April 29, 2018
MAP Testing
We are in the final stretch of testing. Thank you to Jason, Bettye and Lana for all their work preparing technology for each of the days. Thank you to Linda and Sarah for coordinating all the testing details. Tomorrow we test in ELA, Science for 8th graders on Tuesday and we are "back to normal" for the rest of the year.
Character Committee Meeting
The Character Committee will be meeting on Monday at 3:30pm in the Library. If you are interested in being a part of this work, please join us!
Last Faculty Meeting
The last faculty meeting of the year is Monday, May 7th at 3:30pm in the cafeteria. We will review end of year checkout procedures as well as a quick visit from Greg Fick about the High School Makerspace program.
Outs This Week
Aimee will be out on Wednesday with the Band at the baseball game.
Grace and Sarah will be out on Friday for LACE.
Have a great week.
With gratitude,
Grace
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Sunday Night Memo, 4/22/18
April 22, 2018
Last Faculty Meeting
At our last SLT meeting on 4/16, moving our last faculty meeting was discussed. The team agreed to moving the date up and our last meeting of the year will be on Monday, May 7th at 3:30pm. Please make the changes to your calendar. We will discuss end of the year procedures and Dr. Greg Fick will join us to share information about the Makerspace Lab at the HS. After this meeting, we will be done with meetings for the month of May!
Interview Panels
We are in the process of creating interview panels for the following positions:
With gratitude,
Grace
Last Faculty Meeting
At our last SLT meeting on 4/16, moving our last faculty meeting was discussed. The team agreed to moving the date up and our last meeting of the year will be on Monday, May 7th at 3:30pm. Please make the changes to your calendar. We will discuss end of the year procedures and Dr. Greg Fick will join us to share information about the Makerspace Lab at the HS. After this meeting, we will be done with meetings for the month of May!
Interview Panels
We are in the process of creating interview panels for the following positions:
- ELA/SS
- Math
- Counseler
- Industrial Technology
- Spanish (.4)-sharing with HS
- Orchestra (.2)-sharing with HS
If you are interested in serving on any of the panels, please let me know.
The interviews are scheduled for the following days:
ELA/SS-4/30/18 from 4-6:45pm
Counseling-5/1/18 from 4-6:45pm
Math-5/8/18 from 4-6:45pm
Industrial Tech-5/9/18 from 4-6:45pm
Spanish-TBD
Orchestra-TBD
Room Moves
On the schedule that was shared earlier this year, the room changes were set to be shared the week of 4/30. We will move that date up and begin meeting with folks this week. Kathy will contact you if you are being impacted by the moves. I am still working with Matt Palmer on facilities to share the plans for summer construction. Once he shares it with me, I will send it out.
Also, beginning this Saturday, we will open the building from 8-12pm to allow folks time to pack up rooms before the end of the year.
The following Saturdays will be open from 8:00-12:00pm:
- 4/28/18
- 5/5/18
- 5/12/18
- 5/19/18
MAP Testing
Our annual MAP testing begins this Friday, April 27th. Thank you for your patience and collaboration as we work to get every device on the TSM system to prepare for the test. Be on the lookout for reminders from counseling and technology as we administer the assessments this week.
Have a great week!
With gratitude,
Grace
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Sunday Night Memo, 4/15/18
April 15, 2018
SLT Meeting
Our last SLT meeting will be tomorrow at 3:30pm in the library. We will discuss and settle on a date for our summer retreat, break off into different teams to lead building work and talk about the end of the year. Unfortunately, I have not heard back from district technology so will not have sample laptops for viewing like I wanted.
Chromebook Collection
Tomorrow, students will turn in their Chromebooks and chargers to their 4th hour classes. Once they are in your rooms, please follow the instructions shared by Jason. I know it will be a bit messy and confusing as times as we shift the Chromebooks back to the classrooms. Thank you for you patience through this process. A special thank you to Bettye, Lana and Jason for all of their hard work and planning to create the process for collection so that we can make sure that every student has a working Chromebook for our MAP tests.
Mike Visits
From now until the end of the year, Mike Hazelton will be visiting our building once a week. He will start his days at Steger, getting to know his new class of students and building relationships. He will then spend some time with us, getting to know our building.
Outs This Week
Sarah Bodi and I will be out on Tuesday for LACE. Sarah and I will also be out on Wednesday morning to meet with the Steger team and have a transition meeting about our next class of students with teachers and admin.
Aimee and I will be out on Thursday for DLT.
Have a great week!
With gratitude,
Grace
SLT Meeting
Our last SLT meeting will be tomorrow at 3:30pm in the library. We will discuss and settle on a date for our summer retreat, break off into different teams to lead building work and talk about the end of the year. Unfortunately, I have not heard back from district technology so will not have sample laptops for viewing like I wanted.
Chromebook Collection
Tomorrow, students will turn in their Chromebooks and chargers to their 4th hour classes. Once they are in your rooms, please follow the instructions shared by Jason. I know it will be a bit messy and confusing as times as we shift the Chromebooks back to the classrooms. Thank you for you patience through this process. A special thank you to Bettye, Lana and Jason for all of their hard work and planning to create the process for collection so that we can make sure that every student has a working Chromebook for our MAP tests.
Mike Visits
From now until the end of the year, Mike Hazelton will be visiting our building once a week. He will start his days at Steger, getting to know his new class of students and building relationships. He will then spend some time with us, getting to know our building.
Outs This Week
Sarah Bodi and I will be out on Tuesday for LACE. Sarah and I will also be out on Wednesday morning to meet with the Steger team and have a transition meeting about our next class of students with teachers and admin.
Aimee and I will be out on Thursday for DLT.
Have a great week!
With gratitude,
Grace
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Sunday Night Memo, 4/8/18
April 8, 2018
Faculty Meeting
Our faculty meeting will be an all staff meeting tomorrow at 3:30pm in the cafeteria. Sarah and Linda will be reviewing MAP test procedures, Jason will review Chromebook collection and Ashley and Katie will be asking for feedback on district PD.
CT Training
The CT (SSD co-teaching) training scheduled for April 16th is cancelled.
SLT Meeting
The last SLT meeting of the year will be held on Monday, April 16th. We will be talking about end of the year activities as well as planning a date and solidifying our SLT summer retreat.
SLT is open to everyone. Please join other Hixson building leaders as we work to grow our school.
Character Committee
The next Character Committee meeting is April 30th in the Library at 3:30pm. Please feel free to join the committee to examine how we can continue to build on our character culture at Hixson.
Our Nurse
Our nurse, Shannon Conrad, gave me permission to share why she has not been at school. Last week, Shannon hit her head in her office and sustained a concussion. She is being treated and will return to school when she is able. Shannon will be out tomorrow. We wish Shannon all the best as she recovers.
Have a great week!
With gratitude,
Grace
Faculty Meeting
Our faculty meeting will be an all staff meeting tomorrow at 3:30pm in the cafeteria. Sarah and Linda will be reviewing MAP test procedures, Jason will review Chromebook collection and Ashley and Katie will be asking for feedback on district PD.
CT Training
The CT (SSD co-teaching) training scheduled for April 16th is cancelled.
SLT Meeting
The last SLT meeting of the year will be held on Monday, April 16th. We will be talking about end of the year activities as well as planning a date and solidifying our SLT summer retreat.
SLT is open to everyone. Please join other Hixson building leaders as we work to grow our school.
Character Committee
The next Character Committee meeting is April 30th in the Library at 3:30pm. Please feel free to join the committee to examine how we can continue to build on our character culture at Hixson.
Our Nurse
Our nurse, Shannon Conrad, gave me permission to share why she has not been at school. Last week, Shannon hit her head in her office and sustained a concussion. She is being treated and will return to school when she is able. Shannon will be out tomorrow. We wish Shannon all the best as she recovers.
Have a great week!
With gratitude,
Grace
Monday, April 2, 2018
Monday Morning Memo, 4/2/18
April 2, 2018
I hope you had a wonderful weekend with family and friends and staying warm. I have to admit that a tiny part of me had a giant wondering about a possible snow day...
Construction Update
Facilities informed me that the rooms with partitions will not get walls this summer. Upon closer investigation, they discovered asbestos and will need to budget the time and money for abatement before they put up the wall. We are planning for the summer of 19-20. Since that project was cancelled, instead, facilities will finish the carpet to tile construction for the entire 2nd story wing. Sorry for the disappointment and delay. I'm learning, constantly, that a building built in the 50-60's will always have to deal with the asbestos issues because of the materials used in that time period to build.
Staffing Update
A quick update to let everyone know of a slight change to the projected staffing for next year. Vinnie Raimondo will be joining the PE/Health department next year.
This week, we will begin posting our open positions for Counseling (formerly Social Work), ELA/SS and Math. Please let me know if you have any questions.
SUB Requests
If your department has any PD scheduled from now until the end of the year, please put it in as soon as possible. Those are dates we know about ahead of time so it gives the district plenty of time to fill them with a sub. If you wait until the last minute, the risk is that we are potentially left without a sub and must scramble for coverage. During high demand sub days, we are left without all of our requests filled. Thank you to everyone who subs on those days.
Outs This Week
I will be out on Friday for a Student Leadership Summit in the morning and in the afternoon for a transition IEP at Steger.
There are no meetings scheduled for this week. Have a great week.
With Gratitude,
Grace
I hope you had a wonderful weekend with family and friends and staying warm. I have to admit that a tiny part of me had a giant wondering about a possible snow day...
Construction Update
Facilities informed me that the rooms with partitions will not get walls this summer. Upon closer investigation, they discovered asbestos and will need to budget the time and money for abatement before they put up the wall. We are planning for the summer of 19-20. Since that project was cancelled, instead, facilities will finish the carpet to tile construction for the entire 2nd story wing. Sorry for the disappointment and delay. I'm learning, constantly, that a building built in the 50-60's will always have to deal with the asbestos issues because of the materials used in that time period to build.
Staffing Update
A quick update to let everyone know of a slight change to the projected staffing for next year. Vinnie Raimondo will be joining the PE/Health department next year.
This week, we will begin posting our open positions for Counseling (formerly Social Work), ELA/SS and Math. Please let me know if you have any questions.
SUB Requests
If your department has any PD scheduled from now until the end of the year, please put it in as soon as possible. Those are dates we know about ahead of time so it gives the district plenty of time to fill them with a sub. If you wait until the last minute, the risk is that we are potentially left without a sub and must scramble for coverage. During high demand sub days, we are left without all of our requests filled. Thank you to everyone who subs on those days.
Outs This Week
I will be out on Friday for a Student Leadership Summit in the morning and in the afternoon for a transition IEP at Steger.
There are no meetings scheduled for this week. Have a great week.
With Gratitude,
Grace
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