I recently started reading the book Culturize by Jimmy Casas so I was thrilled to learn that RESA had booked him for their learning series this year. I got the opportunity to hear him speak yesterday. He started the day by asking us to scroll through the contact list in our phone and find someone we hadn't connected with in awhile. Then, he gave us 1 minute to send a message to this person. See, as Mr. Casas explained, this was an opportunity. Life is full of opportunities - either we take them or we miss them. By mid-day almost everyone in the room had heard back from the person they texted. It was a good reminder for me that we have opportunities every day to build the kind of culture we want to have in our class, and in our school. May we not only recognize but seize these opportunities around us.
The remaining two Wednesday meetings this month are listed below:
- 10/17 PLC meeting
- 10/24 Building meeting (CORE Team coming to PHS)
1. Welcome to Amy Mullins! Please join me in welcoming Amy Mullins, our new ASD teacher. Amy started this past Monday and is in room 104A.
2. Emergency Drill information: Tomorrow's emergency lock-down drill at 9:17 am is a shelter-in-place. A shelter-in-place lock-down may be used in the event of hazardous material or chemical incident outside of the building or any other threat when it is determined the safety of students and staff require that they remain in classrooms; however, instruction may continue. Please be sure to:
- Check hallways/bathrooms and bring in any stray students
- Take attendance, including students you brought into your room
- Lock and close the door
- Close any windows
- All staff and students should remain out of the hallway
- Do not write hall passes for any reason
- Call my office to report medical emergency or critical information (PHS 734-582-5602) during the drill
- You do not need to place the red/green card under your door.
3. Fire Drill on 10/16 moved to the beginning of 3rd hour: This week's PSAT shortened the afternoon hours so in an effort to minimize the impact to 5th hour the fire drill next Tuesday is now at the beginning of 3rd hour. The drill will begin at 9:18 am.
5. Open Media Centers after school: Like last year, the media centers will be open for student use from 2:30 -3:30 pm on the following days: Canton - Monday & Tuesdays; Plymouth - Mondays and Wednesdays; Salem - Tuesdays and Thursdays
6. DNA illuminate answer sheets: You can print multiple answer sheets on one sheet of paper by clinking on Adv. Options link (above the generate tab). Click the 1st box that says "multiple answers sheet"
7. Sub lesson plans: If you are absent, please communicate your lesson plans to the substitute teacher either by uploading them into AESOP or making other arrangements for the plans to be given to the substitute. While you may choose to communicate with your students through google classroom or remind, please also provide the plans to the substitute.
8. School Improvement Link: The School Improvement Link is included in the PHS SLO Presentation on slide 24 (shared with you in Google Drive) and HERE for your reference.
