Staff News and Announcements
Staff News and Announcements
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Comet Shout Outs (Sunday November 10, 2019)
Comet Shout Outs (Sunday November 10, 2019)
Jenny Leitsch is always rethinking and reformulating to meet the needs of every student in her classroom, and her content knowledge is incredible!
Shawna Parkinson is an inspiration! She is diving head-on into the personalized learning journey and applying her knowledge to lesson design, making sure her students see the real-world application to skills learned in class.
Shout out to the entire performing arts staff for being fantastic colleagues and visionaries!
Alison King - You are amazing! You always seek to do what is best for students and are always there for your colleagues. Thanks for everything <3
Sarah B. - I love the ways you engage students in the learning process! My recent favorite was your R&J stop motion animation video with rubber ducks;)
Jenny Leitsch - She gets to know her students so well and adapts lessons to meet their needs but also keeps the bar high so they know that they are capable of great things!
Laura Spitzmueller - Thank you for all of your work in creating a positive building culture! These comet shout outs go a long way in helping create a positive work environment where you know you are appreciated. Love being able to read about all the great things people are doing that I would not normally hear about.
Need to Know
Need to Know
Building Collaboration for the week:
- Building Collaboration meetings on Monday, Wednesday (7:05 AM)
- Rockstar Celebration on Friday (7:05 AM - Location TBA)
Monday, 11/11: MHS Administration Meeting (2:35 PM)
Tuesday, 11/12: Arts and Activities Council meeting (7:05 AM - KIVA)
Tuesday, 11/12: Instructional Rounds (Morning and Afternoon Sessions)
Tuesday, 11/12: Ohio Diversity Council Educational Session and Advisory Board Meeting (11:00 AM - KIVA and Harvard Room)
Tuesday, 11/12: MCS Joint Committee meeting (4:00 PM - Central Office)
Tuesday, 11/12: MCS Diversity Council meeting (6:30 PM - MMS)
Wednesday, 11/13: MCS Student Acheivement Committee meeting (8:00 AM - KIVA)
Thursday, 11/14: Comet PLC (7:05 AM - Z308)
Thursday, 11/14: Fire Drill (7th Period)
This Week in Connect Time : Wednesday, November 13th.
MHS Collaboration Time Calendar for November
MHS OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) for the 2019-2020 school year
Improve Your Instruction
Improve Your Instruction
- Students Sitting Around Too Much? Try Chat Stations - by Cult of Pedagogy
- Why Teachers Are So Excited About the Power of Sketchnoting - article from Mindshift around the power of sketchnoting and student learning
- How to Improve Checks for Understanding - Blog by Eric Sheninger
- 6 Shifts to Maximize Productivity and Happiness - By Catlin Tucker
- November 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.
- Do you want to push yourself to grow and improve? The Never-Ending Conference is a great way to follow your own professional growth trail. You are able to present an area of expertise or attend a session. The opportunity is yours. Don't miss out!
Safety First
Safety First
We have a fire drill scheduled on Thursday Nov. 14th at the start of 7th bell.
We have scheduled A.L.I.C.E review for students on Dec. 11th. I will send out further plans to use during Advisory on this date.
- Please let me know if you have any scenarios you think it would be important for students to discuss during the table-top aspect on the 11th.
Big Rock Connection
Big Rock Connection
Culture Team: The Culture team has been hard at work rolling out R-Factor. Over a 100 students were trained by Tim Kight, and they will help to co-create the lessons to deliver for the rest of the building. The Culture team will be sharing more information as we get closer to these dates.
A huge shout out to the team: Darin Little, Carol Lehman, Cindy Donnelly, Katie Post, Dr. Sauer, Andy Schur, Dale Conner, and Ed Protzman. This group is very committed to ensuring our students have the skills of R-Factor to make our school a better place!
Inclusive Excellence Team: Digging into Bias, Microaggressions and Privilege Privately...
Not sure what bias looks like? Feel a little out of the loop? Pop on to one of these short videos !
- Implicit Bias and Heurisitics breaks down the science in bias in multidimensional way to explain how it applies to all people.
- Hatch Kids: Microaggressions uses student voice to communicate how it affects them and the adjustments they need to make when receiving that language.
Remember! The best way to stand up, is simply just to say something like, "I can't know how that feels, but I'm here to support you and listen" or "let me know how I can best support you in what just happened"... that helps students know that they are not alone. Don't forget you can also go to Project Implicit (Harvard University) if you want to dive deeper into your own blind spots!
Personalized Learning Team:
What does Lola, Abuelas, and learning have in common? Take a look at this article to learn about 5 tools for boosting student ownership of learning through self-discovery.
Wellness Moment
Wellness Moment
Helping students cope with stress is an important component to educating the whole child. Before helping students make progress though, it is important to help yourself relax and renew. Find resources for addressing your own wellness here.
Staff Training Opportunities
Learn at Lunch opportunities regarding mental health topics will be offered the following dates: 11/13 during lunch B, 12/3 during lunch C. During this time you will get a brief overview of a mental health topic. All sessions will be in the High School KIVA. Please RSVP below. We look forward to seeing you there! RSVP
Counselor's Corner
Counselor's Corner
FAFSA Workshop
The MHS School Counseling Department is excited to announce a wonderful opportunity this fall to help students and parents complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). A completed FAFSA determines a student's eligibility for need-based financial aid and is an important step in the college process for students. The financial aid department at Miami University has graciously agreed to bring members of their staff to Mason High School to work with individual families to complete the FAFSA. Parents and students will be offered one hour appointments to come into the Harvard Room and complete the FAFSA with the support of a Miami University staff member.
The FAFSA workshop will be by APPOINTMENT ONLY. The last date for this workshop is Thursday, November 14th. The first appointment of the day will begin at 4:00 PM and the last appointment of the day will be 7:00 PM. Please follow the below link to schedule an appointment.
JUNIORS
Counselors will be meeting with juniors on November 13 during connect time in order to help them navigate future plans regardless of their path. We want to encourage all students to look at the path that is most meaningful to them. We will meet with junior parents on the evening of Tuesday, December 3 (more information to follow).
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