Dear Staff,
It is hard to believe that a few days ago we were still in summer clothes and now the lows are in the 30s and 40s. Wow! Is is early October or November? Hopefully we still have some more warm days ahead. This weekend was an exciting one for the Celtics, with football winning in triple overtime 42-41 at Westerville North by blocking an extra point. Our band competed in two OMEA band competitions on Saturday and brought home 2 Grand Championships, making an unheard of streak of 8 straight Grand Championships!! Wow! What a great weekend to be a Celtic!
Much thanks to all of you for your professionalism and leadership on Parent-Teacher Conferences last week. It was our largest parent turn-out on a conference night, reflective of our growing numbers and also to you focusing on learning by reaching out to our parents as partners in the learning process. Parents mentioned your willingness to go above and beyond to assure student success, and we appreciate your work.
Please be sure that you plan your assessments and projects very carefully going into the end of the grading period; consider ending your grades for this quarter on Monday, Oct. 13 or Tuesday, Oct. 14. Why? Oct. 15 is a two-hour delay with shortened classes due to the PSAT and the quarter ends Oct. 16 with no school on Oct. 17. If you plan assessments or projects due on Oct. 16, students with extended time or who miss school will have little or no time for assessment re-takes or corrections as grades are due at the end of the day Oct. 20. Please provide the optimal time for mastery learning for our students.
Chief Academic Officer Kim Miller has provided information to the school board regarding Working Wednesdays for tomorrow's board meeting and is a strong advocate for high school embedded collaboration time. We will provide an update to you at this week's staff meeting at which Kim will attend on a proposed time line if we receive approval from the board and Dr. Hoadley. We are grateful to her and Dusty Miller and to all three high schools administrations who also strongly advocate for this time as well as each of you for your input and feedback, especially our department chairs.
As you come together in your same-subject collaborative teams, please access allthingsplc as a great resource.
This week--
Monday: Please remember that during Homeroom we will conduct our first required Safety Drill. There is no adjusted bell schedule and Officer Collier and Andy Wilkinson will facilitate this drill during our homeroom period.
During this week all admins will be collaborating with you on Pre-Conferences and in formal observations. If you have any questions at all, please contact your respective administrator.
Wednesday: Staff meeting at 7:15 AM. Please be on time as we have 2 guests, Kim Miller, our Chief Academic Officer, and a guest from the Dublin Education Foundation, as well as Eval and other PLC items to discuss.
Friday we play Scioto in football and are hoping to see many of you at this exciting contest! It is a Tackle for the Cure game with proceeds from sales of pink Tackle for the Cure T-shirts and sweatshirts supporting breast cancer research. Friday will be a pink-out and hopefully we will have raised a lot of money to support our staff members fighting this valiant fight. Purchase a shirt and come out and cheer on the Celtics vs. Scioto at Jerome.
Looking ahead--
Oct. 15: Two-hour delay; PSAT for all juniors and testing sophomores and freshmen. We are testing over 700 students in this important National Merit Qualifying Test for all juniors.
Oct. 16: End of first quarter. Staff luncheon provided by the National Guard and our recruiter Cheri Higgins.
Oct. 17: No School; Conference Comp Day
Oct. 20: Grades due end of school day
Oct. 24: Grade Cards home
Highlights from last week:
Friday's Denim-Out was a huge success, with many blue jean jackets making a comeback.
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| Jackie Ahlfeld and Carol Jacobsen show off their blue jean jackets. |
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| Matt Williams and student Catherine join the denim-out! |
Friday was also a zoo at Jerome, with the Columbus Zoo bringing a baby penguin, an armadillo, and baby cougar twins. Many students and staff enjoyed seeing the animals up close and on TV. Much thanks to Jamie Pearson and Trevor Woods for providing Jerome this opportunity.
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| Carter Elsass conducted a great live interview while the animals pawed and crawled on the broadcast desk. Pictured is one of the baby cougars. |
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| The student cast and crew really enjoyed having the animals on the set, pictured here with the baby penguin. |
Have a terrific first full week of October! Remember, no energy vampires allowed on our Energy Bus! Stay positive and bring a Growth Mindset every day! #thedublindifference
Cathy
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