Dear Staff,
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2015 on the Celtic Energy Bus! We hope you have had a terrific holiday and winter break with your families! We hope you experienced lasting family memories and enjoyed rest, relaxation and fun! Happy Birthday today to Andy Wilkinson!
Celtic sports continued throughout break and our Winter sports teams are doing well! Much thanks to our of our staff members who are coaches who spent a lot of break providing wonderful athletic opportunities for our students, including coaches Matt Williams, Pat Murphy, Jamie Pearson, Craig Zesiger and Catherine Smith.
What a great break to be a Buckeye! Wow! Kicking off 2015 beating Alabama the #1 team in the country deep in SEC country. We were fortunate to travel to New Orleans with many Buckeyes and met my best friend from Marietta, Moe and his wife, for the bowl trip. Scioto has declared Monday Ohio State Apparel Day to "honor" Bob Scott since he made the mistake of wearing his 'Bama clothes every day the week before break. :) And yes, we have been texting! I even ran into some of Tommy Scott's Bama friends and a frat brother after the game. Small world.
We also ran into many Jerome students and their families and don't be surprised if students don't bring you prearranged absence forms for the National Championship game in Dallas. It will help as it is a teacher workday on Jan. 12 but students who go will be traveling back on Jan. 13.
We were so proud to see Brian Stevens halftime show in the Superdome Sugar Bowl and the crowd was wowed by the formations he designed for the Space-themed show.
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| TBDBITL performs formations designed by Jerome teacher Brian Stevens. |
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| OSU fans stay for the post-game trophy presentation! |
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| Jerome grad Lexie Toth was one of the any Jerome students and former students who followed the Bucks to the Big Easy! |
This is the last week of the quarter and we know we have more exams than normal to be made-up due to the flu hitting during exam week. Andy, Mike and Forrest have worked out a make-up schedule in the media center Monday-Wednesday for students who have missing exams. Please contact them with any questions you have. Obviously these students will be missing class time to take exams so please do what you can to help these students who are already behind and stressed at the end of the semester.
Please also note that exam grades should be posted by Wednesday so that parents and students have an opportunity to see their grades prior to the end of the semester. Obviously this may not include students who may be still taking exams on Wed. All staff are required to hand back exams this week and go over exams. Please provide students questions and answers and exam data during this class activity so that our semester exams which are summative can also be used formatively in year-long classes. Same-subject teams should provide this exam student and teacher feedback consistently as a team.
Wednesday: Working Wednesday. Since we have not had one in a while please help remind our students. Focus: Exam data through PLC work. Please remember that we are focusing on Question #3 this year especially. What will we do for students who did not learn what we assessed on the exam? Please answer this question collaboratively in your same-subject teams.
Thursday: Department chair meeting 7:15 AM in media center. Please send items for the agenda.
Friday: End of first semester. TOK day at Scioto for all IB Diploma students. Feel free to wear your Buckeye jerseys, T-Shirts and Sweatshirts since students are not here on Monday, game day!
Looking ahead:
Jan. 12: Teacher Workday: End of Semester. No School for students. Workdays are for teachers to work on grading and grade submission. No administrative or district meetings are scheduled. 7:15 - 2:50 PM. Regular school-day hours for teachers.
National Championship Game: The Bucks vs. the Ducks!
Jan. 13: All grades must be submitted by 8 AM. This is a district-set date and time for all high school staff. No exceptions. Please do not be late.
Jan. 14: Staff Meeting 7:15 AM. Parent PARCC Meeting 7 PM for parents of all freshmen. Chairs-- please be sure you have sent us the name of the teachers who will be presenting from your English, Math, Social Studies and Science Departments. We mailed letters to parents of all freshmen before break informing them of this meeting. Please help out by also posting this on Progress Book etc if you have a PARCC course.
Jan. 15: OGT Parent Meeting 7 PM. Will also include PARCC US History. For parents of sophomores. We will send this letter via enews tomorrow inviting all sophomore parents. Chairs -- please be sure you have sent us the names of the teachers who will be presenting from your English, Math, Social Studies and Science Departments.
Jan. 16: Grade cards distributed in HR.
Jan. 19: No School. MLK Jr. Day.
Jan. 21: Working Wednesday
Have a terrific week back! We are so looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Cathy
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