Week Beginning April 24, 2023

 The Admissions team is forever in the debt to our 6th Grade team for their help in creating all the welcome boxes to be sent out. The entire grade worked together to make hundreds of them in just 20 minutes! Nice work, 6th Grade!

ACTION ITEMS

• COMMON GROUND LUNCH GROUPS: Please review this document and let me know if there are any groups that would be challenging to occur on the assigned days. I tried to make sure that folks did not have their assigned group on their heaviest days, but please let me know if I missed something and you would like to switch days.

• JOURNEY OVERVIEW: This document was shared in the Flash and Monthly Memo this week. If you are going on one of the Journey trips, please review it. 

 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
• Student Classroom Issue Form (response sheet)
• Committee Review Directions- New Student Applicants
• Quarter 4 Calander

WEEK AHEAD

Monday, April 24 - Ben Smith Head of School

• A Day 
• Visitors: NONE
• Faculty out: Grace - Amy Atherton; Nate Jones - Mara
• MS Gathering in GH 
• Journeys + Common Ground Group Lunch Meetings Option + 6th Grade character interview videos
• All School Chapel  

• If you have students or advisees in Grades 12, 8, and 4 please note the plan for our LAST Green House Social with our graduating seniors on Monday, April 24th:

   

  We will be meeting up in the cloister (covered area) of the Bamford Commons in order to decorate picture frames and take Green Tie family photos for the seniors to keep (as a surprise gift!).

  • Once students have found the rest of their House families we will distribute supplies for picture frame decorating
  • One at a time, House families will then be called up to take a family photo together with their Green Tie Annie cut-out (to later be printed and placed inside their frame).
• GOLF - Early release at 3:10

Tuesday, April 25

• B Day
• Visitors: NONE 
• Faculty out: Grace -  Amy Atherton 
• Grade 6 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (Bri & Amanda's room) 
• General Check-in 
• Advisory:  Journey Meetings 

• 8 - Great Hall End of year events discussion & survey - Will be sent at the start of advisory 

• 6 - Ward/Fire room

• 7 - Chapel

• MS Leadership Team Meeting 2:30-3:30 pm
• FOOTBALL - Early release at 3:10
• DEI Meeting 3:30-4:00 pm 

Wednesday, April 26

• A Day
• Visitors: Angie Osborne interviewing for the MS Counselor position. Please stop by at lunch to meet here and grab your lunch at the same time.
• Faculty out: Grace - Amy Atherton. 
• Grade 7 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (Bri & Amanda's room) 
• General Check-in 
• Advisory: 

• Authentic Connections Survey (will be sent directly to the kids)

• Common Ground Meetings at lunch 

Golding / Strate - MS Faculty Workroom

Race - Black

Stangenberg - her room

Family Structure - Adoptive

Douglas / Sam / Sparrow - Sparrow's Room

Gender Identity - Female

Price - his Room

Gender Identity - Male

• MS Faculty Meeting 2:30-3:30 pm (Bri & Amanda's room) 

• Journey meeting for chaperones - 

  6 - Will’s lab

  7 - Kyle’s room 

  8 - Susan’s room

Thursday, April 27

• B Day - Poem in your Pocket Day: Civvies for Grade 6
• Visitors: None
• Faculty out: Grace - Amy Atherton
• Grade 8 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (Bri & Amanda's room) 
• General Check-in 
• Advisory: Weekly Reflection & Poetry Advisory Challenge
• TRACK AND FIELD - Early release at 2:15

Friday, April 28 - ALL SCHOOL CIVVIES 

• NEW GYM CLOSED STARTING TODAY THROUGH MAY 19 for IB EXAMS
• A Day - Grade 6 Field Trip Day 
• Visitors: None
• Faculty out: Grace - Amy Atherton
• Advisory: 

• 6 - SPECIAL SCHEDULE

• 7 (Chapel) & 8 (MS Lounge) - Journey Meetings 

• Clubs
• IDU meeting