Month: May 2021

Clips & Tips

Here’s an upstream approach to dealing with problem behaviours: back up from the behaviour (which is downstream) to see what is causing it. Three steps are described (empathy, define concerns, and invitation) to simplify problem-solving. Pretty simple, and it could give us some strategies for our collaborative meetings when we discuss social-emotional learning.

The first link is an interview that introduces this approach, the second is a collection of 2-minute videos (and more in the links on those pages), and the third link is a collection of resources to read.

Bits & Pieces

  • Pre-team meeting on Monday for teachers to discuss four things: EGAD (Exemptions, Grad, Assessment week, Diploma exams).
  • Collaborative Response Teams will be working in Dossier to verify ratings of students (Community to look at SEL, Humanities to look at Literacy, Math-Science to look at Numeracy).
  • Summer employment opportunities (teaching summer school online and course creation)—see me if you’re interested.
  • Our next regular bi-weekly team meeting will be on June 14th.
  • Indigenous Peoples Day will be June 15th (rain date June 16th if required) (Bannock Tacos for lunch)
  • Last day of classes for students will be June 18th.
  • Our school’s Grad ceremony will be on Friday, June 18th. Only students and staff members involved in the presentation will be in the gym; all others will watch the livestream from classrooms.
  • BBQ lunch on June 18th.
  • Assessment Week will be June 21st through to the 25th with the possibility of June 28th as a make-up day.
  • Marks entered in Gradebook and handed in at office by 8:30 AM on Friday, June 25th.
  • Deadline for having marks in PASI is Monday, June 28th.
  • Report Cards go home on Tuesday, June 29th.
  • Summer School for students: July 5th to 30th

Events This Week

  • Monday, May 31st: Grad students meet over lunch hour.
  • Monday, May 31st: Teachers meet together on Zoom before separating into CR Teams.
  • Tuesday, June 1st: Virtual Visitor in Science 14 in the morning.
  • Tuesday, June 1st: Hearing Test people in the building.
  • Tuesday, June 1st: CTS (Cosmo, Foods, Fin, Ent) and Fine Arts Collaboration (HPSD) after school.
  • Wednesday, June 2nd: IA & Robotics CTS Collaboration (HPSD) after school.
  • Wednesday, June 2nd: Grad parents’ meeting at 3:45PM
  • Thursday, June 3rd: TR & EV in a meeting after school
  • Friday, June 4th: Two weeks left of classes: let’s reflect on who needs a helping hand…

Great Things Seen & Heard

  • We were honoured to present many long-service awards to wonderful staff members last week!
  • Staff lunch boxes were a big hit last week! Thanks for organizing that!
  • The student who just had a baby has the same name as the teacher who had a baby in March, so poor TR was almost accused of memory loss!
  • Dancing boots are important to have so that the muck on working boots doesn’t fly into your mouth on a deep swing, not to mention the danger of spurs…
  • The danger of masks: a staff member was accosted by a student at the post office, but it turned out to be a joke!
  • We have twins in the office. Whose, you say? They’re Bromeliads of course…
  • The value of working hard: over a 24-hour period, one student went up to 70% from 45% in ELA!
  • We have all been practicing forgiveness for the pickle thief, but I think it could be like the boy who cried wolf in the future…

Clips & Tips

As we get together for the return of students tomorrow, have you thought about how it going to be different? We’ll see action in the hallways, we’ll smell the odor of freshly washed hair in the morning, maybe we’ll bump shoulders as we go through doorways, but what will you hear? You probably won’t hear silence, so here is what you’ll hear—the noise of learning:   

Bits & Pieces

  • AHS procedures for Grad have changed — teachers involved will meet this week.
  • Our next regular bi-weekly team meeting will be on May 31st.
  • Indigenous Peoples Day will be June 15th (rain date June 16th if required).
  • Last day of classes for students will be June 18th.
  • Assessment Week will be June 21st through 25th with possibility of June 28th.
  • Marks go into office by Monday, June 28th.
  • Report Cards go home on Wednesday, June 30th.
  • Summer School for students: July 5th to 30th

Events This Week

  • Monday, May 24th: Rest up today! Students are back tomorrow!
  • Tuesday, May 25th: In-person schooling for all staff and students. Yippee!
  • Tuesday, May 25th: Admin Association meeting all morning (ends with luncheon).
  • Tuesday, May 25th: ELA/SS Collaboration after school with HPSD.
  • Wednesday, May 26th: EV has training at 10:00 AM.
  • Thursday, May 27th: Secondary Admin meetings at 10:00 AM regarding Block 4 classes.
  • Thursday, May 27th, Grad students’ meeting
  • Thursday, May 7th, Grad parents’ meeting at 3:45PM
  • Friday, May 28th: Picture Day! Dress nicely, brush your teeth, and style your hair!