Week of June 27th

UAI Staff News

Volume IV

Issue 39

Week of June 27th, 2017

This Week's Memories

8th Grade Stepping Up.  A very big shout out goes to Ms. Tracy for organizing a wonderful year of experiences for our 8th graders that culminated in Friday's stepping up ceremony.  Natalie & Cherry were flawless mistresses of ceremony, and Cherry fulfilled a particularly clutch role by stepping in as our keynote speaker in the 11th hour.  It UAI teamwork at its very best and resulted in a memorable experience for all!

This is the last blog of the 2016-17 School Year!  Summertime blog posts come out every other week until we are back in August.  Remember to save the date for staff PD return (just like we did this year).  August 29, 30, and 31st.  Agendas will come out soon so stay tuned!

To Do's for this Week

[Tuesday, 27JUN17] High School Graduation.  Our 5th graduation exercises will begin at 11am at LIU's Kumbel Theater.  Doris has given specific high school teachers assignments for the day.  Please check with her on your duty specifics.  All staff should report to Kumbel no later than 10:45 (except for Brandon who will be chaperoning the MS lunch until 11:15.  Brandon will join us after!

[Tues & Weds 27 and 28JUN17] Last Two Days.  Tuesday and Wednesday are official school days.  Students should report to their advisor.  Advisors must take attendance in Skedula and communicate official attendance to the teacher who has the official ATS attendance sheet for that day (this is easiest done via an email to the grade team). 

• On Tuesday, Advisors must make sure each advisee's locker is completely cleaned out.  We'll have extra trash cans on the floors in the AM to help. Lockers left locked after the last day of school will be clipped, and all contents will be trashed.  All staff can dismiss HS students when lockers are clean.  Students cannot wander the halls, they must exit the building or remain with their advisor.  All 8th Grade and HS students are dismissed at 10AM.  All 6th graders will be dismissed after lunch (11:15), and 7th grade wil be dismissed at 10:30 (or if they choose, they can stay for lunch, too).
  
• On Wednesday, Advisors should distribute report cards.  Students are immediately dismissed once report cards are distributed.  Report card not collected, need to be returned to Ms. Carol in alphabetical order. Again, please do not allow students to roam the halls.  Make sure to clearly instruct them to exit the building.  Pick up lasts from 8:30-10AM. At 10AM, bring all report cards to main office.  At 10:30 AM, all staff reports to room 409 for the end-of-year meeting (and staff photo).  

[Wednesday, 28JUN17] Wear Your Staff Shirt!  Wear your staff shirt on Wednesday, the last day of school so that we can gather briefly in room 409 to take our end-of-the-year staff photo!  If you didn't get yours, yet, stop by 401!  Due to the late release of last week's blog, this didn't quite work.  

[Wednesday, 28JUN17] Curriculum Map and Unit.  For those staff who participated in the Colleen's Curriculum Planning Workshop at the Staff Retreat, remember you have some hard due dates coming up!   All teachers should have already uploaded their initial drafts into THIS FOLDER (with this nomenclature:  GRADE LEVEL_COURSE_UNIT#_UNITNAME).  This week, we will be meeting with you to review your planning materials.  Before you can check out on the last day of school, 28June17, you must submit: 

• your final draft of the unit plan (GRADE LEVEL_COURSE_UNIT#_UNITNAME)
• completed curriculum map (it may be in draft but must be fleshed out for the entire year). GRADE LEVEL_COURSE_CURRICULUM MAP

NOTE:  Please use the nomenclature above.  There are 35 different folks accessing this curriculum folder.  The nomenclature will help keep everything organized!

[Tuesday, 27JUN17] Ready Rooms for Summer.  Please prepare all classrooms for summer use.  As a reminder:

• All personally owned refrigerators or microwaves must be cleaned, emptied, and stowed away in locked closets.  Any refrigerator or microwave not stored, will be removed over the summer. This is a regulation from the city, which is now being enforced by our building manager, Carlos.  
  
• All tech equipment should have already been returned to George.  No carts, projectors, or document cameras should be stored in your room.
  
• All books and materials should be stored in locked closets OR stored on shelves (use the shelves attached to the walls first (if you have those in your room), and if necessary, use the other shelves.  The custodial staff plans to do a deep clean this summer so please remove anything from movable shelves and pick up everything from the floor.  That way our custodians will be able to move furniture for a better clean.
  
• All materials posted on the walls and/or bulletin boards (including hallway bulletin boards) must be removed.  

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