We're Back..... Week of September 5

Welcome to the first day of the 2016-2017 school year!  
I wonder if I can adequately communicate to each of you my appreciation for your welcoming attitude, patience, and willingness to help me learn all the details of "doing school" at Venture.  In addition to the kindness you've shown me, each of you has demonstrated a commitment to creating the sort of school that cares about all kids.  What you do with students every day is really "love in action."  We all fill different roles and wear different hats, and together we create space for children and adults to grow and stretch beyond today's current reality.  I feel so privileged to be working with you this year.

As much as possible, we will use the Venture blog for school-wide communication.  It will be updated  weekly so you will be able to see on Friday the plan for the following week.  It is for all of us - certified and classified staff.  Please feel free to comment, and send me suggestions of things you would like linked here or events you would like mentioned.  As time permits, I will link important documents and anything that might be helpful for us.  As with any communication method, it will only work well with your participation.  So, please read it at least weekly (always by Monday morning) and let me know if you see any errors/omissions/mistakes/typos/or other annoyances that should be mentioned.

For the purpose of our weekly updates, I am assuming that individual teachers are maintaining their own calendars, so generally I won't be listing items that only pertain to a handful people - like MTSS meetings, my own district meetings etc.

On Tuesday morning, I would like to come into classrooms (during block 2) and introduce myself to students and visit with them for about 5 minutes.  If you think that will disrupt your plans, let me know and I will come in another day.  I predict it will take two or three days to get to every class, so if you have a day that would be less disruptive than another day, let me know.

For the week of September 5
Bus duty Christina Smith and Lex Levy (if you don't see this in time, Bryan and I will cover on Tuesday)
Monday:  Labor day
Tuesday: I will visit block 2 classes
Wednesday: 
Thursday: 
Friday:


For the Week of September 12
Bus Duty: Tiege Arman and Diane Eastman
Monday:  11:00 SLT meeting
Tuesday: 
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: