Archived Updates

• Theresa and Justin for coordinating SAT/PSAT and CMAS testing.

• Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

• Happy Mother's Day to all who are mothers, aunts, grandmothers, and strong women role models and mentors on Sunday!  Thank you!

• To all who have helped us in hiring this Spring.

• Denise for continuing to do a great job with senior boards.

• Thank you to those who keep us safe in the unexpected issues that come up.

• Thanks to all of you who consistently cover for colleagues who are out for sick leave, personal leave, field trips and coaching.  Thank you for stepping in to help so frequently!

• All of you planning and taking good field trips this Spring!

• Theresa for coordinating AP testing.

• Counselors and advisors for helping seniors cross the finish line!

Statistics 

Subs for next week

• Tuesday 5/14 - 3 filled, 0 unfilled

• Wednesday 5/15 - 4 filled, 2 unfilled

• Thursday 5/16 - 4 filled, 4 unfilled

• Friday 5/17 - 4 filled, 2 unfilled

Grades (updated 3/4)

• A's - 436

• B's - 261

• C's - 162

• D's - 115

• F's - 386

Attendance Rate (3/1)

• 9th grade 87.4%

• 10th grade 84.46%

• 11th grade 84.24%

• 12th grade 78.1%

Average GPA of our student body (3/1)

• 2.998

• Last few weeks 

  • 5/22 - Senior Class Clap Out 2:45

  • 5/22 - Senior grades due (mignight)

  • Friday, 5/24 - Graduation Practice - 2:30pm for speakers and musicians, 4pm for advisors and all graduates

  • Saturday, 5/25 - Graduation Ceremony @ 9am.  Advisors and graduates arrive at 8:15am

  • Friday, 5/31 - School ends at 11am.  We will have block 6, advising and the first half of block 7 that morning.

  • Friday, 5/31 - Staff end of year party in the afternoon

  • Thursday, 6/6 - Grades due for all classes (8am)

• Click here for the 23-24 HS Teacher Checkout form

• During hiring season, I am often challenged to be the person I would sound like in interviews.  It is great to hear the best hopes and intentions of candidates, and to remember to strive to be that person in the everyday (especially in May) interactions with colleagues and students.  Join me this month in striving for that goal!

• Hiring update - 

  • Anna Augustine - Science

  • Amber Thorson - Math

  • Wendy Mendez - Business

  • Holly Fosdick - FCS

  • Becca Behrman - Counseling

  • Ren Merry - Choir

  • ??? - Social Studies (interview on Tuesday)

  • ??? - Part time Spanish

• Senior Checkout sheets will go in advisors boxes next week.  This is only for returning school property, not about grades.

• The upstairs restrooms by the fifth grade and English rooms are for Elementary only due to some poor behavior by high school students.  Please help us send students to the other restrooms.

• Advisors - Please send Amy a grade change as seniors get done with their experiential learning requirements.

• I started an archive page for old updates instead of just deleting them - in case you need to go back to something.

• Educational Opportunity for Staff- INFORMATION (this was an announcement from D6)

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is launching a 12-credit hour graduate certificate in Instructional Technology beginning in the fall of 2024. This graduate-level program is designed to equip P-20 educators at all levels and content areas with the skills and knowledge needed to successfully implement technology in the classroom. New and improved for this relaunch is a course focused specifically on Artificial Intelligence for Educators. All courses are offered in a convenient online format (8-weeks each) and transfer into the Online Master of Arts Degree in Curriculum and Instruction.

See the attached flyer or website  for more details, including the specific course offerings.

• 4/10/24 Meeting

  • Celebration

  • Department Check-ins

  • Cell Phones discussion - 

    • Survey to allow for feedback from all staff

    • lockers for those who want it 

    • Recommendation from leadership is to have one consistent cell phone policy/procedure for all classes.  (no phones other than curricular uses based on teacher discretion)

    • Part of the dip in academic achievement is due to prolific phone use.  Research seems very clear about phones being a detriment to focus and engagement.

  • Communication Update

    • Wondering about getting some standardized use of Google Classroom to help build consistency for students.  ELO in May?  Summer?  Start of next year?

    • Leadership notes on Principal update page

    • Liked the Director updates weekly

  • Testing

    • Email to students

      • Justin will re-send it to staff and students and get it on the TV

  • End of Year stuff 

    • Grade deadline - Notify parents and administrators and counselors of seniors in danger of failing before May 17.  Grades for seniors due May 22.  All other grades June 5th by noon. (notify counselors of underclassmen needing credit recovery by June 3)

    • Seniors last day - May 22

    • Graduation and Grad. Practice

      • Ceremony 9am on 5/25

      • Practice 4pm on 5/24 (music and speeches before that)

    • Senior Awards - May 13th @ 6:30pm

      • Brainstorming ways to try to add more meaning.

        • Maybe some ways to share a sentence or two about why the senior was outstanding.

        • Creative award names with some description

        • Departments present a handful of awards as a department

  • Senior Boards Feedback

    • Need to clarify a lot about extended internship requirements

    • Use a day in the Fall to talk about senior projects clarification with staff/advisors

    • Share with teachers what the expectations are in projects and different parts of the project.

  • Make sure to get experiential learning requirements on the senior checklist.