Week of May 4th

UAI High School Staff News

Volume II

Issue 35

Week of May 4th, 2015

Announcements

May is College Awareness Month at UAI!  This past Friday, our seniors committed to their colleges.   This month's assembly will celebrate the girls, their achievements and their future!  Throughout the course of this month, Jen will be coordinating the efforts of our partners and our college office to find creative ways of celebrating college!  Look for quality connections to college that students encounter in the daily classroom activities (e.g. Responsibility Teams are the blueprints for making their own study groups in college!).  Also look for update emails from Jen to look for the next steps in raising college awareness for our young ladies this month!

Roster Verification is Due on Friday, May 8th.  Colleen sent out directions and we reviewed the necessity of checking your rosters via Stars Classroom at the March full staff meeting.  This is your chance to review your data prior to the final MOSLs in June.

Teacher Appreciation.  This week is Teacher Appreciation week. Our annual staff appreciation party will be in June, but I wanted to take a moment in this week's blog to say thank you!  This has been the best year that we've ever had at UAI.  Through your teamwork, investment, and unending commitment to our girls and our school, you have made this year amazing!  You have 25 more classes with our girls this year. Let's make them the best ones yet!

Regents Review with Advisees.   Please make sure that you have reviewed your advisees Regent Exam Schedule and that you have noted that conversation in Skedula.  Here are some FAQs that may make your conversations easier.


Regents FAQs and Answers:

• Should I retake an exam to get a higher grade?  To be considered "College Ready" students need to have at least a 75 on the English and an 80 on any of the 3 math exams.  We automatically sign up students to retake these two exams.  For the other regents exams, the only real reason to retake is if they are pursuing and are in reach of an Honors or Mastery Regents Diploma.

• What Regents do I need to graduate?
• Regents Diploma (there are more pathways than these, but these are our 2 primaries)
• Standard 
• (1) Any 1 Science, (2) Any 1 Math, (3) US History, (4) English, and  (5) Global
• 4+ One - 
• (1) English, (2) Any 1 History, (3) Any 1 Math, (4) Any 1 Science, and the Plus One can be any of the following - an additional history, math, or science
• Advanced Regents Diploma
• Adv. Regents
• (1) English, (2) US History, (3) Global, (4) Algebra, (5) Geometry, (6) Algebra2/Trigonometry, (7) LOTE, (8) Living Environment, (9) Earth Science or Chemistry or Physics

• How do I get signed up for a Regent?  
• All students who achieved a predicted regent score of 45 or better were automatically signed up for the regent exam.  Look at the benchmark data here.
• If students did not achieve a 45 or were not signed up for a Regent, then they must meet with their classroom teacher.

Important Dates

• Monday, 04MAY15 - MP6, the last marking period of the year, begins.
• Tuesday, 05MAY15 - Kiri out of the building at meeting with Chancellor at the Bronx School for Law, Government, and Justice. 
• Wednesday, 06MAY15 - MP5 Grades are Due by 3PM
• Friday, 08MAY15 - UAI HS Retreat with Lead Coaches (Darby, Marianna, Rebecca, & Ilyana,  and Colleeen/Kiri)
• 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)
• Friday, 29MAY15 - Last Period Celebration of College Assembly

• 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
• Friday, 12JUN15 - Tentative Date for end of the year Staff Party Place TBD
• 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

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