10.22.18

From the desk of the Principal, Mark:

(Sorry for the delay)

HALLWAY TRAFFIC: We have had a recent upswing in student's lackadaisical meandering in the hallways between classes. Please make sure that students who are late for your class are given an hour for being Late to Class. You can send them to Marie. 

STUDY ISLAND: A reminder that the math department should be making use of Study Island for their current sophomores as an additional Shop Cycle Assignment.  Related Instructors, once your freshmen are placed in your shops should be doing the same. We have seen an upswing in student MCAS scores since we have implemented this program. Let's continue riding this wave to success!

GRADUATION NAMES: Vocational instructors please make sure you return the 12th grader's graduation name request sheets to my in-box.

HAUNTED HALLOWS: This Saturday is our student organizations' annual Haunted Hallows. Please feel free to bring your children/ This event is geared for children between 3 - 7 years of age for some Halloween Fun.

Worth Repeating:

9th Period Electronic Passes:  We now have an electronic version of requesting students from one 9th period to another.A couple of highlights:

• You must put your request in during the class, not 9th period.
• The teacher who has the student for 9th period has the right of first refusal.
• The student will report to you at the start of 9th period. If they do not show please check with their assigned 9th Period Teacher and then the main office.
• You must keep the student for the entire 9th period. There should be no additional foot traffic due to this process. 
• Please see the instructions below:

9th Period Pass Instructions




From the Desk of Assistant Principal, Sandra Baldner

Kudos

Thank you Joe E and Crystal!  

Pineapple carving was fun right? And did you check out the interactive haunted house? Soo cool! Both were the brainchild of Joe E. Marani, and supported by Crystal Paluzzi. Thank you both for making our school a fun place to be!

Thank you Heather and Matthew!

Heather Brennan and Matt Fallano have taken on more than is expected of them to support our students and Kara Cromack. The whole science team is to be commended for ensuring learning is the focus!

PLC Agenda Week of 10.21.18

Opening and Closing your lessons - best practices

Walkthroughs - begin in earnest

Advisory - Next week - November 1st.

Budget - Due November 2nd

Uniforms/Dress Code - Stay vigilant, be progressive in the discipline. See something? Say something.

Campus Safety. Please take this SHORT Survey: When and how do you enter SST?

Attendance - The DH’s discussed Attendance at their October meeting, and I shared September data with our parents in the 10/12 update. Below please find a table that continues the
discussion about who can do what to encourage better attendance. Fresh ideas are welcome!
 Attendance: Your Carrots, Your Sticks

Curriculum Topic For Consideration

MCAS  - It’s always MCAS season at SSVT, retakes begin next month, and ELA and Math are preparing for MCAS 2.0. Have you tried the sample assessment you students will be taking?
Check them out MCAS Practice Tests

Benchmarks in Mastery Connect  - Please identify your course benchmarks on this 1819 BENCHMARK TRACKING SHEET.

Be sure to upload at least the results into Mastery Connect shortly after each benchmark is given.

Assessments Tied to Standards in PowerSchool - this practice continues.
If you need to learn more about how to tag your assignments to standards in PowerSchool reach out to a colleague or an administrator.

Pineapple Charting - Thanks so much for welcoming administrators and colleagues into your classes. Please keep it up. I encouraged parents to look for the “welcome mat” posted on doors
throughout the building. I do hope that they see some.

From the desk of the Vocational Coordinators, Bob Foley and Keith Boyle

Final Advisory Committee invites have been emailed, please follow up by phone.

Make sure you have your budgets ready for advisory

SkillsUSA - Local Competition and selection should take place over the next month.

Deadline November 20th.  Please provide the Competition and Names to Lisa Bellantoni.

Discipline - Please remember discipline starts with the instructor, you are responsible for your detentions for classroom expectations violations.  Please reach out to your parents if you are experiencing a problem with a student.

Vocational Instructors - Please reach out to the parents of your students to stop in and see you for parent-teacher conferences.