Week Beginning January 3

 

Action Items

• HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS TO START THE YEAR: please review these general items
• Emergency Contacts: If you haven't updated yours in a while, please take a moment to review this information in myAW. 
• Dismissal from Advisory: Please keep students until 12 noon to allow LS to finish lunch. Before the break, some students were routinely getting to lunch at least 5 minutes early.
• Study Halls / Office Hours: Please keep these as quiet, respectful, and focused as possible. If you are working or meeting with students at this time, please make sure to be strategically located to see as many screens as possible. 
• Timely: Shelli and I will walk the corridors as classes begin to help with an on-time arrival to class for the first few days. Please remind students to email MSattendance if they are late.

• COVID PROTOCOLS: Please review Jake's email sent Thursday before the new year regarding new protocols and expectations moving forward. A reminder please to keep all classroom doors and windows open at all times when students are in the room. You may take your mask off if you are alone, but please never do this with students present. Please see the note below about air filters in your room and their maintenance. 

• PLANNING FOR 2022-23: As many of you know, schedule planning for MS takes many months to conceive and create, followed by months of negotiations with other divisions for space, cross-over teachers, and other resources. While I do not want to overwhelm or overload anyone, I would like to hear anyone's thoughts and gather together ideas and opinions you may all have to help create the most student-centered schedule for next year. If you are interested in sharing your thoughts, the MS Faculty Meeting this week is OPTIONAL but will be to use an idea-sharing time about schedules in order to support next year. 

• SUMMATIVE CALENDAR: Please add into these calendars any summatives you have coming up, this will help us track our student's progress and ensure no one is totally overwhelmed. 
• Grade 6 
• Grade 7 
• Grade 8 

Useful Links

• MS Morning Slides (show during period 1)
• MS Schedule
• SEL MS Lessons
• MS Folder Vidigami
• Transcript Progress Tracker
• Sunshine Tracker document
• Grade 6  - Summative Tracking Schedule
• Grade 7  - Summative Tracking Schedule
• Grade 8  - Summative Tracking Schedule

Report Useful Links

• MS Universal Strengths & Goals (overview of the Universal Strengths and Goals)
• MS Semester 1 Reflections: Successes, Goals & Action Plan (document students should fill in with their success, goals, and action plan)
• Semester 1 Strengths & Goals Reflection Overview (completed by the advisor to summarize the strengths and goals)
• Criterion Descriptor & Summative documents (subject teachers should review and edit these)
• Grade 6 Criterion Descriptors (except Art Summatives - see link below)
• Grade 7 Criterion Descriptors (except Art/Math Summatives - see link below)
• Grade 8 Criterion Descriptors (except Math Summatives - see link below)
• Grade 6 & 7 Arts Summatives Criterion Descriptors
• Grade 7 & 8 Math Summatives Criterion Descriptors
• Criterion & Responsibility documents (subject teachers should add criterion grades and review responsibility grades here)
• Grade 6 Criterion & Responsibility Grades Sheet
• Grade 7 Criterion & Responsibility Grades Sheet 
• Grade 8 Criterion & Responsibility Grades Sheet
• Advisor Narrative Folder (advisors should add their advisor narratives in a Google Doc here)
• Advisor Narrative Spreadsheet (once checked, advisors should add in the three paragraphs to the three cells here)

 The Week Ahead

Monday, January 3

• Will out - Gloria subbing. Shelli to support Advisory
• MS Gathering IN PERSON 11:30 - 12:30 pm
• Focus: End of Semester Reflection
• All School Chapel - NOT ATTENDING - Advisory instead

Tuesday, January 4

• Will out - Mara subbing. Shelli or Clare to support Advisory
• Linh out - Michaela subbing. Shelli or Clare to support Advisory (we may combine Phan and Wilde if necessary for advisory) 
• New Faculty Meeting in the MS Faculty Workroom @ 8:10 - 8:55 am
• Focus: MYP with Bri
• Advisory Period
• Work on Strengths Reflection

Wednesday, January 5

• Will out - Gloria subbing. Shelli to support Advisory.
• Linh out - Gretchen subbing.
• Dimpy out - Eli subbing
• Advisory Period
• Work on Successes 
• Grade Level Team Meetings - 2:30 - 3:15 pm
• Grade 6: Wilde's lab 
• Grade 7: Price's room 
• Grade 8: Sparrow's room 

Thursday, January 6

• Linh out - Gretchen subbing.
• Advisory Period
• Work on Strengths Reflection
• MS Leadership Team Meeting 2:30 - 3:10 pm in the MS Faculty Workroom 
• MS Faculty Meeting - regular is CANCELLED and replaced with those wishing to discuss ideas for next year's schedule. 3:30-4:15 pm in Amanda's room. 

Friday, January 7

• Linh out - Gretchen subbing
• Ruth out until 11:30 am - Lisa to cover attendance
• Mara subbing to support CP Day. - Please add your cover plans to this document.
• Community Project Day - Grade 8. See the tab in the MS Schedule document for a clearer overview of the day for 8th grade. 

• Advisory Period
• Grade 6 & 7 work on Strengths Reflection & Peer Feedback.
• Grade 8 continue if needed with CP
• Clubs: Discussion 

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

• PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PROCEDURES: We have students visiting in person starting the week back to school. Look out for more directions on this and how you can give feedback on applicants. 

• AIR PURIFIERS in CLASSROOMS: If the red filter light comes on for the air purifier in your classroom space or if you notice one in another MS space (MS Lounge, etc), please let Ruth know so she can arrange to get the filter cleaned by Chuck and his crew. 

• TODDLE: if you are interested in seeing what Toddle has to offer, please review the documents and videos linked in this folder. 

• GRADE 8 CP WORKDAY: Please see the tab for 01.07.22 on MS Schedule, for the change in schedule that day. 

• ALL SCHOOL CHAPEL: Starting 2022, MS will be in All School Chapel each week with the US. 

• MATH FINALS: The only subject to give formal finals this semester. More will be in the Flash the first week back. 
• Grade 6 - to occur in regular math class
• Grade 7 - Friday, Jan 21 - no Study Hall, double block of math instead in the pm.
• Grade 8 - Thursday, Jan 20 - no CP that day, double block of math instead in the pm.

• JOURNEY MEETINGS: To loop families in on our plans and current COVID protocols for the trips, we are holding Zoom meetings on the following days: 
• Grade 8 - Tuesday, Jan 11 at 6 pm
• Grade 7 - Tuesday, Jan 18 at 6 pm 
• Grade 6 - Tuesday, Jan 25 at 6 pm 

• GRADE 8 JOURNEY PREP DAY: Tuesday, Jan 25 - all morning. No Math, PHE, or Design. Ideally, all teachers who are attending the 8th-grade trip would attend. More information to come, but please don't schedule anything that morning. 

The Month Ahead

• Friday, Jan 7 - Grade 8 CP half workday. Please see the tab on the MS Schedule. 
• Monday, Jan 10 - Spelling Bee during All School Chapel 
• Wednesday, Jan 12 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 1 in Math class
• Tuesday, Jan 18 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 2; Grade 7 Journey Meeting 6 pm 
• Thursday, Jan 20 - Math Final 8th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the New Gym 
• Friday, Jan 21 - Math Final 7th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the New Gym; End of Semester
• Monday, Jan 24 -  MS in All School Chapel with the US; Math AMC 2:10 - 3:10 pm
• Tuesday, Jan 25 - MI to occur during Office Hours; Grade 6 Journey Meeting 6 pm 
• Wednesday, Jan 26 - Mid-Year Math letters released. 
• Thursday, Jan 27 - MI to occur during Office Hours