One of my favorite blogs to follow is called the Cult of Pedagogy. It is a blog written by a lady that spent a few years as a middle school English teacher and then moved into higher education. She writes great, pertinent articles that pertain to the craft, the theory and the teacher soul of education. This week, I noticed a post about middle school students. One of the biggest transitions I believe our students make is between the 6th & 7th grade. As 6th graders, students are part of our elementary school; they switch classrooms occasionally but are on the elementary schedule and are treated as such. When they move to the 7th grade, students have to try to mange seven teachers everyday and because we share teachers with high school students, many students are hit with very high expectations. As teachers and administrators, I think it is easy to forget about the adolescent brain development and what students at this age are dealing with. Even though we would love for their main focus to be academics, it really is not. Students are very caught up in the social aspects of their lives and working to figure out how they fit into the world. While it can be a very trying time, it can also be very rewarding!
With this in mind, I thought I would share this blog entry! It is just a quick reminder of what our junior high students are facing everyday as they move through adolescence. Happy reading!!
Blog can be found HERE.
School Notes:
Spring Calendar - You can find a link to the spring calendar HERE. This document will be updated with a few more dates, but will hopefully help with planning for the rest of the school year. This document is also in the Teacher Resource folder in your Google Drive!
ISTEP Testing - Last day of math ISTEP testing is this Monday! Social Studies 7 and Biology will test later in the week during their assigned classroom times. All testing has to be finished by Friday, May 4th.
The PBIS team is planning an ISTEP Celebration for students. Students will have an ice cream sundae party! We are watching the weather closely as we would love for students to go outside. We are potentially looking at Thursday, May 3rd. Students in grades 9 & 10 will get their ice cream during WIN and students in grades 7 & 8 will celebrate during 7th period, with 8th graders being released the last 10 minutes of 6th period. We will share more details as we watch the weather closely this week!
ISTEP Groups ISTEP Schedule
RISE Domain 1 & 3 - Just a reminder that Domain 1 & 3 will be due by April 30th in the SFS System. If you filled out these domains last year, we will the information you shared with us at that time. (You are always welcome to update and add to it!) If you are new to Perry Central, I will be reaching out to you to see how I can help support you through this process. This is a very important piece to your evaluation. Looking forward to supporting you anyway I can!
Mock Car Crash - Students in grades 10-12 will be participating in a mock car crash on Thursday, May 3rd. The program will begin during 6th period. We will release students by intercom.
Academic Awards Program - Just a reminder that the Academic Awards Program will be Wednesday, May 9th at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Spring Calendar - You can find a link to the spring calendar HERE. This document will be updated with a few more dates, but will hopefully help with planning for the rest of the school year. This document is also in the Teacher Resource folder in your Google Drive!
ISTEP Testing - Last day of math ISTEP testing is this Monday! Social Studies 7 and Biology will test later in the week during their assigned classroom times. All testing has to be finished by Friday, May 4th.
The PBIS team is planning an ISTEP Celebration for students. Students will have an ice cream sundae party! We are watching the weather closely as we would love for students to go outside. We are potentially looking at Thursday, May 3rd. Students in grades 9 & 10 will get their ice cream during WIN and students in grades 7 & 8 will celebrate during 7th period, with 8th graders being released the last 10 minutes of 6th period. We will share more details as we watch the weather closely this week!
ISTEP Groups ISTEP Schedule
RISE Domain 1 & 3 - Just a reminder that Domain 1 & 3 will be due by April 30th in the SFS System. If you filled out these domains last year, we will the information you shared with us at that time. (You are always welcome to update and add to it!) If you are new to Perry Central, I will be reaching out to you to see how I can help support you through this process. This is a very important piece to your evaluation. Looking forward to supporting you anyway I can!
Mock Car Crash - Students in grades 10-12 will be participating in a mock car crash on Thursday, May 3rd. The program will begin during 6th period. We will release students by intercom.
Academic Awards Program - Just a reminder that the Academic Awards Program will be Wednesday, May 9th at 6:30 p.m. in the high school gym. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Prom/After Prom - This weekend will be Prom! Saturday the evening will begin with Grand March at 7:15 p.m. Prom activities will run from 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. with after prom beginning at 12:30 a.m.! Thank you to Mary Jo Hagedorn and the student council for their hard work along with Tara Bishop, Pam Hilgenhold and the after-prom committee for working so hard to put together such a great evening for our students!
Important Dates:
Monday, April 30 - Varsity Golf @ Springs Valley 4:00 p.m./ Varsity/JV Baseball vs. Paoli 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1 - Varsity Golf @ Lucas Oil 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 2 - Varsity Softball vs. Lanesville @ home 4:30 p.m./ Varsity/JV Baseball @ Tell City 5:00 p.m./ Unified Track @ North Harrison 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 3 - Varsity Baseball vs. Springs Valley 4:30 p.m./ Varsity Softball vs. Heritage Hills 5:00 p.m.
Friday, May 4 - ISTEP Celebration/ Varsity Track PLAC @ Mitchell 4:30 p.m./ Varsity Softball vs. North Harrison 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 5 - Grand March 7:00 p.m./ Prom 8:00 p.m.- 12:00 a.m./ After Prom 12:30 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.
Wednesday, May 9 - Academic Awards Program 6:30 p.m.
May 12 & 13 - School Play "Our House"
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