Week Beginning April 21, 2025

 

Just to make you smile :-) Thank you for all you do and the extra effort I know you are all committing to the next couple of weeks.

There will be no Blog next week, but if you are not chaperoning a trip, Shelli will contact you with the schedule for Monday, April 28, and our Grade 5 to 6 Transition Day. The Blog for the week beginning May 5 will be posted once I return from Costa Rica. 

ACTION ITEMS

• Chaperon T-shirts: These are ready. Please see your trip leader for yours. 

• Journey Dry Bags: Will be ready for distribution next Wednesday during the faculty meeting, along with any other supplies. 

• Action Items for Journey Week: If you have things that our team staying on campus can help with next week, please let Ruth or me know. We will add it to the to-do list. Thank you!

• Dimpy's Survey: Explore Equity & Build Community: SEED Seminar Interest

  Interested in joining colleagues for deeper conversations next year? We are exploring hosting a National SEED Project seminar group focused on:

  • Understanding identity, equity, and systemic issues through reflection and dialogue.
  • Building connections and strengthening our school community.

   

  These voluntary, peer-led monthly sessions offer a unique space for personal and collective growth. Please click the link below to learn more and complete a brief, non-binding interest survey by April 21st. Click Here for Link to Interest Survey

• Special Schedules: Please review the Special Schedules for the end of the year. 

FYI

• Chloe's Sponsor Sheet: Is located in the MS Office if you want to donate. 

• Effective Teaching Institute: Please see the poster in the MS Office. If you are interested in attending June 24-26 this summer, let me know ASAP. 

• Birthdays: There are lots happening in the next seven days or so. We hope you all have a wonderful day!
• April 23 - Will
• April 24 - Dave
• April 27 - Jessica

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.

 USEFUL LINKS

• 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
• 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
• Grade 6 
• Grade 7 
• Grade 8 
• Service Rotation - who is off campus, when, and where? 
• How to enter a conduct violation in myAW
• NEW Testing Accommodations & Push-in Support Request Form 
• NEW iReady Data & Support Plan: Semester 2, 24-25

WEEK AHEAD

Monday, April 21 - ADULT DENIM DAY

• A Day 
• Visitors: None
• Faculty out: None
• MS Gathering (Great Hall)

• Earth Day; EB - CP Project; BR and BP - CP Project; Explain Wed Advisory Challenge

• All School Chapel (Chapel)
• Red House Social - Grade 7 out
• Families #1-15 in the Great Hall - PRICE and DODGE to join
• Families #16-30 to the Dining Hall - BLOODWORTH and PARKER to join
• After Chapel, go back to the advisory for the Reflection Form in Toddle.

Tuesday, April 22

• B Day
• Visitors: None 
• Faculty out: Vicki out from 2:00 pm
• Grade 6 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432) 
• Journey Concerns
• Advisory Activity:
• Navigating Friendships - Journey Case Studies
• Advisory Planning Meeting 3:30-4:00 pm - all welcome 
• AAPI Activity Review 
• MS Track and Field team has a meet at Charles Wright with an early dismissal at 2:00 PM

Wednesday, April 23 - Will's Birthday!

• A Day
• Visitors: Dot Castellote (visiting 7th for 8th) with Robyn Reed (7B)
• Faculty out: None
• Grade 7 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432) 
• Journey Concerns
• Common Ground #3

• Advisory Activity:
• ADVISORY CHALLENGE IN THE BESSLER GYM - LINK TO DIRECTIONS
• MS Admin Team Meeting 2:30-3:30 pm (Learning Support Workroom)
• MS Faculty Meeting 3:30 - 4:30 pm (room 2432) 

•   Journey Prep: Chaperones to meet in the trip leader's classroom

Thursday, April 24 - Dave's Birthday!

• B Day
• Visitors: None
• Faculty out: None
• Grade 8 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432) 
• Journey Concerns
• Advisory Activity:
• ALL ADVISORS - please ask who of your eligible advisees wants to attend Free Gym during Office Hours and record their choice here: LINK TO FREE GYM SPREADSHEET
• Advisor Choice
• Grade 6:  Service as Action Survey  
• Grade 7: Journey Meeting with the whole grade (shirts given out)
• Grade 8: Shirts to be given out by advisory 

Friday, April 25 - FIRE DRILL 10:00 AM - CIVVIES DAY!

• A Day
• Visitors: None
• Faculty out: None
• Grade 6 Field Trip - Waterfront & Chinese Reconciliation Park
• Advisory Activity:
• No Tech Community Building
• Grade 8 Journey Meeting Whole Grade in MS Lounge
• Activity Clubs: As usual