High Point News
Week of: November 16th, 2015
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Tashika Truesdale who represented High Point at the Legacy of Excellence Luncheon Friday! Tashika was honored as High Point's Teacher of the Year for 2015-2016! It was a wonderful event!
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Girls on the Run
Congratulations to the 20+ girls who ran the Girls on the Run 5K this past weekend!! They did an amazing job representing High Point!
Also, many thanks to their coaches who sacrificed many afternoons working, talking, inspiring, and running with these girls!! Thank you to Rebecca Negrin, Sarah Griffin, Cailin Todd, and Jenna Chapman! Also a thank you to Jennifer Silverman for coming to cheer on the girls!!!
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to Tashika Truesdale who represented High Point at the Legacy of Excellence Luncheon Friday! Tashika was honored as High Point's Teacher of the Year for 2015-2016! It was a wonderful event!
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Girls on the Run
Congratulations to the 20+ girls who ran the Girls on the Run 5K this past weekend!! They did an amazing job representing High Point!
Also, many thanks to their coaches who sacrificed many afternoons working, talking, inspiring, and running with these girls!! Thank you to Rebecca Negrin, Sarah Griffin, Cailin Todd, and Jenna Chapman! Also a thank you to Jennifer Silverman for coming to cheer on the girls!!!
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Reporting Absences and Tardies
Please remember to let Pitchford or Alexander know of ALL planned absences. If you need to schedule an appointment or take a personal day and it is less than a week away, please email or talk to Pitchford or Alexander prior to putting the absence in Employee Express.
Pitchford only approves absences in Employee Express twice a week so there have been a lot of absences that have happened without prior knowledge from Admin.
Also, if you are going to be late, it's imperative that you call the front office. There have been classrooms and duties not covered. This is an expectation of your job so please make sure to arrive before 7:10 to welcome our students. Thank you.
**********************************************************Please remember to let Pitchford or Alexander know of ALL planned absences. If you need to schedule an appointment or take a personal day and it is less than a week away, please email or talk to Pitchford or Alexander prior to putting the absence in Employee Express.
Pitchford only approves absences in Employee Express twice a week so there have been a lot of absences that have happened without prior knowledge from Admin.
Also, if you are going to be late, it's imperative that you call the front office. There have been classrooms and duties not covered. This is an expectation of your job so please make sure to arrive before 7:10 to welcome our students. Thank you.
Science
Day
Science Day is this
Friday, November 20th!
Homeroom
teachers.... Please pick up your Science Day bins tomorrow, Tuesday,
November 17th in the
cafeteria at the following times:
Pre K- 2nd
grade between 7:15-8:00 a.m.
3rd-5th
grade between 2:30-3:00 p.m.
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In addition to
inspecting your bin to make sure you have everything you need, please test
your experiment before Friday as there may be unforeseen glitches
that need to be worked out. The Science Day Committee is more than willing to
purchase additional supplies if the need arises.
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A few important things
regarding Science Day this year:
- There is a speaker coming from Ga Tech. He will engage, excite, and motive your students! Rumor has it, Drones will be involved…Be on time please!
- Be sure to check your schedules to know when you attend the speaker.
- Consider your time and set-up needs for the experiment following the speaker so that you are prepared.
- Student science journals have been revised. They will be in your bins so please take a peek at them prior to Friday. They contain notices, wonderings, and reflections. (If your experiment takes place outside, allow time for students to come back inside to complete the reflection piece in their journals) The journal is a vital component to the learning during Science Day, students are expected to use them. Thanks!!!
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Don't Forget!
As you leave on Friday for Thanksgiving break, please remember to lock up your laptop, close your blinds, take pets with you, turn off all electronics, take valuables with you, and clean out any food in cabinets or in your refrigerator. We want to make sure we aren't inviting any pests into the building over the break!!
Also, some of our contract cleaners will be waxing the floors over the break and will have access to the building so we want to make sure everything is secure. Thank you!!!
As you leave on Friday for Thanksgiving break, please remember to lock up your laptop, close your blinds, take pets with you, turn off all electronics, take valuables with you, and clean out any food in cabinets or in your refrigerator. We want to make sure we aren't inviting any pests into the building over the break!!
Also, some of our contract cleaners will be waxing the floors over the break and will have access to the building so we want to make sure everything is secure. Thank you!!!
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TITLE I COMPACTS
High Point
needs to send in the number of compacts collected to Title I.
Please send
in your signed and dated compacts by 3:00 pm TODAY!
Please keep in mind to
record and keep track of those compacts NOT turned in, and put them in
my mailbox as they are sent in to you during the rest of the year. Ensure
ALL compacts are dated and signed by parents, students and
yourselves.
Also, any new student
coming to your classroom should get a compact.
Additional
blank compacts are available in my mail box. Please remember to send back
home the compact form with the student if it comes back to you,. We’re ONLY to
collect the signed and dated cover letter; not the compact form.
If you have
any questions, please let me know.
Thank you
for all your support!
Mariana
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Formative Observations
Formative Observations are starting and will go through January. They will not be announced.
Jacinta or I will be in your classrooms for approximately 30 minutes. While we will be rating all 10 standards, we will only be commenting on standards #2, #4, #5, and #8 unless we are giving a rating other than a Level III.
We will send an email after each observation so that a mid-year conference can be set up. You will be asked to send three different dates and times that work best for you. The conference should last approximately 15-20 minutes.
You will sign off on your formative assessment AFTER the conference so that if changes need to be made, we can make them during the conference. Please do not sign off before the conference.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please see Jacinta or myself.
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What I've been thinking about...
This is a wonderful article from Edutopia that talks about reflecting on our practice and getting ourselves to ask three questions on a daily basis:
- What should we stop doing?
- What should we start doing?
- What should we continue doing?
While these questions are primarily framed around students' learning and how we need them to build "an ever-expanding portfolio of skills and experiences," these are great questions for us as educators and as a school to ask ourselves. What is not contributing to our students' success? What should we stop doing? What is working? What should we continue doing?
*****VISUALS OF BEST PRACTICE*****
Ms.
McClelland’s 3rd grade Advanced Math class is working with the
distributive property and 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication. She took the
standard a step further by looking at the 4th grade standards and
connected the area model with the distributive property. Students were given
the task of solving the area of each room so they can determine the square
footage of the whole house. McClelland had emailed the parents prior, to get
the actual blue prints for their house. Students loved that it was
“actually Hannah’s house.”
This is an
excellent example of a relevant, real world task!
*****WRITERS' GALLERY**********
The pledge and writers' gallery is hosted by Ms. Owen's class this week.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. McClelland's class after the break.
The pledge and writers' gallery will be hosted by Ms. McClelland's class after the break.
******CALENDAR OF EVENTS*******
Monday, November 16th
Tuesday, November 17th
2:50 - Faculty Meeting
Kindergarten Field Trip
4th Grade "Exploring Time" Museum
Wednesday, November 18th
IB PLC During SpecialsKindergarten Field Trip
4th Grade "Exploring Time" Museum
Thursday, November 19th
1:30 - ETT for 2nd Grade
2:50 - PLCs
Pitchford to Principals' Meeting
2:50 - PLCs
Pitchford to Principals' Meeting
Friday, November 20th
Science Day!!!
Student of the Week Certificate
Science Day!!!
Student of the Week Certificate
******BIRTHDAYS! ****************
Happy birthday to Kim Lunsford on the 16th, Brenda Northcut on the 18th, and Kelsie Wright on the 19th!!! We hope you each have a wonderful birthday!
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