Be the Light

 

Thanks to all of you for being brave enough to be the light to so many in our community.  You make a difference each day.  Keep smiling, telling students you believe in them and loving them for who they are. 

                  A little FUN:

Bernie is waiting patiently for Mr. Zellers! 

He also thought the coaching staff did a great job in their win Saturday night!  Congratulations to our senior athletes and their coaches.  Girls Basketball Sectional begins the first week of February!  

Important Information:

Wednesday Meetings:   

  * 10:00 a.m. ISTEP Certification High School Library (for individuals who have yet go through the certification process and need help.  Jamie Guillaume will be there to help you through it!) 

  * If you haven't updated your Scope and Sequence for 3rd Quarter, please do so.  Looking at student data and power standards will be important.  Remember it isn't about getting through a lot of standards an inch deep, but what do we truly need the students to master before they move to the next grade level.  Review and remediation may need to be a part of your plan.  The PLC power is the opportunity for all of you to work together and have rich conversations that will lead to student learning.

Visitors - On Monday, we will have a few visitors from Madison High School visit Commodore Manufacturing.  They will be in the library around 10:30 and stay for about an hour.  Thanks to Josh Craney and his students for always being a great host.  We are proud of the program they have developed for our students and community. 

Regular School - We are anticipating the possibility of returning to school in-person in February.  A final decision will be made early next week.  This means we will be returning to spreading out lunches, etc.  We may be making some small changes to our protocols and this will be shared with you by the end of the week.  Please let us know if you have students that we need to get to school on Wednesday to help or you are welcome to invite students on your own.  It is a great day for students to receive extra help. 

Testing:  Reminder the ISTEP Tests for 11th graders is coming up!  If we are able to remain in-person for school we will be testing February 9th (2nd & 3rd), 10th (2nd, 3rd, & 4th) and February 16th (1st - 3rd) and February 17th (1st - 4th periods)   More details to follow soon.  

Kudos - Congratulations to Shea Berkhouse for earning a top spot in Indiana.  She was chosen as one of the top 5 to represent Indiana for the Presidential Scholarship for CTE students.  Shea will be earning the Academic Honors, Technical Honors and Indiana College Core (formally known as the Ivy Tech CORE 30).  Her Career Pathway is Business Administration where she is interning at the Perry County Chamber and EDC, has participated in the state's entrepreneurship contest called Innovate WithIN, been an active member of the BPA and she has applied her knowledge by helping on the business side of Commodore Manufacturing.  Congratulations!