FOR WEEK 31 --- MARCH 27, 2006
QUOTE
OF THE WEEK:
Stress is an
ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that
important.
BIRTHDAYS
None
RECESS DUTY
Mon.-Leerar, Jacobson, Tues.-Huntington, Keil, Wed.-Twait, Hagedorn, Thurs.-Lockrem, Brooks
DATES TO REMEMBER
MONDAY, MARCH 27 (Day 2)
a) 2020 Team Meeting --- 5:00 --- HS
b) Mr. Hill speaks to the Iowa House Education Committee in
TUESDAY, MARCH 28 (Day 3)
a) P-T Conferences 4:00-8:00
b) Negotiations 3:00-4:00 ……….. ICN room
c) Staffing in p.m.
d)
e) Staffing in evening
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 (Day 4)
a)
THURSDAY, MARCH 30 (Day 5)
a) P-T Conferences
4:00-8:00
b) Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences --- 4:00-8:00
c) TORNADO DRILL --- 9:35
d) Staffing
e) Administrative Team Meeting ----
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
a) No School-Comp. Day
b) “COFFEE
ON THE SUPE”
in B C Restaurant in the a.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
a) 2A HS Solo/Ens. Festival
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
A) BROAD PROGRAM GOALS
We must help students
develop a positive self-concept, understand themselves, have confidence in
their abilities, and accept responsibility for their own education and personal
development.
B) ANNUAL PROGRESS
GOALS
Math
Long Term Goal: All
K-12 students will achieve at high levels in mathematics, prepared for success
beyond high school.
Annual Goal: The
percent of students scoring proficient (70%) on the district Computation Test
(grades 2-8) and the district Algebra Test (grade 10) will increase using
two-year averaging.
C) We want all our PT Conferences to be a
successful communications tool with parents.
What can we build on this final quarter and partner with parents?
D) Parent-Teacher-Student conferences . Make sure we reach ALL parents. IF they did
not make it to conference we need to make the connection over the phone or
schedule an appointment.
E) ELEMENTARY FACULTY
MEETING --- Wednesday, April 12 – 3:40
F) Congratulations to everyone who was
involved in the production “THE MUSIC
MAN.” A special congratulations to
Mrs. Blodgett, Mrs. Anderson, and Mr. Kakacek.
G) We are in
Tornado Season ----- review the procedure with students ---- Drill Thursday.
H) “Please” and
“Thank You” are still important to
stress in the hallways, your classroom, and even on the playground.
I)
Criteria are the specific items which define what a benchmark is. The descriptors describe what
mastery/proficiency of the criteria looks like.
We are currently only focusing on the criteria.
J) • APRIL is here. Spring weather is knocking at the door.
K) Thursday, February
16 was a snow day with the make-up day
as Thursday, April 13.
Monday, March 13
was a snow day and the make-up day is
Monday, April 17.
Mark your calendar.
L) DID
YOU KNOW in 1905:
Ø
The average life expectancy in the
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Only 14 percent of homes in the
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Only 8 percent of homes had a telephone
Ø
A 3 minute call from
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There were only 8,000 cars in the
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The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 miles per hour
Ø
Ø
The tallest structure in the world was the
M) “How many things
in life have you really mastered? I have
mastered very few things but those things I have mastered have paved the road
to my success in other aspects of life.”
Simon Estes, October 12, 2005.
N) A watch was
found in the lower elementary girls restroom.
If you are missing one please identify in the high school office.
