UAI Staff News
Volume V
Issue 35
May 29th, 2018
[School Days 170-172]
[5 Days Remaining in MP6] [5 Days Remaining in HS School Year] [18 Days Remaining in MS School Year]
Announcements
Our Girls Close out the NYSE. This week four of our senior students were invited to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. This was our first year partnering with HSBC and it has proven to bean incredible opportunity for our girls. It was an afternoon filled with excitement and appreciation of these strong, smart, and bold young women! Click here to see our Girls Inc. CEO Pamela Maraldo, along with Stacy Cunningham who is the first ever female president of the NYSE!
Final Assembly of the Year. As it is each year, this was an emotional end of the year assembly. Watching the Class of 2018 proudly showing off their future schools was a sight to behold! The seniors and juniors established a new tradition of honoring each other and passing the torch. The Class of 2018 has left their mark on UAI, and it is a mark that emphasizes social justice, social responsibility, and leadership. Many thanks to Jen and Sursattie for helping the girls organize!
Staff Spotlight
Marsha, Rebecca, and Phillan. Under the leadership of Marsha, Rebecca, and Phillan, the ELA team has worked hard over the last year to develop their planning and lesson execution quality. On May 30th, principals, teacher leaders and assistant principals from both elementary and middle schools visited their classrooms and chat with them about their thinking and development in pedagogy and practice. Not only did they thoroughly impress our visitors and LDC partners, but they also turned on at least two elementary school principals into viewing UAI as a future home for their young scholars. The work we do first and foremost brings our students the best quality learning experience. Now that work is being more widely recognized, and extending the learning opportunities to others who may choose to come to UAI. I was so proud of the three of them as they showed off their classes, their lesson planning, and their work. It was an enormous amount of effort this year, but it was all worth it!
To Do This Week
Final DESSA. During PD on Monday, we will be completing the final DESSA of the year. We use the DESSA to track students social emotional development ad growth, form SEL groups for students, and establish goals for our students mandated to counseling. As you will learn more at the retreat, we have had amazing success with our school culture, and the DESSA is a tool that has been key to monitoring our growth and achievement.
During PD, you will complete the surveys for the same students you covered in January when we last did the DESSA - it should be about 13 kids with a shortened survey - no more then about 25 minutes
Here are the directions:
- To get to DESSA pase use this: Link to get to DESSA - (https://sel.datalinkevo.com/#/login) it will bring you to the homepage where you need to sign on using your UAI email
- Once signed on, it will bring you to the ratings page - all you have to do from there is find your name, click the arrow next to your name and then click on "Start Rating"
- After you complete the rating for the first student in your survey cohort, you will see a blue box at the bottom of the page that says "Complete and Rate Next Student --->". Click on the blue box and this will bring you to the next kid
Night Of Stars -Welcome for New Students. Our Annual Night of Stars will be on Tuesday June 12th from 6-7 PM. We are looking for teacher help with the event and to welcome our new students and families. Per Session is available. Please email Kiri directly.
Tuesday 05JUN18 Assignments. Tuesday will be a testing day for all students and staff. Please refer to Brodie and Joanna's emails for your testing schedules. In the afternoon, after your exam schedules, all Special Ed, ELA and Social Studies teachers will grade the MS Social Studies MOSL. All Language, PE, Art, Dance Math and Science Teachers will work with Jen to reach out to our new students and invite our new families to Night of Stars on Tuesday, June 5th. Invitations where sent out via the mail and electronically, but to ensure a great turnout we also want to make personal calls. Please be on the lookout for an email from Jen.
High School Final Days. Students have four more days of school. Technically, five with June 25th, but that will be a clean out day. June 4th should be planned as a regular day - prepping for final exams and regents. On June 11th, teachers should plan independent work (regents practice) and confer with students who are not going to pass their course. The goal of these conferences is to help students understand and own their choices that led to failure. Those students who fail three or more courses will repeat the grade. Those who failed two or one course will be mandated to summer school. All students who do not pass their regent in June are automatically enrolled in summer school.
- Monday, June 4th and Monday, June 11th will be the last day of regularly scheduled classes for the High School.
- Tuesday, June 5th Global Regent Exam - NO High School classes in session (no students)
- Wednesday, June 6th and Friday, June 8th are high school final exams. Students will take two exams per day and will be officially dismissed at the end of their lunch period. Brodie will share the official schedule with staff during Monday PD.
- Wednesday June 6th (PM) and Thursday June 7th UAI Retreat to Tarrytown
- Tuesday June 12th through Friday, June 222nd is Regents week. CLICK HERE for the specific schedule. Students will be receiving their official exam invitations this week.
- Friday, June 15th is a school holiday, Eid al-Fitr. There is no school that day.
- Friday, June 22nd is MS Stepping Up. All teachers report to gym by 10AM
- Monday June 25th is a school day. We will have a half-day schedule that day. That is our high school graduation. Stay tuned for the specific schedule next week.
- Tuesday, June 26th is the last day of school. Students report to their advisors to pick up their final report card, summer school schedules (if applicable) and finish cleaning out lockers and returning school materials. Once they've done all that, students are immediately dismissed. Students must report to school before 10AM. After 10, they must return in summer school to collect report cards. Lockers will be clipped and emptied for them after 10AM.
Middle School Final Days. This is a hectic month of assessments and trips, making planning for classes a little hectic. Here's the breakdown for June.
- Assessment Days
- Mon 04JUN18 - 8th Grade Science Written Exam (AM), normal PM schedule
- Tue 05JUN18 - Middle School Social Studies MOSL, half day, dismiss after lunch
- Wed 06JUN18 - Middle School Math MOSL - half day, dismiss after lunch
- Thu 08JUN18 - 7th & 8th Grade Trips, 6th Grade Normal Day
- Mon 11JUN18 - 6th Grade Trip, 7th & 8th Grade Normal Day
- Tue 12JUN18 - CC Algebra Regent - no 8th grade classes - only attend test
- Wed 12JUN18 - Living Environment Regent - no 8th grade classes - only attend test
- Thu 14JUN18 - 6th & 7th Grade Field Day, 8th Grade BBQ
- Fri 15JUN18 - Eid al-Fitr, NO SCHOOL
- Mon 18JUN18 and Tue 19JUN18 - Normal School Days
- Wed 20JUN18 and Fri 22JUN18 - 6th & 7th Grade Final Exams
- Thu 21JUN18 - 6th & 7th grade trips
- Wed 20JUN18 and Thu 21JUN18 - 8th grade trip and stepping up rehearsal
- Monday June 25th is a school day. We will have a half-day schedule that day. That is our high school graduation. Stay tuned for the specific schedule next week.
- Tuesday, June 26th is the last day of school. Students report to their advisors to pick up their final report card, summer school schedules (if applicable) and finish cleaning out lockers and returning school materials. Once they've done all that, students are immediately dismissed. Students must report to school before 10AM. After 10, they must return in summer school to collect report cards. Lockers will be clipped and emptied for them after 10AM.
Final DESSA. During PD on Monday, we will be completing the final DESSA of the year. We use the DESSA to track students social emotional development ad growth, form SEL groups for students, and establish goals for our students mandated to counseling. As you will learn more at the retreat, we have had amazing success with our school culture, and the DESSA is a tool that has been key to monitoring our growth and achievement.
Here are the directions:
- To get to DESSA pase use this: Link to get to DESSA - (https://sel.datalinkevo.com/#/login) it will bring you to the homepage where you need to sign on using your UAI email
- Once signed on, it will bring you to the ratings page - all you have to do from there is find your name, click the arrow next to your name and then click on "Start Rating"
- After you complete the rating for the first student in your survey cohort, you will see a blue box at the bottom of the page that says "Complete and Rate Next Student --->". Click on the blue box and this will bring you to the next kid
Night Of Stars -Welcome for New Students. Our Annual Night of Stars will be on Tuesday June 12th from 6-7 PM. We are looking for teacher help with the event and to welcome our new students and families. Per Session is available. Please email Kiri directly.
Tuesday 05JUN18 Assignments. Tuesday will be a testing day for all students and staff. Please refer to Brodie and Joanna's emails for your testing schedules. In the afternoon, after your exam schedules, all Special Ed, ELA and Social Studies teachers will grade the MS Social Studies MOSL. All Language, PE, Art, Dance Math and Science Teachers will work with Jen to reach out to our new students and invite our new families to Night of Stars on Tuesday, June 5th. Invitations where sent out via the mail and electronically, but to ensure a great turnout we also want to make personal calls. Please be on the lookout for an email from Jen.
High School Final Days. Students have four more days of school. Technically, five with June 25th, but that will be a clean out day. June 4th should be planned as a regular day - prepping for final exams and regents. On June 11th, teachers should plan independent work (regents practice) and confer with students who are not going to pass their course. The goal of these conferences is to help students understand and own their choices that led to failure. Those students who fail three or more courses will repeat the grade. Those who failed two or one course will be mandated to summer school. All students who do not pass their regent in June are automatically enrolled in summer school.
- Monday, June 4th and Monday, June 11th will be the last day of regularly scheduled classes for the High School.
- Tuesday, June 5th Global Regent Exam - NO High School classes in session (no students)
- Wednesday, June 6th and Friday, June 8th are high school final exams. Students will take two exams per day and will be officially dismissed at the end of their lunch period. Brodie will share the official schedule with staff during Monday PD.
- Wednesday June 6th (PM) and Thursday June 7th UAI Retreat to Tarrytown
- Tuesday June 12th through Friday, June 222nd is Regents week. CLICK HERE for the specific schedule. Students will be receiving their official exam invitations this week.
- Friday, June 15th is a school holiday, Eid al-Fitr. There is no school that day.
- Friday, June 22nd is MS Stepping Up. All teachers report to gym by 10AM
- Monday June 25th is a school day. We will have a half-day schedule that day. That is our high school graduation. Stay tuned for the specific schedule next week.
- Tuesday, June 26th is the last day of school. Students report to their advisors to pick up their final report card, summer school schedules (if applicable) and finish cleaning out lockers and returning school materials. Once they've done all that, students are immediately dismissed. Students must report to school before 10AM. After 10, they must return in summer school to collect report cards. Lockers will be clipped and emptied for them after 10AM.
Middle School Final Days. This is a hectic month of assessments and trips, making planning for classes a little hectic. Here's the breakdown for June.
- Assessment Days
- Mon 04JUN18 - 8th Grade Science Written Exam (AM), normal PM schedule
- Tue 05JUN18 - Middle School Social Studies MOSL, half day, dismiss after lunch
- Wed 06JUN18 - Middle School Math MOSL - half day, dismiss after lunch
- Thu 08JUN18 - 7th & 8th Grade Trips, 6th Grade Normal Day
- Mon 11JUN18 - 6th Grade Trip, 7th & 8th Grade Normal Day
- Tue 12JUN18 - CC Algebra Regent - no 8th grade classes - only attend test
- Wed 12JUN18 - Living Environment Regent - no 8th grade classes - only attend test
- Thu 14JUN18 - 6th & 7th Grade Field Day, 8th Grade BBQ
- Fri 15JUN18 - Eid al-Fitr, NO SCHOOL
- Mon 18JUN18 and Tue 19JUN18 - Normal School Days
- Wed 20JUN18 and Fri 22JUN18 - 6th & 7th Grade Final Exams
- Thu 21JUN18 - 6th & 7th grade trips
- Wed 20JUN18 and Thu 21JUN18 - 8th grade trip and stepping up rehearsal
- Monday June 25th is a school day. We will have a half-day schedule that day. That is our high school graduation. Stay tuned for the specific schedule next week.
- Tuesday, June 26th is the last day of school. Students report to their advisors to pick up their final report card, summer school schedules (if applicable) and finish cleaning out lockers and returning school materials. Once they've done all that, students are immediately dismissed. Students must report to school before 10AM. After 10, they must return in summer school to collect report cards. Lockers will be clipped and emptied for them after 10AM.
Per Session Opportunities
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