Madison Middle School

By barsotti_p 　https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/madisonstaff/2022/10/07/october-7th-2022/

Dear Monarchs,

Thank you for the joy and excitement you created during today’s River Walk. It was great to see all the kids participating and enjoying the event together! We managed to successfully raise $10,000 for the school, which is way more than the previous River Walk, prior to covid. We are excited to announce the winners for each of the prizes. That will happen a few at a time, each day next week during announcements. We will also post the names of winners on the monitors in the hallways.

Here are this week’s updates.

MADISON INFORMATION          

• Bathrooms and Out of Class – We are continuing to have a ton pf problems with kids being out of class to hang out in the bathrooms. They will often coordinate a time and each ask for a pass at the same time, or one will get a pass and then cruise past their buddy’s class and give them the “come on” nod. Kids are vandalizing the restrooms and making all kinds of messes. Please put some thought into your bathroom checkout routine. You may consider a sign-out sheet of some sort, in order to track which kids are constantly using the restroom or are out of the room for extended periods of time. The supervision team has noticed that there are some students who seem to get a bathroom pass every single period and seem to be constantly roaming the halls. Thanks so much for your help in trying to minimize these behaviors so that we can keep our restrooms clean and cared for.
  
     

DISTRICT INFORMATION                   

• Friday District PD: This week’s PD is teacher’s choice. Peter sent an email this afternoon with more info. 
       
• Talent Ed Tasks and Goals: I am working on some sample goals for teachers to use related to our school wide goals of AVID Organizational Support and SEL. I’ll share those out as soon as they’re done. In the meantime, all staff need to complete their self-reflection (classified staff) or self-assessment (certified staff) in Talent Ed, if you haven’t already done that. As of this afternoon, 19 out of 24 licensed
      
• Professional Development Calendar: Linked here is the 2022-23 Professional Development Calendar for certified staff. This lays out all the district-led PD for teachers this school year.
• Equity Learning Opportunity We are excited to share the link for the viewing of I’m Not Racist…Am I? 

   

  Password is: E4J2scrn%106!

  It is available until 4pm on Saturday, 10/8

  We also want to make it clear that the purpose of this film is to facilitate dialogue and discussions between parents and families at home. We are not expecting teachers to facilitate or have discussions in their classrooms regarding this film. 

  For anyone who is unable to watch the staff viewing or attend the screening in person, there will be a virtual screening offered on 10/21 from 5:30-7  with a Q&A and talkback with the creators of the film from 7-8:30. 

  
            

• Save Our Schools Opt Out Form: A heads up there’s a Save Our Schools Opt-Out Form circulating online and in our community made by Heritage America. If you receive this form, simply thank the parent or guardian and let them know you’ll give it your principal. The form cites OARs with a loose interpretation of them, but don’t engage in a discussion about the opt-out form or any actions you’ll take regarding the form. 
   

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND OTHER INFORMATION

Looking Ahead:

Have a wonderful week!

Peter and Gina