UAI High School Staff News
Week of November 24th, 2014
Benchmark Testing. Monday is a regular schedule and Tuesday and Wednesday will be benchmark scheduling. All teachers need to make sure that students take the exams seriously. We will be using the exams to chart student growth. Students will be released early on both Tuesday and Wednesday to give teachers time to grade. Benchmark Exams need to be graded and the
percent correct entered into the Benchmark Tracking document by the end of the day on
Wednesday, December 3rd. If you missed entering data for the first round, please also enter that data into the sheet. Note - if there are no make-up exams, staff will be released early for the Thanksgiving break!
UAI Staff Potluck. In place of Grade Team and Pods, we'll be having a UAI Potluck! We'll be joining the middle school. Girls Inc and Carrera Partners are also invited. Just join a grade team to bring what you'd like! Please drop off your food in the main office conference room. Here are the Assignments: 9th Grade Team - Please bring side dishes. 10th Grade Team - Please bring desserts. 11th/12th Grade- Please bring appetizers. Admin and Main Office support will be on Main Dishes and Drinks. We'll be joining the middle school in the library to celebrate the event! The exact space is still TBD, but we'll announce it at the end of the day on Monday.
Student Work in the Classroom Environments. We need to prepare our environments for the SQR walk-through. Across grades and subjects, environments are strong! We do need to tidy up, but most importantly, we need to get student work up. Student work comes in all shapes and sizes - unison & conference records, breach journals, completed tasks, assessments, etc. The most important thing about seeing student work up is the purpose it shows. It can serve to provide a mentor text for their peers (like the work from Colleen's room pictured at left). It can show the process of student thinking (like a conference record). Whatever the purpose, all student work needs to have teacher feedback that clearly supports student growth (actionable and clear).
Click here to get some ideas. Our Quality Review is Monday, DECEMBER 8th.
Student Events. The past couple of weeks have been pretty awesome with student events. Sarah worked with Adrienne to launch a Keepers of the Culture Summit in which they trained new students to take up the roll as advisor, mentor, and peer mediator. Jen & our Carrera partners had another successful event with our Senior Mentors. Finally, after months of planning, Jamie & Danielle brought Sonia Kovalevsky day back to UAI's freshmen and sophomores. Girls Inc launched their first Lunch with Leaders for our students this month, and Carrera gave the opportunity for one of our seniors to represent our school and her learning at a Junior Achievement dinner. With the day-to-day grind, it's easy to miss all the awesome work everyone is doing
in addition to being dedicated educators on a daily basis. These are just some of the events of the last few weeks. I'm sure I'm missing something - so much is going on for our girls. It's pretty awesome! Thanks for being such an amazing, dedicated, and talented staff! Our girls deserve the best and you guys always deliver!
Spread the Warmth. Girls Inc and Carrera are kicking off a winter clothing campaign. To get all the kids involved in this community service project, they are sponsoring a party and raffle to the group that collects the most items. Please help them help those who need it most. Donations should be labeled with student groups so they can accurately tally. Teachers and staff can also participate.
Important Dates
- Monday 24NOV14. In place of Grade Team and Pods, we'll be having a UAI HS Potluck! Here are the Assignments: 9th Grade - Sides; 10th Grade - Desserts; 11th/12th Grade- Appetizers. Admin and Main Office support will be on Main Dishes and Drinks. We'll be joining the middle school in the library to celebrate the event!
- Tuesday and Wednesday 25NOV14 and 26NOV14. Benchmark II Assessments
- Wednesday 26NOV14. Marking Period II Ends.
- Thursday & Friday 27NOV14 and 28NOV14. Thanksgiving Recess NO SCHOOL
- Wednesday 03DEC14. Grades Due
- Friday 05DEC14. 2nd MP Progress Reports distributed 8th period.
- Monday 08DEC14. School Quality Review
- Thursday 18DEC14. Winterfest Talent Show
- Tuesday 24DEC14. Last School Day of 2014
- Monday 05JAN14. First School Day of 2015
Per Session Posting
No new postings this week.
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