Friday, November 6, 2020

November 6, 2020

Honey-Do List- November


11/10/20         Thoughts on 1 student of the week per class vs. 3
11/10/20         Thoughts on Lexia recognition for K0/K1
11/17/20          Completed reading of chapters 1 & 2 of "Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for                             Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy"
11/6 /20           Digital Picture and BitMoji to Jodi

Buzzing Along- Important Upcoming Dates

11/9/20        Lee Academy BitMoji School Goes Live. Will be communicated to the families via Buzz
  • From Last Week's Hive: If you have a BitMoji Classroom I would love to link it to our office (Click on the ball in my office or Ms. Jen's name in the Gallery)
11/11/20    No School- Veteran's Day

Principal's Video Post

  • I will be prerecording a video celebration of our students that will be in your inbox by 8:00am on Mondays. 
  • I would like to see the percentage of students receiving certificates increase. 
    • We currently only have 23% of our students completing the target number of puzzles in STMath at their grade level. This is from the past week
    • Over the past 4 weeks, only 50% of our students met their usage requirements in Lexia
  • I will mail students their certificates and they will be recognized in our Bitmoji School
  • We will recognize our students in a variety of ways


Student of the Week

  • Please provide me with the name of the student of the week in your classroom and the reason why you selected them by Saturday at 6:00
  • At the leadership team, we discussed having a student of the week in all 3 areas (Safe, Responsible, Respectful)
    • I would like to hear your thoughts on this. We could recognize more students this way but given our relatively small class sizes, it may feel a bit like everyone gets a trophy and dilute the meaningfulness. 
    • Please let me know via email, by 11/10, that yes you think this is a good way to proceed or no keep it at 1 student per clas

Lexia Certificates

  • Students who have completed a level will receive a certificate
  • The scope and sequence only calls for K0/K1 to complete one level
  • At the leadership team, we discussed having K0/K1 students who completed their prescribed amount of time a certificate
  • Please let me know via email by 11/10 if you think that this is a good way to proceed
  • This week we have 2 K0/K1 students receiving certificates
  • There are 13 students (7%) schoolwide receiving certificates for completing a level this week. 

ST Math Certificates

  • Students who have completed the prescribed number of puzzles will receive a certificate
    • K0/K1= 20 Puzzles
    • K2-1= 40 Puzzles
    • 2-3 = 60 Puzzles
  • There are 42 (23%) students receiving certificates for the week of 11/2

Birthdays of the Week (2 for this week)

  • This week we will celebrate birthdays for the first two weeks of November. 
  • We will celebrate September and October birthdays at their 1/2 Birthdays in March and April

Lexia Resources

  • The Lexia website has a resource page that may help you leverage the program 
  • There are both student support materials and parent communication resources available
  • Members of the leadership team have formed a small subcommittee. This group is exploring the quality of Lexia PD (from last week's Hive) and will report back on the quality of the offerings. 

Office Hours

  • This was an exercise in futility, frustration, and guilt for me. 
  • Though I miss people just popping by my office we are leveraging texts and emails to get our questions answered
  • I will no longer be signing on every morning at 8:30 for drop-in hours 
  • I will hold 8:30 office hours to discuss certain timely topics. Attendance at these will be voluntary. 
  • If you would like a standing meeting with me please let me know and we will schedule. 

COVID

  • The Governor had an interesting press conference today at 1:30
  • I have linked it here
  • Here is the Globe article summarizing the press conference
  • Please listen carefully to the press conference and the scientific evidence that he and the doctor are citing
  • Today Joseph Allen from Harvard's Chan School of Public Health conducted a DESE sponsored webinar for superintendents and facilities directors
  • Here is the Chan School of Health's June Report on the Reopening of Schools
  • I am sure that many of you have read it but in case you would like a refresher
  • Based on what the Governor is saying and our experiences with how we welcomed back HIPP students I believe that if the district reopens we should fight to implement our full hybrid model. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts
  • As an aside, listen to the Republican Governor's thoughts on Donald Trump at the end of the conference 

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