High Point News
Week of: September 14th, 2015
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Congratulations!!!
Congratulations to Stephanie Cohen on her recent engagement!!! We are very excited
for her and her fiance!
Congratulations to Stephanie Cohen on her recent engagement!!! We are very excited
for her and her fiance!
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Board Policy - Tutoring
Fall Festival
High Point's Fall Festival will be Saturday, September 26th from 11:00-3:00!!! This is the one event each year where our PTA appreciates your support and attendance.
PTA will be handing out flyers to staff regarding admissions: Staff children are $10 and adults are free!!
If you are interested in volunteering, please use the link below. We truly appreciate your support to make this successful!!
High Point's Fall Festival will be Saturday, September 26th from 11:00-3:00!!! This is the one event each year where our PTA appreciates your support and attendance.
PTA will be handing out flyers to staff regarding admissions: Staff children are $10 and adults are free!!
If you are interested in volunteering, please use the link below. We truly appreciate your support to make this successful!!
Board Policy - Tutoring
Please remember that according to board policy you are not allowed to tutor students in your class for pay or use our facility for paid tutoring. The board policy is below. Please make sure you are following this policy to avoid any repercussions from the county.
"Professional
and classified staff should provide reasonable assistance without charge to
students in their own classrooms. To avoid any conflict of interest, such
employees shall not accept payment for tutoring any student currently assigned
to their classroom. Further, no employee may use any school facility to do any
tutoring for which payment is accepted."
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Leadership Does "GPS" Too!
In order for our Leadership Team to get a pulse on our school, they will be switching grade levels to observe in each classroom on Tuesday, the 15th. Because of Title I requirements, we had to do this day. We know many of you will be out today due to a holiday so we appreciate you welcoming them to your classrooms on Tuesday.
Each grade chair will be taking informal notes of what is happening in the classroom and will spend less than 10 minutes in each room. Their notes are NOT EVALUATIVE. They are not even attaching teachers' names to their notes. They will be taking notes on what they observe, not on their assumptions.
We are using this information to get a larger picture of what is happening in our school and how we can support each other. We are not asking them to share their observations however, if you would like feedback you are more than welcome to ask!
**********************************************************Each grade chair will be taking informal notes of what is happening in the classroom and will spend less than 10 minutes in each room. Their notes are NOT EVALUATIVE. They are not even attaching teachers' names to their notes. They will be taking notes on what they observe, not on their assumptions.
We are using this information to get a larger picture of what is happening in our school and how we can support each other. We are not asking them to share their observations however, if you would like feedback you are more than welcome to ask!
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Supplies
Need supplies for students or your classroom??? Don't forget about the Sandy Springs Educational Force and their supply closet! Our PTA stated that they will even pick up the supplies.
What I've Been Thinking About…
This document came from Edutopia and lists 53 ways we can assess our students. They are easy AND engaging!!! I especially love the last one about "Misconception Check!"
Are you using some of these in your classroom????
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/blogs/edutopia-finley-53ways-check-for-understanding.pdf
Contract Cleaners
Our contract cleaners start today!!! The hours of the school building will remain the same 6:00 am to 7:00 pm. Below lists what you can expect of the contract cleaners and what you can expect from Derick and Harry.
Contract
Cleaners
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Building
Custodians
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Clean all restrooms
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Refill toiletries; paper towels, toilet paper, soap, etc…
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Sweep and vacuum all classrooms daily
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Clean front offices; vacuum, empty trash, and dust sporadically
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Mop classrooms weekly
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Clean cafeteria
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Empty trash in all classrooms
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Clean all portables; sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping
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Clean sinks and counters in all classrooms daily
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Clean teacher lounge areas (2)
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Wipe down blinds and windows monthly
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Auto scrub floors with finish (20 classrooms a month)
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Vacuum media center
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FCS Rugs will be shampooed during winter and summer breaks
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PBIS Updates
We have almost filled the "E" in our HPES tower! We will Keep handing out those tickets!! Great job!!!
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Central Learning Community's Instructional Rounds
On September 23rd, our Central Learning Community support staff (Area Sup, STEM, Humanities, SPED, Discipline, etc...) will be at High Point to do walkthroughs in classrooms. They will be using the Rigor and Relevance Quadrant document as they observe and will give the Administrative Team feedback on what they observed.
They will be spending about 10-15 minutes in each classroom, talking to students and possibly talking to teachers when appropriate.
Remember, you should be in Quadrant A, B, C, and D at different times throughout the school year depending on the needs of your students. You will never only be in one quadrant.
If we are going to reach our three long-term goals of STUDENTS TAKING OWNERSHIP and ACCOUNTABILITY, MEETING LEARNING TARGETS, and USING 21st CENTURY SKILLS TO BUILD COMMUNITY, then we need to give students more rigorous and relevant opportunities and see more classes in Quadrant D as we finish out this year.
Remember, our goal is to be better today than we were yesterday!!
****MATH CORNER**********
Redbird Advance Learning for math will be live for our
school on September 21. We will have
more in-depth information coming out, but in the meantime, you can preview this
personalized learning resource and get a feel for the experience your students
will have while online. The preview
website can be found at www.bit.ly/rbmath. Please note that you will need to use Google Chrome as your browser for
Redbird. There is preview content for every
grade level on the web site.
Students and parents will be able to access Redbird through
Fulton County’s web page. Click on
Resources.
I hope you will find this media-rich, personalized math
program an exciting resource for your students.
****VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE****
In Ms. Woods’ kindergarten class, students are authors! Ms. Woods introduced the book The Library Mouse to the students where a little mouse writes a book each night at the close of the library. Every day, in the book, students come in and see a book written and ask “Who wrote this book?” The mouse leaves a note to say that you are amazing author look inside the box. The students see themselves. Ms. Woods has created the “Meet the Author” box for her students so when they feel that they can’t do it or just need an added push, they look in the box to see themselves. This has created a room full of authors! The students in her class know that they can do it. They are excited about writing and use the box when needed. **This is best for students in K-2(possibly 3rd) **
*****WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The pledge and writers' gallery is hosted by Ms. Griffin's and Ms. Jones' class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Lassiter's class next week.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, September 14th
First Day of Rosh HashanahAlexander and Fears to Student Information Meeting
Tuesday, September 15th
Hispanic Heritage Month Begins
GPS Leadership Observations
1:30 - Leadership Meeting in Portable
GPS Leadership Observations
1:30 - Leadership Meeting in Portable
Wednesday, September 16th
IB PLC during Specials
Thursday, September 17th
ETT for 4th Grade
2:50 - PLCs
Pitchford to Principals' Meeting
2:50 - PLCs
Pitchford to Principals' Meeting
Friday, September 18th
Student of the Week Certificate
Student of the Week Certificate
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Melissa Hill on the 16th and Selina Johnson on the 20th! We hope you both have a wonderful birthday!!!
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