Bus/Parking lot duty: Eastman and Levy

Monday 3/18: No Staff meeting today/use time for collaboration; Department mtgs 11:00

Tuesday 3/19:  Kaiser@training (Dave Eubanks and Robert Singletary - Local history)
Wednesday 3/20:  Kaiser@training
Thursday 3/21: Spring BBQ and Celebration Assembly
Friday 3/22:  Stay home... it's spring break

Bus/Parking lot duty: NO BUS DUTY.... SPRING BREAK

Monday 3/25:  No meeting.... spring break

Tuesday 3/26:  Nothing at all.... spring break
Wednesday 3/27:  Do you know what day it is?.... Doesn't matter 'cause it's spring break
Thursday 3/28:  Sleep in Thursday... spring break
Friday 3/29:  Relax all day Friday.... Spring break

Bus/Parking lot duty: Mahoney and Meeks

Monday 4/1: Staff Workday

Tuesday 4/2:  
Wednesday 4/3:  
Thursday 4/4: 
Friday 4/5: 

Bus/Parking lot duty: Mahoney and Meeks

Monday 4/8: Staff Workday

Tuesday 4/9:  
Wednesday 4/10:  
Thursday 4/11: 

Friday 4/12:   

Third Trimester

Thank you for a successful beginning to third trimester and thank you for your flexibility as we adjusted schedules.  Your welcoming attitude makes all the difference for our kids!

Badges

Please wear your badges every day.  If you see subs without them, direct them to the office so we can have badges made.  

Students in the Office

Students come to the office for a number of reasons.   If they are in the office, they are being managed by one of us.  Sometimes they are waiting to speak to someone, cooling down, waiting for an outside agency etc.  Please, if they are in the office, know that we are handling the situation and don't ask them why they're there or tell them where else they should be.  As well-intended as these interactions are, they can have the effect of further confusing already difficult situations.  We appreciate your help with this.

Local History Presentation:

Dave Eubanks and Robert Singletary will be in the Library on March 19th from 2nd - 5th period.  If you have a class you'd like to have attend, please schedule with Amy.  We can probably have three small classes or two large classes participate each period.  Prior to bringing your students, please talk to them about appropriate behavior and be prepared to ask students to go to the office if they are misbehaving.

Week of March 11

Bus/Parking lot duty: Hamill and Higgs

Monday 3/11:  Schedule for the day

Tuesday 3/12:  First day of trimester 3
Wednesday 3/13:  
Thursday 3/14: Gaynor, Gonzalez, Kaiser @Teaching Lab
Friday 3/15: 

Bus/Parking lot duty: Eastman and Levy

Monday 3/18: 

Tuesday 3/19:  Kaiser@training
Wednesday 3/20:  Kaiser@training
Thursday 3/21: Spring BBQ and Celebration Assembly
Friday 3/22:  Stay home... it's spring break

Bus/Parking lot duty: NO BUS DUTY.... SPRING BREAK

Monday 3/25:  No meeting.... spring break

Tuesday 3/26:  Nothing at all.... spring break
Wednesday 3/27:  Do you know what day it is?.... Doesn't matter 'cause it's spring break
Thursday 3/28:  Sleep in Thursday... spring break
Friday 3/29:  Relax all day Friday.... Spring break

Bus/Parking lot duty: Mahoney and Meeks

Monday 4/1: Staff Workday

Tuesday 4/2:  
Wednesday 4/3:  
Thursday 4/4: 
Friday 4/5:  

Game Night
Kids really enjoyed themselves last night.  The participation was excellent with lots of happy faces and fun interactions.  Thank you for planning the event, Angie and Val.  Thank you to all the staff that made it a fun event for students.

End of Trimester 2
Please have grade finalized by Tuesday March 12 at 3:30.  Thank you!!!!


New Students
We will have 27 new, nervous and excited students on Tuesday.  Rudolph Dreikurs noted that discouragement is at the root of all misbehavior and I would add that anxiety and nervous tension can look like crabbiness and short-tempered responses.  This mental framework and our approach to learning and teaching are what separate us from many other schools.  Student-centered education and student-centered responses to misbehavior is what we do well.  All of the new students will be making decisions during their first week of school.  They will be deciding whether they can be safe here, if this a welcoming place, and whether this a school where they can learn and grow and be accepted.  I believe they will answer all those questions in the affirmative.  I hope we can all use this weekend to relax and refresh and be ready to make the third trimester a positive experience for new students, returning students and for ourselves.  Thank you for the time and effort you've invested so far and for that which still lies ahead.  No other work is as important as what we do and I am so thankful for each of you and for your commitment to Venture students.

Bring on the Education Revolution