UAI High School Staff News
Another Wonderful Assembly. Please take the time to congratulate all the girls who participated in Friday's assembly! When you stop to think about what it takes to speak publicly in front of nearly 300 peers and teachers, it gives you pause to consider their bravery, confidence and talent! So, take the time this week to give a quick high five to our creatively brilliant young performers! Also, many shouts outs and thank-yous to Ms. Abby and Carrera for supporting the girls and coordinating this poetic event! The last Friday in May will be our final assembly for the year.
Regents Conferences and Lists. Last week Colleen emailed out the latest Regents lists. Please take time this week in Advisory to make sure that your students know which exams they are taking in June. Many of you may have used the extended advisory last Friday to complete this. If you still have some more students to talk to, review
Colleen's List and the
June Exam Schedule with your advisees. Please note in
Skedula what their schedules are are make sure to check the boxes that send a copy of the anecdotal to both parent and student (see picture at right for an example). Please complete the Regents Exam check in with all of your advisees by Friday, May 1st. Please also
Phone Calls Home. We are starting to slack off again on attendance calls home. Please don't forget. As a reminder, the end of the month is coming and I will need to write some letters to folks who missed 2 or more calls this month. Make sure that you're making your calls!
In addition, please prepare time to call home for any and all
students who are fail your class for the 4th marking period. Please make sure that parents/families clearly understand why students are failing and for your class, please provide some guidance on how to best support their child's learning at home. MP5 ends on Friday.
Instructional Rounds Visit. The LC principals will be in the UAI HS house on Monday! In particular, I am focusing the visit around student inquiry during work time and at looking at the efficacy of briefs and responsibility teams in supporting that inquiry and developing student learning. We'll have time to see about 4 classes. We'll be visiting Darby, Paula, and Brodie's classes for sure because their POD has been focusing on this question in particular. You all will get to hear from them during PD on Monday. I'll also probably try to squeeze in a math or science class, too!
Learning Cultures Open House. Our amazing English team will be hosting an open house for principals and teachers across Brooklyn on Tuesday. With the support and expert coordination from Sarah D, we're opening our doors to share Learning Cultures in writing! Marianna and Ilyana wowed the superintendent and chancellor with their presentation at the district meeting. Now, we're opening our school to follow up and share our best practices more in-depth with our colleagues from other Brooklyn High Schools.
Important Dates
- Monday, 27APR15 through Friday 01MAY15 - Last week of 5th Marking Period - Please DO NOT SCHEDULE any field trips this week.
- Monday, 04MAY15 - MP6, the last marking period of the year, begins.
- Wednesday, 06MAY15 - MP5 Grades are Due
- Friday 15MAY15 - Annual High School Honor Roll Breakfast at 9AM
- Wednesday 20MAY15 - Senior Awards Night
- Monday, 25MAY15 - Memorial Day, NO SCHOOL
- Thursday, 28MAY15 - Springfest, our 2nd Parent Outreach night (the 2nd of 2 that were added with the new UFT contract) - Teachers report at 6PM (Springfest is 6-7PMish)
- Tuesday, 02JUN15 - Common Core Regents - NO CLASSES
- Thursday, 04JUN15 - Brooklyn Queens Day at UAI - Just UAI HS at UAI HS
- Wednesday, 10JUN15 - Tech Carts are due to Allan by the end of the day
- Thursday 11JUN15 and Friday 12JUN15 - Final Benchmark Exams
- Friday, 12JUN15 - End of the 6th Marking Period
- Monday, 15JUN15 - High School Field Day (Details TBD)
- Tuesday, 16JUN15 - Regents Week Begins
- Wednesday, 17JUN15 - Final Grades are Due
- Wednesday, 24JUN15 - Plato Training
- Thursday, 25JUN15 - High School Graduation at Kumbel Theater
- Friday, 26JUN15 - Last Day of School
Per Session
Learning Cultures Lead Teachers. The Urban Assembly recently put money into our DOE budgets to pay the Learning Cultures lead teachers for their work earlier in the year. Originally, I was under the impression that the UA was going to pay them directly (so no need for the per session post). But then, those plans changed a couple of weeks ago when the UA transferred the money in. So, now I need to post the position in accordance to per session rules and regs. These are the following lead positions (and teachers): Code Blue (Martine), Culture (Sarah), Curriculum (Darby), Asssessment (Danielle), PD (Rebecca). The LC leads participated in several cross-school planning and PD work with Cynthia at the beginning of the year. In addition, many are part of cabinet which met weekly in the fall and will resume this Spring.
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