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A Look Ahead

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A Message from Jason

As teachers we often live in silos we call our classroom and rarely get to speak with teachers outside our immediate wing.  When teachers are able to share and collaborate with each other it is proven to improve instruction. The big problem always seems to be time and how you can gather large groups of people at the same time without impacting instruction.  

Last year I came up with an idea I would like to try at QUEST.  The idea is simple, yet could have a profound effect on connecting people.  What I am suggesting is that each teacher pick up a small poster board in the main office that says “Ask me how I use these apps”  Then see Jason Cring in the computer lab and request a sticker from one or more of the apps you use in class and place the sticker on the poster board.  The poster board should be displayed outside your classroom. As you walk down the hall you will instantly know who you can go to for support with apps; and possibly get some new ideas for apps  The stickers will also act as a “badge” in which to remind you of the tech skills you have gained.

Here's an example:

Stickers I currently have available:

1.  Socrative
2. Epic!
3. Spark Video
4. Kami
5. Edpuzzle
6. Insert Learning
7. Quizlet
8. GoFormative
9. Brainpop
10. Peardeck
11. Castle Learning
12. FlipGrid

Spanish Phrases!

Spanish Phrase resources are here! Each week Andrea and Anna will share the weekly phrase at the Wednesday Morning Meeting, on the bulletin board next to Lisa's office and on this slide deck. Please try to use it with the kids you work with!

Click here to access the QUEST Spanish Phrases slides that you can use with your kids either electronically or printed out.

Need to Knows for week of 11/27/18

• If you have a child in financial need, who wants to buy something from the joy shop, and arrives without money, please contact Val who will provide a dollar or two for the child. Again, this is not for any child who forgets money, but it is a way to support our students needing financial support. Please contact Val about this.
• 12/4 is a choose your own adventure CIA, round two. Please be sure to sign up for a PD of your choice. 
• Next week Derek will be out on 12/6 and 12/7 for part two of the BOCES training. During that time, Laura Mayer and Tina Colby will be filling in, similar to November. Please join me in making them feel right at home. 

Next Generation Science Standards

Please take a moment to review the attached picture and the link.

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Have a nice Thanksgiving

Team,

Have a restful weekend, come back Monday to crush a couple days, and then let's all have a relaxing, gratitude filled, Thanksgiving.

Please know how incredibly thankful I am that I get to come to work each day, surrounded by a school that takes care of one another, that deeply cares about kids, and that always wants to do what is best. I am lucky, and you all are near the top of my gratitude list.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

Derek

Looking Ahead

For Tuesday Night

JOIN THE APP PARTY!

Update from the Stanfords

Just dropping a quick note to let you know that Evangeline Louise is home! After 89 long days in the NICU, we are moving on to the next chapter: Sleepless nights and lots of cuddles. Thank you for all of your prayers and support! xoxo 

The Stanfords 

Feeling down? Stress getting the best of you?

We’ve got a KIND message waiting for you! (Take What You Need)! Wondering how to show kindness for “World Kindness Day”? (Give What You Can) There are some ideas ready and waiting from Ms. Philmon’s  and Mrs. Neu’s buddy classes. But that is just the beginning...

Join us in filling the bulletin board with sticky note messages of kindness! You can have your class fill out sticky notes of their own to send a “feel good” message to someone feeling down (i.e. We’ve got your back! OR Just Smile and Breathe) or write suggestions for random acts of kindness. We invite students and staff to take a sticky note anytime, or add to the interactive board anytime this month. It is located across from the cafeteria. There are sticky notes hanging on the board with markers, too...help yourself! 

Cheers to kindness! 

Save the Date! IB Visit 2019

Get excited, QUEST!

We are officially on the visitation schedule for our IB PYP re-authorization visit next year. Our visitation dates are 

October 21-22, 2019.

Enjoy your extra day off

Be sure to thank a Vet. We get a day off while so many of them sacrificed for us. Enjoy your long weekend!

Building Great Teams

Team,

My workshop the past two days was all about building great teams, and they provided me with quite a bit of strategies that work to run good meetings. What I liked about the strategies is that you can also use them in the classroom. I am going to share some each week on the blog for the next month, and I would encourage you to try it at a team meeting OR give it a shot with your kids.

Strategy: I'm in

What is it? Ever go to a meeting and find that people are physically there but not there emotionally or mentally? Meaning, people in the group are carrying the load of a tough morning, an issue with a student, or something from home with them? This strategy simply says everyone gets 30 seconds to be vulnerable with the group, dump what they need to dump, and then state I'M IN. You literally go around the circle and share, or just say I'm in. When you say I am in, what you are saying is that nothing else matters except for my time with you. I am here...with you...I am mindful...right now. You are saying to your group that the work we are doing together, is the work I'm all about for this moment in time. I'm in!

Consider starting your meetings with everyone going around and saying "I'm in!" 

Need-to-Knows

• No school Monday!
• Feast next Friday!
• On the Tuesday before Turkey Day, we have a half day of school. This is not a consult day, which is what our usual half days are listed as. Because of this , we will have specials for K and 12:1:1 (our afternoon specials). They will be shortened to 30 min. specials, and a time will be shared out soon. Then, on the second to last day of school, we will have another half day (June 24th). We will have primary-intermediate specials on that day (again, 30 min.). The reason for this is that these are not consult days and are simply half days, and the reason they are 30 minutes is because of the shared staff and needing to get everyone in. A schedule will be shared out soon. 

Looking Ahead

HCSD Music Dept. Community Caroling Friday, December 7, 2018 The Hilton Central School Music Department is proud to present our 1st Annual Holiday Community Caroling Party.  We would like to invite all past, present, and future HCSD music students to join us.  We will meet in the HS Band room at 6:30PM and break up into our caroling groups then visit several locations in the Village of Hilton to spread our holiday cheer.  All children must be accompanied by an adult.  We will meet back at the HS around 7:30 PM to enjoy some hot cocoa, coffee, and COOKIES sold by our Hilton Music Boosters.  Please use this link (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CABA62EAAF58-community) to let us know you are coming.

FEAST. Thanks, Dave!

Hi All,

So holy 2 weeks until the Feast!!!!!!!!!  I wanted to reach out and touch base prior to the big preparation push for Feast 2018.  Please make sure to follow the bulleted list below.  We did an AMAZING job last year with Feast and am looking for things to go even smoother.

·         I have filled out building request forms for the following places.  Please let me know if there is an area that you will need a request for

o   Gym: South Pole 11/16

o   Cafeteria: Equator 11/16

o   Quest Cafeteria: 11/13-11/15 1:00 – 4:30.  Please let me know if you will need to be using kitchen.

o   Quest Cafeteria: 11/16 8:00 – 12:00

·         All Turkey is going to be prepared, cooked and reheated at the HS.  It will be delivered to Quest.

·         FOOD PREPARATIONS

o   GLOVES, GLOVES, GLOVES, GLOVES.  Anyone working with food needs to wear gloves

o   Crockpots need to be approved by Mike and the outlets need to be check to make sure we are not overloading any circuits. 

o   If you need to use the Kitchen at Quest any of the days let me know and I’ll get you signed up.

o   NO CHILDREN ALLOWED IN THE QUEST KITCHEN.  It doesn’t matter if it is afterschool and it is your child. 

o   I will touch base with Kathy about the process for putting food in the coolers.

·         I will have a sign up of demo times coming out at a later time.

·         Please make sure you let your parents know about the event and making sure their son/daughter has appropriate clothing.  I highly recommend boots

·         Save receipts for PTSO

Let me know if there is anything that I missed

Have a great day!

Dave Moore

Intermediate Teacher

Quest Elementary

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Student Council Elections

Here is the link to sign up for your time slot:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PPTenPQLBJh9ejklm5LmeEvj_VGBRDnQvcv3h-gv4ak/edit?usp=sharing

Enjoy

Derek Out Two Days

Team,

I am attending a training next week on Wednesday and Thursday, all day.  I will be out of the district for these situations and will not be able to respond to emails in a timely way. During these days, we have two administrative "interns"  coming over to serve as me. Tina Colby will be here on one of the days and Laura Mayer will be here on the other. Both will spend some time meeting with me and shadowing a bit early next week, but all discipline decisions or concerns need to go directly to them on these days. They will be around helping out as well. You'll love them! Both have great energy and are so good with kids.

Behave while I am gone! :)


Thanks for helping them to feel at home.

Derek

Looking Ahead

11/2 Need-to-Knows

• Please drop lost and found items off in the cafe. Mrs. Torres organizes that for us and we have had a strong success rate of returned items since posting it where students wait in line. 
• For FEAST, the following are the lunch assignments: Joann Coast=North Pole, Mrs. German=South Pole, Mrs. T=Equator. If you are looking for a break or someone to fill in for you for lunch, please speak with them first. In the past they have not been used a lot, and they plan on floating within the hallway and helping with the recycling during times they are not being utilized. 
• BEDS are due 11/7. We are 90% complete.