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Volume 1, Issue 9 Week of January 8, 2018 - January 15, 2018 Principal’s Update The first week back is officially behind us. It was a very calm week. As we walked around class- rooms, we saw you going where you leſt off. We must connue to work hard for our students and connue to get them to produce amazing results. All students were addressed at the class meengs. Emphasize what was discussed. Dress code: blue, khaki, or black pants. (No jeans unl aendance increases). Polo shirts: Blue, grey or white. Jackets, hoodies and pull overs allowed to be worn at all mes must be navy blue, grey, or a Clarke Spirit or AHS Spirit. All oth- ers must be taken off or unzipped to show the polo shirt. Emphasize to students owner- ship of their own grades, and their ability to finish strong. Always remind them of how to behave in the classroom and outside of the classroom. Your connued support in the hallways during transion is important. This semester will keep moving at lightning speed. Use all of the me you have with the students in the classroom efficiently and effec- vely. Together as a team, we will experience success with our stu- dents. Week at a Glance: Out 1/9/18 in the AM AP’s in Action By Earl Sanchez & Frenda Serda-Gerardo Counseling Corner By Salvador Chavez & Torita Hansby We are happy to be back and pick up where we leſt off to start the new year. El Dorado high school Architecture Acade- my presentaon for 8th grad- ers will be on Wednesday, Jan 10th in the commons. We will resume study skills on Tuesday and focus group on Wednesday during Super School. Teachers, you can help by referring those who can benefit from study skills in any way. Finally, here are a few study habits students should develop to be more academi- cally successful: 1. Don't aempt to cram all your studying into one session. Successful students typically space their work out over shorter periods of me and rarely try to cram all of their studying into just one or two sessions. 2. Plan when you're going to study. Successful students schedule specific mes throughout the week when they are going to study -- and then they sck with their schedule. 3. Study at the same me. It's important you create a consistent, daily study rou- ne. When you study at the same me each day and each week, you're studying will become a regular part of your life. SCEI’s the Limit By Kat Gutierrez & Tiffany Heras Hall of Fame Moments!!! Congratulaons to our Robocs teams for receiving medals at this weekends compeon. Our teams put in countless hours and did an amazing job. Please con- gratulate all of them. Some of our students even came out on KVIA. Together as a team we collaborat- ed to create the campus’s new VISION and MISSION. Now that we have created it, let us live it everyday. Share it with your stu- dents! VISION: One synergec team, One com- mon goal, Student success… MISSION: To provide a posive, structured environment that ensures all students will connue to pursue personal growth and academic success. Compliance and Clerical Updates Enrollment: 919 Aendance for the Semester: Campus Aendance Goal: 97.5% 6th 93.34% 7th 90.70% 8th 94.21% Weekly 92.81% First Week Blues” it hap- pens! Usually aſter a long lay off, coming back is tough. Espe- cially when it’s for only 3 days of instrucon. I know in our case, this week was demanding. But , you had it tougher than we did. You had to get the kids geared up for the long trek ahead of us, and you have to get “in shape” for this trek. What I speak to are the prepa- raons for Saturday school, TELPAS and STAAR. The upside to all this is that you have beaufully laid the foundaon with the students the first semester. We can ob- serve their willingness to stay on point, address tasks encum- bered by you, and take owner- ship of their acons and re- sponsibilies. Needless to say, all the posives have been because you have stepped up in a big way. For this, we are grateful that you are meeng the chal- lenge and taking it to the next level. Forge on, we got your back! Teacher Tip: In a classroom, assigning seats can be the difference between a lesson running like a well-oiled machine or like a day at the zoo. Somemes we focus so much on developing top notch lessons; we forget to create a learning environment that will allow for our lessons to be effecve. Something to take into consideraon: when we allow students to choose their own seats, most of the me, they make their decisions for social reasons. When a teacher strategically assigns seats, they do it for academic reasons and as a form of classroom management. -Kat’s out on January 10th for a training; Tiffany is out on January 11th for training.
