I hope none of you read this until Sunday so that this image is relevant! I also hope the Fall Break brought you good food, good company, and whatever else you needed for this final push in 2024! I remain truly thankful for you all and everything you do for our community.
ACTION ITEMS
- HATCH WEEK: Please continue to plan, plan, and plan! As the week progresses, look for more information about room assignments and other bits and bobs. Wednesday's faculty meeting will also be used for HATCH, but we will start as a whole community first.
- Free Gym Sign Up: A reminder that we start this week during OH. See Tuesday's advisory below for more details.
FYI
- HATCH WEEK: During Wednesday, students will select which HATCH week they would like to participate in (ranking 1-3) during advisory. We hope to have groups turned around to you all later that week.
- Great 8 Scholarship: This past Thursday, an email was sent to Grade 8 students and their families regarding how to apply for this scholarship. If students apply, they may ask a teacher to complete a reference. Note that this is much shorter than last year and simply requires checking boxes! Phew!
- i-Ready at the start of Semester 2: We are considering a few ways to ease the pain of the testing length while still collecting data. As we hear from LS, US, and admissions, more will come on this, but I wanted this on your radar.
- Push-In Observation: Starting this coming week, I will be in classes observing the Learning Support team. We are assessing the usefulness and impact of how push-in is working. The Learning Support knows which classes I will be in before the winter break, and we may continue this when we return in January. This is not a formal observation of your teaching but rather an informational gathering exercise for the Learning Support team to reflect on. I apologize if my presence in classes causes any disruption.
- POCC - No Malik or Dimpy: We have one sub covering for Malik and Dimpy when they are out Wednesday through Friday at the POCC. This may mean that not every push-in class Malik would cover will be supported or that Trilby may need more guidance if she is present. Thank you for helping make these three days work. The good news is that another sub is lined up to start in the new year!
- Student Reduction in Missing Assignments: Thank you to the teachers who reduced the missing assignment list for Colin (8), Andrew (7), Paloma (7), and Rose (7). I have heard from most families that they were grateful for this and will work with their students over the fall break to get caught up on the outstanding assignments. Your help in checking these off once we are back will be crucial. If the assignments are not done and more pile up the week back, we plan to get families in and look at a modified schedule moving forward. Again, more to come on this as we know more.
- Spirit Week: A big thank you to everyone who dressed up this past week. It was great to see so many of you embracing the spirit! If you have photos, please upload them to Pixevety or let Ruth know if you need help.
TODDLE TIPS & TRICKS
We hope to have several updates during our MS Faculty meeting this week. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please add them to the Toddle Questions Form.
- MS Morning Slides (show during period 1)
- MS Schedule 24-25
- MS Special Schedule 24-25
- MS Sections 24-25
- IAP Snapshot 24-25
- Middle School Norms: What AWS MS Faculty Should Know! 24-25
- Testing Accommodation Support Request Google Form
- Ordering Link
- MS Cell Phone Numbers
- Committee Review Directions- New Student Applicants
- Transcript Progress Tracker and HS Transcript and Recommendation Sharepoint instructions
- Toddle Directions
- Adding a Formative or Summative to Toddle
- Creating and Assigning Learning Experiences in Toddle
- Toddle Folder in the Shared Drive for all resources
- Planner Resources
- MS Faculty Meetings Slides 24-25
- Sunshine Note Tracker
- Advisory Reflection Responses
- Service Rotation - who is off campus, when, and where?
- Free Gym Sign Up - who is signing up to go to the gym during OH
WEEK AHEAD
Monday, December 2 - Andrea's Birthday!!!
- B Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: None
- MS Gathering (Great Hall)
- Spirit Week Advisory Competition Update, HATCH Week picking, Free Gym during Office Hours, All-School Drive Month, and Holiday Tea and Winter Carnival overview
- All School Chapel (Chapel)
- All grades in the Bessler - all school gathering
- All School Meeting 3:30 pm - Endeavor Grants
Tuesday, December 3
- A Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: None
- Grade 6 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432)
- Paula to attend to give some basic training on Sarina's medication
- IAP Check in - Andrea to lead
- Advisory Activity:
- Winter Holiday Discussion & Activity
- Grade 6 students with 0 missing assignments need to select whether to go to Free Gym or stay in Office Hours. Grade 6 Advisors - please mark their choices on this spreadsheet. Any questions, see Shelli or Ruth.
- Office Hours - GRADE 6 STUDENTS with NO MISSING ASSIGNMENTS CAN GO TO BESSLER GYM INSTEAD OF OFFICE HOURS
- Advisory Planning Meeting 3:30-4:00 pm - ONLY the Advisory Curriculum Committee to meet (Wilde, Pastore, Wood, Ward).
Wednesday, December 4
- B Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: Dimpy & Malik out - Trilby subbing. Kerrin from 2:30 pm
- Grade 7 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432)
- IAP Check in - Andrea to lead
- Advisory Activity:
- HATCH Week selection - slides and survey coming shortly
- Common Ground
- Grade 7 students with 0 missing assignments need to select whether to go to Free Gym or stay in Office Hours. Grade 7 Advisors - please mark their choices on this spreadsheet. Any questions, see Shelli or Ruth.
Girls' Soccer and Varsity Boys' Basketball have early releases at 2:15 for their games. JV Basketball also has a game, but no early release is needed.
- MS Admin Team Meeting 2:30-3:30 pm (Learning Support Workroom)
- MS Faculty Meeting 3:30 - 4:30 pm (room 2432)
HATCH Week Planning - Let's please meet as a whole group to start the meeting and then we can break out.
Thursday, December 5
- A Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: Dimpy & Malik out - Trilby subbing.
- Grade 8 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432)
- IAP Check in - Andrea to lead
- Advisory Activity:
- Holiday Tea Cracker making activity
- Shelli will drop off supplies Thursday AM
- Here is the link to slides with directions for how to create the crackers
- Grade 8 students with 0 missing assignments need to select whether to go to Free Gym or stay in Office Hours. Grade 8 Advisors - please mark their choices on this spreadsheet. Any questions, see Shelli or Ruth.
Friday, December 6 - Kelly's Birthday!!!
- B Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: Dimpy & Malik out - Trilby subbing.
- Advisory Activity:
- Making decisions about advisory gift exchange
- Activity Clubs:
- #8
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