January 26, 2018

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Happy Friday! I hope everyone enjoyed their shortened week. I have been asked about if we will need to make up these days. I would assume Dr. Webner will follow Dr. Wendt's example and he won't have the board make a decision until he is confident we won't have any more snow days. So the short answer is I don't know yet. Once the board makes that decision, I'll pass it along. 
With the counselors beginning to have the registration talks with grades 9-11, they will start registering them soon. The goal is to have everyone registered by the end of February and then have the "number talk" the beginning of March. 

 Reminder, if you were supposed to be gone on Monday or Tuesday, please recall your leave request if you haven't done so all ready. 

We have to make a change to advisory next week since Neal and I have Cabinet on Monday. We will have it on Tuesday, so Neal and I can meet with all Junior and Senior students in the competition gym to go over prom. For those of you who are not a junior class advisory or haven't heard we are hosting prom this year. Since we will be hosting prom, there will be a few changes. Starting at 6:00 pm there will be a catered supper. Students will be able to purchase dinner and dance tickets for $12 per person. Following dinner will be the grand march. This will take place in the competition gym. Following grand march will be the dance. The dance will be in Carey Gym. Tickets for just the dance will be $7 per person. Once a student comes to the school, they will not be allowed to leave. Students who leave will not be allowed back in. If you would like to see the full list of expectations, just drop me an email and I'll send you the info. 

 As we get into 3rd quarter, please do not wait too long to have PASS plans if you see a student who is already at risk. Most of the time, behaviors won't change without a little pressure. It is better to put that pressure on earlier than to wait for them to be in a big hole. When you have these meetings, please make sure to get me a copy of the plan. On the plan, we have a spot for follow up meetings or phone calls, please make sure you are following up with the parents on the agreed upon dates on the plan. I would prefer you talk to the parent rather than email. 

 We have our extra hour meetings on Feb. 14 and 28. Building in-service is on Feb. 21.

 I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Be Extraordinary!
Mark

Staff News

Congrats to Trish Baldwin and husband on the birth of their son, Griffin Michael.

Staff as Learners


Students as Leaders

Congrats to all the students that participated in Large Group Speech on 1/20. Students that moved on to state will perform on Feb. 3 here in Le Mars!

 Great job to the LCHS Jazz Band for receiving Division 1 honors!

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Librarian's News


Success Center Update


Instructional Coaches Corner

ThatQuiz is a free service for teachers that advertises using its online testing versus paper and pencil testing. I see it possibly being used as a skill site for practice. While it seems most catered to math (even calculus), it also offers vocabulary for 4 languages (including Spanish), Geography (Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia), and Science (cells, anatomy, elements, conversion). 

 Students seem to love taking selfies and making videos of themselves. Why not leverage that to your advantage: 3 Ways to Use for Students to Use Webcams or Selfie Cams in Learning. This quick read suggests the ideas of "About the Author or Artist", "Vlogging", and "Jigsaw/Test Review" as ways to use webcams and/or selfies in the classroom.

 FERPA Ruling Provides Privacy Advocates and Educators with Clearer Interpretation of Rights. Are you concerned about students' privacy rights and the many technology products that ask for students' personal information? Well click on the link above and read on.

 How to add a Family Feud-style game to your next class.

 4 Important Tips for the Question Feature in Google Classroom. This quick read has some good information about the Question Feature in Google Classroom. Worth the 2 minutes if you are a Google Classroom user.

 Legacy Google Drive desktop sync client now shutting down on May 12th, 2018.

 InsertLearning is an extension that lets you turn websites into interactive lessons, and it is an excellent companion to your blended learning lesson plans. It even works with Google Classroom. This is a freemium pricing product. It allows you to use this with an unlimited amount of students and have all features for free. The catch is that it allows you 5 lessons. For $8/month or $40/year you can have unlimited students and all features and unlimited lessons. I would definitely recommend looking into trying some of the free lessons and see what you think.

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Upcoming Events

Friday, January 26
- 4:45 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball @ Storm Lake
- 5:00 pm JV/Varsity Wrestling - Lakes Conference Meet in Le Mars
- 6:15 pm Varsity Girl Basketball @ Storm Lake
- 7:45 pm Varsity Boy Basketball @ Storm Lake

Saturday, January 27
- 10:00 am Freshmen Girl Basketball vs. Storm Lake
- 10:00 am JV/Varsity Bowling - Le Mars Invite
- 11:15 am Freshmen Boy Basketball vs. Storm Lake
- Show Choir Clinic and Showcase

Monday, January 29
- State Show/Jazz Choir Contest
- 3:30 pm JV/Varsity Bowling @ Ida Bowl
- 4:30 pm JV Wrestling @ MOC
- 6:30 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball @ Spencer
- 7:00 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball @ Spencer

Tuesday, January 30
- 4:45 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball @ Spirit Lake
- 6:00 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball vs. Unity
- 6:00 pm JV/Varsity Wrestling vs. SC North
- 6:15 pm Varsity Girl Basketball @ Spirit Lake
- 7:15 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball vs. Unity
- 7:45 pm Varsity Boy Basketball @ Spirit Lake

Thursday, February 1
- 6:30 pm Large Group Speech State Performers Showcase

Friday, February 2
- Morningside Jazz Festival

Saturday, February 3
- IHSAA Large Group Speech State Contest in Le Mars
- Varsity Boy Basketball vs. TBA @ SF Pentagon

Monday, February 5
- 3:30 pm JV/Varsity Bowling vs. MMCRU & West Sioux
- 4:00 pm Freshmen Girl Basketball @ Sergeant Bluff - Luton
- 5:30 pm Freshmen Boy Basketball @ SBL

Tuesday, February 6
- 4:15 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball vs. Western Christian
- 6:15 pm Varsity Girl Basketball vs. Western Christian
- 7:45 pm Varsity Boy Basketball vs. Western Christian

Thursday, February 8
- HS Band Winter Concert - MS Auditorium

Friday, February 9
- 4:00 pm Freshmen Boy/Girl Basketball @ Vermillion
- 5:15 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball @ Vermillion
- 6:30 pm Varsity Girl Basketball @ Vermillion
- 8:00 pm Varsity Boy Basketball @ Vermillion

Saturday, February 10
- ACT Testing
- 10:30 am Robotics Super Qualifier at WITCC
- 2:00 pm Freshmen Boy/Girl Basketball @ SC West
- 4:00 pm JV Boy/Girl Basketball @ SC West
- 5:45 pm Varsity Girl Basketball @ SC West
- 7:30 pm Varsity Boy Basketball @ SC West



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