Week Beginning November 7, 2022

 If you have a chance, check out the photos in Vidigami from LA and the celebrations for Día de Muertos. If you got to eat one (or more) of Tracey's amazing cookies, you will join me in the extra big thank you to her for helping increase our waistlines this week! They were amazing!

ACTION ITEMS

• Don't forget your Mandatory Training!: Crisis Response & Recovery (29 min) and Discrimination Awareness in the workplace (29 min). Time will be given during in-service on Monday, Nov 21 for these to be completed if you need it.  
  
  
• Please review the Special Schedule for Nov. 16 & 17 for Grade 8:
• Nov. 16 - Grade 8 Model UN (A Day)
• Lauren Cook - Model UN schedule here
• The following teachers will be involved and should review the schedule
• Sparrow, Price, Wood, Grace (part), Miller (part), Phan (part), Richards (part) & Firestein (part).

• Nov. 17 - Grade 8 CP & Art Field Trip (B Day)
• 8:30 - 10:00 am CP in the Great Hall with Samuelson (Support: Sparrow, Fire & Miller)
• 10:00 - 2:30 pm off-campus Art Field Trip to TAM with Heidi (Support: Richards, Wood, Fire, & Samuelson) overview of activities here.
• Heidi's 6A Art class 11:10-12:00 noon - Jones to cover.

 USEFUL LINKS

• MS Morning Slides (show during period 1)
• MS Schedule 22-23
• MS Sections 22-23
• MS Folder Vidigami
• Transcript Progress Tracker and HS Transcript and Recommendation Sharepoint instructions
• Sunshine Tracker document
• Ordering Link
• Q1 Habits Self-Reflection PDF
• Student Classroom Issue Form (response sheet)

WEEK AHEAD

Monday, November 7

• B Day
• No Will - Zach
• Grade 8  Advisors Meeting  7:45-8:15 am (Bri & Amanda's room) NEWLY ADDED
• MS Gathering 12:35-1:00 pm in the Great Hall - Intro to Surveys & CG
• All School Chapel 2:30 pm 
• Blue on the Commons (Grade 7)
• Following a quick reminder about the Food Drive (Blue House is bringing canned fruits and vegetables), students will find the rest of their House family by locating the numbered gallon Ziplock bag (numbered in order 1-30) around the Commons. (Rain plan is to meet in the covered area by the Cafeteria instead.)
• Each bag will include 1 larger Blue rock, smaller rocks for each family member, a discussion questions card, and various paint pens.
• Families will be given time to decorate their rocks as they see fit to eventually be added to a community rock garden.
• If time allows, each family will revisit their handshake and begin brainstorming a whole Blue House chant.

Tuesday, November 8

• A Day
• No Will - Zach
• Grade 6 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (Bri & Amanda's room) 
• Grade 7 students will be with Dimpy at the TRM 11:00-1:00 pm - Dimpy will share more information soon
• Bloodworth advisor to join Price.
• Advisory: Complete Pulse Check, the Authentic Connections survey (links coming that day)
• Office Hours:
• Students should complete Common Ground survey (this will be sent to students just before the start of the class.
• MS Leadership Team Meeting 2:30-3:30 pm

Wednesday, November 9

• B Day
• No Will - Zach
• Grade 7 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (Bri & Amanda's room) 
• Advisory - Grade 8 ALL GRADE MEETING IN GREAT HALL
• MS Faculty Meeting 2:30-3:30 pm (Bri & Amanda's room) - Toodle intro. Please be on time! Thank you!

Thursday, November 10

• A Day
• Grade 8 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (Bri & Amanda's room) 

Friday, November 11

• B Day
• Veteran's Day Chapel for families associated with the armed forces.
• Advisory - Advisory Challenge #5 - a Kahoot - NEW DAY
• Advisors will join Teams meeting and project onto screen
• Students will NOT log into Teams. They'll just play Kahoot on their individual laptops
• Top five finishers will earn points for their advisories
• Students MUST put their names into Kahoot as follows: FIRST NAME - ADVISORY
• Shelli sending Teams invite to all advisors
• Clubs 2:30 - 3:20 pm

CHANGES TO THE WEEK AHEAD, UPDATES, & REMINDERS

• As we start to have students visit, please remember to add your reflections on any interactions you have with them in Committee Review in myAW. Here are the directions if you would like to review how to do this. Thank you!

• The monthly Memo went out today and in it, I mentioned the surveys students will take this coming week and how we are looking at formalizing student reflections on their courses. Please don't worry about these and know that we will work on the questions and format of this in the coming weeks during the faculty meetings. Your input will be essential. 

• St. Leo's Food Drive runs until Nov 18th if you would like to support and add your donations.