Week of March 18

UAI Staff News

Volume VI

Issue 28

March 18th, 2019

(56 Instructional Days Remaining)

Announcements

Congratulations to the Adams Street Lady Eagles! After a hard-fought and well-played season, our very own Adams Campus Lady Eagles finished 2nd in the Division B bracket of the Girls Varsity PSAL Basketball League!  While they were not victorious in the final, their grit and passion showed throughout the entire game.  Give a big shout out to our basketball players in class and in the halls when you see them this week.  They have earned our recognition and accolades!  Many congrats also go to Coach Elana, and her assistant coaches Damon & Nora for pushing and supporting our girls to this amazing accomplishment.

• Class of 2019:  Ayanna Brown and Deshawna Carter
• Class of 2020:  Jasmine David, Marleen Orelien, and Paige Thompson
• Class of 2021:  Teagan Crisamore
• Class of 2022:  Ja Shae McLean
• Also many shout outs to our  SLJ teammates:  Olayinka Ajayi, Hailey Galvin, Kaitlin Isaacs, Ashante Jones, Ashanti Luckie, and Yasheba Peace

Check out the MANY shout outs in Jen's Update below! Last week was a big week as we continued our celebration of Women's History Month.  Jen and the team put together an amazing Awards Night to celebrate the accomplishments of our own young women.  Also, Mr. Tom & Ms. Suzannah helped our seniors organize another walk out - this time demanding that we protect and care for our planet.  Be sure to scroll down to read more!

Staff Out This Week

• Monday 18Mar:  
• Kiri, Annie, and Jen will be leaving early on Monday 18MAR and out Tuesday 19MAR where they will be presenting UAI's work in SEL at the 2019 ASEL conference in Albany NY
• Tuesday 19Mar:
• Kristi Out - personal business
• Rebecca C Leaves Early - Prof Dev 
• Wednesday 20Mar: 
• Kiri and Brodie will be out on Wednesday 20MAR for a LEAP meeting.
• Kristi Out - personal business
• Nadine Out - prof dev.
• Thursday 22Mar:
• Suzannah Out - Personal Business

To Do This Week

Monday PD.  There have been some minor adjustments to the PD assignments for Monday.  Those of you who were originally assigned to Survey Focus group have been reassigned to collaborative planning (because Annie & I need to leave early on Monday with Jen to get up to Albany for the ASEL conference).  We'll catch folks up on the Survey Focus group either next PD or the Monday after.  Please click HERE and check the 2nd tab, "March Assignments" to see what your assignment is for Monday. Many thanks to all who made it out for the "Pinots" on Friday.  For those who didn't, we'll do another one on March 30th!  With games, good food and nice drinks - I think we may have found a new UAI hangout!

Tuesday Outreach. 

• Marking Period 4 ends on Friday (I know, right?).  All teachers must call the homes of ALL students who are currently failing your class.  It's important that we have an open line of communication with the home to create a team between school and home that can intervene against failure.  Please indicate in Skedula your contact and outcome of the conversation.  Conversational Contact MUST be made for MP4 failures (so please no texts or emails - this kind of news requires explanations, goal setting, and giving ideas for parents to support at home). If you cannot contact the home, please see Brodie,  Jen, Annie, or myself for support.  

• SLCs and HS Benchmarks are next Thursday and Friday.  Some MS teachers have expressed concern of loss of additional class time given that they already had half days for their benchmarks and the state exams are fast arriving.  So I'm making the executive decision that MS will have a full day of classes during HS benchmarks next week.  HS students will have their usual benchmark schedule.  All teachers need to finish scheduling parents for SLC by the end of this week.  Please update the SLC appointment document.

Women's History Month Career Day.  On Monday, 18MAR19, we will be having a School Wide Career day where women from a wide variety of careers and experience will talk with our students.  The event is slated for 1st and 2nd period on Monday.  Please refer to the schedule and reach out to Jen with any questions you may have!  We will resume normal school schedule at 3rd period.

Student Support Services Update