LCHS Friday Focus

     Happy Friday! Only 2 more teaching days to go (not including today) before our break for Thanksgiving. I won't be writing a Friday Focus for next week, so I hope you are able to rest and relax during the break. When we come back, we will only have 14 days of instruction and 3 days of semester test.  Hopefully you all have seen the email from Mr. Ludwig regarding toner and copies. Please plan accordingly for semester tests. If you can give it using Schoology, I am sure it would be appreciated. Now that we are pass our 2nd quarter midterm, I will be meeting with Seniors that are in jeopardy for graduation. Mr. Formanek is also pulling opens from seniors who are failing classes.  We will start our registration process for next school year in January. I do not want to take away first semester days since it is shorter. The plan is to do our 8th grade career day mid-January and the 8th grade parent's night around that same time. Mrs. Hill and Mr. Kopperud will co...

    Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. You still have tonight or tomorrow to catch the production, "Once Upon a Pandora's Box". Performances are at 7:00 pm each night.  Midterm is on November 17, which is also the last day of Trimester 1. Trimester 1 grades are due on November 22. We will mail Trimester report cards home that day. Midterms will be handed out on November 17 in 8th period. Thank you for your work during in-service on Wednesday. As we continue along our PLC journey and become more familiar with the process, we will be able to focus on more skills and interventions for those that need it. Reminder that the 4 PLC questions will guide us in what we do. 1. What do we want students to know or be able to do? 2. How will we know if they learned it? 3. How will we respond when some students do not learn? 4. How will we extend the learning for students who are already proficient? PASS Plans need to be completed by the 17. Right now I show we have 162 kid...

   Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. I had a good discussion with one of our peers regarding some of our students and lack of work ethic. I know many of you have had the student who will take the test not prepared and will just say I'll take the retake. How do we help students develop that work ethic? Where has the "grit" gone in our students?  Unfortunately, this is not something that is unique to our school or to our students. And not every student is this way. But we are seeing more and more students struggle with school. Some of the struggle comes from gaps in skills and others come from a lack of effort or what I call "stick withitness". How do we emphasize the work ethic students need, not only in school, but in life? Not only are some students missing this key trait, we are also seeing a rise in anxiety. I think these two things could be related. Think about your experiences growing up, for some of you this isn't that far back, but for m...