April 10, 2023
Kudos:
Thank you to the cafeteria staff and Deb Beary for feeding everyone at this school daily. The hard work and the energy in the cafeteria is always present. You all work hard, keep us safe, and make it fun for the students to eat lunch together. Thank you for your united front and teamwork.
Eddie Carll: When track was down and out a coach Eddie had already volunteered to help out whenever students needed. He ended up committing to help coach our SST track team that has nearly tripled in size over the last year. You'll see him running laps and doing planks alongside our student athletes. He always joins with a smile and makes the kids laugh. We appreciate this!
Kudos to Rachel Ellison for the tremendous job she is doing in our Allied Health program. Her steady presence and educational efforts have gone a long way to helping give the department some stability over the past 6 months.
Note: Kudos are staff generated. Want to celebrate a colleague? Submit a write-up to kudos@ssvotech.org
Main Office Access:
In an effort to control the flow of students into the main office, we are closing the door and requiring all students to check in at the window with the receptionist. These new changes do not affect the staff in anyway, but we do ask that you check-in with Laurie before seeing Mark or Sandy. Thank you.
April 10 Professional Development:
Click here for an overview of the day! We start at 7:45am in the lecture hall.
April 12th Credit for Life Fair
SST is excited to bring back a full scale Credit For Life Fair that begins with a breakfast mixer and ends with a buffet lunch provided by the fine staff and students from the Culinary Arts Program. Click here to review the PPT presented to our volunteers, it should provide a good overview of what the students will experience. We hope that all staff take an opportunity to walk through the fair and chat with our students about the experience.
Below is some essential information.
Staff Parking: We are expecting approximately 30 guests from the outside to help us with this great event. If you park in spots that
run along the outside oval in front of the school, #271-295 we ask that you park in the spots opposite Brass Lantern.
Those who park in spots #258-263 are asked to park next door at 376 Webster st.
Staff Assignments: Educators who have senior classes blocks 2,3, and 4 have been assigned roles to support the fair. Thank you for your help. Please see the assignments below.
Senior Schedule:
7:45 Students report to block one, this is a regular class session
9:05 Students start checking in in main hall
9:25 -10:00 Mix and Mingle Breakfast in Cafe with Welcome speech and explanation of the day
10:00 - 10:45 All students into the gym to get a lay of the land and visit a few booths
10:45 - 11:15 Group 1 in lecture hall working online. Group 2&3 in gym visiting booths
11:15 - 11:45 Group 2 in lecture hall working online. Group 1&3 in gym visiting booths
11:45 - 12:15 Group 3 in lecture hall working online. Group 1&2 in gym visiting booths
12:15 - 12:45 All students back in gym to finish up visiting booths
12:45 - 1:30 Lunch and awards in Cafe
1:45 Senior dismissal
Full School Lunch Schedule:
Evaluation Evidence Reminder- Educators on a single year evaluation plan or in year two of a two year plan have evidence to share with their evaluator in April. Please see your contract for details. Please feel free to reach out to your evaluator with any questions.
Health & Safety Committee Meeting:
A reminder that the Health & Safety Committee will be meeting Thursday afternoon, April 13th, at 2:30 pm in room 104. All are welcome to attend.
SST Handbook Review
SST’s handbook review process is now underway. All educators are welcome to make suggestions for revision until 2:30 on April 25th. The handbook committee will meet on April 27 at 2:30 in the IT Conference room to review proposed changes. They will meet again in May to discuss adjustments that need to be made based on our revised grading and assessment practices. Please let Laurie Litchfield know by Monday, April 25th if you are interested in serving on this committee.
Click here to see the current student handbook.
Click here to log your proposed revision.
MAVA Summer Courses
Time to Register for the Summer 2023 Extended Campus (Cohort) Courses
The MAVA Extended Campus Program has posted the list of summer semester courses on the MAVA website under the Professional Development section. We are excited to announce that we will be offering 14 courses this summer. Course will be offered fully online, hybrid, or face to face. Additional details about each course and the meeting dates and times are listed on the tab for summer course listing. Please review the MAVA site for more details.
Class registration begins Monday, April 10th. Registration is a 3-step process. The first step is to register for the course through the MAVA website. The MAVA registration process will then guide you to complete the registration process with FSU or Westfield State University. Lastly, you will pay for your course through PayPal. Please follow the instructions carefully and complete ALL steps. You have not successfully registered if you have not completed the 3-step process.
If you have any questions, you can reach out to sheilaharrity@mava.us
Please don't wait to register, courses close quickly.
Field Trip and Vans:
With the better weather upon us, departments are making use of their activity vans on a more regular basis. If you are planning on using a van as part of a field trip please work to identify which, if any, are available for your use by talking to the respective department.