August 26-30

#DMSLevelUp

Red Raider Nation

Shout out to Mrs. Stricklin!

I observed a great lesson in her class this week! Students were learning longitude and latitude while playing Battleship. Awesome student engagement!

Decatur Middle School Staff Calendar

I will keep this calendar up-to-date of all of the events and activities specific to the teachers and staff of DMS. Please keep an eye on this calendar to stay informed.

Decatur Feeder Pattern Athletics Calendar

This calendar is kept up-to-date by Watt Parker, our district Athletics Director. This calendar will keep you informed of all DHS and DMS athletics events.

Reminders and Announcements:

Tuesday, August 27:

Lockdown Drill

Volleyball DMS vs AJHS, AMS, Decatur Heritage -- 6th grade - 6th period, 7/8th grade - 7th period

Wednesday, August 28:

Mandatory ELLevations Training in Room 229 with Mrs. House during your planning

Thursday, August 29:

Common Planning Group A

Volleyball vs Madison Academy (Away)

DMS Footbal vs Florence (Home)

Lock Down and Secured Perimeter

Lock down and secured perimeter 8.18.16.pdf

Common planning

We will meet in the Raider Room/Data Room in the bottom of the library.
Please bring your data from our previous PD, your pacing guide(scope and sequence), your chromebook, and any activities/resources/assessments you plan to use over the next couple weeks.
Please be prepared to discuss the following: Standards, Objectives, Activities, and Assessment

Family Meeting Dates 19-20

the broken windows

Our school-wide discipline is off to a great start! Thank you for working together to fix those broken windows. Students are starting to understand that misbehaviors and civil unrest will not be the norm and will not be accepted. We truly have some great kids!

5-step discipline plan

Remember to have students sign the behavior log for breaking one of your classroom rules.
If a students continues to sign the behavior log he or she should move up your ladder of consequences.
Consequences will reset every week unless a student consistently signs on a Friday. Then the consequences can continue into the next week.
If a student is consistently signing the behavior log he or she will be placed on a RED Card.

RED Card

We have two students on a RED Card. This number will probably grow.
Remember the top portion of a RED Card is for positive comments only.
The bottom portion is for consequences: 1- Warning, 2- Immediate 30 minute timeout in ISS, 3- Immediate visit to the office where admin will complete a discipline referral

Supervision

There is no procedure, policy, or program that works better than diligent supervision. Please continue to monitor the hallways and stairs between classes.
Please continue to adhere to our duty schedule. We will revisit the afternoon duty schedule to see if we can reduce the amount of supervision.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sept 2

Labor Day - No School

Sept 3

Self Assessments due

PLPs due

Sept 4

Grades due

Sept 6

Progress Reports go home

Sept 9

Faculty Meeting - SMART Goals

Sept 13

City Saver Assembly - 2:45pm

ACAP Sample Questions

Mrs. Smith's Curriculum Corner

DUTY SCHEDULEs

Morning Duty 2019-2020

Afternoon Duty 2019-2020

Assistant Principal Responsibilities

Teacher Non-negotiables

Teach the standard
Bell-to-bell instruction
Provide Tier II instruction
Own the data
Love all kids

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING

Does the activity align to our mission?
Does the activity align to grade-level content standards?
How will this lead to higher student achievement?
Does the activity align to grade-level content standards?
Is the the best use of instructional time, or a good use of instructional time?

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