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January 26, 2020


Good evening all-

I hope mid-year exams are going well. Please remember to contact the office immediately if a student who needs to take the exam is not present.

The custodians reported to me they have found students unattended in rooms on several occasions lately. Please remember that students should have adult supervision when in a classroom space, especially after school hours. Thanks for your attention to this.

Reminders from the 2020 Course Recommendation Timeline
The course recommendation window for teachers will remain open until 3pm on Monday, February 3 (this is pushed back a few days).
Teachers make course recommendations- January 21- February 3rd
(ALL teachers must have conversations with students and make recommendations)


Class meetings- February 3rd (B day)
9th grade- 9:35am
10th grade- 10:15am
11th grade- 10:55am
Classes will be called down- do not send them until an announcement is made. It is hard to
predict how long the meeting will take based on students questions.  If someone from your
department would like to talk about any changes in courses please let me know.

The new x-block schedule will be rolled out after February vacation. Thank you to everyone who volunteered to attend the FlexTime Manager training. We have tentatively scheduled that meeting for the February 13 faculty meeting time. 


Students approve courses and choose electives- February 3-15


Parents make final approval- February 24- March 6


Student Showcase Night- date to be determined, this is our Spring parent night.
Department liaisons (and anyone else interested) will discuss this on Tuesday, January 28. Meeting time TBD.

As a reminder grades MUST be submitted no later than Monday, February 3 at 3pm. This is a shorter time than usual for us to run all of the GPA's and reports that we need to run to release grades. Please help us out by making every effort to get grades in as soon as possible.

Challenge Day is scheduled for Wednesday, January 29. Thank you to all of the faculty who have volunteered to participate and help out in other ways. The student list will be sent out on Monday afternoon. We have close to 100 students participating for the first time, and 25 student leaders who are returning after participating in the past.

If you had the pleasure of attending the Make A Wish Fashion Show today you heard student advice to younger students.  A few stood out (I am paraphrasing) ....get the sleep you need; if you are up until midnight doing homework every night, something isn't right; and prioritize your mental health. Good stuff.

This has been shared before but it's worth sharing again.
Every Kid Needs a Champion
Also thought is was worth thinking about again....
You Will Be Found- Dear Evan Hansen

I hope you all have a wonderful kick-off to Semester 2!

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