Month: April 2018

PBIS 4/30-5/4

This Tuesday morning, Dana will provide materials for you to do forecasting with your students. This will be in place of the normal Behavior Expectations Review. And, by the way, a big thanks to Barb and her students for a super informative series of lessons over the last week and a half. 
 
May Breakfast of Champions:
May’s Breakfast of Champions will be held on Thursday, 5/31 from 8:15-8:45am. The theme is Greatest Growth – academically, behaviorally or otherwise. Please nominate students under the May tab here: https://goo.gl/68t4B7.
 
Golden Plunger Winner:
Mr. Wade’s 6th period classroom wins this month’s Golden Plunger! Please let me know when you’d like to have a pizza party and we’ll get that arranged.
 
Courtyard Cleanup: 
Mrs. Hohenemser’s homeroom is up next for courtyard cleanup. If needed, there are cleaning tools next to the drinking fountain in the cafeteria.
 
5/3 Article:
This week’s article is: Should the Washington Redskins change their name? (see attached). Next week, we’ll read an article on sex education (2.03). Please review the article via the link on this page.

PBIS 4/23-4/27

Pride Week continues through this Friday, so please refer to Barb’s email from April 12th for an overview and lesson plans (documents also attached here). Below are a few other things going on 🙂
 
May Breakfast of Champions Theme:
I had the May theme slated as “Greatest Growth” (since eternal optimist was pushed back a month), but I’m wondering if this conflicts with the Turnaround Award? Should we change it or do both, nominating different students for each? The other option is the theme “Strong Finish”. I’m all ears.
 
Courtyard Cleanup: 
Ms. Harrison’s homeroom is up next for courtyard cleanup. If needed, there are cleaning tools next to the drinking fountain in the cafeteria.
 
Cougar Pride Bucks Reminder:
To signal a new start and the changing seasons, we’re going with ORANGE for the remainder of the year. I’ve attached the master copy if you need it. We’ll accept blue and green bucks too until you run out. 
 

PBIS 4/16-4/20

Breakfast of Champions:
April’s Breakfast of Champions is this Friday, 4/20 from 8:15-8:45am. The theme is Eternal Optimist. If you have yet to nominate a student, it might not be too late – for example, you could plug it if you have plans to meet with a parent Monday or Tuesday. More the merrier. Names go under the April tab here: https://goo.gl/68t4B7.
 
4/17 Behavior Expectations Review: 
Tuesday‘s slideshow is the works here: https://goo.gl/3wbn4v. This week focuses on the concept of equity. Please see the slide notes for details and let me know if you have any suggestions for improvement.
 
Pride Week Lessons: 
These start Thursday. See Barb’s email for info!
 
Courtyard Cleanup: 
Ms. Connor’s homeroom is up next for courtyard cleanup. If needed, there are cleaning tools next to the drinking fountain in the cafeteria.
 
Cougar Pride Bucks Reminder:
To signal a new start and the changing seasons, we’re going with ORANGE for the remainder of the year. I’ve attached the master copy if you need it. We’ll accept blue and green bucks too until you run out. 
 

Trimester 3 Homeroom BER Schedule

Here’s the tentative Tuesday schedule for the remainder of the year.

April – Diversity + Equality
Diversity
Equality
Equity
GSA Presentation

May – Teenage Brain
Sleep
Learning styles
Technology + the brain
Mental health Pt. 1 and Pt. 2

June – Reflect on year

4/9-4/13

 
Breakfast of Champions Nominations:
April’s Breakfast of Champions is coming up next week! We have it slated for 4/20 from 8:15-8:45am. The theme is a carryover from last month, Eternal Optimist. These are the students who always look on the bright side of things and bring positive energy into the classroom. Please nominate students under the April tab here: https://goo.gl/68t4B7. 
 
4/10 Behavior Expectations Review: 
Tuesday‘s slideshow is the works here: https://goo.gl/JLaSZF. This week focuses on the concept of equality using Title IX as a case study. The TED-Ed video is 4:34 and is worth watching all the way through, so please factor this in for the mini-lesson.
 
Courtyard Cleanup: 
Ms. Cockram’s homeroom is up next for courtyard cleanup. If needed, there are cleaning tools next to the drinking fountain in the cafeteria. 
 
4/12 Article:
This week’s article is: Asthma: more than a medical problem? (see attached). Hardcopies will be next to the boxes Monday afternoon. A list of Trimester 3’s articles can be found here. 

4/2-4/6 PBIS

4/3 Behavior Expectations Review: 
Tuesday‘s slideshow is the works here: https://goo.gl/RFidrr. We will be discussing diversity over the next few weeks, including issues around race, ethnicity, SES and the LGBTQ community. This week will be a broad overview of the concept of diversity. Please let me know if you have any ideas!
 
Courtyard Cleanup: 
Mr. Bliss’s homeroom is up next for courtyard cleanup (If Mr. Bliss has a homeroom; otherwise, it’s Ms. Cockram. Can anyone confirm this?). If needed, there are cleaning tools next to the drinking fountain in the cafeteria. 
 
4/5 Article:
This week’s article is: Should the US have stricter gun regulations? (see attached). Please have a look and let me know if you have any reservations about this article. Otherwise, I will print hardcopies and make them available next to the boxes Monday afternoon. A list of Trimester 3’s articles can be found here.
Breakfast of Champions Nominations:
April’s Breakfast of Champions is slated for the 4/20 from 8:15-8:45am. The theme is a carryover from last month, Eternal Optimist. These are the students who always look on the bright side of things and bring positive energy into the classroom. Please nominate students under the April tab here: https://goo.gl/68t4B7.