LS Weekly Memo
Week 12: November 4 - 8
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Thank you for all your hard work with conferences. The parents signed up for Specialist Conferences in record numbers. I had the great pleasure of participating as a parent in both classroom and specialist conferences and am appreciative of the insights and perspectives the teachers shared about my daughter.
Enjoy a faculty meeting free week. Monday afternoon is your time to get ready for Open House. Thursday morning is a gift of time for you in thanks for your extra efforts at Open House.
COMMUNITY
Chapel Manners
Please remind your students about appropriate Chapel behavior. Quiet attentiveness during prayers is expected. Remind your students about expectations for Chapell before Monday’s gathering.
Recess Agreements
2nd grade is working on these agreements, developing them with 1st and 2nd grade input. Look for a rollout in the coming weeks.
PROGRAM
Conference Follow-up
Thank you for all your work preparing for and conducting your conferences. Let SST know if any issues arose with which you would like support.
Incident Reports
Remember to use the form for incidents big and small. Incident Form. SST will communicate out about incidents when helpful.
Faculty Meetings
Monday, November 4 - No formal meeting - Time for Open House preparation
Thursday, November 7 - No Meeting. Open House recovery
Curriculum Design Drafts by Dec. 4th
Department Chairs and Team Leaders will look at Pre-K through 12th Grade curriculum design drafts on Wednesday, December 4th. Team Leaders will take the lead on these drafts. This will help us develop a common approach Prek - 12.
Each grade level and faculty member will be required to complete a curriculum design with the designated template by the end of the year. Team Meeting time and release time will be dedicated to this effort.
Let your Team Leader know if you have any questions.
Wetland Consortium
We had a great cross-divisional crew at last Monday’s meeting. Chris shared them in a Google doc on Friday.
DRA Results to Lyn
Please send your DRA results to Lyn by the end of the week, Friday, 11/8. See email on 10/31 for the form.
What Schools Can Do to Help Boys Succeed
This is a brief article from Time Ideas that includes 3 tips from Christina Hoff Sommers’ The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies Are Harming Our Young Men
OPERATIONS
Open House - Wednesday, November 6 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Get ready to welcome about 200 visitors to Open House on Wednesday NIght.
- You need to be in classrooms and at tables by 6:30 pm so you are ready for people coming down to Lower School at 6:40 pm.
- Your spaces and tables need to be completely set up and ready before 6:30 pm.
- See Sarah’s email form 10/28 for details. All faculty are expected to be in attendance.
Faculty Parking
Faculty, please park in the Loop Road lot. On several occasions parents have had difficulty finding parking in the upper lot.
Budgets
It is that time of year. I am beginning to craft next year’s budget. If you or your team have plans for next year that include significant increases or reductions in expenditures for program or capital, let me know by the end of the week.
Canoe Safety Training
Sixteen enthusiastic replies came in. I hope to confirm a date with Tom Handel next week.
Student Teachers, Practicum Students and Other Outside Volunteers
If you would like to student teachers, practicum students or other outside volunteers serve in your classroom, you need to do three things:
•Get approval from David or Chris
•Once you have approval, have the person complete background check forms found on the school’s website
•Let Lyn and Jenny know who these special volunteers are, and when they will be on campus.
Fire Drill, Wed., Nov. 6th @ 9:45
- Remind your students to be calm, quiet and orderly as they file onto the field
- Second and Third Grade will be out at recess.
- When the alarm sounds have students line up by class near the fence closest to the field.
- Keep the main exits to the feld open
- Dismiss students to classroom teachers as they exit to the field.
Safe School Training - DUE OCTOBER 31
Open the login instructions for accessing the SafeSchools training site. Follow the instructions for your user name. All employees are required to complete these courses by the end of October.
- To access your assigned training, enter your username, which follows the following format: last name, first initial of first name (Example: John Smith = smithj
- Please print out a Certification of Completion once you complete the course and turn in a copy to Jennifer Lushenko.
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