LCHS Friday Focus

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. This will be the last Friday Focus of 2021. Just a reminder grades are due by 2:30 on Tuesday, December 21. Any student that failed will need a PASS Plan summary turned in also by that time. If you didn't have a PASS Plan, please fill out the incomplete form. Give me a copy and mail a copy home.  First off, I would like to thank everyone for their work in developing our skills using the PLC process. This semester we have focused on a common skill in each of your areas. For some, this was really easy to do. Other areas had a difficult time coming up with a common skill that led to good, meaningful, conversations/feedback.  I would like to thank everyone for their work in developing our skills using the PLC process. This semester we have focused on a common skill in each of your areas. For some, this was really easy to do. Other areas had a difficult time coming up with a common skill that led to good, meaningful, conversations/fee...

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. Reminder, I will not be in today as I am taking Tyler to a football visit at Morningside.  Earlier this week, Mr. Wingert approached me about a grade he thought was calculating wrong. We both calculated and what we came up with was different than what was on PowerSchool We figured the grade by taking the average of the formative percentages times .2 and the average of the summative percentages times .8. So I opened up a support case in PowerSchool. This is what I learned. PowerTeacher calculates the grades by taking the total points earned divided by the total possible points. So if a student has earned a total of 70 out of a 100 formative points and a 80 our of a 100 summative points, the grade will calculate like this: ((70%*.2)+(80%*.8))=Quarter Grade.  Something to make you all aware of:  New Law- Hotels (for stays in Iowa only) Iowa public money can’t pay for rooms at non-certified hotels The Iowa Department of Public S...

Happy Friday! Wow, this week went really fast. I don't know if it was because Mr. Formanek was gone for 3 days or what it was.  We are quickly approaching the end of semester 1. Only 13 days including today. If you take out semester test days, that leaves us with only 10. If a student does not pass your class and you have not done a PASS Plan, I will need you to fill out an incomplete form. This is new and will be shared with you. On this form, you will need to document what needs to be done and when it is due. This will need to be mailed/emailed home to the parents and a copy given to me. If you are giving any other student an incomplete because they were gone or you want to extend time for them to raise their grade from one passing grade to another, this form will not be needed. Semester tests will be on Dec 17 - Periods 1, 3, 5, & 7 and December 20 - Periods 2, 4, 6, & 8. December 21 will be the make up date. Students will report to all classes except study hall. They ma...