Week of February 1st

UAI Staff News

Volume III

Issue 21

Week of February 1st, 2016

(Short post today ... )

UAI Celebrations

Fall Term Complete.  Congratulations on the successful completion of the fall term.  Tomorrow we kick off a quick 8-day period before the Midwinter Recess and when we return, we will be well into the swing of the Spring Term.  Time will fly, so it's important that we make sure to keep our focus on our goals ahead.  We've already made some key gains in the first half of the year. Take a look!

• There are 26 instructional days until the March Predictive Benchmarks for the MS and then there will be 11 instructional days until the NYS ELA exams and 17 instructional days until the NYS Math exams.  We have already made some significant growth.  I can't wait to see what we do come April! Take a look:

• 2015 NYSELA Proficiency:   6th =   8%;  7th = 11%; and 8th = 33%
• 2016 Bench2 ELA Predicted: 6th = 16%; 7th = 16%; and 8th = 23%

• 2015 NYSMath Proficiency:   6th =   5%; 7th =   4%; and 8th =   3%
• 2016 Bench2 Math Predicted: 6th = 28%; 7th = 13%; and 8th = 18%

• There are 26 instructional days until the March Benchmark3 for the HS and then 36 instructional days until the May Predictive Exams.  After the predictives, there will only be 11 school days until High School Final Exam Period (and last chance for kids to practice for the Regents exams).  Here's where we are now so far with the 5 core Regents Exams:

• Algebra CC Bench 2 Predicted:  44% of 9th Graders are on pace to pass (41% in June 2015)
• Living Env. Bench2 Predicted: 57% of 9th Graders are on pace to pass (77% June 2015)
• Glo History Bench 2 Predicted: 29% of 10th Graders are on pace to pass (71% June 2015)
• US Hist. Bench2 Predicted (only Group U data entered): 4% of 11th Gr are on pace (64% June 2015)
• English Bench 2 Predicted:  62% of 11th Graders are on pace to pass (83%  June 2015)

Announcements 

Middle School Recruitment Day.  This Saturday, February 6th is our 6th Grade Recruitment Day.  We are aiming to increase our 6th grade enrollment by working hard to get those families who ranked us 1st or 2nd to commit to our school and show up in the fall.  The first step of that is to set a strong first impression with our prospective families.  Please pitch in if you can!  

Staff PD Day.  The Agenda is set for tomorrow's PD.  Breakfast won't be here until 8:45.  So, I'm bumping the agenda a little bit.  CLICK HERE to see the Agenda.

Teacher To Dos

Benchmarks Scores.  If you have not yet completed data entry on the January Benchmarks, please do so today.  CLICK HERE to access the document.

Important Dates

• Monday, 01FEB15.  Full Staff PD See AGENDA HERE.  8:30AM-2:50PM
• Wednesday, 03FEB15.  Black History Month Winterfest Night (6-8PM)
• Tuesday, 02FEB15.  First Day of Spring Term.  Start of MP4
• Monday, 08FEB15.  Chinese Lunar New Year, NO SCHOOL
• Wednesday, 12FEB15.  Black History Month Assembly Full School (1:45-2:30PM)
• Monday, 15FEB15 thru Friday 19FEB15.  Midwinter Recess, NO SCHOOL
• Monday, 22FEB15.  POD Cycle Launch and Grade Team Meetings
• Monday, 29FEB15.  1st Pod Debrief and Grade Team Meetings

• Monday, 07MAR15. 2nd Pod Debrief and Grade Team Meetings
• Friday, 11MAR15.  4th Marking Period Ends
• Monday, 14MAR15.  5th Marking Period Begins
• Wednesday, 16MAR15. MP4 Grades are Due at 3PM
• Monday, 14MAR15. 3rd Pod Debrief and Grade Team Meetings
• Thursday, 17MAR15 and Friday, 18MAR15.  Benchmark 3 (This will be MS Predictive)
• Monday, 21MAR15. 4th Pod Debrief and Grade Team Meetings
• Thursday, 24MAR15.  Women's History Month Full School Assembly (1:45-2:30PM)
• Friday, 25MAR15.  Good Friday, NO SCHOOL
• Monday, 28MAR15. 5th Pod Debrief and Grade Team Meetings

• Monday, 04APR15. 6th Pod Debrief and Grade Team Meetings
• Tuesday, 05APR15 thru Thursday, 07APR15.  Middle School NYS ELA Exam
• Wednesday, 13APR15 thru Friday, 15APR15.  Middle School NYS Math Exam
• Friday, 15APR15.  5th Marking Period Ends
• Monday, 11APR15. Pod Prep and Grade Team Meetings
• Monday, 18APR15. Pod Share - Grade Team Meetings moved to Tuesday
• Monday, 18APR15.  6th Marking Period Begins
• Wednesday, 20APR15.  5th Marking Period Grades Due at 3PM
• Friday, 22APR15.  5th MP Progress Report Distributed 8th Period
• Friday, 22APR15.  Poetry Slam Full School Assembly 1:45-2:30PM
• Monday, 25APR15 thru Friday 29APR15 - Spring Recess, NO SCHOOL

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