Monday 2/19 - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday 2/20 - 

Genius Hour Check in - 

Each Tuesday we will be checking in with students on their progress toward their Genius Hour Project.  Most students are researching for their projects today.  

2/23 - Students should continue to research, learn, make, create and document their efforts. THEY MUST BE DOCUMENTING. They can use the class time to get this documentation done, collected in one place, update their planning doc etc. Remind them that they created a plan on their yellow paper to follow! This is a good time to start with a round robin and have student briefly share their progress.  "I'm researching", "I've made one recipe", "I'm building my first version of ____", "I have been practicing ____________ 3 times a week for an hour I can now ________."

Past announcements:

2/13: All students should have selected their project and had it approved by their teacher.  This is the learning and exploring time.  Many students want to start creating their final product but this is TOO EARLY.  Students should be researching, learning, making, creating and documenting their efforts.  They should NOT be making google slides, editing iMovies or making cookbooks yet.  These will be the results of their learning!

YELLOW CONTRACTS: All students should have shown their advisory teacher their signed contract.  This is part of their advisory citizenship grade.  Students will need to hold on to this paper to follow their plan.

STUDENTS: What do other people already know about your topic? If you are learning photography is there an info site?  Need recipes - then its time to find them!  Want to build something - then it's time to find or create some blue prints!  Use your yellow contract as a guide to see what you should be doing.  DO NOT FORGET TO DOCUMENT YOUR LEARNING!

TEACHERS: How do you want students to track and share their progress with you?  Will you have them make a blog through google sites?  Will they share the planning doc with you for you to check?  Will you conference with 5-8 students each Tuesday?  Please pick what works for you and use this time if needed to get your students set up.

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

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Wednesday 2/21- STEAM Shirts

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available 

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty student to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/

Thursday 2/22- 

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available 

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty student to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Advisory today...Current events and school climate discussion

In light of what happened in Florida last week, and with the current conversations around our school today, it is important that we discuss what is happening and how we feel about it. 

Too often students make jokes about hurting one another, and even killing one another.  But we see, from what is happening in our country, in our community, that this is not a joking matter.  And if we continue to make light of it and make jokes about violence, we take away from the severity of it.  We lessen the opportunities to know when a student is serious about wanting to hurt others.  It is not funny and it will be taken seriously every time.  Many times in these school shootings, there were signs and comments made.  If students are comfortable joking and hearing others makes comments about harming one another, how do we know when it is something to be concerned about? 

Take the time today to have a class discussion, with the focus being on our school and community and how we can help and hold each other up vs. putting each other down.  The following discussion questions may help...

When you hear students making comments about wanting to hurt others, do you think it is a joke or do you take it seriously?  

What are warning signs of a student who may be in distress?  What do you do if you recognize someone who may be in distress?

Are we a group of students who stand up for one another? Who recognize when someone is being treated poorly and stand up for them? 

What are some of the concerns that you have about the way we treat one another here at our school?  

If we are worried about students feeling so alienated and angry that they would resort to violence, what do we do to change that?  What do we do, here on our campus, to ensure that this doesn't happen to us?

Can you ask yourself honestly...   Are you part of the problem?  Even if you are not part of the problem, are you part of the solution?

How do we make each other feel safe?

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/

Friday 2/23 - College Shirts

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available 

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty student to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/