STEAMing with JSA

MM6516 MICHAEL’S MEMO 6/5/16 Latest News    Good Morning, as we embark on final week of the school year I want to say a deep heartfelt thank you to our entire staff @ JSA. We have worked tirelessly throughout the entire year to provide a high quality education for our students here at Jewett School of the Arts. I want everyone to know that I appreciate all that every member of our staff does to keep the school running smoothly from administration to our custodial staff. You all have continued to support the vision of JSA becoming a GREAT Fine Arts & STEAM Magnet school and we will only get better as next year rolls around. I believe our wonderful strides have come about due to the strengthening of our mental fortitude this year and the growth is extremely evident in our site visit feedback Please check out our video for this week and reflect on it over the summer and use it to build up yourself throughout the summer. Please make sure that you pay attention...

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...

Good Evening, we will use this space to keep staff up on the latest trends in all classrooms and assist in sharing great ideas and happenings at JSA, I would like to thank our resident tech guru D. Dill for continuing to push me into new areas.