Weekly Spartan Blog: January 19-23, 2015

Spartan PRIDE

Supporting our school community core values.

Spearfish Middle School

Weekly Faculty Bulletin January 19-23, 2015

“Empowering all students to succeed in a changing world.”

• Preparedness  • Respect  • Integrity • Determination • Excellence

1)     No School, MLK Day & Teacher PD Day, Monday, Jan. 19 (pre-registration in HS)

2)      Block 4:  February 3-24 (8^th band/choir included)

1/20-1/26: Register for Block 4  (Added an extra day for registration)

2/3: Beginning of Block 4

2/24: End of Block 4

3)      6th Grade Band/Choir Concert, Tuesday, Jan. 20^th, 7pm – 8pm in the SHS Auditorium

4)     S4S Leaders Meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 21^st during FLEX time (2:47-3:15 p.m.)

5)     Birthday Celebration for January/June Birthdays, Wed., Jan. 21^st during lunches

6)      SMS Technology Committee Meeting, Wed., Jan. 21^st, 3:25 p.m. in the conf. rm.

7)      January Staff Meeting, Thursday, Jan. 22, 7:30 a.m.

Agenda:  a)  Review of Technology Plan   b)  SLO midterm    c)  AdvancED (co-chairs)

8)      SFPE 3 Cheers Event at Matthews Opera House, Thursday, Jan. 22, 5:30-7:30 pm

9)      All School Dance, Fri, January 23, 2015, 6:30pm – 9:30pm in the gym

10)  Optional STAR Reading & Math Winter Testing Window, Jan. 5-19, 2015

11)  Technology Request Deadline:  February 1^st, the on-line form to be completed for each request can be found at http://www.spearfish.k12.sd.us/District/Forms/dist_forms.html and is in bold white type and listed as Technology Requests Form.  These must be completed by February 1. None will be accepted after that date.  No software requests will be accepted. That is a curriculum item.

12) Building Capital Outlay Requests:  Deadline is March 1st.  You must complete the Purchase Order form with appropriate information for your request to be considered.  (Request must be depreciable items (desks, equipment etc…, including software).

13)  SMARTER Balanced  Q and A: See link below

http://doe.sd.gov/pressroom/educationonline/2015/jan/Page1.html

14)   Newspapers in Education: Pick up your papers on Wednesday morning from the Lounge.

15)  Communicate alignment of lesson plans to the curriculum standards on your teacher web pages. -This is tied to the K12 accreditation process.

Upcoming Events below:

Jan 30                    6th grade tailgate and Paper Bowl championship

Feb. 2                    7^th Grade Stock Show Field Trip

Feb. 2                    Parents as Partners Mtg., 5:30 p.m. in the SMS Library

February 2-6      National School Counseling Week

Feb. 3                    HS Registration for 8^th grade students during Encore Classes

Feb 4                    Early Release 1:00 Professional Development

Feb. 12                 NAEP Test, 8^th Grade

Feb 16                   No School, Presidents Day – Teacher Professional Development

Feb 27                   End of 2nd Trimester

March   3              Science Fair Awards Assembly  

March 4              Early Release 1:00 Professional Development

March 6                End of 2^nd Trimester Celebration

March 11            Early Release 1:00 Spring Break

March 12, 13     No School Spring Break

April 2                 Early Release 1:00 Professional Development

April 3-6              No School, Easter Break

April 8                   Peer to Peer Mentor Training, 7^th grade leaders, 8-11 a.m. (tentative date)

April 15                 P/T Conferences Middle School (scheduled)

Those whose feel a sense of purpose and commitment, who view change as a challenge instead of a threat, aren’t affected by stress in a negative way.

         -Success Magazine

Make it a great week!

Shane