Celtic Courier: Week of March 9 - 13, 2015

"Vision to See, Faith to Believe, Courage to Do"

Dear Staff,

We hope you have had a wonderful weekend with your families!  What a terrific weekend to be a Celtic!

Congrats to Jamie Pearson and our Boys BB team's second-round Tourney win over Scioto!  They face Pick Central at Westerville North on Thursday at  7 PM.  The team also finished its home season undefeated!

Our Jerome Jungle turned out in full force Friday night in a great Beach-out!

Congrats to Coach Pat Murphy and our Hockey team for qualifying for the Frozen 4 for the first time in Celtic history.  They defeated UA in sudden death Overtime 4-3 and was a thrilling game! The Frozen 4 starts Thursday at Nationwide Arena.  When we confirm the game time we will let you know.

Our Hockey Team celebrates an Overtime victory over UA to go to the Frozen 4. 

Thursday also starts the State Wrestling Tourney-- Seth Transue qualified!

Thursday will also be a great day to be a Celtic!

Congrats also to Brian Stevens and Micah Abrams whose Wind Symphony and Concert Bands scored Superior ratings in OMEA competition on Friday, and to Jeanne Wohlgamuth whose Chorale scored Superior at OMEA contest on Saturday!  Wow!

What a wonderful IB CAS demonstration night on Thursday.  Congrats to Karen Kendall-Sperry, Magen Beatty and all of our IB teachers for such a successful evening and IB Diploma Program.

Mai Erana, IB Diploma Program candidate, at IB CAS Demonstration Night.

This Week:  The quarter ends at the end of this week.  We continue two days of testing this week mostly affecting sophomores and juniors as well as make-up for OGT/PARCC.  We also have students out on Thursday for Mock Trial and athletics and will mostly likely have students out on Friday leaving for spring break early.

We highly suggest not counting any assessments/projects etc this week on this quarter's grades and count them on quarter 4 instead.  You risk not being able to post grades accurately, as you only have Monday, March 23 for make-up.  We can only do very limited grade changes once grades are posted so that George can print grade cards on March 24.  When you are making grading decisions, please be sure and consider carefully posting all grades accurately at midnight at the end of the day on Monday, March 23.

Please continue to collaborate and communicate with your same-subject team on grading and assessment practices, particularly at the end of the quarter, so that students have similar opportunities no matter what teacher they have in that subject-area.

Photo courtesy of @10MillionMiler via @ToolsTeachers Twitter

Monday: Ohio Performance-Based Assessment in Government starting at 7:55 AM in Aux Gym.  You will have some Juniors missing class, including those students who are currently in second semester Gov and those in AP Gov who did not sign up for the AP test.  This testing group is only about 40 students.

Also IB TOK Day.

Tuesday: Ohio Performance-Based Assessment in US History starting at 7:55 AM in Aux Gym.  About 200 mostly Sophomores will be testing and so please plan accordingly.  Those students affected are in US History and any AP Studies or AP US History students who did not sign up for the AP US History test.

Please work with our students who are missing class due to this required testing with flexibility for make-up work.

Wednesday:  Staff Meeting at 7:15 AM in Band Room.  We welcome Dr. Sharon Murphy as part of the Social Studies presentation.

Try to come to the cafeteria 5th period for a martial arts presentation as a global presentation in honor of Chinese New Year.

The administrators will be attending a two-hour presentation starting at 3:30 at Coffman on Street-Smart, a drug education program.

Thursday: Dr. Murphy presentation in the CPA 3rd and 4th periods on ISIS.  All are welcome.

Hockey States, Wrestling States and BB Tourney game.  Also Mock Trial States.  Again, a great day to be a Celtic!  Please be aware that you may have some students missing class to participate/attend  some of these events depending on the time.

Friday:  End of Third Quarter.  Also Mock Trial States continues.

Saturday: Dublin St. Patrick Day's Parade and day-long celebration.

March 16 - 20.  Spring Break!  Enjoy a well-needed restful and wonderful break with your families.

March 23:  All grades are required to be posted by midnight  at the end of the day Monday.  If you are traveling spring break and risk not posting grades by this date, please post your grades before you leave.

March 25: Working Wednesday returns. Adjusted bell schedule.

March 27: Grade cards home.  Adjusted bell schedule for afternoon Dodgeball assembly.

Also District Dodgeball Tourney at Scioto in the evening.

Have a terrific week!  It is an exciting time to be a Celtic!  Go Celtics!

Cathy