Monday
May 31, Memorial Day, No School
10:00, Band Performance, Kalamazoo Memorial Day Parade
Tuesday
June 1
2:30, Drum Line Program Performance, Cafeteria
Wednesday
June 2
12:45, Summer School Meeting
1:30, Meeting with KCIS - Kevin, Mary Marla
7:00, Orchestra/Choir Concert, Cafeteria
Thursday
June 3
Friday
June 4
Saturday
June 5
8:00, 8th Grade Trip to Michigan Adventure
This will be the last week for after school programming. Communicate to students that homework hubs and all after school programs will end this Thursday. Marla is planning a district-wide after school event for Wednesday, June 9. There will be a large number of students from other school coming here for this activity which will run until 8:00.
Maggie will be sending out information on end of year procedures and issue to help make the last week of school as smooth as possible. Some things like locker clean out will be handled on team
Our plan is to finalize as much of the leadership information as possible for next year at our final staff meeting on June 7.
On Wednesday Mark Hill and Craing LeSuer will meet with students from Milwood who are identified for summer school. Steve will put out a list of names of the students who must attend. There are two components to summer school, remediation and extension. The students in remediation have failed their classes for the most part and the students identified for extension are grade level students who are being considered for advanced placement if they put in extra work this summer. I believe that many students do not know they are on these lists, so it is important that 6th hour teachers review the lists and see that the students come to the cafeteria when we call for them.
We will be making decisions on summer programming probably at the end of this week. Some of the extension programming we are offering to 6th and 7th graders has low enrollment. We will have to cut these programs if enrollment doesn't pick up. The program with incoming 5th graders has very healthy numbers.
We still have a fire drill to complete this week to reach our required numbers.
We will pay out on the planner challenge this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Mary will be in the cafeteria to provide students with their incentive and to let them enter the planner raffle. We had discussed Social Studies teachers helping with this, but have decided to just keep in the cafeteria at lunch. Please remind students to bring their planners to lunch on Wednesday and Thursday.
Vickie is helping get things in order for our 8th grade farewell, I know she was needed the information on all the students being nominated for recognition. If you haven't done this yet please get on the master list that was passed around.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
May 17, 2010 Weekly Announcements
Monday
May 17
2:30, KEA Meeting, Room 415
3:00, PBS Team Meeting, Student Center
4:00, 6th Grade Track Meet
Tuesday
May 18
9:15, Washington Elementary 5th Grade Visitation
Wednesday
May 19
7:30, Middle School Principals Meeting, West Main
4:00, Track Meet, Linden Grove @ Loy Norrix
Thursday
May 20
9:00, Woods Lake 5th Grade Visitation
1:30, Talent Show - 6 and 6/7 teams
4:00, Track Meet @ Portage Central
Friday
May 21
1:30, Talent Show - 7, 7/8, 8 teams
7:00, Talent Show - Community Presentation
We had a broadcast on Friday, but we had a minor tech glitch and did not push the broadcast button so nothing was aired. I'll run the names of winners from Friday on the scrolling announcements this week.
We will run an assembly schedule on both Thursday and Friday to accommodate the Talent Show. This is a tier 1 event and your team should prepare appropriately. Students will need their overdues returned and an ID to attend. Your team can decide how to use the assembly time the day your not attending. See me if you have questions about this arrangement.
Tamela passed out a PD information sheet that outlined all the PD taking place this summer. We will need every teacher to respond to it as it will be the way we decide to keep or cancel session currently in our summer plan. Team leaders should bring this information back to teams.
I want to remind everyone as we get closer to the end of the year that we will hold final exams for students on the last two 1/2 days of school. Every teacher should plan to have a final exam, and I will need a copy of everyone's exam also.
Our PBS team will be out of the building on Wednesday as part of annual data review.
A reminder that Tina has given each team cum cards that needed to be completed and she gave you a completion date. We have to have student files ready to move by the end of school.
May 17
2:30, KEA Meeting, Room 415
3:00, PBS Team Meeting, Student Center
4:00, 6th Grade Track Meet
Tuesday
May 18
9:15, Washington Elementary 5th Grade Visitation
Wednesday
May 19
7:30, Middle School Principals Meeting, West Main
4:00, Track Meet, Linden Grove @ Loy Norrix
Thursday
May 20
9:00, Woods Lake 5th Grade Visitation
1:30, Talent Show - 6 and 6/7 teams
4:00, Track Meet @ Portage Central
Friday
May 21
1:30, Talent Show - 7, 7/8, 8 teams
7:00, Talent Show - Community Presentation
We had a broadcast on Friday, but we had a minor tech glitch and did not push the broadcast button so nothing was aired. I'll run the names of winners from Friday on the scrolling announcements this week.
We will run an assembly schedule on both Thursday and Friday to accommodate the Talent Show. This is a tier 1 event and your team should prepare appropriately. Students will need their overdues returned and an ID to attend. Your team can decide how to use the assembly time the day your not attending. See me if you have questions about this arrangement.
Tamela passed out a PD information sheet that outlined all the PD taking place this summer. We will need every teacher to respond to it as it will be the way we decide to keep or cancel session currently in our summer plan. Team leaders should bring this information back to teams.
I want to remind everyone as we get closer to the end of the year that we will hold final exams for students on the last two 1/2 days of school. Every teacher should plan to have a final exam, and I will need a copy of everyone's exam also.
Our PBS team will be out of the building on Wednesday as part of annual data review.
A reminder that Tina has given each team cum cards that needed to be completed and she gave you a completion date. We have to have student files ready to move by the end of school.
Saturday, May 08, 2010
May 10, 2010 Weekly Announcements
Monday May 10
8:00, Middle School Principals Meeting, West Main
2:40, Staff Meeting, Rm. 415
Tuesday May 11
4:00, Track Meet, Linden Grove, Loy Norrix
6:30, 8th Grade Farewell Planning Meeting, Library
Wednesday May 12
7:00, New Student Orientation
Thursday May 13
9:00, Parkwood Students Visit
3:30, Leadership Team Meeting, Melanie's room
4:00, Track Meet @ Portage Central
Friday May 14
9:00, WMU Student Surveys
We will be looking at leadership process for 2010 - 2011 and plans for the coming year at the staff meeting on Monday.
A reminder that we have closed out spending in teacher budgets. If you have any receipts that were not turned in to Deb. Please do ASAP.
Ignite leaders from Loy Norrix will be here again for their final visit on Friday.
We'll have 5th graders visiting periodically over the next three weeks for orientation experiences. They will generally be in the building between 9:00 and 10:30 on the days they visit. We will hold our annual parent/student evening orientation on Wednesday evening.
Tina is gradually pulling cum cards for teams and will distribute them to leaders. Each team will divide up the task of completing the card and writing the annual summary.
We have a final Merit awards program coming up on Friday, June 4th. We'll be asking for you nominations soon.
I came in on Saturday this weekend because of the weather. I'll have the side door open at 10:30 on Sunday for any of you who need to get in.
8:00, Middle School Principals Meeting, West Main
2:40, Staff Meeting, Rm. 415
Tuesday May 11
4:00, Track Meet, Linden Grove, Loy Norrix
6:30, 8th Grade Farewell Planning Meeting, Library
Wednesday May 12
7:00, New Student Orientation
Thursday May 13
9:00, Parkwood Students Visit
3:30, Leadership Team Meeting, Melanie's room
4:00, Track Meet @ Portage Central
Friday May 14
9:00, WMU Student Surveys
We will be looking at leadership process for 2010 - 2011 and plans for the coming year at the staff meeting on Monday.
A reminder that we have closed out spending in teacher budgets. If you have any receipts that were not turned in to Deb. Please do ASAP.
Ignite leaders from Loy Norrix will be here again for their final visit on Friday.
We'll have 5th graders visiting periodically over the next three weeks for orientation experiences. They will generally be in the building between 9:00 and 10:30 on the days they visit. We will hold our annual parent/student evening orientation on Wednesday evening.
Tina is gradually pulling cum cards for teams and will distribute them to leaders. Each team will divide up the task of completing the card and writing the annual summary.
We have a final Merit awards program coming up on Friday, June 4th. We'll be asking for you nominations soon.
I came in on Saturday this weekend because of the weather. I'll have the side door open at 10:30 on Sunday for any of you who need to get in.
Saturday, May 01, 2010
May 3, 2010
Monday
May 3
2:40, Professional Development, Room 415
4:00, Track Meet at Portage North
Tuesday
May 4 - Election Day
Wednesday
May 5
Thursday
May 6
4:00, Track Meet, Maple Street at Loy Norrix
Friday
May 7
Maggie, Kai and Vanessa will lead professional development on Monday. I will be with Tamela, Mark, Mary, Rana and Carlotta attending the National Magnet Schools Conference. We will make a presentation on our Magnet effort to date.
We will be AIMS testing through the week, there is a schedule developed and we will do make-ups the week of May 10th.
Teachers will receive a copy of the list of targeted intervention students and the data that was used to make that determination. Please look it over and flag any student who you think might be inappropriately placed on this list. Do not share this information with students. Students will receive notification from central office of their status as an intervention identified student.
Don't forget Tuesday is an election day, we would have extreme difficulty if this renewal didn't pass.
There were a number of issues that surfaced during last week's lockdown drill. Probably the biggest concern was that students in some classes did not move out of sight from the hallway and there was too much noise being made.
We will hold an orientation session on Wednesday, May 12 from 7-8 p.m. for incoming 6th graders and their parents. If you are able to be present and assist this evening please let me know so we can plan accordingly.
May 3
2:40, Professional Development, Room 415
4:00, Track Meet at Portage North
Tuesday
May 4 - Election Day
Wednesday
May 5
Thursday
May 6
4:00, Track Meet, Maple Street at Loy Norrix
Friday
May 7
Maggie, Kai and Vanessa will lead professional development on Monday. I will be with Tamela, Mark, Mary, Rana and Carlotta attending the National Magnet Schools Conference. We will make a presentation on our Magnet effort to date.
We will be AIMS testing through the week, there is a schedule developed and we will do make-ups the week of May 10th.
Teachers will receive a copy of the list of targeted intervention students and the data that was used to make that determination. Please look it over and flag any student who you think might be inappropriately placed on this list. Do not share this information with students. Students will receive notification from central office of their status as an intervention identified student.
Don't forget Tuesday is an election day, we would have extreme difficulty if this renewal didn't pass.
There were a number of issues that surfaced during last week's lockdown drill. Probably the biggest concern was that students in some classes did not move out of sight from the hallway and there was too much noise being made.
We will hold an orientation session on Wednesday, May 12 from 7-8 p.m. for incoming 6th graders and their parents. If you are able to be present and assist this evening please let me know so we can plan accordingly.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
April 26, 2010 Weekly Announcements
Monday
April 26
4:00, Track, Hillside @ Kalamazoo Central
Tuesday
April 27
7:00, Band Concert, Loy Norrix H.S.
Wednesday
April 28
Thursday
April 29
3:30, Leadership Team Meeting, Lisa's Room
4:00, Track Meet, @ Mattawan
5:30, Parent Advisory, Library
Friday
April 30 1/2 Day of School, PM Schedule
We will have the mobile dental clinic at our school Tuesday through Friday, to provide service to students who were not serviced earlier this year. Individual students would be pulled out of class for this.
Maggie will touch base with 6th grade team leaders. She will schedule time to meet with students on both teams over school routines and finishing the year strong.
I sent everyone a copy of the letters and the criteria for intervention programs for next year. Please be sure you have read it. I think it is still not totally clear and I will be asking for some clarification. We will be talking with students yet this year about what their schedule will look like next year.
Ignite is the transition program we have been doing with Loy Norrix the past few years with our 8th graders . Loy Norrix's Ignite team will be here again this year on April 29, May 7 and May 14. Steve will provide information about the exact time and classes the students will visit. In addition we are working on a similar process with our 6th and 7th graders to help with the transition of 5th graders to Milwood. Our Ignite team will visit elementary schools this Tuesday.
We are scheduled for a lock down drill this Thursday. Once we make an announcement over the PA we ask that all doors be locked and that teachers use the red and green cards to put under the door to tell us if your classroom is okay. We will put the cards in envelops and they will be fixed to your classroom door this week. Green means everything is okay. Red means there is an injury or a problem.
Please respond to Tamela by the end of this week if you'll be taking part in the ERACE training in June. We will open up slots to the district after Friday.
We follow a PM schedule on Friday morning. There is no advisory this day, I will do the drawing at the beginning of 4th period. I'll attach a copy of the 1/2 day schedule to email.
April 26
4:00, Track, Hillside @ Kalamazoo Central
Tuesday
April 27
7:00, Band Concert, Loy Norrix H.S.
Wednesday
April 28
Thursday
April 29
3:30, Leadership Team Meeting, Lisa's Room
4:00, Track Meet, @ Mattawan
5:30, Parent Advisory, Library
Friday
April 30 1/2 Day of School, PM Schedule
We will have the mobile dental clinic at our school Tuesday through Friday, to provide service to students who were not serviced earlier this year. Individual students would be pulled out of class for this.
Maggie will touch base with 6th grade team leaders. She will schedule time to meet with students on both teams over school routines and finishing the year strong.
I sent everyone a copy of the letters and the criteria for intervention programs for next year. Please be sure you have read it. I think it is still not totally clear and I will be asking for some clarification. We will be talking with students yet this year about what their schedule will look like next year.
Ignite is the transition program we have been doing with Loy Norrix the past few years with our 8th graders . Loy Norrix's Ignite team will be here again this year on April 29, May 7 and May 14. Steve will provide information about the exact time and classes the students will visit. In addition we are working on a similar process with our 6th and 7th graders to help with the transition of 5th graders to Milwood. Our Ignite team will visit elementary schools this Tuesday.
We are scheduled for a lock down drill this Thursday. Once we make an announcement over the PA we ask that all doors be locked and that teachers use the red and green cards to put under the door to tell us if your classroom is okay. We will put the cards in envelops and they will be fixed to your classroom door this week. Green means everything is okay. Red means there is an injury or a problem.
Please respond to Tamela by the end of this week if you'll be taking part in the ERACE training in June. We will open up slots to the district after Friday.
We follow a PM schedule on Friday morning. There is no advisory this day, I will do the drawing at the beginning of 4th period. I'll attach a copy of the 1/2 day schedule to email.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
April 19, 2010 Weekly Announcements
Monday
April 19
2:30, KEA Meeting, Room 415
3:00, PBS Meeting, Student Center
7:00, All-City Choir
Tuesday
April 20
7:30, Secondary Principal's Meeting, West Main - Kevin
4:30, Meeting w/Turn2 - Kevin, Jay W.
Wednesday
April 21
Thursday
April 22 - Assembly Schedule
2:45, SPED Appreciation, Library
4:00, Track, Home (Loy Norrix), Portage Central
Friday
April 23
Monday choir students will be out part of the day for a rehearsal at Chenery. They will perform with the other middle schools in a city-wide concert Monday at 7:00.
Dawn has the information from WMU regarding pre-interns. If you would like a pre-intern to work in your class during WMU's Summer session let Dawn know. and she will communicate that information to WMU.
You will or may have already received a flyer on the upcoming ERACE training coming in June. Please let Tamela know by the 30th if you will be attending. There are 40 spaces reserved for our staff first. They will be released after the 30th to other KPS staff.
We still have a couple more fire drills to do and we will make some changes to the tornado drill map.
Thursday is our first film/video festival. We will run an assembly schedule so that we can air the films school-wide at approximately 1:30. Students will stay in their 7th period class and watch the broadcast on channel 90. If your class has issues with channel 90 please make an arrangement to view with another class. PE can use 8th grade classrooms of teachers on plan 7th period for this event.
Thursday is our first track meet of the year. As always we can use help timing and running events. Please let April know if you can help out.
On Friday a group of students from our school will be involved in a training with the Ignite program to be a mentor for other students. We will be using these students to help with the orientation of incoming 5th graders who will be visiting in May.
On Friday we also have a group from Loy Norrix coming to visit with some 8th graders. It is a 30 minute presentation on opportunities for performing arts in high school. I will communicate with team leaders more detail. I think we are looking at a 10:00-10:30 program.
April 19
2:30, KEA Meeting, Room 415
3:00, PBS Meeting, Student Center
7:00, All-City Choir
Tuesday
April 20
7:30, Secondary Principal's Meeting, West Main - Kevin
4:30, Meeting w/Turn2 - Kevin, Jay W.
Wednesday
April 21
Thursday
April 22 - Assembly Schedule
2:45, SPED Appreciation, Library
4:00, Track, Home (Loy Norrix), Portage Central
Friday
April 23
Monday choir students will be out part of the day for a rehearsal at Chenery. They will perform with the other middle schools in a city-wide concert Monday at 7:00.
Dawn has the information from WMU regarding pre-interns. If you would like a pre-intern to work in your class during WMU's Summer session let Dawn know. and she will communicate that information to WMU.
You will or may have already received a flyer on the upcoming ERACE training coming in June. Please let Tamela know by the 30th if you will be attending. There are 40 spaces reserved for our staff first. They will be released after the 30th to other KPS staff.
We still have a couple more fire drills to do and we will make some changes to the tornado drill map.
Thursday is our first film/video festival. We will run an assembly schedule so that we can air the films school-wide at approximately 1:30. Students will stay in their 7th period class and watch the broadcast on channel 90. If your class has issues with channel 90 please make an arrangement to view with another class. PE can use 8th grade classrooms of teachers on plan 7th period for this event.
Thursday is our first track meet of the year. As always we can use help timing and running events. Please let April know if you can help out.
On Friday a group of students from our school will be involved in a training with the Ignite program to be a mentor for other students. We will be using these students to help with the orientation of incoming 5th graders who will be visiting in May.
On Friday we also have a group from Loy Norrix coming to visit with some 8th graders. It is a 30 minute presentation on opportunities for performing arts in high school. I will communicate with team leaders more detail. I think we are looking at a 10:00-10:30 program.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
April 12, 2010 Weekly Announcements
Monday
April 12
8:30, 6th grade visit with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
10:15, 8th grade visit with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
12:45, 7th grade visit with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
2:40, Staff Meeting, Room 415
Tuesday
April 13
12:45, Writer's Workshop with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
2:45, Teacher Workshop with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
6:30, Community Presentation with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
Wednesday
April 14
8:30, Parent Tour - Kevin
3rd hour, Tornado Drill
3:00, MSA Planning Meeting, Office Conference Room - Rana, Mark, Tamela, Carlotta, Mary, Kevin
Thursday
April 15
9:00, Meeting w/M. Miller - Kevin
3:30 Leadership Team Meeting - Lorie's Room
6:00, Winter Sports Banquet, Cafeteria
Friday
April 16 1/2 day of school, AM schedule
11:30, PD, room 415
Saturday
April 17
9:00, Family Computing Program
Obviously the library will be closed on Monday and Tuesday this week as we prepare for our author visit. Tamela provided staff directions regarding the staff supervision during the grade level presentations. I want to add that I hope you will actively supervise. Students who are unable to attend to program should be reminded and reseated or removed if they are creating any type of disruption.
I will be at WMU on Monday interviewing teachers at the career fair. Maggie will be a Eastern on Thursday doing the same thing.
I am assuming that we get to use Friday PM for building PD, I don't see anything listed in the KEA master calendar. So we will plan to start at 11:30 and will go to 2:30. We will continue our magnet work as a focus of our PD time.
We will conduct a tornado drill during 3rd hour on Wednesday. Please review that procedure in your staff handbook ahead of time. Everyone has a designated area we move to and wait until we are released back to class. We conduct two of these drills each year. This is our first one.
Rick and Helen will be here on Thursday to work with us on magnet curriculum and school improvement. We are to provide Central office with a draft of our school improvement plan on the goal of improving reading achievement by this Friday.
Please get any of the bond sheets to Mary that you may have on your team. We have to turn them in to the community bond team by Wednesday this week.
April 12
8:30, 6th grade visit with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
10:15, 8th grade visit with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
12:45, 7th grade visit with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
2:40, Staff Meeting, Room 415
Tuesday
April 13
12:45, Writer's Workshop with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
2:45, Teacher Workshop with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
6:30, Community Presentation with Ben Mikaelsen, Library
Wednesday
April 14
8:30, Parent Tour - Kevin
3rd hour, Tornado Drill
3:00, MSA Planning Meeting, Office Conference Room - Rana, Mark, Tamela, Carlotta, Mary, Kevin
Thursday
April 15
9:00, Meeting w/M. Miller - Kevin
3:30 Leadership Team Meeting - Lorie's Room
6:00, Winter Sports Banquet, Cafeteria
Friday
April 16 1/2 day of school, AM schedule
11:30, PD, room 415
Saturday
April 17
9:00, Family Computing Program
Obviously the library will be closed on Monday and Tuesday this week as we prepare for our author visit. Tamela provided staff directions regarding the staff supervision during the grade level presentations. I want to add that I hope you will actively supervise. Students who are unable to attend to program should be reminded and reseated or removed if they are creating any type of disruption.
I will be at WMU on Monday interviewing teachers at the career fair. Maggie will be a Eastern on Thursday doing the same thing.
I am assuming that we get to use Friday PM for building PD, I don't see anything listed in the KEA master calendar. So we will plan to start at 11:30 and will go to 2:30. We will continue our magnet work as a focus of our PD time.
We will conduct a tornado drill during 3rd hour on Wednesday. Please review that procedure in your staff handbook ahead of time. Everyone has a designated area we move to and wait until we are released back to class. We conduct two of these drills each year. This is our first one.
Rick and Helen will be here on Thursday to work with us on magnet curriculum and school improvement. We are to provide Central office with a draft of our school improvement plan on the goal of improving reading achievement by this Friday.
Please get any of the bond sheets to Mary that you may have on your team. We have to turn them in to the community bond team by Wednesday this week.
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