Spartan PRIDE
Supporting our school community core values.
FLEX time is off and running. The first two days of the Block 1 enrichment/intervention have been very successful. Students are fully engaged in an activity of choice or receiving support to ensure academic success.
The re-design of our schedule to include the FLEX period is tied to the fundamental purpose of our school; student learning. Our school is working to become a highly effective Professional Learning Community. A
Professional Learning Community (PLC) is an ongoing process in which educators
work collaboratively
in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they
serve. As a (PLC) we are working very hard to create structures, systems and attitudes that allow us to effectively answer the four corollary questions associated with a highly functioning PLC.
1.What
is it we expect our students to learn? (standards)
2.How
will we know when they have learned it? (evidence, assessments)
3.How
will we respond when they don’t learn? (interventions—time and support)
4.How
will we respond when they already know it? (differentiation)
We are in year two of a five year plan to create the school we desire. There are many great things going on in our school. The two most important parts of our school are the amazing teachers and extraordinary students. There are no limits to what we can achieve together.
Spearfish
Middle School
Weekly
Faculty Bulletin
October
14-18, 2013
“Empowering
all students to succeed in a changing world.”
•
Preparedness • Respect • Integrity • Determination •
Excellence
1) October Student Birthday Celebration: During lunches on
Tuesday, October 15th
2)
AdvancED Surveys:
The survey links will be posted on Tuesday, October 8th
-Parent Survey: Link is located on the SMS website home page (Claggett)
3)
Office Remodel Project Continues:
Contractors are making good progress.
Students accessing the band and choir rooms may encounter construction
in the hall connecting the commons to the music area. A rug will be placed over the area to allow
continued access. The main doors to the
west will be off limits until further notice.
All visitors will enter through the north commons doors.
4)
Communicate alignment of lesson plans to
the curriculum standards on
your teacher web pages. -This
is tied to the K12 accreditation process.
5)
Parent/Teacher Conferences. Wednesday, October 21, 2013 (3:45 p.m. -7:00 p.m.)
-Computers will be made available for
parents to complete the AdvancED survey
-I plan to send an email message to
parents and a School Reach reminding 7th & 8th gr.
parents of conferences. 6th grade conferences are scheduled.
-A brief parent feedback survey around
conferences will be provided for you at your tables.
6)
8th Grade GPS/Ropes Course Field Trip,
Friday, October 18, 2013
Upcoming
Activities:
October 19 Saturday Spartan Learning
Lab, 8am – 12pm (if necessary)
October 21 Winter Parents Meeting, 7pm
– 8 pm, in the SMS Gym for Wrestling
and GBB
October 24 7/8 Halloween Dance, 7pm –
9pm in the Multipurpose Room at SMS
October 25 NO School, Elementary
Conferences
November 5
Team Leader Meeting, 7:30
a.m. Library Computer Lab
November 6 1 PM Early Release,
Professional Development Time
November 7 Monthly Faculty Meeting, 7:30
a.m. in the SMS Library
November 8 AdvancED Survey Window Closes
November 11 Veteran’s Day, No School.
Teacher professional development day
November 20 End of the 1st
Trimester
November 27-29 Thanksgiving Break - No School
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Brain Rule #7: Sleep well, think well.
- John Medina
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