Friday, January 7, 2022

Week Beginning January 10, 2022


 It was quite the week! Thanks to you all for your support with the student reflections and to the team who ran the CP Day. A big high-five to those who had to cover extra class or adapt work for absent students, as well as though who attended the MS schedule meeting or sent me their ideas. And to EVERY single person connected to MS, THANK YOU for just being present and upbeat! You rock!

Action Items

  • MYP PD: There is a great PD offered by Toddle about a range of different topics related to MS and MYP on March 11-13th. The timing of some of the sessions is a little odd due to it being a world conference, but there are still great offerings AND I believe they will be recorded. If you are interested, please check out this link and let me know in the next couple of weeks. We need to apply through Title II to get this money and there is a group discount.
  • STUDENTS OUT: As we have cases of COVID, any student unvaccinated, or who is not yet fully vaccinated, will need to be out for 7 days and need to test negative to come back to campus. As many of you are finishing units and undertaking summatives, that could become complicated and many students who are out could become overwhelmed. PLEASE consider modifying your summative and workload for those students. If you need help creating an alternative summative, please reach out to Bri, who is very willing to help. 
  • PLANNING FOR 2022-23: Thanks to all who attended the first meeting reflecting on the schedule. We have another opportunity to connect and collaborate on thoughts and ideas.  If you are interested in joining, all are welcome at the MS Faculty Meeting this week. This remains OPTIONAL. 
  • SUMMATIVE CALENDAR: Please add into these calendars any summatives you have coming up, this will help us track our student's progress and ensure no one is totally overwhelmed. 

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 The Week Ahead

Monday, January 10

  • Grade 7 ONLINE
  • Dimpy out - no sub
  • MS Gathering NOW ONLINE 11:30 - 12:30 pm
    • Focus: Spelling Bee intro and Arts in Grade 7 Semester 2
  • All School Chapel - ATTENDING!!
    • Focus: MS Spelling Bee POSTPONED. NOW ADVISORY STUDY HALL


Tuesday, January 11

  • Grade 7 ONLINE
  • New student (Heaven Chea) shadowing split day in 6th (Robbie)
  • New Faculty Meeting in the MS Faculty Workroom @ 8:10 - 8:55 am
    • Focus: MYP with Bri
  • Advisory Period
    • Work on goal setting 
  • Guest speaker in for Grade 6 LL


Wednesday, January 12

  • Grade 7 ONLINE
  • Dimpy out - Bri to cover 6 IS
  • Math Final in Grade 6 Math class
  • Advisory Period
    • Work on goal setting 
  • Grade Level Team Meetings - 2:30 - 3:15 pm - advisory check-in on progress.
    • Grade 6: Wilde's lab 
    • Grade 7: Price's room 
    • Grade 8: Sparrow's room 

Thursday, January 13

  • Grade 7 back in-person
  • Dimpy out - no sub
  • Advisory Period
    • Work on goal setting and SMART goals
  • MS Preview at 11 am online
  • MS Leadership Team Meeting 2:30 - 3:10 pm in the MS Faculty Workroom 
  • MS Faculty Meeting - regular is CANCELLED and replaced with those wishing to discuss ideas for next year's schedule. 3:30-4:15 pm in Amanda's room. Meeting #2 - All welcome


Friday, January 14

  • Advisory Period
    • Work on goal setting, SMART goals, peer feedback
  • Clubs: Activity  

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

  • LUNCH LOCATIONS: To be fair and to spread the cold around, we are moving to a rotation of spaces at lunch starting Monday. Grade 8 already knows this is coming and we will announce this in MS Gathering on Monday. 
    • Grade 8 & Wagstaff - Tents
    • Grade 7 & Strate - Bamford Commons: Switched due to 7th being out most of the week
    • Grade 6 & Iwamoto/Wilde - Lunchroom 
  • CANCELLED/POSTPONED: MS School Dance and Journey Family meetings. More information to come.
  • PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PROCEDURES: We have students visiting in person starting the week back to school. Look out for more directions on this and how you can give feedback on applicants. 
  • AIR PURIFIERS in CLASSROOMS: If the red filter light comes on for the air purifier in your classroom space or if you notice one in another MS space (MS Lounge, etc), please let Ruth know so she can arrange to get the filter cleaned by Chuck and his crew. 
  • TODDLE: if you are interested in seeing what Toddle has to offer, please review the documents and videos linked in this folder. 
  • MATH FINALS: The only subject to give formal finals this semester. More will be in the Flash the first week back. 
    • Grade 6 - to occur in regular math class
    • Grade 7 - Friday, Jan 21 - no Study Hall, double block of math instead in the pm.
    • Grade 8 - Thursday, Jan 20 - no CP that day, double block of math instead in the pm.
  • JOURNEY MEETINGS: These have now been postponed. More information to come. 
  • GRADE 8 JOURNEY PREP DAY: Tuesday, Jan 25 - all morning. No Math, PHE, or Design. Ideally, all teachers who are attending the 8th-grade trip would attend. More information to come, but please don't schedule anything that morning. 

The Month Ahead

  • Monday, Jan 10 - Spelling Bee during All School Chapel 
  • Wednesday, Jan 12 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 1 in Math class
  • Tuesday, Jan 18 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 2 in Math class
  • Thursday, Jan 20 - Math Final 8th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the Great Hall
  • Friday, Jan 21 - Math Final 7th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the New Gym; End of Semester
  • Monday, Jan 24 -  MS in All School Chapel with the US; Math AMC 2:10 - 3:10 pm
  • Tuesday, Jan 25 - MI to occur during Office Hours
  • Wednesday, Jan 26 - Mid-Year Math letters released
  • Thursday, Jan 27 - MI to occur during Office Hours
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Week Beginning January 3

 


Action Items

  • HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS TO START THE YEAR: please review these general items
    • Emergency Contacts: If you haven't updated yours in a while, please take a moment to review this information in myAW. 
    • Dismissal from Advisory: Please keep students until 12 noon to allow LS to finish lunch. Before the break, some students were routinely getting to lunch at least 5 minutes early.
    • Study Halls / Office Hours: Please keep these as quiet, respectful, and focused as possible. If you are working or meeting with students at this time, please make sure to be strategically located to see as many screens as possible. 
    • Timely: Shelli and I will walk the corridors as classes begin to help with an on-time arrival to class for the first few days. Please remind students to email MSattendance if they are late.
  • COVID PROTOCOLS: Please review Jake's email sent Thursday before the new year regarding new protocols and expectations moving forward. A reminder please to keep all classroom doors and windows open at all times when students are in the room. You may take your mask off if you are alone, but please never do this with students present. Please see the note below about air filters in your room and their maintenance. 
  • PLANNING FOR 2022-23: As many of you know, schedule planning for MS takes many months to conceive and create, followed by months of negotiations with other divisions for space, cross-over teachers, and other resources. While I do not want to overwhelm or overload anyone, I would like to hear anyone's thoughts and gather together ideas and opinions you may all have to help create the most student-centered schedule for next year. If you are interested in sharing your thoughts, the MS Faculty Meeting this week is OPTIONAL but will be to use an idea-sharing time about schedules in order to support next year. 
  • SUMMATIVE CALENDAR: Please add into these calendars any summatives you have coming up, this will help us track our student's progress and ensure no one is totally overwhelmed. 

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 The Week Ahead

Monday, January 3

  • Will out - Gloria subbing. Shelli to support Advisory
  • MS Gathering IN PERSON 11:30 - 12:30 pm
  • All School Chapel - NOT ATTENDING - Advisory instead


Tuesday, January 4

  • Will out - Mara subbing. Shelli or Clare to support Advisory
  • Linh out - Michaela subbing. Shelli or Clare to support Advisory (we may combine Phan and Wilde if necessary for advisory) 
  • New Faculty Meeting in the MS Faculty Workroom @ 8:10 - 8:55 am
    • Focus: MYP with Bri
  • Advisory Period
    • Work on Strengths Reflection


Wednesday, January 5

  • Will out - Gloria subbing. Shelli to support Advisory.
  • Linh out - Gretchen subbing.
  • Dimpy out - Eli subbing
  • Advisory Period
    • Work on Successes 
  • Grade Level Team Meetings - 2:30 - 3:15 pm
    • Grade 6: Wilde's lab 
    • Grade 7: Price's room 
    • Grade 8: Sparrow's room 

Thursday, January 6

  • Linh out - Gretchen subbing.
  • Advisory Period
    • Work on Strengths Reflection
  • MS Leadership Team Meeting 2:30 - 3:10 pm in the MS Faculty Workroom 
  • MS Faculty Meeting - regular is CANCELLED and replaced with those wishing to discuss ideas for next year's schedule. 3:30-4:15 pm in Amanda's room. 


Friday, January 7

  • Linh out - Gretchen subbing
  • Ruth out until 11:30 am - Lisa to cover attendance
  • Mara subbing to support CP Day. - Please add your cover plans to this document.
  • Community Project Day - Grade 8. See the tab in the MS Schedule document for a clearer overview of the day for 8th grade. 

  • Advisory Period
    • Grade 6 & 7 work on Strengths Reflection & Peer Feedback.
    • Grade 8 continue if needed with CP
  • Clubs: Discussion 

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

  • PROSPECTIVE STUDENT PROCEDURES: We have students visiting in person starting the week back to school. Look out for more directions on this and how you can give feedback on applicants. 
  • AIR PURIFIERS in CLASSROOMS: If the red filter light comes on for the air purifier in your classroom space or if you notice one in another MS space (MS Lounge, etc), please let Ruth know so she can arrange to get the filter cleaned by Chuck and his crew. 
  • TODDLE: if you are interested in seeing what Toddle has to offer, please review the documents and videos linked in this folder. 
  • GRADE 8 CP WORKDAY: Please see the tab for 01.07.22 on MS Schedule, for the change in schedule that day. 
  • ALL SCHOOL CHAPEL: Starting 2022, MS will be in All School Chapel each week with the US. 
  • MATH FINALS: The only subject to give formal finals this semester. More will be in the Flash the first week back. 
    • Grade 6 - to occur in regular math class
    • Grade 7 - Friday, Jan 21 - no Study Hall, double block of math instead in the pm.
    • Grade 8 - Thursday, Jan 20 - no CP that day, double block of math instead in the pm.
  • JOURNEY MEETINGS: To loop families in on our plans and current COVID protocols for the trips, we are holding Zoom meetings on the following days: 
    • Grade 8 - Tuesday, Jan 11 at 6 pm
    • Grade 7 - Tuesday, Jan 18 at 6 pm 
    • Grade 6 - Tuesday, Jan 25 at 6 pm 
  • GRADE 8 JOURNEY PREP DAY: Tuesday, Jan 25 - all morning. No Math, PHE, or Design. Ideally, all teachers who are attending the 8th-grade trip would attend. More information to come, but please don't schedule anything that morning. 

The Month Ahead

  • Friday, Jan 7 - Grade 8 CP half workday. Please see the tab on the MS Schedule. 
  • Monday, Jan 10 - Spelling Bee during All School Chapel 
  • Wednesday, Jan 12 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 1 in Math class
  • Tuesday, Jan 18 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 2; Grade 7 Journey Meeting 6 pm 
  • Thursday, Jan 20 - Math Final 8th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the New Gym 
  • Friday, Jan 21 - Math Final 7th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the New Gym; End of Semester
  • Monday, Jan 24 -  MS in All School Chapel with the US; Math AMC 2:10 - 3:10 pm
  • Tuesday, Jan 25 - MI to occur during Office Hours; Grade 6 Journey Meeting 6 pm 
  • Wednesday, Jan 26 - Mid-Year Math letters released. 
  • Thursday, Jan 27 - MI to occur during Office Hours
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Friday, December 10, 2021

Week Beginning December 13, 2021


 Action Items

  • Please note there is a change in this week's meeting schedule!
  • SUMMATIVE CALENDAR: Please add into these calendars any summatives you have coming up, this will help us track our student's progress and ensure no one is totally overwhelmed. 

Useful Links


 The Week Ahead

Monday, December 13

  • MS Gathering IN PERSON 11:30 - 12:30 pm
    • Focus: Holiday Tea(ish) & Semester Reflections
  • All School Chapel - NOT ATTENDING
    • Advisory Study Hall 
    • Wilde Advisory to PHAN
    • Samuelson Advisory to GOLDING
    • Price Advisory to DOUGLAS
  • JV and V Boys' Basketball early release at 2:15 (they should head out right after 6th Period ends)
  • Registration for the Journeys due


Tuesday, December 14

  • New Faculty Meeting in the MS Faculty Workroom @ 8:10 - 8:55 am
    • Focus: MYP with Bri
  • Advisory Period
    • STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING TODAY INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY
    • Advisor Choice
  • JV and V Boys' Basketball early release at 2:15 (they should head out right after 6th Period ends)
  • JV Girls' Soccer early release at 2:40


Wednesday, December 15

  • Advisory Period:
    • Advisor Choice
  • Grade Level Team Meetings - CHANGED TO A MS FACULTY MEETING - ALL PLEASE ATTEND TO REVIEW END OF SEMESTER REPORTS - 2:30 pm in Amanda's room. 
  • Be sure to pick up your bins with all of your advisory Holiday Tea supplies and goodies in the MS Faculty Workroom sometime after lunch on Wednesday

Thursday, December 16 - All School Civvies

  • HOLIDAY TEA DAY! See special schedule (separate tab on MS Schedule spreadsheet)
  • V Girls' Soccer early release at 2:15
  • V Boys' Basketball early release at 2:15
  • NO EARLY RELEASE NEEDED FOR JV BASKETBALL - they will take a separate bus
  • White Elephant at the Parkway 3:30 pm


Friday, December 17

  • PD DAY - All faculty should be on campus 8:00 - 3:30 pm
  • V Girls' Soccer HOME vs Life Christian 3:15 (they will arrive at school at 2:45 to warm up)
  • All School Holiday party 6:00 pm in the Great Hall.

Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

  • HOLIDAY TEA INFO (COPIED FROM SHELLI'S WEDNESDAY EMAIL)
TEAMS LINKS:
• You will be getting two links – one for the kick-off of Holiday Tea (live-streamed at 10:45
         AM) and one for the Teacher Trivia Kahoot Advisory Challenge (1:45-2:15)

BINS ARE READY FOR PICK UP TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
• They are in the faculty workroom
• Please make sure you get yours today – any time after lunch
• They contain:
    * Seating chart for Kemper parts of the day– please do stick to it 
(including the skipping seats part) 
    * Directions for 14 Days of Christmas
    * A holiday cracker and a goodie bag for everyone in the 
advisory, including you
    * Please make sure kids keep track of the raffle ticket inside the 
goodie bag – we are doing the raffle RIGHT AWAY so they 
have to keep track of it for the minimum amount of time 
possible
    * Your advisory plates (if you have a new student who did not 
make one, there is an extra plate from the dining hall for them)
    * Parchment rounds – MUST USE ON PLATES BEFORE PUTTING 
FOOD ON THEM

CAKES and ALLERGEN-FREE COOKIES:
• Clare ordered them yesterday and is picking them up today
• They will be in the MS Faculty Workroom for pick-up Thursday AM – please grab yours
         before your advisory time (which starts at 10:45 AM)

THURSDAY ATTENDANCE:
• 6th and 7th Grade teachers -ignore the class TIMES on myAW and just take attendance
         according to the class/section 
• 8th Grade CP and PHE teachers – we will provide paper attendance for you 
• ALL - Take advisory attendance in the 10:45-12:00 block when your advisory kids are with
         you

ADVISOR CHALLENGE:
• For the ADVISOR CHALLENGE, you’ll be playing a trivia game as well – with TEEN                     LINGO 
• You’ll be in ADVISOR GRADE LEVEL teams (Will, Bri, Tracey and Linh will be a team, for
         example)
• You’ll be on stage
• Each team will have a whiteboard and marker
• You will be competing against the other grade level advisor teams to see which team can
         correctly define/translate the most examples of teen lingo (for example, if I ask you, “When
         a teen writes PMOYS when texting, what does that mean?” you would of course write on
         your whiteboard, PUT ME ON YOUR SNAPCHAT
• Winning grade level earns 5 points for every advisory in that grade

TEAMS and ROOM ASSIGNMENTS for TEACHER TRIVIA (1:45-2:15):

• I will hand-deliver a paper copy to you of this tomorrow during your advisory time. I am not
         finalizing teams until we see the official absence list for tomorrow. Please bring this to the
         KEMPER along with your SEATING CHART.

  • AIR PURIFIERS in CLASSROOMS: If the red filter light comes on for the air purifier in your classroom space or if you notice one in another MS space (MS Lounge, etc), please let Ruth know so she can arrange to get the filter replaced.
  • FOOD ADVISORY on THURSDAY: If you have not yet made plans with your advisory regarding the food advisory that will be a part of our Holiday Tea(ish) Celebration on Thursday, you will want to do that early next week. We have put a notice to parents about the event in the Friday Flash.
  • TODDLE: if you are interested in seeing what Toddle has to offer, please review the documents and videos linked in this folder. 
  • GRADE 8 CP WORKDAY: Please see the tab for 01.07.22 on MS Schedule, for the change in schedule that day. 

The Month Ahead

  • Friday, Jan 7 - Grade 8 CP half workday. Please see tab on the MS Schedule. 
  • Monday, Jan 10 - Spelling Bee during MS Gathering; MS in All School Chapel with US. 
  • Wednesday, Jan 12 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 1 in Math class
  • Tuesday, Jan 18 - Math Final Grade 6 - Part 2
  • Thursday, Jan 20 - Math Final 7th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the New Gym 
  • Friday, Jan 21 - Math Final 8th double block 12:35 - 2:10 pm in the New Gym; End of Semester; MS Dance 7:00 - 8:30 pm 
  • Monday, Jan 24 -  MS in All School Chapel with US; Math AMC 2:10 - 3:10 pm
  • Tuesday, Jan 25 - MI to occur during Office Hours
  • Wednesday, Jan 26 - Mid Year Math letters released. 
  • Thursday, Jan 27 - MI to occur during Office Hours
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Friday, December 3, 2021

Week Beginning December 6, 2021


Students swinging on two chair legs rather than sitting on a chair with four legs on the ground. Funny, I stopped calling them out and it eventually stopped.... What about you all? 


 Action Items

  • RESPONSIBILITY GRADES BELOW 70%: Team, if you have a student in your class who is below a 70 in responsibility, please send out a progress concern before break with concrete examples of how to improve these habits you are assessing. This will help significantly with the goals setting in early 2022. 
  • MYP: Please take some time to reflect on the units you have created and worked on during our MYP sessions. In January, we will be asking for subject groups to reflect and share out what you have been successful in and what are things you are still continuing to work on for semester 2. 
  • SUMMATIVE CALENDAR: Please add into these calendars any summatives you have coming up, this will help us track our student's progress and ensure no one is totally overwhelmed. 
  • JIB JAB: We will be creating these for Holiday Tea. If you would rather NOT be in one, please let me know by the end of Monday. 
  • TODDLE: if you are interested in seeing what Toddle has to offer, please review the documents and videos linked in this folder. 

Useful Links


 The Week Ahead

Monday, December 6

  • MS Gathering IN PERSON 11:30 - 12:30 pm
    • Focus: Subject Presentations and reviewing Holiday Tea(ish)
  • All School Chapel - NOT ATTENDING
    • Advisory Study Hall 

  • Varsity Girls’ Soccer home game – early release at 2:40 PM

  • JV and V Boys’ Basketball away games – early release at 2:15 PM


Tuesday, December 7


  • New Faculty Meeting in the MS Faculty Workroom @ 8:10 - 8:55 am
    • Focus: MYP with Bri
  • Advisory Period
    • Advisor Choice 
  • Grade 8 - No homework as they are being invited to join the US basketball game. 

  • V and JV Boys’ Basketball teams have games @ Seattle Christian - dismiss at 2:00 PM.


Wednesday, December 8


  • Advisory Period:
    • Ornament creation 
  • Grade Level Team Meetings - Amanda's Room
    • 2:45 - 3:15 pm  - 7th Grade
    • 3:15-3:45 - 8th Grade
    • 3:45-4:15 - 6th Grade

  • Girls’ Soccer home games – no early release as they have Athletics


Thursday, December 9

  • MS Preview online 11:00 - 12:30 pm 
    • Shelli, Clare and Student Council grade 8. 
  • Advisory Period:
    • Ornament creation 
  • MS Leadership Team Meeting 2:30 - 3:10 pm in the MS Faculty Workroom 
  • MS Faculty Meeting 3:30 - 4:15 pm in Amanda's room CANCELLED
  • Math letters to Grade 6 and 8

  • V Boys’ Basketball team has a game @ McMurray -  dismiss them at 1:45 PM  - NOTE THAT THE JV GAME WAS CANCELLED


Friday, December 10

  • Advisory Period:
    • Ornament creation 
  • Clubs: Activity 

  • Girls’ VARSITY Soccer home game – early release at 2:40


Changes to the Week Ahead, Updates, & Reminders

  • Advisory & Character Strong: 
    • ORNAMENTS: Please pick up your Advisory ornament supplies in the faculty workroom next Wednesday AM. Groups will work on these  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in advisory, ideally hanging their ornaments on the tree in the lounge by the end of advisory on Friday. 
  • Posters: SLT is asking that if students put up posters on the walls that they follow these guidelines: 
    • Please add student names.
    • None in the Admin Hall, Front Hall, on the Front Door, or in the Great Hall. 
    • Please make sure that posters are dated and removed no more than three weeks later. 
    • Consider quality over quantity
    • Use white tac to attach to walls. 
  • Students arriving late or leaving early: Please remind your students that if they arrive after 8:30 am, they have to check-in at the 10th St. Office window. They should also email msattendance@aw.org. If they are leaving early, they too musty check out at the 10th St. office and NOT leave by the MS doors. Thank you!
  • Vandalism in Chapel: On the back of the pews, someone has carved into the wood in multiple places. PLEASE help us preserve these spaces and keep a watchful eye on our students when in there for a class, Chapel, or Gathering. \
  • Journey Covid Protocols: Please see the document to see what we currently have in place. These may change as guidance or CDC recommendations do too. 

The Month Ahead

  • Tuesday, Dec 7 - Grade 8 no HW Night - invited to the US basketball
  • Thursday, Dec 9 - MS Preview 11-12:30 pm
  • Thursday, Dec 16 - Special Schedule - Holiday Tea(ish) Celebration
  • Friday, Dec 17 - PD day & All School Holiday party 
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