Warhawk Nest

• Jan. 26: School Dance 7-9pm
• Jan. 31: Staff Meeting: Content PLCs (5 min in Library then time with content teams)

• Feb. 1: Report Cards Mailed Home
• Feb. 1: Home Game Girls Basketball
• Feb. 2: All School Assembly

Submit All Needed POs: DUE THURSDAY 2/29/24

• This will ensure everyone gets needed supplies & will allow us to determine funds that are left over for additional school-wide needs.

The wrestling season starts Monday! Classes/students and staff should not be on the wrestling mats at all during this season. Last year we had a lot of candy wrappers, candy stuck to the mats, and very dirty mats with salt/sand debris which is not hygienic for our wrestlers. Coach Denk will clean the mats daily prior to practice, but they are not sanitized after. Thank you for your help keeping the mats clean!

Hope your grading is all going well. The posting window is open January 15th-29th. If you need any assistance feel free to contact Jess Primus.

Here are some resources to help with grading and setup:

• Campus Instruction - Everything but the Grade Book

• Campus Instruction - The Grade Book

• Video - Grading Part 1
  
• Video - Grading Part 2
• Grading Setup Study Guide
• Grading Setup Instructions

Club/Activity photos are coming up on Feb. 7th. We will announce groups to come down to get their photos taken. If a club/activity advisor wants to be in the group picture, you need to arrange coverage for your class while your club is getting the picture.

Here's the tentative schedule:

Dismiss at 12:40 - Band 6th grade continuing (62 students)

Dismiss at 12:55 - Band 6th grade beginning (27 students)

Dismiss at 1:00 - Band 7th grade (48 students)

Dismiss at 1:10 - Jazz Band 7th grade (15 students)

Dismiss at 1:15 - Jazz Band 8th grade (17 students)

Dismiss at 1:20 - Band 8th grade (32 students)

Dismiss at 1:30 - Holiday Horns (13 students)

Dismiss at 1:35 - Chorus 6th grade (37 students)

Dismiss at 1:45 - Chorus 7th grade (17 students)

Dismiss at 1:50 - Chorus 8th grade (35 students)

Dismiss at 2:00 - Orchestra 6th grade (23 students)

Dismiss at 2:05 - Orchestra 7th grade (19 students)

Dismiss at 2:10 - Orchestra 8th grade (23 students)

Dismiss at 2:15 - WEB Leaders (37 students)

Dismiss at 2:25 - Student Council (28 students)

Dismiss at 2:30 - Tech Ed Club (24 students)

Dismiss at 2:35 - FCCLA Club (16 students)

Dismiss at 2:40 - Credit Union (11 students)

Dismiss at 2:45 - Book Club (12 students)

Dismiss at 2:50 - Yearbook Club (5 students)

Dismiss at 2:50 - Geography Bee (TBD students)

Next week, we will be practicing our EVACUATION within the building. The two main areas we would use for an INTERNAL EVACUATION would be the auditorium and the gym. Here is the process:

1. An announcement will be made notifying staff and students of the EVACUATION & the LOCATION to move to.
2. Staff would lead their classes to the specified location. If staff are not with students at the time, they would still move to the location designated.
3. When arriving, office staff will meet you at the door and escort you to an area. Examples: We will show you were to sit in the auditorium or where to line up in the gym.
4. Once in your spot, staff will take attendance. Then staff hold up the colored cards to notify office staff if everyone is accounted for (GREEN) or if you are missing someone/need assistance (RED)
5. Staff without students will check in with office staff (located by the stage in the auditorium or the North wall of the gym)
6. Staff and students will remain quiet until an all clear is called.

Deserving school employees can be nominated in the following categories:

• 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 (How has the employee demonstrated innovation in his/her work area?)
• 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (How has the employee gone above and beyond in creating a positive school culture?)
• 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹/𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 (How has the employee impacted the social/emotional well being of students and/or the school environment?)
• 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (How has the employee positively impacted the community?)
• 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (In what ways has the employee built positive relationships with students?)

Nomination form can be found here and need to be submitted by February 5, 2024.

Reading Edge Unit materials are set up for classes of 20 students. Ideally, we would not have more than 20 students in a class. Unfortunately as we know we have a teacher shortage, and our classes are larger than the SFA recommended sizes. While it may seem that SFA did not supply us with enough material it is the shortage of teachers that causes the larger classes, thus creating a shortage of material. The district has responded by purchasing more material from SFA distributors and Amazon.

Levels 2-3 through 5 are meant to be semester long levels for middle school. They are compact units meaning students are not meant to be in those levels longer than a semester. We do have some students who have not shown mastery in the lower levels after being in the levels for the semester, those students are being closely monitored, and we are working to determine the root cause for them not leveling up. The decision was made to move some students up a level even though they did not master the level they were in, due to staffing constraints. If the decision to level a student up is made, and the student hasn’t shown mastery at the current level of instruction the data is not skewed. The mastery level of the student remains the same only the instructional level changes. The report that shows student growth is based off of the student mastery level not student instructional level.

A collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) Youth Services Section and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI)!

Learn from your peers! Connect with communities who are addressing attendance with best practice strategies. Each session will highlight promising practices and feature school district and county human service professionals from across the state of Wisconsin.

Geared towards school staff and county human service professionals engaged in truancy prevention/attendance promotion.

Sessions will be recorded and made available to those who register.

Find the flier on our attendance webpage here.

Truancy: Wisconsin Statute & Best Practice Approaches

This first session will be a review of truancy basics presented by DPI & DCF Staff

Tuesday, February 6, 8:30am-9:30am | Register

Family Engagement Strategies

Wednesday, February 21, 8:30am-9:30am | Register

Using Data to Improve Attendance

Wednesday, March 6, 8:30am-9:30am | Register

School-County Collaboration

Tuesday, March 19, 8:30am-9:30am | Register

Questions about these events can be sent to Julie.Incitti@dpi.wi.gov or DCFYJ@wisconsin.gov.