UAI Staff News
Volume IV
Issue 10
Week of November 7th, 2016
This Week's Memories
6th Grade Ninja Turtles! Class'13 Ashley & Tanya
Mother/Daughter Spa Day
Halloween Spirit and a fabulous Mother-Daughter bonding were two amazing events that bookended our week. Many thanks to the 6th grade team for showing us all what it's like to have school spirit! Many thanks a to Ms. Jen and Ms. Kree for organizing such a beautiful event. They even brought out two alumni from our first graduating class to help out!
To Do's for this Week
- [TUESDAY, 08NOV16] Vote Early, PD Later. Here's the agenda for Tuesday's PD. We're starting later to accommodate voting early! Polls open at 6AM. Our PD begins at 9AM. As a reminder, all citywide professional development days are 6 hours and 50 minutes.
- [THURSDAY, 10NOV16] Marking Period 1 Ends. Thursday is the final day for grades to be counted towards the first marking period. Marking Period 2 begins on Monday, 14NOV16. MP1 grades are due at 3pm on Wednesday, 16NOV16.
- [THIS WEEK] Schedule Parents for SLCs. Student Led Conferences (SLCs) are on Thursday, 17NOV16 and Friday, 18NOV16. Please reach out to your coach for protocols around SLCs. All Advisors should begin scheduling SLCs this week and next. Please use THIS DOCUMENT to record your scheduled SLCs
- [NEXT WEEK] Prepare for Benchmark I.
Announcements
Marking Period Grades. To comply with DOE academic policies, we must archive our gradebooks. Please download your MP grades from Skedula. CLICK HERE for directions on how to download your gradebook. CLICK HERE to upload those gradebooks to our UAI google space. Please make sure that you name your gradebooks as follows: YOUR NAME_CLASS_GROUP_MP1_2016_17
Superintendent Visit on Wednesday. Superintendent Fred Walsh will be visiting our school on Wednesday. This is not an official evaluative visit. Rather, he wants to learn more about the work we are doing with coaching pairs (and our work with Ken around Artisan Teaching). Though not officially on the agenda for Wednesday, classroom visits may occur at his request. Please be prepared to share lesson plans if we come to visit. If you are planning an assessment, please be prepared to share a copy of the assessment. Thank you!
SEL Updates
Choosing to Learn. Over the past week, SEL students focused on the value of an education, and how to enlist their academic support systems if they find they are struggling in classes. The girls discussed how education can help improve employment opportunities, how it can give you more freedom to do things you find interesting, and how it is an asset that cannot be lost or taken away from you. 6th graders drew posters to advertise the value of getting an education for their classrooms, and planned to use their posters to remember to apply themselves while in class. The 9th & 10th grade dove deeper into discussing post secondary options, what schooling they will need for specific careers and the cost of attending. They also debunked myths about fame and other lifestyles that are being glamorized unrealistically. Next week, students will begin discussing growth mindset, grit, and curiosity, and how changing their thinking will lead to positive academic gains.Add this calendar to your own! See that little "+" sign in the bottom right hand corner? Click on it to have it show up in your personal google calendar!
Per Session Posting
November 19th Open House Staff. All Open House staff have been selected for the 19th. If you are still interested, please let me know! We can always use more staff to support and recruit new students. Here are the staff: Kristin, Jamie, Cherry, Erick, Elena, and Phillan. Kiri and Val will be admin for the open house.
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