Staff News and Announcements
Staff News and Announcements
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Need to Know
Need to Know
Building Collaboration for December:
- December 16th: Building Collaboration meetings (7:05 AM)
- December 18th: No Building Collaboration meetings
- December 20th: RockStar Celebration meeting (7:05 AM)
Monday, 12/16: MHS Administrator Meeting (2:35 PM)
Monday, 12/16: IE District Focus Team Meeting (4:15 PM)
Tuesday, 12/17: Building Fusion Team Meeting (2:35 PM - KIVA)
Tuesday, 12/17: PL District Focus Team Meeting (4:15 PM - Central Office)
Tuesday, 12/17: Diversity Council Meeting (6:30 PM - MHS)
Wednesday, 12/18: Student Achievement Committee meeting (11:30 AM - MMS)
Wednesday, 12/18: Culture District Focus Team Meeting (4:15 PM - Central Office)
Friday, 12/20: RockStar Celebration (7:05 AM - Learning Commons)
Tech Alert - We’ve received many tickets where students are adding Chrome Extensions that are interfering with their engagement. Therefore, we’d like to take advantage of a feature within the Google Suite which allows us to restrict Chrome Extensions students can download. Please fill out this form with Extensions used by students in the classroom. Staff accounts will not be impacted. Additional information can be found on MasonConnects. After the survey closes on end of day Friday, December 20th we’ll use our ticketing system to manage requests.
Exam Bell Schedule for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
This Week in Connect Time :
- January 8th is our Next Connect Time. It is a 1 Hr. Connect Session and it is not taken up by any other required activities for students.
- Flexisched has already been set up for you to be able to create your session for this
MHS OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) for the 2019-2020 school year
Improve Your Instruction
Improve Your Instruction
- Begin at the End: How Backwards Design Enriches Lesson Planning - Using backwards design lesson planning can help ensure that curriculum, content, and assessment are aligned with the specific outcomes and transferable skills we seek to impart to our students.
- Escape from the "Zero-Learning Zone" - Teacher-led learning has great potential because we can influence and inspire students when we model our own learning. What matters is that we intentionally keep learning. When we do, our children's lives will be better, and so will our own - Check out this article from EL magazine.
- Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in the Classroom - Gratitude, kindness, and empathy. How can you promote these 3 prosocial behaviors in your classroom today?
- December Teacher Collaboration Time - Are you looking for colleagues to collaborate with during Tuesday/Thursday Collaboration time? Wanting to share ideas, brainstorm, develop lessons, have meaningful discussions and connect with colleagues? Feel free to add to the wall if you have something that you would like to open up to others for collaboration. Just click on the plus sign under the date in which you are wanting to collaborate, and add the brief description and location.
Safety First
Safety First
Please provide any feedback/questions from the A.L.I.C.E review and Tourniquet training. HERE
Big Rock Connection
Big Rock Connection
Culture Team:
"People follow the leader first and the vision second." -- Tim Kight (<--- Click to watch the video.)
We want our students to finish strong and follow our example. During this last week of the semester, is our example worth following? Are we finishing strong?
Inclusive Excellence Team:
Here is it is! The highly anticipated, but never duplicated Issue 2 of the Celebrating Acceptance Newsletter! Lots of fun reflective strategies as we head into the season of reflection, giving and appreciation of others! Enjoy our awesome one pager! Celebrating Acceptance: December, 2019
Personalized Learning Team:
Encouraging self-reflection sets students up to own their learning. Consider giving students a few mintues to reflect on the learning that took place as the semester winds down. Here are a couple of examples.
Wellness Moment
Wellness Moment
Helping students work through interpersonal conflict and perspective taking is an amazing way educators can build student’s social-emotional skills. Check out how to create a safe and inviting space for each student’s voice to be heard and for groups to collaboratively solve problems within the classroom here.
Remember: Staff Yoga Thursday, 12/12 from 3:30-4:30pm in ME KIVA AND Monday, 12/16 from 3:30-4:30pm in MHS Dance Room. Sign up at DRISHTIQyoga.com or on the DRISHTIQ Yoga App.
Counselor's Corner
Counselor's Corner
As final exams and the holiday break approaches, the counseling staff would like to remind you that any January 1st college application deadlines need to be processed no later than Thursday, December 19th. All Transcript Requests must be submitted in Naviance by 2:45 pm on Thursday, December 19 in order to be processed on time to meet January 1 deadlines. Counselors will be sending all transcript requests BEFORE leaving for the holiday break.
Please note: The counseling office will be closed from Friday, 12/20 at 3:00pm until we return to school on Monday, 1/6/2020.
If your college REQUIRES a midterm transcript and report, it will be available to send after Wednesday, January 15, 2020. We will have mid-year transcript request forms (half green sheets) available on January 15 in the Counseling Office. This is ONLY for schools that REQUIRE midterm reports.
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If you were unable to attend the Junior Parent Meeting, here is the link to our powerpoint. Counselors are also meeting with juniors individually to answer specific questions about current and future plans.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_eEfzadCZNxN0f3gByLrxhEXfxNjDpHFHe1qf0raGew/edit#slide=id.p4
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Sophomores interested in applying to Scarlet Oaks and did not attend the meeting, can see Sally Clark in the guidance office for more information. We will be taking a field trip January 24 for all who are interested but applications for programs are open now.
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SAVE THE DATE: College Credit Plus Informational Meeting
January 16
6:30-8:30 PM
Mason HS Auditorium
If students are considering taking College Credit Plus (CCP) classes for ANY part of the 2020-2021 school year (including summer courses), it is strongly recommended that they attend this meeting with their parents to become familiar with the process. CCP representatives from the University of Cincinnati, Miami University, Sinclair Community College and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College will be on hand to answer questions regarding their specific programs and application process. Attendance at this meeting is STEP 1 of the CCP process.
Ohio’s College Credit Plus program can help students earn college and high school credits at the same time by taking college courses from community colleges or universities. The purpose of this program is to promote rigorous academic pursuits and to provide a wide variety of options to college-ready students. CCP is open to students in grades 7-12 who meet the academic requirements published by the Ohio Department of Education and the specific colleges and universities involved in the program.
An intent to participate form will be posted on the MHS school counseling web page by February 3, 2020, and will close April 1, 2020, which is the deadline to notify the school district of intent to participate during the next school year.
For more information about College Credit Plus, please click on this link: https://www.ohiohighered.org/content/college_credit_plus_about
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