Weekly Top for 9-29-17

Folks,

Thanks-
-  To our department leaders for attending a school improvement PD day at the RESA.
-  To everyone for your first GO time!
-  To Joe Rommel and John Phillips from the RESA for agreeing to head the Coders Club!
-  To Amy P., Torrey, and Kara for NWEA make-up coordination.

Picture Day Today-

The picture day today should go fairly quickly.  We will call down 8th graders first.  If you have not had your picture taken you need to do so this morning as well.  Thanks!

Student Count Day-

Just a reminder that student count day is next Wednesday, October 4th.  We just ask that you have an accurate attendance on this day each hour. Please also remember to not put any tardies into PowerSchool for this day.

Wolf Lake Hatchery & Water Filtration Plant-
An early heads up that the 8th graders will be gone on October 24th & 26th.  Amy MacKellar and Melissa Foster(one section) on the 24th & Jenna Francis and Melissa Foster (one section) on the 26th. The students will once again go to the fish hatchery and the water filtration plant.  This is a nice kick-off to Salmon in the classroom.

1/2 Days in November-

Another early heads up:  November 9th and November 10th are half-days for conferences and the day after.  We will do hours 1, 2, and 3 on Thursday, November 9th and hours 4, 5, and 6 on Friday, November 10th.

Go Time Reminders-

1) When marking a closed session please remember to go in and invite students.  We had some closed sessions with zero requests.  This will make for big numbers of students having no place to go. 2) If you have a sub put it open to 25 students for something (activity, free-read, study hall, etc.)

I think for the first go around it went pretty well overall. :)

Eligibility- 

We are running eligibility sometime between 10:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M. on Fridays starting the third week of the season.  Please make sure grades are as up to date as possible. We did have a few ineligible this week.

Congrats to Lincoln School-

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos yesterday recognized 342 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017. The recognition is based on a school's overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Lincoln School was a 2017 National Blue Ribbon Award Winner.   Click here for the full article:  https://drive.google.com/a/stjoebears.com/file/d/0BxTckyP42FTVa2tBbVpLRTBaV3M/view?usp=sharing

Quote of the week-

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." - Harriet Tubman

Happy Friday and...

Chad

Weekly Top ...9-22-17

Folks,


Thanks-
-  To Marci and John for being team players and moving their schedules around to help our students!
-  To Cathy G. for the wonderful two bulletin boards she decorated!
-  To Kara for her great GO time kick-off tutorial!
-  To our birthday treat crew (Cathy, Marilyn, Michelle, Joanne, and Susan) this past Monday!
-  To everyone for a great Back to School Night!

UPTO-

Our wonderful UPTO had their first meeting of the year yesterday! They supported the rehab of the long jump pit out by our track! They also will support the Bear Pride Snack Bar tickets, are looking into a positive quotes to put up around Upton, and want to help make some improvements to the staff lounge.  Remember you can always put in for a small teacher grant with them.

GO Time-

The first official GO Time will be next Thursday, September 28th. We will start with Math having priority and SS having it off.  Kara, RtI Coordinator, will send post a first semester google spreadsheet that will spell out the first semester.

Email from Kathleen Hamilton-

Don't forget the email Kathy Hamilton sent Tuesday evening on the 2017-18 Employee Handbook and Annual certification of the District’s Technology Acceptable Use Policy.  It is found on Skyward.  

 

Athlete to address the Student Body on November 7th-

On November 7th at 8:00 A.M. a former olympian & WCW wrestler (Chip Minton) or NFL player (Jimmie Bell) will address our student body in the Blue gym. More details to follow in the near future.

School Board Meeting-

Monday, September 25th at 6:00 P.M. at Central Office will be the September school board meeting.  They will introduce new hires for this school year.

Quote of the week-

"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln

Happy Friday and...

Chad

Weekly Upton News...9-15-17

Good Morning,


NWEA-  
Today is the math NWEA.  Hopefully day 2 will go smooth for you!

Happy Birthday-

Happy birthday today to Matt Maier!

Happy belated birthday this past Tuesday to Beth Gray-Roll!

Back to School Night-

If you can park in the Peace Lutheran Parking lot that would be great!  In your 11 minutes per class it is nice to highlight your background/a bit about yourself, homework/tests/quizzes/projects on itsLearning, and a bit about your curriculum.  I know in 11 minutes it is tough, but for the parents that come I know they always enjoy back to school night and leave the evening feeling good about UMS!

Thanks-

-  Amy P. for her incredible amount of time scheduling the last few weeks.

-  Torrey for putting a needs survey together for staff.

-  Amy D. for orchestrating a great Boot Camp once again.

-  6th grade teachers for delivering awesome boot camp sessions and being patient through the hurdles.

-  Teri for all her start of the school year organziation.

-  Sara for her incredible job with her very first start-up day and all the athletic paperwork!

-  Grace for her attendance help in tracking down students.

-  Craig for once again delivering an online handbook check and bullying education.

Late-Start-

We have our first late start of the year next Wednesday, September 20th.  It will be great to continue the wonderful work your departments have started.  Here is a link to the best 11 things you can say to your team this year:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/11-best-things-you-can-say-your-team-year-terina-allen

40-40-20

As mentioned at our first staff meeting we will be 40% first marking period, 40% 2nd marking period, and 20% semester exams for all grades 6th-12th grades.  This default is set in PowerSchool.

Rivalry-
Enjoy the game tonight!  GO BEARS!!

Quote of the week-

"Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you." - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Have a great weekend,

Chad