Level Team Meetings - Awards discussion!
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm Grade 6
- 3:00 - 3:30 pm Grade 7
- 3:30 - 4:00 pm Grade 8
- Faculty Out:
- Angelica out all day (possibly)
- P6 7th BYU - Alexis
- Dimpy out all day
- P1 6A IS - Molly
- P4 6C IS - Molly
- P6 6B IS - Molly
- Advisory - Molly
- PM Advisory 2:25 - 3:10 pm (all Grade 7 & 8 will have had a SH already today)
- Voting for awards. A Google Form will be sent.
- MS Faculty Meeting 3:15 - 4:15 pm
- Grading review discussion - this meeting will be in-person to allow a more organic discussion. Not everyone needs to be present as this is occurring in person unless you would like to be. Please have at least one person per subject present to present your group's thoughts. The location will be in the library.
- Ana back today :-) Dan's last day :-(
- Faculty Out:
- Amanda out all-day
- P1 8 Intro IMI - Dan
- P2 8 Intro IMI - Dan
- P3 7 Pre Alge - Dan
- P4 7 Pre Alge - Dan
- Advisory - Alexis
- PM Advisory 2:25 - 3:10 pm
Action Items
Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders
- New:
- Please review the tabs on the 2020-21 MS Schedule for the following special dates. Please let Ruth and me know if you see any issues:
- June 2 - 6th Math
- June 9 - 8th Field Day
- June 10 - 7th and 8th Math Final
- June 14 - 8th Spanish Final & 6th Field Day
- June 15 - 8th Chapel, 8th Retreat, 7th Field Day
- June 16 - Closing
- Directions End of Year Reports: Here are the directions and links to:
- Subject overviews
- Grades
- Advisor Comments
- Faculty Nominations: End of Year Awards; By the end of Monday, please!
- Faculty End of Year Checklist: No rush on all of these. This is the list of things MS faculty should attempt to check off before they leave for the summer that includes an End of Year Exit Check-In Survey. If you would rather meet in person or via Teams, please just complete the first three questions, the rest we can chat about in person. If you did want to chat in person, please complete those first three questions ASAP so that we can find a convenient time to meet.
- The videos to both of Friday's meetings can be found here:
- Continuing:
- Sunshine Notes: Please attempt to send 2 sunshine notes this week. Please review the list of Sunshine & PC recipients but remember that this data is not automatically updated once a note is sent.
Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders
- All the End of Year Events can be found on this document. Please review as needed. This was sent to all the MS families last week.
- Spirit Day is next week! Faculty and staff are encouraged to join in. If you want to look for an outfit from the used uniforms, please meet at 3:30 pm at the MS office to go look at the stash!
- From Nurse Paula: There seems to be a little bit of confusion surrounding what the school protocol is if you get sick but are fully vaccinated. Please know that if you have symptoms of COVID, Medbot will keep you out of school.
1. If you have been exposed to anyone who is sick with COVID symptoms, or you have been exposed to a positive case of COVID, you do not need to test and you can come to school
2. If you develop COVID symptoms, you need to stay home and get yourself tested before you can return. And you still have to have recovered from your illness for 24 hours before returning.
3. As Jake mentioned in his email on Friday, we will still be wearing masks in school. Don’t let your guard down yet – there’s still a part of our school population who are not vaccinated. For more information on what am you are allowed to do now that you're fully vaccinated, please see the linked article from the CDC.
Sandra's PD Corner
I came across this video on my social media feed this week and it has stuck with me. Expectations are beyond powerful. The influence that we, as educators, have over the lives of our students can be life-changing in many ways, but this science around expectations: mind blowing. Here is the link to the full show 'How to Become Batman' on Invisibilia (about an hour-long). Totally worth giving it a listen. As we explore implicit biases, the intersection of those with our behaviors and expectations is so, so powerful.
And that's it for today. I know you know that all the things are in the F&S Team. Today, I just want you to focus on that video. Because WOW. I'd love to hear the conversations that follow! (And if you've already watched it, what do you think??!)
Kudos
- A big thank you to Ruth for setting up all the documents and systems to support our end-of-year reports. This has taken a lot of time on the backend, but we are hopeful that this will streamline the process in the future.
- To LA (Angelica, Tracey, and Ana), LL (Alice, Kyle, and Shelli), and Math (Gretchen, Emily, Amanda, and Linh) for getting in all the summer work! If you would like to see what is being set, please see Summer Work 2021.
- To all who suggested some brilliant DUI ideas. Thank you for this! Please know that the plan for the IDU week is to connect the original idea of Experience Days more clearly and purposefully to the curriculum. More reflection and work to come at the start of the school year. Please also know that the scope and sequence that folks are producing as part of each subject/grade MYP Unit Year Overview will also help us for next year as we start to explore other ways for natural intersection points and collaboration to occur.
- A big thank you to Dan for his help and support over the last few months. Dan has been more than willing to help in all situations, even outside of his assigned support for Ana's classes. It has been a pleasure to have him as part of our community and we hope that he will be back subbing soon!
Absent Students
- Follow this link for Anticipated Absent Students
The Month Ahead
- Week of May 17 - Spirit Week
- Thursday, May 27 - Student Council Office Elections
- Friday, May 28 - Civvies Day
- Wednesday, June 2 - 6th Math Final
- June 8 - Milk Boats 7th & 8th
- Wednesday, June 9 - 8th Field Day
- Thursday, June 10 - 7 & 8th Math Final
- Monday, June 14 - 8th Spanish Final & 6th Field Day
- Tuesday, June 15 - 7th Field Day, 8th Chapel, 8th Retreat
- Wednesday, June 16 - Closing
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