MHS WEEKLY STAFF UPDATE

• Updates from Jason
• Dates to Remember
• Staff Solon Salutes Shout Outs
• Department Updates: Guidance Department & CBL
• Procedure Reminders & Helpful Links
• MRPS District Updates

Hello All,

I hope you had a wonderful and restful weekend and are all well. It's pretty quiet at the Gingold/Affolter house. Renee left for Denver for the week. I saw my dad on Saturday, and we watched the UVM Basketball game. I am excited about the NCAA tournament and the 11 days until Major League Baseball starts. All in all, it was a lovely weekend.

This week, we have conferences, a Board meeting with a hopefully updated budget amount, a Choral Concert, Field Trips, Enrichment, and the first-ever Soup for the Soul. It should be a different week and one full of connections. Thank you to the enrichment team and the Soup for the Soul team for offering us the opportunity to not only have a delicious meal but also time to continue to build relationships.

Please feel free to reach out if you have questions about the budget, and we will know more prior to the board meeting on Wednesday after our leadership meeting.

I hope you all have a great new week. We are happy and willing to assist if you need anything. And we are available to attend conferences if you need us.

Sincerely,

Jason

"We can be our own worst enemy sometimes. We often think or expect the worst because it's the easiest thing to believe when we don't believe in ourselves. Instead of being your worst enemy, be kinder to yourself. Give yourself the credit you deserve, and try to see the situation for how it is, not how you have created it in your mind. Give your mind a little rest, beautiful. Save that brain space for new ideas and adventures, for the things you love and the people you love. Breathe in, breathe out. You've got this."

― Charlotte Freeman, This Was Meant To Find You Sincerely,

Edutopia Article of the Week.

Important Happenings this week:

Monday 3/18/24

7:30 Office Hours

9:45 Graduation Meeting

1:00 Normal Solon Block

3:15 Faculty Meeting Agenda

Tuesday 3/19/24

7:30 Planning Time for Conferences

Early Afternoon- "HOLD" Options Based Drill at MHS.

1:00 Jason G leaves Regional Principals Meeting in Winooski

1:00 Normal Solon Block

6:00 PM Spring Choral Concert. Come listen and support Sadie and students.

Wednesday 3/20/24

7:30-8:05 Time for Enrichment Prep and or conference prep.

Soup For Soul & Enrichment Day. See adjusted schedule

1:45 Jason G at League

3:15 Yoga with Amanda 3:15 - 4:15 Room 206

6:30 MRPS School Board Meeting in MHS Library 6:30 PM

Thursday 3/21/24

7:30- 8:05 9th Grade EST Meeting. If not in 9th grade team, planning time. Required for all 9th grade teachers.

MHS Field Hockey and Basketball Championship teams possible tour of MSMS and UES

Early Release Schedule. Dismiss at 1:00 PM

1:00-6:00 Masque Theater Work Day

3/21-3/23 New England Music Festival Field trip.

Friday 3/22/24

MHS Conference Day.

Have a nice weekend:)

Reminders (To Do)

• Please enter your upcoming spring events onto the shared Staff Calendar. This way we do not miss any events and or double book.
  
• The Instructional Assistant's Schedule for Thursday is below. IA's are not in attendance on 3/22.
• Our Staff Food drive Box is looking sparse...please help donate.
• Please read and respond to Sue's email about COGNIA if you have not done so:
  This is a draft of room assignments for students and proctors for the VTCAP testing, April 2-4. Please take a moment to look this over, and let me know if:
  

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  1. You will not be here on the day you are assigned to proctor.
  2. There is an issue with your room assignment. For the most part, I tried to keep teachers in their own rooms, unless their classroom is not set up with desks.
  3. If you are assigned to proctor on more than one day. The exception to this is special educators, who should oversee IAs proctoring students in separate settings.
  4. If you see any other major issue with the assignments.

  
  

AI Summer Professional Development Opportunity

Summer PD- AI In Burlington Hulu.

A nonprofit dedicated to raising artificial intelligence literacy across the state. Each of us has experience in this field and believe strongly in AI's transformative potential to benefit our fellow Vermonters. Accordingly, we are planning a series of annual summits called “AI in the Classroom,” each followed by two regional conferences and an online platform where educators can share their successes and find solutions to their challenges.

The inaugural summit designed for K-12 teachers is set for June 27th at Hula, a beautiful co-working space in Burlington on the waterfront. The goal is to increase our attendees' competence and confidence in the use of this technology to better enable our students to navigate an increasingly AI-driven world. The potential benefits are staggering including, say some reports, a 128% increase in salary compared to other technology-related jobs, yet fewer than 10% of our educators feel equipped to incorporate this knowledge into their curriculum's. We aim to change that and have the facts, the supporting data, and the strategies to make it happen.

For months now, we have been diligently connecting with educators and building an advisory team that includes Lisa Helme, Agency of Education, and Mike McCraith, VT Principals. More information on who we are and what we’re up to is here: aiVermont.org.

MHS TA's are starting our own New York Times Style Connections Challenge. What your TA needs to do is this-

1. Use the link that provided as well as the shared doc where teachers/administrators can enter their Connection.

2. Have your TA make a COPY and create their own Connections, and include your TA NAME.

Share it with Jason so we can add it to our shared folder.

3. Jason will share the week's link each Tuesday morning with a brief Good Morning MHS Community blurb

4. Once we have enough Connections, we can begin.
5. Questions- please ask JK, Whitney, and Sue:)

Thank you Sarah O for providing this resource. Check out and use an SEL Activity/Lesson from Be Good People.
Try one this week:)

• 3/25/24 VT Young Playwrights Field Trip
• 3/29/24 Masque PLS Field Trip Stage and Lighting
• 3/28-4/28 2 French Students visiting MHS
• 3/30/24 SPRING FLING DANCE at VCFA (MHS Student Council Sponsors)
• 4/1 Steven Willis Guest Speaker during Solon Block
• 4/4-4/6 Masque show 12th Night
• 4/8/24 Eclipse Early Release. La Bonne Crepe Field Trip to State House.
• 4/9/24 Winooski Valley at MHS 11:00-2:00 pm Aud & gym
• 4/10 Teen Jazz During Solon Block- this will b ean adjusted schedule
• 4/10 Teen Lit Mob at U32 with Sue M.
• 4/12/24 Advanced Manufacturing Day at VTSU Randolph Campus Filed Trip
• 4/12/24 Masque Field trip to Barre Opera House Beatles tribute
• 4/13-5/11/24 3 French Exchange Students visit MHS
• 4/15/24 The Conversation Presents guest speaker on "Consent" for all seniors.
• 4/15 3:15 Laura and Gio at MHS
• 4/16/24 Silent Auction to raise funds for Sadie and Ally T field trip.
• 4/17/24 Egress Drill
• 4/29/24 Long TA No Solon Block
• 5/2/24 UVM Visit for students in grades 10 & 11 (Amanda & Lissa attending)
• 5/3/24 VTSU Try A Major Day Field trip
• 5/6/24 AP US Govt exam 8:00-12:00
• 5/7/24 AP Stats exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/8/24 AP English 8:00-12:00 & Comp Science exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/8-5/10 All State Music Festival
• 5/8 VPA Spelling Bee at MHS Auditorium 4:00-7:30 PM
• 5/9/24 AP Psychology exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/10/24 AP US History exam 8:00-12:30
• 5/11/24 or 5/25/24 Race Against Racism Date
• 5/13/24 AP Calc exam 8:00-12:00
• 5/15/24 AP Music Theory exam 12:00-4:00
• 5/16/24 AP Spanish exam 8:00-12:00
• 5/17/24 PIZZA FOR THE PEOPLE (adjusted schedule)
• 5/18/24 Music Chorus Field Trip to 6 Flags and performance
• 5/20/24 Laura and Gio at MHS 3:15
• 5/21/24 VT Young Playwrights Field Trip
• 5/23/24 MHS Spring Pops Concert 7:00 PM
• 5/30/24 MSMS Concert at MHS 3:00-8:00
• 6/7/24 Grades are due to Aaron for all seniors.
• 6/8/24 Junior Prom at Farm House Flowers
• June 14 MHS Senior Graduation
• June 17 MHS Celebration at NOA.

Montpelier High School

April 2, 2024- Mathematics Grade 9 125 minutes

8:20-10:15 a.m.

April 2, 2024- Science Grade 11- 150 minutes

8:20-10:15 a.m.

April 3, 2024- ELA Grade 9- 170 minutes

8:20-10:15 a.m.

April 4, 2024- Make-ups

8:20-10:15 a.m.

*Only students who are testing are expected to be at school at this time. MHS will run on a delayed start schedule for all students, beginning at 10:20 am. Students will be provided extended time to continue testing in a quiet space in order to complete a test in one sitting. Grade 11 CVCC students must be at MHS on April 2nd for testing, and a bus will take them to the Career Center around 10:30. Any student who is absent on a testing day, including CVCC students, will be required to attend on April 4th and/or rescheduled until testing is completed.

• 9th Grade Summative Calendar
• 10th Grade Summative Calendar
• 11 and 12 Grade Summative Calendar
• Learning Strategies Success Bank from Grade Level EST
• Recurring Meeting Schedule
• 23-24 Flex Block and Long TA Schedule (subject to change)
• 2023-24 MHS Bell Schedule
• MHS 23-24 Greenn & White Schedule
• MHS 23-24 Program of Studies
• MRPS 23-24 District Calendar (updated to reflect 4/8 tp 4/15 ER Switch)
• MRPS Curriculum Webpage
• MHS Staff Webpage
• How to Post a Ready Sub Absence
• MHS Hazing, Harassment and Bullying Information: If you believe you have witnessed or experienced discrimination, bias-based harassment, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, or bullying at MRPS, please report it to a school administrator as possible. If you do not feel comfortable reporting in person, please complete this reporting form. If you have any questions please contact MRPS Director of Social Emotional Learning & Wellness, Jessica Murray, at jessicamurray@mpsvt.org or (802)505-0435.

• MRPS has a District Blog; please sign up and learn about all the great moments at each school.

• Things to Check Out on the MRPS Curriculum Site.

• All MRPS schools will release students early on Monday, April 8, 2024 to observe the solar eclipse. We will have a full school day on Monday, August 15, 2024, the originally scheduled early release day. (Your school) will release students at (time) on Monday, April 8, 2024.

• April 30th- Second School Budget Vote.

Email: jasongingold@mpsvt.org
Website: https://www.mrpsvt.org/mhs
Location: 5 High School Drive, Montpelier, VT, USA
Phone: (802)225-8000
Twitter: @GingoldMHSvt

Instagram: @mhssolons