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UAI Staff News
Volume X
Issue 36
June 26th, 2023
We've certainly had our share of shizznizzles this year.
And...we thrived.
Each one of you have put forth incredible efforts and sacrifices this year. Day after day, you brought a tireless commitment to our students' academic and social-emotional well-being. Through each of the challenges we faced this year, our community came together - our newest staff with their fresh perspectives and creative ideas and our returning staff with their institutional memory and wealth of experience. Through our unity, our core values came alive. We pushed each other to deliver rigorous lessons that reflected our students and created learning environments where our students felt included and heard. We worked together to continue to find ways to cultivate student power and find true joy in our work with them.
We still have a ways to go to fully realize the outcomes we collectively crafted in our CEP, but perhaps for the first time in a long time, it feels like we are all on the same page about where we need to go and how we need to get there.
For me - this alone - this alignment in vision and mission - is a HUGE achievement for UAI. With the collective talents, experience, and commitment of our staff, we have both the fuel and the direction for real, impactful change. It's electric! It's exciting! It is my favorite UAI win of the year.
As you close out this year, I encourage you to think back and reflect on your own favorite win. Recognize the hard parts and mine for the lessons where things went awry. Then look for the place where the sun shines brightest and treasure the win.
I thank you all for your unwavering dedication and commitment to our kids, families, and community. I am honored to be your principal and to lead to such an amazing team. I cannot wait to see what next year brings!!
I hope each of you find long stretches of relaxation and recharge this summer, and that slow down and make the time to savor each minute!
Important dates.
- Monday, 26JUN23 - 8th Grade Stepping Up
- Tuesday, 27JUN23 - Last Day of School
- Students meet advisors in Advisory from 8:30-10AM
- Pick up final report cards
- Clean out lockers
- Return Tech
- Staff meets in Farm for Final Staff Meeting of the year at 10AM
- Teacher Exit To Do List (once staff meeting and list is complete, you are free to go!)
- Monday, 10JUL23 - First Day of Summer School (Mon-Thu only)
- 10JUL - 27JUL - Summer Splash (Enrichment & Credit Recovery Classes)
- 31JUL - 15AUG - Regents Prep
- 16AUG - 17AUG - August Regents Testing
Announcements & To Dos
Today and Tomorrow. Please review your schedule on for Monday & Tuesday. Monday is a packed day with our 8th grade Stepping Up and our final day of classes. Tuesday, all kids will report to school just to pick up report cards.
For Monday
- 6th & 7th grade students have a regular schedule. They'll go to lunch and go up to the gym at 10:55 to get ready for the 8th grade graduation. MS Teachers should meet their students and sit with them in the bleachers. Please actively work with students to focus on the ceremony and maintain respectful excitement.
- 8-12th grade students will have an abbreviated schedule because of the 8th grade Stepping Up ceremony. From 8:30-10:20, Students report to advisory room, have their attendance taken, review summer assignments, return tech & school materials (books rulers, calculators, etc) and clean out lockers. Once that is done, they are released for the day (they also have the option of staying for lunch if they'd like).
- All 9th grade advisories report to Room 307 w/ Rebecca.
- All 10th grade advisories report to Room 405 w/ Judy
- All 11th grade advisories report to Room 415 w/ Liza
- All 12th grade advisories report Room 311 w/ Jake.
- Noelle, Thomas, and Danielle H have been assigned hall duty for the AM to help kids dismiss and/or clean out the hallways.
- All other staff should report to their specific 8th grade Stepping Up Ceremony Assignments.
For Tuesday
- All students report to assigned classrooms to pick up report cards from 8:30AM-10AM. Students are dismissed after pickup. After 10AM, students must pick up report cards in the Main Office. Students report to the following rooms:
- All 6th & 7th grade Advisories & Advisors report to Room B49
- All 8th grade Advisories & Advisors report to Room 305
- All 9th grade Advisories & Advisors report to Room 307
- All 10th grade Advisories & Advisors report to Room 405
- All 11th grade Advisories & Advisors report to Room 415
- All 12th grade Advisories & Advisors report Room 311
- At 10AM, all teachers should bring remaining report cards down to the main office for distribution.
- At 10:30AM, all teachers should report to the farm for our final staff meeting of the year
- Agenda
- Celebrating our Staff!
- Final Announcements
- Collection of EOY Checklist - must be completely signed off on before you leave for the day
Final PD. The last extended time of the year should be used to reach out to families and students to inform them of summer school assignments. You should call and/or text AND email so they have both notifications. All staff should refer to THIS LIST
- Advisors: Please look at the "Summer Splash" tab for your students. If you see your student on the list, please reach out to the student and family to let them know what they are programmed to take AND the following info
- Metrocards will be distributed on July 6th
- Classes begin at 9AM on July 10th and run Mondays-Thursdays 9AM-12PM through 27JUL23
- HS Credit Recovery class is MANDATORY, and students must report to summer school to do the work, or they may end up repeated the grade.
- All other Summer Splash courses are elective courses. Students can take as many as they want (up to three and at least 1).
- Girls Inc offers programming from 8:30-3:30PM. Students have the option to stay until 3:30PM after UAI Summer Splash if they want.
- Please email students and families this information & cc Kiri. Please also call or text to let them know to look for the email.
- Course Teachers of the following Regent exams (ELA, ALG 1, USH, GLO, LIV, or EARTH). Due to limited staffing, we are only able to support these regent exams for Regents Prep. Students are MANDATED to come to Regents Prep and retake these exams if they scored <50 on the test in June (and are in 11th or 12th grade for ELA, only)
- Metrocards will be distributed on July 6th
- Classes begin at 9AM on July 31st and run Mondays-Thursdays 9AM-12PM through 15AUG
- June Regent Exams will be on 16AUG & 17AUG
- Please email students and families this information & cc Kiri. Please also call or text to let them know to look for the email.
Technology Collection. We will be collecting student technology this year to make sure all equipment is fully updated and inventoried this summer. All 8th and 12th grade students should be bringing in their technology to school this week. Jason will be collecting equipment in the Cafe and in the Main office this week.
Staff technology must also be returned if you are not planning to return to UAI in the fall. This includes all computers, document cameras, printers, plugs and peripherals etc. that you may have at home from remote school times. If you are planning to return in the fall, you can hold on to these materials.
Please also message to students that they should also bring in any broken or non-functioning tech. We'll use summer time to repair or dispose of the broken tech.
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