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December 16, 2022

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      Happy Friday!   I will keep this short. W e have made it through the last full week of 2022! With finals starting today, I want to take the moment to thank you for your work this semester. This last week and a half with the snow days, late starts, and early outs didn't help in trying to get things done before the test. I understand the extra stress that may have caused, but you can exhale now as this semester will soon be over.  Students will be expected to stay for the entire test period. They are not to leave to go home or another class without a pass from the office or the teacher they want to go to. If a student stays for study hall, they will need to be in the commons and not wandering around. Please let the students know this.  Before you leave on Tuesday, I will need you to verify your grades are complete. Please refer back to last weeks Friday Focus if you don't remember or know how to do this.  Enjoy your break and have a Merry...

December 9, 2022

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     Happy Friday!  As we draw closer to the end of the semester, please make sure if you still have incompletes from 1st quarter those get updated. Semester tests will be on December 16 (odd periods) and December 19 (even periods). The make up day will be December 20. Grades will be due before you leave on the 20th along with PASS Plan summaries. Please put those in the box on my door. For the grades, please make sure you put comments under Semester 1 (S1) and verify your grades are complete. This video will assist you on how to do this. Verification Video by Adam Moss. On Wednesday, the steering committee that was established because of our targeted status had chance to meet with the AEA to start our process of developing a plan. At the meeting, we looked at our data off the Iowa Performance Profile and identified the areas we want to focus on. We are only listed for targeted for our IEP students, however, or EL students barely scored over the cut score to not be ...

December 2, 2022

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   Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break and was able to see family and have a chance just to relax. As we draw closer to the end of the semester, please make sure if you still have incompletes from 1st quarter those get updated. Semester tests will be on December 16 (odd periods) and December 19 (even periods). The make up day will be December 20. Grades will be due before you leave on the 20th along with PASS Plan summaries. Please put those in the box on my door.  I will be out of the building today, so if you need something please either email or check with Kyle. I will be able to check my email's occasionally throughout the day.  I have been talking with Seniors that are failing classes that would put their graduation at risk. They have all been told to talk with the teacher whose class they are failing. Please let me know if you have a senior failing and they haven't talked to you yet. I will follow up with them again on Monday. They only...