STEAMing with JSA

MM 2/26/183 Good morning staff, we want to continue to capitalize off of our training from yesterday by seeking to implement the strategies provided by the staff. Small group instruction, classroom management, and using formative assessments are all research based strategies that have a high return in student learning gains. If anyone needs any additional support for any of the training that was provided please do not hesitate to contact administration. We have four days left until we participate in FSA writing. Please make sure that we are providing supports for our students and providing opportunities to maximize each ones' potential in achieving their highest possible output. Shout Outs! Thank you to Theatre Department for putting on the spring production of Adams Family Jr. Mrs. Nichols and Reynolds we appreciate all of your hard work. Shout out to Mrs. Burke with the phases of the moon hands on lab and blacking out the classroom. Keep up the hands on labs. Shout ou...

Michael's Memo 2/19/18 Good evening staff, I would like to commend our Dance program with Mrs. Haigler and Ms. Mills for making the sacrifice for our students to perform this past Saturday at the Heritage Festival. I would also like to thank Mr. Smith for having our drum line perform at the festival as well.  As we embark upon our assessment season, I encourage everyone to make sure that we are utilizing our standards to drive instruction. The road to success can have multiple bends and curves, but it is important to keep going until you reach the destination. Curriculum Updates Tomorrow we will have our staff focusing on unpacking standards. We will review the practices, tasks, assessments and plans to make sure that we have a set plan to address remediation, acceleration, and small group instruction. Acceleration makes up 200 points of our school grades. Algebra/Geometry students = 100 points and Civics = 100 points Science cell = 174 students Please make sure to ha...

Michael's Memo 2/11/18 Good evening, thank you for putting forth your best efforts, despite illnesses, student misbehavior, flexible schedules, and other interruptions. I am excited for the upcoming week. We will get the opportunity to showcase our school on Thursday for Marzano Training for administrators. We will come in the classrooms and observe the instruction focusing on student learning. This is not any different from administrative walk throughs. Keep up the good work and know that we appreciate all of the staff. Our video for the week focuses on the power and ability that our students possess if we just give them a chance.  House Keeping Notes Lesson plans should be updated by Monday of each week. It is imperative that your plans are up to date, to ensure student learning is maximized. Failure to plan is a plan for failure.  Grades must be updated weekly, two assignments per subject.  All staff members that have duty, please make sure to arri...

Michael's Memo 2/5/18 Good evening JSA family, I want to thank everyone that pitched in on Friday to assist in duty responsibilities on Friday. I know that we only had one guidance counselor and one administrator in the office along with 2 TRST's, but everyone chipped in to keep everyone safe and get the kids transported off campus safely. We continue the countdown to FSA testing and I continue to see wonderful progress occurring in the areas of Math and ELA. Keep up the great work of using interventions, reteaching, utilizing small group instruction, tutoring, and practice exercises (both electronically and with paper based sources). I want everyone to know the if we all do our jobs to the best of our abilities, we will be successful and Achieve the gutsy goal of an A School.   Curriculum Focus Reviewing our pacing maps, lets make sure that we are keeping up with the learning maps and we are teaching the full depth of the standards. Make sure that you are aligning ta...