Thank you, to our awesome custodial staff for making us smile during the pandemic!

 

Agency in the Time of COVID

QUEST! Here is a nugget of wisdom to support your empowerment of student choice, voice and ownership.

Click here to read a post from the "Making Good Humans" blog entitled, "Agency in the Time of COVID." The message is strong and relevant.

Some highlighted parts that I personally loved:

"We need to respect that they (like all of us) have gone through change, uncertainty, and potentially loss and trauma. Now more than ever we must see them as whole human beings – not partially complete adults-in-the-making."

"No Secret Teacher Business... Make the "why" transparent."

"Stay critical about what's worth learning."

"Plan in response to learning... So although it can be difficult to let go of those perfectly laid out curriculum maps and long range plans and unit designs… we might find that this year, getting to know our learners and their families first, then involving them in decision-making and planning and always going one step at a time might be a more fruitful approach.

Enjoy! 😁💡🌏

Andrea

Friday Message

 Team,

Please click on the link below to view the Friday message, wish includes some new news and some reminders. 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FRIDAY MESSAGE

Happy Friday!

 Team, 

Below you will find my message for this week, as well as resources related to its content! HAPPY FRIDAY! 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW BLOG MESSAGE FOR 10/23/20

BLOG VIDEO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS below...do our students know what success will look like by the end of each lesson we teach? 

What quadrant are you spending your time in? How can you add quadrant 2 activities to your life? 

Social Media and our students...

Team,

 I was recently reminded about being careful with what is retweeted or shared out on social media—we had communicated with parents via multiple forums about masks AND six feet, and at times there has been communication (pictures) out there as a district where that is not occurring. We are being thoughtful with it as a school, but this is a general reminder that I wanted to pass along.

Right now, we are still six feet and social distancing, but please keep this in mind when sharing out celebrations with pictures. We are doing a great job as a school with social distancing, however, I know how hyper-critical people can be given the current state of Covid.

I have received ZERO complaints so far from families about this topic, but because this was shared with me from the district level I wanted us to remain vigilant as well.

Thank you!

Derek

FEAST meal 20-21

 Team,

As you can imagine, FEAST will be quite different this year. We have some classrooms working on virtual presentation options, but one shift is that Food Service will be providing a turkey, feast style meal on November 19th and 20th. They will provide it all, and we will follow the lunch schedule for that day--monitors will still provide regular coverage. Unfortunately, we will not be cooking and eating all as one like year's past, however, this will be a free meal that all students can get on the day they are in (Cohort 1 or 2). If an adult wants this lunch as well, they would need to pay $4.10

Thanks so much to Mrs. Stanford for organizing the sign-up for us!

Please follow the directions below to order the lunch for your students: 

CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR STUDENTS' FEAST LUNCH FOR NOV. 19TH AND 20TH. ORDER MUST BE DONE BY NOVEMBER 5TH!

Digital Citizenship week is October 19-23

 

Next week is Digital Citizenship week.  It might be a good time to review what it means to be a good digital citizen.  Below are a few resources from CommonSense.org that you might find useful.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vWBnp_fGVa-7qaZGJhZGvxopFeqTdjpt_Dj0xbQ3BVI/edit?usp=sharing 

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D3YYy-0cIH4LMCpP3ieHZfaPJdFqxP9Fh0C1-2pzHmk/edit?usp=sharing 

 

Message from Derek

 Team,

Please click on the link to view this week's message. You will also find a short video that goes along with the message. 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEKLY MESSAGE!

HCSD Essential Standards Quick Link!

Click here for the direct link to the HCSD essential standards for ELA and Math. The documents are downloadable, printable and contain grade bands. Woot! ⭐

Looking Ahead