10/8/18

Department Meeting: Today’s meeting is cancelled – Our next meeting is scheduled for October 23rd in FX 135

Back to School Night – Thursday, October 11th.  Please make sure your classrooms are neat and inviting.  Since only the grade 9 teachers will be returning, please assist them with room prep and decorating.

• ·       Those of us who have grade 9 classes and/or grade 9 students on our rosters must attend.  Dismissal for grade 9 instructors will be at 1:16. You will need to sign in that night by 6:00pm.
• ·         Instructors who DO NOT have grade 9 courses or students will remain on campus until 3:45 pm.

All English I teachers...  ESL referrals - Please refer any students that you think need to be evaluated for possible placement in ESL.  Your referrals can be based on in-class writing samples or observations about their command of the language.  You can contact me or York Lam directly.

Grade-level Teams - Schedules for All grade-level teams are done – Meetings will mostly take place on the last Thursday in the month. The shedule will be posted on the department site today. 

Attendance reminders:  Attendance must be input within the first 10 minutes of class every day, for all classes.  New Procedure – teachers must enter “A” for absent or “P” for present.   We will no longer leave it blank for “present.”

Power Teacher & Gradebook set-up:  If you have not done so already, please be sure weights are aligned with school policy. Kim Prinzo is on PowerTeacher duty during period 7 – contact her to check your gradebook for errors!

IDs and Lanyards – Please make sure your students are wearing their IDs and lanyards when they leave your room on a pass.

Teacher Logs in PowerTeacher – It is a good idea to log any correspondence with students, parents, guidance and CST in the teacher log in PowerTeacher.   This ensures that there is an active record of what has transpired when dealing with issues that may need intervention in the future. 

Wonderful things...  This weekend, Chuck and his friends participated in the 

Bergen Buddy Walk for our friend Colin who has Down Syndrome.  

It is one of our favorite events of the year!  Be well all...