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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.

• Feb. 19: Professional Development Day
• Feb. 21: STEAMER Family Night 3:30-5:00 (Set up in gym 3-3:30)
• Feb. 28: ALL Staff Meeting - FORWARD PROCTOR TRAINING
  (All staff including paraprofessionals with the exception of custodians and secretaries)

8:00-9:30 Department Meetings K-12

• Agendas will be developed and shared out by Department Chairs

9:45-11:45 Building Priority Time

• NEW ADDITION 9:50-10:20: First 30 min with Building Admin- Behavior Focus

• The remainder of this time can be used to prepare for STEAMR Night and PLC time with your content team(s).

1:00 Library Media Specialists Meeting

1:00-4:00 Leadership Fastbridge Training @ Central Office

• Beatty, Pakala, Wuensch
• Room 2 Bring your fully charged computer

Unfortunately, Michael Klein needed to step away from Wilson; his father is struggling and he needs to focus on his family right now. I of all people understand that and support his decision. He wanted to express just how much he enjoyed his time here. He shared we have an amazing staff and a wonderful group of students. He is definitely going to be missed. I want to thank the math team for being extra supportive and coming together to support our students.

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.

STEAMR Night Survey Feb. 21st 3:30-5:00pm

• Be sure to prepare you booth for STEAMR night this week. Set up will be from 3pm-3:30pm with the event starting at 3:30pm

ALL CLASSROOM & CLUB POs NEED TO BE SUBMITTED: DUE THURSDAY 2/29/24

• We need all POs submitted into Skyward for the remainder of this school year by Feb. 29th. This will ensure everyone gets needed supplies & will allow us to determine funds that are left over for additional school-wide needs.

We are a couple weeks into Q3 already! A great way for students and their parents/guardians to track their missing or incomplete assignments, is if you have these entered into the Infinite Campus grade book:

• Be sure these assignments are "visible" and that scores are entered.
• Also, Grade Calc options need to be set as "In Progress" for each standard so that they show up on the student and parent side of IC.
• Need help? Call Jessica Primus!

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 for when you are away for a break or virtual conference.
• Parents and Admin will be 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.