Thank you all for another great MS Orientation! The kids clearly had a great experience, thanks in part to a bit of sunshine, but it was primarily due to all your hard work and positive attitude, which made it something really special! Rest up and see you all on Tuesday.
ACTION ITEMS
- Check-in Appointment with Clare: Please schedule a 15-20 minute appointment to discuss your upcoming year's PD needs and review your course reflection from the previous year. Thank you to all of you who have already scheduled this!
- i-Ready Testing: This will occur next Wednesday and Thursday. Please review the testing calendar and your role on the MS Schedule doc and the i-Ready tab.
- Review the IAP Snapshot: All teachers must be aware of their students' accommodations and ensure that they are offered them. Any questions? Please reach out to Andrea and her team.
- No Homework: A reminder from the Q1 calendar - just as last year, no homework should be assigned on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
- Journals: For Grade 6 and 7 advisories, as requested, are in the MS Office for collection.
- GLTM Observations from Orientation: Please add to the GLTM notes any observations about our students that you feel others should be aware of.
- Field Trips: We have a budget for field trips in the MS, but I want to ensure that it is fairly distributed and not just spent on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are aware of a field trip you are interested in taking a class on, please let me know ASAP. The basic information I need is the location, number of students, cost, and date. I would love to make a decision on how to provisionally spend this budget by September 17. Got ideas? Please let me know before then (this does not include HATCH field trips, as they come out of a different budget).
- Edpuzzle: We have access to Edpuzzle for this school year, but due to the extremely high cost, we will likely not purchase it for the 2026-2027 school year. If you are using it this year, please take the time to consider other options as the year progresses. I don't want to catch anyone off guard next fall if we do not renew the contract. Sorry and thank you.
FYI
- Welcome to Beau: Our newest member of the team will be starting on Tuesday! Please welcome Beau Xzamora Negrete. They will go by Indi. Beau to the students.
- Extra Support Classes: These will begin for i-Ready Support and Spanish Support on Monday, September 15.
- Welcome calls to Advisory families: A reminder that Advisors will be asked to call families to introduce themselves between September 9 and before you leave on Friday, September 12. Individual households should receive a separate call. Here is the link to directions if you would like to review the content for the calls. The GLTLs will send a general introduction email to all families this week. This will be an Action Item next week.
- Laptops: New students in 7th and 8th grade will not receive laptops until Tuesday, September 2, during Office Hours. Sorry for the delay, A Day classes!
- Bike Building Photos: If you would like to see all the fun photos I took :-)
From ELC 3: Hello again from Carie, Dave, Emily L, and Jamie P!! As we mentioned at the opening meeting, we are launching Teaching Practice and Reflection groups to help build community across divisions and departments as well as provide a space for reflection and sharing of teaching practices. Sessions will be 30-45 minutes, snacks will be provided, and you will not have to prepare anything ahead of time. We hope that participants will attend all meetings and understand that some colleagues (such as those in Working Groups) may have to miss the occasional meeting. Planned meeting dates are:
- September 15
- October 6
- November 24 (lunch meeting during in-service)
- December 15
- January 26
- March 9
- May 4
If you’d like to join a Teaching Practice and Reflection Group, please email Carie Ward (carie_ward@aw.org) or complete this survey.
TODDLE TIPS & TRICKS
- MS Schedule 25-26
- MS Special Schedule 25-26
- MS Sections 25-26
- MS Morning Slides (show during period 1)
- MS Faculty Meetings Slides 25-26
- Learning Support
- Advisory Reflection Responses
- Office Hours
- OH Expectations Explanation (teacher-facing
- OH SLIDES - Expectations and Teacher Availability
- Middle School Norms: What AWS MS Faculty Should Know! 25-26
- Ordering Link
- MS Cell Phone Numbers
- Transcript Progress Tracker and HS Transcript and Recommendation Sharepoint instructions
- Toddle Folder in the Shared Drive for all resources
- Sunshine Note Tracker 25-26
- Notes from the Nurses
- Service Rotation - who is off campus, when, and where? (coming soon)
- How to enter a conduct violation in myAW
- Free Read Directions
WEEK AHEAD
Monday, September 1 - NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, September 2 - NO HOMEWORK
- A Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: None
- Grade 6 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432)
- Observations from Orientation
- Advisory Activity:
- MS Gathering in the Great Hall: Reading Log and prizes; Introduction to Learning Support; OH Expectations
- P5 Changes for Grade 8
- Gold to CP
- Blue to PHE
- OH:
- IN ADVISORY FOR ALL GRADES - How to use your planner - 6th Grade advisors only - GIVE OUT PARENT PLANNER CHECK FORM - DUE BACK SIGNED FRIDAY
- New 7th and 8th students to the LIBRARY to get their laptops and basic training + planner review - Shelli leads with tech team
- Advisory Planning Meeting 3:30-4:00 pm - all welcome - CANCELLED
Wednesday, September 3 - NO HOMEWORK
- B Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: None
- Grade 7 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432)
- Observations from Orientation
- Advisory Activity:
- 6 - M&Ms (in the office!)
- 7 - 2 Truths and a Lie
- 8 - My Crazy Story
- Grade 6 Toolbox: Tech Training - all in the GREAT HALL
- OH:
- Grade 6: How to use Toddle - start as a whole grade in Kelly's room; then break into regular Office Hours spaces. STUDENTS CHECK LAPTOPS IN AT END OF DAY IN MS. KELLY'S ROOM IN SECTION BINS
- Grade 7 & 8: New students combined: How to use Toddle & writing sample (Price) in the Library; all other students in regular Office Hours
- MS Admin Team Meeting 2:30-3:30 pm (Learning Support Workroom)
- MS Faculty Meeting 3:30 - 4:30 pm (room 2432)
Curriculum Night - what you need to do. Coaching observation overview and AI.
Thursday, September 4
- A Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: None
- Grade 8 GLTM 7:45-8:15 am (room 2432)
- Observations from Orientation
- Advisory Activity:
- Get to know your group and review the planner and Toddle
- Followed by Advisor Choice.
- OH:
- 6 - All start in Ms. Kelly's room - then Writing Sample for Grade 6 in regular Office Hours (Shelli will get you the writing prompt). STUDENTS CHECK LAPTOPS IN AT END OF DAY IN MS. KELLY'S ROOM IN SECTION BINS
- 7 & 8 - Regular Office Hour groups. Go over expectations (see slide). As needed, follow-up with Toddle and Planner and Organizational System
Friday, September 5
- B Day
- Visitors: None
- Faculty out: None
- Advisory Activity:
- No Tech Community Building
- Grade 6 Toolbox: Tech Training (by sections) - STUDENTS CHECK LAPTOPS IN AT END OF TOOLBOX IN THEIR TOOLBOX ROOMS
- Activity Clubs:
- 6 - MEET AS A GRADE to do Tech Agreement; then go to individual advisories to do planner checks - make sure students have completed the first PARENT CHECK
- 7 & 8 - MEET IN ADVISORY - Tell advisor your org. system for the Q1 and review Tech agreement that they need to do with family (it's in their planners and is due for 7th and 8th next Friday, the 12th)
- Back to School Bash 6:00 - 8:00 pm
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