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April 29 - May 3
April 29 - May 3
Here we go! ISATs start this week!
Thank you for all your preparations to make our ISATs run smoothly. Also, thank you for your work to revamp our schedule and support the different initiatives to make the ISATs a success. What has impressed me most about our preparations for ISATs is something that I've seen all this year at Jenifer. We have the belief that we can and do make a positive difference for our students despite the challenges that we face. We have shared frustrations, but ultimately we are solutions focused about making a positive difference. I know we will have great success this year from our ISATs.
Great work to Mr. Wicks and Ms. McLean for preparing students for the District II Middle School Music Festival.
Thank you to all the teams for supporting our grade level assemblies last week focused on ISATs and Spring Attendance Challenge.
Last week the ELA Curriculum Review Committee had their first meeting with admin, parents, and teachers present. It was a positive and productive first meeting. We meet again on Monday, April 29th from 3:30-5:00 in the Curriculum Resource Center.
The impact of the death of Jamison Berry was managed well by all our staff. I want to thank our crisis team, teachers, and counselors who played a significant role in how our school dealt with this news last week. Keep in mind that mourning moves in stages and some students hide their grief in different ways. I want to thank our East and South Team for their support with the students who knew Jamison best and supporting his sister Gorgia.
NEED HELP!!!
Board Meeting will be at Jenifer on Monday, May 13 - We want to celebrate some of the learning that took place this year with our Board Members Visit. So far we have GT volunteering to share as well as Jazz Band. Who else would like to share some recent celebrations in learning? We'll also need our ASB students to help out as well.
JMS ISAT Testing Schedule
JMS ISAT Testing Schedule
Monday and Tuesday this week sees us start our ISATs with ELA CAT. The schedule below outlines the logistics for the test along with the roles and responsibilities of teachers and support staff. If you have not reviewed this resource, you must do so at your earliest convenience.
If you have not completed the JMS Assessment Confidentiality Agreement: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17RXzc16MD3Owo3HueyAjGBLpW2_dGp4_gTxvbTEmoH4/edit?usp=sharing Please do so ASAP.
This folder has all our important resources for ISATs:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gCKSbQvM7cNGDDzjaHwxHfqAgH8hUKqT
Huge Thanks to Justin for his Preparations for Testing!!!!
Steps for Secondary ELA Curricular Review
Steps for Secondary ELA Curricular Review
Thanks again to Joy, Angie, Mandy, and Kinsey, for their upcoming work on the ELA curriculum review committee. Our first meeting is this Tuesday, April 23rd at 3:30-5:00 at the District Office. Thanks to Justin as well who will also be joining the committee.
If you are on the committee, please have a look at this PADLET before Tuesday:
https://padlet.com/aquarry/secondary-ela-curriculum-review-committee-s637u3afzc19
FY24 Middle School Letter to Parents for Summer Learning.docxMiddle School Summer Learning - 2024
Middle School Summer Learning - 2024
We will be meeting with teams to develop our student recommendations for summer learning. It would be good to have 10 students per grade recommended by teams.
Use this document to organize recommendations:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sycuP_QsZqX9aw1m_P19FHtHdFmlpO62Hwug9Fq9jrQ/edit#gid=0
DAtes for your diary
DAtes for your diary
April 29 - May 3 - ISAT START
ELA Curriculum Review Committee on Monday, April 29
Track Meet vs Clarkston on Tuesday, April 30
Guiding Coalition Meeting at 7:15 Wednesday, May 1 - in the library
Quinn at district office for Assistant Principal Behavior Meeting Thursday, May 2 - DeAtley
Officer Kent Away Friday, May 3 - Returns on May 20 - 2 Weeks Away!!!
May Dates:
May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week
Monday, May 6th - Cinco de Mayo Snacks Theme - Aaron
Tuesday, May 7 - National Teacher Day
Wednesday, May 8th - BBQ Quinn with sides from Office Staff
Friday, May 10th - Lunch from Heather and Students
May 7 - PBIS/ Pastoral Care @ 7:15 Rm 106
May 8 - Professional Development - Final
May 9 - Open Enrollment Meeting
Monday, May 13 - Board Meeting at Jenifer
Wednesday, May 15-16 - Awards Night
Wednesday, May 15 is for Grades 6 and 7
Thursday, May 16 is for Grade 8
Friday, May 17 - Superintendent Quarter 4 Visit
Wednesday, May 29 - Music Concert - Quarter 4
June Dates:
Data Days - June 10th and 11th - Guiding Coalition
April 22-26
April 22-26
One week to go before we start our ISATs! This week is our prep week for ISATs. I know many teachers have plans to either continue or start preparing students for next week when we begin testing. On Friday, April 26th we will use extended advisory to introduce ISAT expectations and our Spring Attendance Challenge.
April 22 - 26 - ISAT PREP
Tuesday, April 23 - Track Meet in Moscow
Wednesday, April 24 - District Music Festival
Dept Head Meeting - 7:15 Rm 101
Staff Meeting for IAs and Support Staff for ISAT Prep - 3:00 library
Administrative Professionals Day - Lori, Amanda, and Brandee
Friday, April 26 - Extended Advisory - Grade Level Meetings in Cafeteria
Thanks to all our staff for their efforts last week with our staff meeting and professional development day on Friday. Huge thanks to Justin for leading the way with PD focused on the PLC questions 3 and 4 and to Quinn for prepping for the Spring Attendance Challenge. Thank you to all the teachers for their work to complete grades last week as well!
Happy Birthday to Mr. Wicks and Ms. Rodriguez!
Congratulations again to Amanda Story for winning the ESP of the year Award!!! Great job Amanda! Thank you for all you do!
Lastly, thanks to the Culture and Communication committee for their work to select the Jenifer Middle School Scholarship recipient. We have selected Alana Ramos as the recipient and Lillian Samuels as the alternate.
Save the date flyer_LewistonSchoolDistrict (3).docxCommunity Connections & Resilience Conference
Community Connections & Resilience Conference
Community Connections & Resilience Conference
Mental Health in Youth—Mental Health First Aid, QPR, YWCA
Elder Care—Fitness, Mental Health, Isolation, Community Activities
Community Connections
Nature Connection for all ages---Clearwater Trekkers
FY24 Middle School Letter to Parents for Summer Learning.docxMiddle School Summer Learning - 2024
Middle School Summer Learning - 2024
We still need staffing for summer learning that will start June 17th. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Dr. Eimers who can share additional information about the program.
We will be meeting with teams to develop our student recommendations for summer learning. It would be good to have 10 students per grade recommended by teams.
Steps for Secondary ELA Curricular Review
Steps for Secondary ELA Curricular Review
Thanks again to Joy, Angie, Mandy, and Kinsey, for their upcoming work on the ELA curriculum review committee. Our first meeting is this Tuesday, April 23rd at 3:30-5:00 at the District Office. Thanks to Justin as well who will also be joining the committee.
If you are on the committee, please have a look at this PADLET before Tuesday:
https://padlet.com/aquarry/secondary-ela-curriculum-review-committee-s637u3afzc19
Check out some recent celebrations!
Check out some recent celebrations!
Track and Field + Art Under the Elms + PD Pics + Life Skills Field Trip + ESP of the Year :)
DAtes for your diary
DAtes for your diary
April 22 - 26 - ISAT PREP
Tuesday, April 23 - Track Meet in Moscow
Steps for Secondary ELA Curricular Review - 3:30-5:00 District Office
Wednesday, April 24 - District Music Festival
Dept Head Meeting - 7:15 Rm 101
Staff Meeting for IAs and Support Staff for ISAT Prep - 3:00 library
Administrative Professionals Day - Lori, Amanda, and Brandee
Friday, April 26 - Extended Advisory - Grade Level Meetings in Cafeteria
April 29 - May 3 - ISAT START
May Dates:
May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7 - National Teacher Day
May 8 - Professional Development - Final
Monday, May 13 - Board Meeting at Jenifer
Wednesday, May 15-16 - Awards Night
Friday, May 17 - Superintendent Quarter 4 Visit
Wednesday, May 29 - Music Concert - Quarter 4
June Dates:
Data Days - June 10th and 11th - Guiding Coalition
April 15-19
April 15-19
This will be a busy week with a staff meeting on Wednesday the 17th at 3:00 and Professional Development on Friday the 19th.
Monday, April 15 - GT to YMCA
Tuesday, April 16 - Field Trip - Legacy Lambs
Track Meet at Home
Math meeting 3:00-3:30 - Room 106
Wednesday, April 17 - Staff Meeting with IAs - 3:00-3:30 - ISAT PREP
Thursday, April 18 - Culture and Communication - 3:00 Library
Friday, April 19 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Development
Meet in the Cafeteria at 12:30
Exploratory/Electives to SAC at 2:30
It is important that everyone is at the staff meeting on Wednesday promptly at 3:00 so we can begin and end on time. We will meet in the cafeteria.
Steps for Secondary English Language Arts Curricular Review
Steps for Secondary English Language Arts Curricular Review
We will start with our review of the English Language Arts Curriculum on Tuesday, April 23 at 3:30. The team will meet at the district office.
We have 8 parents and 6 staff members on the team. Thanks Joy, Angie, Mandy, and Kinsey as well as Justin for serving on the team. Attached are the parents involved in the project:
Zager, Jacie
Fine, Bretagne
Mills, Keesje
Kessinger, Amber
Medina, Lindsey
Ros-Porter, Kathleen
Sarah Hansen
Jennifer Pelletier
TFI walk-through Summary
TFI walk-through Summary
Clearly we have made improvements with our PBIS implementation process. We have done great work since our last visit. I have attached the summary from early November for a comparison reference.
There are some recommendations that we can all work on by using our whole school acknowledgment system more frequently. One way to do this is to attach 5 Burro Bucks to your lanyard with the intention to distribute 5 daily. Many staff teachers are using this technique and I encourage other teachers as well as IAs to do the same.
Jenifer follow-up summary 11.8.2023.pdfProfessional Development on April 19
Professional Development on April 19
After grades are completed and submitted on the 19th, we will start with our Professional Development session that will focus on elements of questions 3 and 4 of the PLC process. We will work to develop our understanding of differentiation, enrichment, extension and scaffolding. This will support our efforts in achieving our goals with student achievement and engagement.
This PADLET has many resources to support our work to address questions 3 and 4.
DAtes for your diary
DAtes for your diary
Monday, April 15 - Aaron and Justin meeting with Mike Hagadone
Tuesday, April 16 - Field Trip - Legacy Lambs
Wednesday, April 17 - Staff Meeting with IAs - 3:00-3:30 - ISAT PREP
Thursday, April 18 - Culture and Communication - 3:00 Library
Friday, April 19 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Development
Interns celebration 10:00
Wednesday, April 24 - Dept Heads - 7:15 rm 101
April 22 - 26 - ISAT PREP
April 29 - May 3 - ISAT START
May Dates:
May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7 - National Teacher Day
May 8 - Professional Development - Final
Monday, May 13 - Board Meeting at Jenifer
Wednesday, May 15-16 - Awards Night
Friday, May 17 - Superintendent Quarter 4 Visit
Wednesday, May 29 - Music Concert - Quarter 4
June Dates:
Data Days - June 10th and 11th - Guiding Coalition
April 8 - 5
April 8 - 5
The next 3 weeks will see our school start to ramp up activity in preparation for our upcoming ISATs. Please note that we have a whole school staff meeting on April 17 from 3:00-3:30. Location is yet to be determined, but the focus will be on ISAT preparation.
Today there will be a solar eclipse. Our area will experience this partial solar eclipse between 10:36 a.m. – 12:32 p.m. Our schools are talking to students about the eclipse and how to enjoy it safely. More information about safe viewing of the solar eclipse can be found on our district website: https://www.lewistonschools.net/blog/eclipse-viewing-safety-information/
The district is looking for staff to support Summer Learning programs. For more information on Pathways to promotion, have a look at the guidance for parents:
If you are interested in supporting Summer Learning, please let myself and Ms. Eimers know.
Differentiation, Enrichment, and Extensions
Differentiation, Enrichment, and Extensions
On Tuesday, principals and leads of secondary attended a meeting at the district office focused on PLC questions 3 and 4. Attached are the resources shared at that meeting. We have made great progress with our work to embrace the PLC process, but there is still work to do.
This PADLET has many resources to support our work to address questions 3 and 4.
We will work to make this the focus for our next professional development day on April 19
The attached Assessment Confidentiality Agreement will need to be signed by all staff members involved with ISATs this year. This is all part of the process to prepare for ISATs.
We still need to order a significant number of headphones to ensure all students have the ability to hear the testing. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YJQqVdt9l527TDGA1FPoZ-Km9XGFzJHszfzDHKEPBvo/edit#gid=0 Have a look at the spreadsheet and let us know if your count is incorrect.
We are also working on the logistics for food service for students before testing begin.
ELA Curriculum Review
ELA Curriculum Review
Before the end of the year we will endeavor to conduct a curriculum review for ELA. Representing Jenifer in this committee will be Aaron, Justin, Joy, Angie, and Mandy. Additionally, I have reached out to our Parent Advisory Board for volunteers as we will need 5 parents to support the process as well. Please have a look at what has been shared by Ms. Fenter for the steps to review secondary ELA curriculum.
Respect Agreements
Respect Agreements
At our last PD we discussed the need to hold respect agreement sessions with our students at the start of quarter 4 during our advisory classes. Attached is guidance to complete the agreements. Please make this the focus for advisory this week. Coincidently, this will happen around the same time as Diana Morgan visits our school on Thursday.
Staff & Parent Survey Responses
Staff & Parent Survey Responses
Attached is the staff and parent survey responses from 23-24. Along with the results are selected comments that represent the majority of comments shared. Please take some time to review the results. The Culture and Communication committee will review these results in detail next week.
CATALYST CLASSROOM INSTITUTE
CATALYST CLASSROOM INSTITUTE
April Niemela is offering a course through LCSC for classroom management in the summer. She is happy to speak to teachers about the course and you can contact her at april.niemela@gmail.com
The application deadline is April 12 and the application link is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1n5eNQnQy819AhbZEf6Hlury8wwmPkosvbggcPU1z51feUw/viewform
The course may run through June 10-20 or July 15-25. This is dependent on interest and cohort preference.
DAtes for your diary
DAtes for your diary
Tuesday, April 9 - PBIS Meeting at 7:15 rm 106
Wednesday, April 10 - Guiding Coalition at 7:15 library
New Teacher Meeting - 4:00-5:30 District Office
Thursday, April 11- Diana Morgan PBIS Walkthrough
Friday, April 12 - Whole School Extended Advisory
Monday, April 15 - Aaron and Justin meeting with Mike Hagadone
Tuesday, April 16 - Field Trip - Legacy Lambs
Wednesday, April 17 - Staff Meeting with IAs - 3:00-3:30 - ISAT PREP
Thursday, April 18 - Culture and Communication - 3:00 Library
Friday, April 19 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Development
Wednesday, April 24 - Dept Heads - 7:15 rm 101
April 22 - 26 - ISAT PREP
April 29 - May 3 - ISAT START
May Dates:
May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 7 - National Teacher Day
May 8 - Professional Development - Final
Monday, May 13 - Board Meeting at Jenifer
Wednesday, May 15-16 - Awards Night
Friday, May 17 - Superintendent Quarter 4 Visit
Wednesday, May 29 - Music Concert - Quarter 4
June Dates:
Data Days - June 10th and 11th - Guiding Coalition
March Madness
March Madness
Who do you have to win it all?
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