Madison Middle School

By barsotti_p 　https://blogs.4j.lane.edu/madisonstaff/2022/10/28/october-28-2022/

IDear Madison Staff,

Here are this week’s updates.

MADISON INFORMATION         

• Staffing Update: Madison’s Registrar job is posted.  If you know anyone who is interested and you think would be good, please encourage them to apply. We also have the 5 hour night custodian position posted.  This is a hard job to fill so if you know someone, please encourage them to apply.
       
  
• Safety Week, November 4: The slides we’ll use are linked in the Focus Calendar. Please plan to review them in Focus classes, prior to each day’s drill. 
     
  In the event of an actual emergency, office staff will do their best to email everyone a quick explanation of what is going on if we don’t feel it’s appropriate to announce it over the loud speaker. 
    
  
  • 11/1 Tuesday: Shelter & Evacuate @ 3:30  We’ll focus on an earthquake safety for this shelter drill. Students will practice “drop, cover, and hold”. We’ll have info in the Tuesday focus slides.
                   
  • 11/2 Wednesday: Secure drill (danger outside the building) @ 11:05am. For a secure drill (formerly known as a lockout), I will announce “Secure! Get inside and lock outside doors.” All exterior doors are to be locked and no one is allowed in or out of the building. It is business as usual inside the building – to the greatest extent possible – until the all-clear signal is given. I will do that 8-10 minutes into the drill, right before passing period. This drill is done if there was something or someone unsafe in the neighborhood. These are most often called by local law enforcement due to police activity in the area.
        
  • 11/4 Thursday: Lockdown drill (for a danger inside the building) @ 12:05pm. I will announce that we are going to do a lockdown drill, giving a brief explanation of how it will work. I will then announce “Lockdown. Locks, lights, out of sight.” Classroom doors are to be locked, lights turned out, and students moved out of sight. The goal is for rooms to appear unoccupied,  Doors remain locked until a first responder or designated staff member (Peter or Gina) unlocks the door to announce the all clear. In a real lockdown, if there was an immediate threat and it was safe, staff and students would also self-evacuate.

• Conferences Week: 
  • Dates: Dates for conferences are –
    • Tuesday, Nov 8, 4:15pm-8pm, Evening Conferences
      • Meals for Conferences: We will provide dinner on Tuesday night. Let me know if you have any requests or suggestions for Tuesday’s dinner.
      • Dinner Schedule – Talk to your TLC rep about the dinner flag plan
        • 5pm – SS + Wilcox + McLauchlin
        • 5:30pm – Math + Hobie + Goodband
        • 6pm – Science  + Brooks + Dunlap
        • 6:30pm – LA + Stead + Marvin
    • Wednesday, Nov 9 8:15am-noon, Half Day Conferences, afternoon is off for those who stayed for Tuesday night.
    • Thursday, Nov 10, PD
    • Friday, Nov 11, No School, Veterans Day
               
  • Gina and Peter Available for Conferences: Let us know if you have any tricky conferences you’d like me to attend. 
     
  • Conference Tips: Parents generally want to see that you know their child and care about them. Share a few personal details and positive anecdotes during your conference to put them at ease. I also recommend asking parents about what they think is going well and what they’re concerned about before sharing your positives and concerns.
        
         

DISTRICT INFORMATION                            

• Vector/Safe Schools Training: You should have received your Safe Schools training link. It does seem to have fewer modules this year than in years past. If for some reason you didn’t receive this email, please email Melissia Morphis at morphis_m@4j.lane.edu and cc me.
      
• ODE Report Cards and Detail Sheets: Madison At-a-Glance Report Card and Detail Sheet
   

Looking Ahead:

Have a wonderful week!

Peter and Gina