STEAMing with JSA

MM 5/31/16 Good Morning Staff, I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Holiday and had a moment to reflect on the sacrifices made by our troops to afford us the wonderful freedoms we experience in the United States of America. We have 8 instructional days left in this academic year, please be sure to make the most of your remaining instructional time. Our video of the week touches upon the importance of the perspective of thinking. Highlights for the week We want to say a resounding thank you for Mrs. Power who retired this past Friday, we have all been enriched by her wonderful work at JSA and she will be greatly missed on the JSA campus. I want to take a moment to say thank you to Mrs. Holbert, Mrs. Wheaton, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Jarrett that put on the glow party formal for the 8th graders this past Friday. The students really enjoyed the night and the decorations and theme was very exquisite.  Thank you goes out to Mrs. Gravitt, Mrs Burke, Mrs. White, Mrs. Brown, Mr. and ...

MM Update Thank you to 4th grade Mrs. Strouse and Mrs. Gainey for wonderful walk throughs during the site visit. I know that the 5th grade students displayed their work and were interviewed. The students in the two classes were able to clearly explain and elaborate on the information being taught within the Readers' Workshop and provide Mrs. Janice with a tour around the classroom to speak about the various projects that they had the opportunity to complete throughout the year. I apologize for the over site in the weekly memo. Thank you SO much for the wonderful job you did last week. Michael

MICHAEL’S MEMO 5/22/16 Latest News    Good Morning, as we embark on the week I would like to take a moment to thank our 3rd grade instructors (Henry, Boyce, Parker, and Smith) for improving the 3rd grade scores by 11% from the previous year(52%) to 63% achieving a level 3 or higher. I appreciate all of the hard work that the team has done to increase the learning achievement of the grade level and provide our students with an excellent STEAM experiences. Our video of the week is an excellent example of the proper approach to achievement for STEAM. IMPORTANT EVENTS Ø          Piano/Chorus Concert 5/25/16 in the JSA Cafe @  Ø         3rd grade field trip to Lakeland Tigers Henley Field 5/23/16 9 - 12:45 p.m . Ø         David Gregory Training Change Management 5/24/16 Ø         Assistant Principals' Meeting 5/24/16 @ JMPDC Ø       Chic Fi...

MM 5/9/16 Good Morning JSA family, as we embark on this week I would like to have the quote below be our guide for our initiatives and learning focus for the week:   Please provide a written response to how you achieve this within your classroom with an example of modification that you have used to improve your instructional delivery. You may do so by via e-mail to me or post a response to the article. Important Dates: Arts Integration Showcase 2nd & 3rd grade 5/9/16 SAC Committee Meeting 5/10/16 SSSYR Contest 5/10/16 Faculty Meeting 5/10/16 Unit Planning 5/11/16 Gifted Transitions 5/12/16 2nd grade Field Trip 5/13/16 Video for the week:

MICHAEL’S MEMO 5/2/16 Latest News    Good Morning, as we embark on the week I would like to take a moment to thank our instructors with it being teacher appreciation week. I understand that you are never told thank you enough, paid enough, or appreciated enough from parents, students or stakeholders, but I would like to let you know that I appreciate you for all of the sacrifices and hard work that you do when no one is watching and all of the extra educating, tutoring, positive comments, hugs, smiles, and praises you bestow among your students to ensure that they believe they are successful. Thank you and know that we will provide several small tokens of appreciation this week, but it pales in comparison to the greatness that you provide on a daily basis.    IMPORTANT EVENTS Ø   State History Fair Tallahassee, Florida 5/1 & 5/2 Ø   Gifted K-3 Zoo Experience 2:15 – 3:00 P.M. Gift...