February Staff Meeting

February, 10th, 2015

7:30 AM

1.  ACT Testing(11th Graders):  March 3rd/4th @ St. John's.

• Student Council is trying to finalize afternoon activities for the afternoon.
• Heather/Paula anymore insight or discussion?

2.  School Finances- Governor's Budget

"A piece of technology will not, can not, NEVER, ever replace a high quality teacher." From @Joesanfelippofc http://t.co/BUaqkufXrv
— Curt Rees (@CurtRees)

• $150.00 pupil cut- $180,000.00 cut (Based on 1,200 students)
• No pay new money for two years- 8% or less

3.  Homeroom Discussion

• 15-16 School year
• Twice a week @ 20 minutes....end of the day.

4.   Scheduling

• Any students not listed or need changes, please let us know.  We did have a Integrated Math Class, Tiers, and a deduction in all of our technology educations courses and students dropping to a point where entire sections being lost.  So you can see there wa a huge domino effect.

5.  School Board Meeting Review:  Monday, February 9th

• Administrators Evaluations:  Thanks to everybody who did give input for our evaluations.
• Otherwise, a pretty low key school board meeting.
• Weekend Custodians

6.  Youth Options/Work Experience

• Record number of students for next year.  CNA and other coursework and post-secondary education as we need to market our junior/senior courses.

7.  Keep the faith and working hard to build relationships with students.  WE appreciate the time given to this great profession and making a difference in a student life.

The first five minutes of class. http://t.co/AcCDrq9Ptp
— Dr. Richard Voltz (@rvoltz) January 24, 2015

Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t turn out – take another shot.— Unknown

January Staff Meeting

January Staff Meeting

January 13th, 2015

7:30 am

1. 2014 1st Semester Mid-Term/Finals

Final Exam Schedule

2.  January 19th Teacher In-service Day

        

Staff Development- January 19th

• Grades are due Monday, January 19th @ 5:00

3.  ACT Test Date Reminder:

 Test Dates

4.  Any questions you may have on students?

5.  Validation on Teaching

 

 * The first semester is almost over.  Where does time go?  Keep-up the great work of working with students/parents/community.  Thanks for all you do to make this a great place to work and teach in education.  Please keep understanding how each and everyone of you can make a huge difference in a student's life.

    

December Staff Meeting

December Staff Meeting

December 9th, 2014
7:30 am

1.  15-16 Scheduling 

• We will be combining Business and a Mathemtics teacher to pick-up the sections in the PLTW/Tech Education Position.
• We will be posting for a HS History position in the spring of 2015. 
• Art project will possibly start this spring.  We will be adding the choir and custodial room to the art area at this time.  The project will need to completed by July 1st, 2016.

2.  End of the 1st Semester

• Friday, January 16th
• No school or students on Monday, January 19th and more information to follow for the staff development. 

3.  ACT Testing for 11th Grade

• We're looking at an off-site for our 11th graders on March 3rd/4th. (St. John's School)  If this does go well, we may use the building for AP Testing when we have big groups.

4.  Any problems with the communication for Remind 101?  Two-hour delay?

5.  Discussion Items from staff

We wish everybody a safe, enjoyable, and Happy Holiday and Winter Break!!

Upcoming Events

• Thursday, December 11th Elementary Concert at HS
• Tuesday, December 12th 6-Week Grade Reports due at 5:00
• Saturday, December 13th ACT Test
• Saturday, December 13th Reading Counts Fundraiser
• Tuesday, December 16th 6-12 Winter Concert @ 6:30
• Monday, December 22nd Winter Choir Concert @7:00 pm
• Tuesday, December 23rd Last Day of school before Winter Break
• Monday, January 5th Return from the Winter Break

Homework Inquiry:  Points to Ponder

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November Staff Meeting

November Staff Meeting

Monday, November 3rd, 2014

11:00 pm/Room 218

* Nice start to the homeroom with students.  Please keep-up the great work with passes, respecting other group meetings, and keeping students accountable.

Testing

Jennifer and the guidance department has completed the fall testing.  We will not have any testing until spring with ACT Aspire (Freshman/Sophomores) and ACT Test (Juniors).

Educator Effectiveness

Please don't be alarm as you will Jennifer and I in your classroom more in the month of November/December.  We would like to finish Round 1 of all staff walk-throughs before Christmas. Keep-up the great work in the classrooms.

School Cancellations:

I will send out an announcement through the Remind 101.

News:

Erik Trambush will be our long-term substitute for Scott Gordon.  Scott will be deployed for one-year.

Up-coming events:

Monday, November 3rd       Day of the Dead   5:00- 8:00

Tuesday, November 4th       Winter Sport Sign-up 6:30-7:00

Wednesday, November 5th  Fall Musical Matinee  1:00

Thursday, November 6th      Math Site Visit by UW-La Crosse

Thursday, November 6th, 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th  See Calendar for times each day.

Tuesday, November 11th     Veteran's Day 10:00
Friday, November 14th         Blood Drive @ High School

Wednesday, November 26th 3-Week Progress Reports

Thursday, November 27th    Happy Thanksgiving

Staff Meeting 10/14/2014

October 14th Staff Meeting

7:30 a.m.

*Parent communication is improving with parents.  Thank you for this and keep up the good work! Try to also communicate with parents on the positive you see.  This is very much appreciated.


Upcoming Testing
ACT Aspire - Beginning 10/14/2014 during 8th hour

WKCE Testing  - October 27th - October 30th
                                     Test Dates


End of Quarter Work Day
End of the Quarter - work day - plan to be here November 3rd.
                                            1.  Prairie du Chien Police Department 12:30pm-2:30pm
                                            2.  More information to follow
End of Quarter- October 31st
- Grades are due on Monday, November 3rd at 5:00.

Upcoming Events
NHS Banquest- Monday, October 20th at 6:30
Day of the Dead - November 3rd 4-8pm
Fall Musical - November 6, 7, 8, and 14, 15
Any others?

Office Support Staff - 
Sara Godfrey, Jan Ostrander and Nicole Reger

Informational
Studer Presentation from School Board Meeting 10/13/2014

Student Council Representatives see Andy following the meeting.

Prairie du Chien High School Staff Meeting

9/9/2014

Data:
Great job to the STEM and Humanities team on collecting data. Keep up the great work!

October Testing:  

Teachers/Proctors: Ms. Natalie White, Mr. Ron Sedgwick, Mr. Kurt Hutter, Ms. Strachan, and Mr. Kilburg, and Ms. Kerri Weber.

ACT Aspire Testing Dates:  October 13th-22nd

Monday, October 13th:  3rd/4th Hour  English(/Writing

Tuesday, October 14th:  8th Hour Extended-Science

Wednesday, October 15th:  3rd/4th Hour-Math

Monday, October 20th:  8th Hour Extending-Reading

Tuesday, October 21st:  Make-up - 1st Hour/9th Hour (Mrs. Gallagher/Mr. Banasik)

Wednesday, October 22nd:  Make-up - 1st/9th Hour  (Mrs. Gallagher/Mr. Banasik)

Picture Retake:

October 9th

Teachscape :
Please begin the self-review

5:10 Rule - Culture

Homecoming Week
More information to come:
September 29 - October 4

Love is in the Air at PDC

May Staff Meeting

May Staff Meeting

Wednesday, May 13th, 2014

"The people that are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do." - Steve Jobs

1.  2nd Semester Final Schedule Preview:  Please review to let us know about unforeseen conflicts.

See Google Drive

• Open Campus between periods and lunch.
• The reason for the change in hours due to shared staff.
• The schedule will accommodate students with breaks for down time and study.

2.  Student Handbook:  Keep with the student handbook rules as we know it does get hard at this time of year.  Video piece...

• Grades for Ineligibility students are due on Monday, June 2nd @ 5:00
• Supervision for students during class breaks.
• Passes in the halls for students.  The bathrooms have been a lot better.

3.  Senior Timeline

• Finals will be May 19th (Periods 1-5) and May 20th (6-10)
• Graduation Practice on Wednesday, May 21st @ 8:30.  Please make sure all information is turned into Jan. (Fees/Failing Senior Grades/Incompletes/Any other additional items need collected.)
• Senior Grades are due Wednesday, May 21st @ 8:00 am.  Please send an e-mail to Jan on any seniors failing.
• Class Night is Wednesday, May 21st @ 7:30
• Graduation is Sunday, May 25th @ 2:00.  Graduation will be inside due to our current microphone system.

4.  Chromebooks:  Return

• Staff Data on the use of Chromebooks for finals

5.  Professional Development Days:  June 9th and 10th  TBA- Educator Effectiveness

• Review or start the process of SLO's
• Heather DeBruin and Matt Lenz will be instructional coaches for the high school.  They will be going to CESA training on Monday, June 3rd for Educator Effectiveness, Step 3.

6.  Wednesday, March 14th Awards Day

• Marge Johnson and Kayla Mezera

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Key Club Scholarship

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Agriculture

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Art

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Bus. Ed.

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-English

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Family & Cons. Ed.

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Foreign Lang.

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Mathematics

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Music

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame Science

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Soc. Studies/History

Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Hall of Fame-Technology Ed.  Mock Accident will take place outside at 12:30.  Please have your students keep books, chromebooks, and yearbooks in your room or their own locker.   7.  Any other information that does need to be announced? 8.  Enjoy the last three weeks of school!!