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DODGE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL Faculty Meeting April 17, 2012
DODGE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Faculty MeetingApril 17, 2012
Pick a Number 7:30 A.M.Drawing
DCMS Principals HonoredDistinguished Service
NASSP has declared the week of April 16-April 20, 2012, as National Assistant Principals Week to honor and recognize the contributions of assistant principals to the success of students in schools across the United States.
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Mrs. Faye Wells Mrs. Pam Algrim
BUSINESS ITEM Instruction• Common Core Crosswalks (What are they? Why they are important?)
• Reading/ELA• Math
BUSINESS ITEM Supervision• Red Hall Passes• Hall Supervision during Passing
Periods
BUSINESS ITEM Review of Summer School
Program• Online Applications Closed• Link to Summer Proposal• Requested Staffing
– 4 Math & 4 Reading– 2 Science & 2 Social Studies– 1 Newcomers
BUSINESS ITEM End of Year Parent
Orientations• 6th to Seventh Grade Orientation:
–Thursday, April 26th• 5th to Sixth Grade Orientation:
–Canceled (Letter Mail Outs)• Summer Reading Program
–Lasso Your Lexile
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE PROCEDURES
• Procedures Posted on Cardinal Spaces
• Check Schedule on Shared Drive• Room Assignments are Posted• Support Teachers are Assigned• Summer School Information: Team
Leaders Boxes
SCHEDULING ADJUSTMENTS 2012-2013
• Teacher Voted Schedule (Option 3.8)• Passing Periods Reduced by 1 Minute
– 3 minute Passing Period• A.M Advisory: Time Reduction by 2 Minutes• 6 Overlapping Lunch Rotations• Math and ELA Differentiated Instruction• Equal Classroom Distributions for Tier
Interventions• Extended Time Interventions(KMA and
KRA) Reduces One Elective
Lunch Schedule• Pick up drop off from class• No Locker Transitions• Eleven Minute Study Hall
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DISTRICT WALKTHROUGHS INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
• Principals’ Walk-Through Orientations during Team Meetings
• Link to Walk-Through Spring Schedule
• (Starts April 17th)
District Requires Written and Stated Objectives
• Essential indicator posted in student friendly language
• Learning objective for current lesson is posted
• Language /vocabulary objectives for current lesson are posted
• Learning objectives for current lesson are communicated to students feedback
Written and Stated Objectives
CLOSING OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR
• 4 Boxes Delivered to Room and Roll of Tape and Labels in Mailbox (April 17th)
• Link to End of Year Reorganization Guidelines
• Link to Textbook Inventory Procedures
CLOSING OUT THE SCHOOL YEAREnd of Year Information Textbook Inventory
DCMS Slated to Win KAMSA Gold Standard Reading Award for two consecutive years.
It is rumored that Lora Louquet will again take top honors at the annual KAMSA awards ceremony due to the top DCMS reading teachers performance.
This may be the first time in the history of this award that a winner for high performance in reading has taken home the award in two consecutive years.
CELEBRITY NEWS AND GOSSIP WORLD EXCLUSIVES
We are the
Champions
DCMS will take top honors for high performance in math at the annual KAMSA awards ceremony
KAMSA will announce on May 7th the Gold Standard Awards in mathematics. In a short interview with Mrs. Deb Lapka of Dodge City Middle School,
Mrs. Lapka stated that she, “was honored for the math department to be a first time recipient. This honor will carry forth the idea that DCMS is a high achieving school.”
CELEBRITY NEWS AND GOSSIP WORLD EXCLUSIVES
We are the
Champions
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KAMSA Middle School of the Year Finalist 2012
KAMSA will announce on May 7, 2012 the recipients of the top six Middle Schools in the state of Kansas. Rumored to be in the top six is Dodge City Middle school.Honorary banners will be presented during a special ceremony held to recognize the best of the best middle schools in the state of Kansas.
CELEBRITY NEWS AND GOSSIP WORLD EXCLUSIVES
We are the
Champions
Dodge City Middle School KAMSA Middle School of the Year
2012 Finalist
Introducing the Theme of the Year 2012 - 2013
We are the
KAMSA 2012 Gold Standard Award in Math & Reading
We are the champions - my friends And we'll keep on fighting - till the end - We are the champions -
