Think about...

Monday, Nov. 13 will be a student attendance day.  Please be thinking/dialoguing about some things we could do to make this a positive, community building experience for students and adults.

Crazy cool science of teaching stuff...

Notice the link to the amazing article .  It's a quick read of 10, easily implemented strategies for immediately improving student learning.  Some of these strategies were in the book Made to Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die. by Chip and Dan Heath.

Challenge:  Try at least one of these items every day to boost learning for your students:

https://ditchthattextbook.com/longterm/

Wellness...

I LOVED leading a wellness this week.  It was fun to be with kids in this context.  I was up till 10:30 (past my bedtime) preparing.  It was a great reminder of the work each of you put into your classes and that this is definitely not a 40 hour per week job.  You're selfless, caring, and you put your all into it every day, all day. Thank you.  

One Place Church from Hayden spent the day beautifying our campus.  I will be sending them a thank you note.  If you have a space in your day (maybe you're doing gratitude projects with students or something similar) let's talk about students showing appreciation to One Place for volunteering at Venture.

Good news about Smart Pass...

We have ordered it!  Be watching for more information.

Mike Mattos on How to get insanely clear about learning outcomes and learning objectives: Short, to the point, worth a watch.

For the Week of October 2
Bus Duty: Eastman and Mahoney
Monday: Non Work Day:  Custodian Appreciation Day/Week
Tuesday: Kaiser out all day - Mantz and Mires are principal designees
Wednesday:  Kaiser out @ pm
Thursday: Extended Learning
Friday: Flex Day

For the Week of October 9
Bus Duty: Doering and Cooley
Monday: Non Work Day
Tuesday: Kaiser out  Mantz and Mires are principal designees
Wednesday:  PSAT day  
Thursday: Extended Learning
Friday: Wellness, Trent visiting Venture

For the Week of October 16
Bus Duty: Smith and Hook
Monday: Non Work Day:  Custodian Appreciation Day/Week
Tuesday: Kaiser out @am
Wednesday:  Kaiser out @ pm
Thursday: Extended Learning
Friday: Wellness

For the Week of October 23
Bus Duty: Vaughan,  Fuller
Monday: Certified PD day
Tuesday: Kaiser out @am
Wednesday:  Kaiser out @ pm
Thursday: Extended Learning Picture Make up day
Friday: Wellness; Trent visiting Venture;  Halloween BBQ

For the Week of October 30
Bus Duty: 
Monday: Non Work Day
Tuesday: Kaiser out @am
Wednesday:  Kaiser out @ pm
Thursday: Extended Learning Picture Make up day
Friday: Wellness; Trent visiting Venture