Warhawk Nest
02/23/24
COMMUNICATE OFTEN!
Staff, please remember families love frequent communication. Please update Infinite Campus no less than weekly. Parents use this as a tool to determine how their students are doing regarding their academic progress. If students have missing work, parents should be notified and students should be assigned to an after school detention. If the student gets their work done prior to their assigned detention, we can always take them off the list. Parents do not like surprises at the end of the quarter, if their student is struggling, we should be communicating that now. Thank you for keeping our communication lines open.
It is great that so many of us want to help students that miss breakfast or are hungry during the day. However, we are noticing some students are on the hunt for snacks and leading to them being late to class and lost instructional time. Some students will wander the school making multiple stops in order to obtain multiple snacks.
The counseling and main office often have snacks available. We have snacks donated by a local non-profit for students. For consistency and to make sure instructional time is maximized, we are asking that anyone who gives snacks to students only does so for students already in their class/office. If a student goes to your classroom or office asking for a snack:
- They MUST have a pass from their current class teacher specifically indicating the purpose of getting a snack.
- Only give out snacks to students from other locations between 10:45-10:55 and 1:55-2:00.
- If students do not meet this criteria, please let them know the expectation and send them back to class.
Thank you for your assistance and collaboration to help our students in a systematic way.
Parent Teacher Conferences are being held at Wilson Middle School on Thursday, March 7th from 1:00 pm until 7:00 pm.
- Teachers will be in the Gym and Cafeteria at tables in an open concept format.
- Parents/guardians can line up for a quick meeting with their student's teachers as they are available. If a private or longer meeting is needed, a separate appointment time can be scheduled with a teacher.
- If a parent/guardian needs virtual meetings, parents/guardians will contact teachers directly to schedule an appointment. Here are instructions on how to schedule an appointment in your Google calendar.
- We will have teacher name signs posted at your tables in the Gym or Cafeteria, and also a sign to put on your table to indicate when you are away for a break or virtual conference.
- We will have a schedule prepared for each teacher, with a sheet posted at your table of times you are unavailable and/or need to leave your table. Hopefully this will help with the transitions away from your table with families. (i.e., I'm sorry, I have to leave for an appointment)
- Sign up here for your break and dinner; one person per slot.
- For all of this to work, you'll need to email Jessica Primus your virtual appointment times, IEP meetings, conflicts, etc.
- Parents and Admin will provide a taco bar dinner for staff that night!
The Forward Exam will be here before we know it. Below I have attached the Exam Schedule. We are going to try testing a little differently than in the past in hopes to be less disruptive to our normal daily schedule. Students will take the exam with their content teachers during that assigned period. For example, students will take the ELA portion while in their Reading Edge class. 8th grade students will take the science and social studies portions while in their science and social studies classes. We will have a Staff Meeting on the 28th to discuss proctoring the test and how to prepare students for the exam.
Do you have students performing below grade level- receiving a D or F? Do you have a student who repeatedly struggles to meet behavior expectations? If so complete a Request for Assistance Form to inform Wilson's Intervention Team. We need to intervene now, while there is still time to make a positive difference in their learning both academically and behaviorally.
Time Off Requests
Staff should be entering time off first into Skyward.
If a sub is needed, there should also be an entry into Frontline.
If a sub is needed, but the absence is due to district work (field trip, meeting, conferences, etc.), then just an entry in Frontline is appropriate.
Sub plans should be emailed to Debbie Rhein, Jessica Primus, and RTwilson.
Sick Time Entry - What happens if I run out?
Skyward is set-up to not allow negative balances for sick time. If staff find they run out of sick days, it should be entered as time off type “Other” with “unpaid” as the reason.
Above all, we want to make sure that there is a sub secured as soon as possible. If there is ever a problem with entering sick time, staff should enter their absence into Frontline and work to resolve the time entry within the week.
General Information
Jessica Primus and Debbie Rhein can enter and edit absences in Frontline but not Skyward.
If you need an absence changed or deleted in Frontline, contact Jessica Primus to do that.
If you need an absence changed in Skyward, contact Jessica Primus to deny it and then you can resubmit the corrected request.
