LCHS Friday Focus

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great three day weekend and you were able to enjoy the nice weather. It is hard to believe that this is the last Friday in February.  I have scheduled meetings with each group next week to go over numbers for next school year. You also will need to get your requisitions in for next school year by March 13. When filling out the online requisitions, please make sure you use all caps. This makes it easier for Kim when she has to order. If you need to attach a quote with a requisition, please email the quote to me with the requisition number in the email so it can be matched up. The requisition number will be something like RQ0000.  Looking ahead, I won't be able to approve any more leaves for March 3. We have 7 people that will be gone that day.  I have been asked about our local assessments and when we will be giving them this year. I will sit down with those who are impacted by this soon and try to find a date in late April, earl...

Happy Friday! This edition of the Friday Focus will take care of next Friday as I will be out of town. Midterm will be on Tuesday. Grades should be current by 8:30 that morning. The end of the quarter will remain on March 21 since we don't have any quarter classes.  At your next department meeting take the time to review your norms. Make sure you are holding each other accountable to what your department has agreed to. If your department is struggling with the norms, please let Mr. Utesch and myself know and we would be happy to assist. Next Wednesday is a district in-service day and February 22 will be a building extra hour meeting. As I have made it around to a several of your classrooms in the last couple of weeks, I want to remind you of the APL training you have all had. I have not been seeing clear learning objectives on the board for the students. Remember this is a research proven practice that helps bring clarity to the lesson and lets the students know the purpose o...

Happy Friday! It is hard to believe we are already in February. We are getting closer to having numbers for courses for next year and should have these meetings soon. We have about 30 kids yet to register.  Midterm will be on 2/14 with grades due at 8:30 am. Please put your comments under Q3 so they will run on midterms. After midterms would be a good time to start looking at PASS Plans. I know last semester we had a lot packed into a short amount of time. As we get closer to the end of the school year, we seem to get busier. We have several groups that have or will be participating in state events. Thank you for having patience with our students and please continue to work with them as they may miss class. Without your cooperation, and the work of our students and fellow staff members, these opportunities for our kids would not be possible.  I will be coming around to get summer maintenance request. These requests should be for things that can't be repaired right now....

Happy Friday! I hope everyone was able to enjoy the unexpected short week. Nothing messes things up more than having time off in the middle of the week.  The basketball games that were scheduled for Tuesday were moved to Saturday. I believe the girls will play at 2 and the boys around 4. This will just be varsity games that day.  Wednesday, Feb. 1 we will have our extra hour meeting that was originally scheduled for Jan. 25. Please continue to work on your curriculum from district in-service.  With the snow days, I will move midterm to 2/14. For those of you who have trimester classes the last day of trimester 2 will stay 2/23.  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...

Happy Friday! This turned into a shorter week than planned. Thank you for your help in getting the technology numbers for the Board Retreat on Monday. They will be hearing from different groups in regards to how technology is being used in class. Eventually they will make a decision on what to do next in regards to technology in the classroom. Here are the totals so you know how the high school student responded.  1. 525 students have access to a desktop or laptop computer at home. 2. 432 students have access to a tablet or Ipad at home. 3. 541 students have their own personal smartphone with access to the internet. 4. 552 students have internet access at home. 5. 572 students use a technology device at home on a daily basis. 6. 441 students use a technology device in a classroom setting on a daily basis. During advisory on Monday have the students complete the semester 1 reflection and set goals for semester 2. We will not watch a video that day so they can complete the...

Happy Friday! We made it through first semester! Just a reminder that grades are due Monday at 8:30. If a student failed your class, please turn in your final summary of the PASS Plan to me at that time also. I will store grades at that time and Beth and Amy will run report cards.  As we start second semester, students have 5 days to add a class and 10 days to drop. So the last day to add is January 20 with the last day to drop as January 27. After the 20th, the only students that will be allowed to drop are those taking 7 classes.  Monday during Advisory, please remember to do the technology survey with your students. Just read the question to the students and have them raise their hand. Do not have them take it individually. When you are done, please send it to the office with at student. Make sure your name is on top so we can track the classes. Also during advisory, have the students fill out the 1st semester reflections and the 2nd semester goals. I have a Lakes C...