Week 13

Two great things to celebrate today: National Nachos Day and National Saxophone Day

November 5 - Leadership team to Cape
November 5 - New Teacher Meeting (Conference Room)
November 5 - PBS Team Meeting
November 7 - PLC Meetings
November 7 - Math Counts Final
November 9 - Veteran's Day Program

November 13 - 6th grade staff meeting @ 3:00
November 14 - 5th grade staff meeting @ 3:00
November 14 - PLC Meetings
November 15 - 4th grade staff meeting @ 3:00
November 16 - Mid Quarter Grades
November 16 - PBMS - Imos Day!

November 19-23 - No School - Fall Break

December 4 - Honor Choir Christmas Program @ 6:30 (Westwood Baptist Church)
December 5 - PLC Meetings

December 12 - PLC Meetings
December 14 - PBS Day
December 14 - 4th Honor Choir to Nursing Home - 12:00-1:45

December 20 - No School Christmas Break - January 2

Data Meeting

Last week was our annual data meeting with central office. We met briefly in the library to go over some building wide data. Here are some of the highlights:

INDICATOR		1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter		2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
Percent Free and Reduced Lunch		65%						65.5%	67.4%	69.2%	65.0%
Percent IEP		20.74%
Percent Mobility		2.40%
Percent ESL
Percent White (Not Hispanic)		78.14%
Percent Black		11.23%
Percent Hispanic		2.66%
Percent Asian		0.43%
Percent Native American		0.69%
Multi Racial (I added)		6.86%

				Student Engagement Data
INDICATOR		1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter		2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
90/90 Attendance		90%					90.7	92.4	90.5%	89.4%	87.9%

				Discipline Data
INDICATOR		1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter		2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
Number of Referrals		281						757	964	1168	1300
Days of OKIS/ISS		97						286	359	476	536
Saturday School/Detention		40						176	193	140	181
OSS		60						121	160	221	209
Expulsion/Long Term OSS		1								4	11

• 5 students total 79 of our OSS days.
• Total students who received OSS:
• 4th - 3
• 5th - 19
• 6th - 10
• Total 32

Reading Levels

	Beginning	End of 1st Quarter	End of 2nd Quarter	End of 3rd Quarter	End of 4th Quarter
4th GRADE OVERALL
Grade Equivalent	3.8	4.0

5th GRADE OVERALL
Grade Equivalent	4.4	4.4

6th GRADE OVERALL
Grade Equivalent	5.2	5.3

We then moved on to visit with each individual team leader and to talk a little about CFA data, intervention, and assessment capable learners. Each grade level was well represented and articulated everything that was going on in your teams. Our central office friends listened and asked questions for about an hour. As they were leaving, all three at some point or another said that this was the best data meeting they had experienced from the middle school. So, first, I want to thank the Leadership Team. They stayed after and spoke to the group. Next, I want to thank you for all of the hard work and effort you have put into making this year a success. I appreciate you all.

#EdCampSEMO

Saturday was EdCampSEMO over in Cape. It is always a fun time, especially if you win a door prize (I did not).

Here is the final schedule of sessions with links to the notes. You should be able to click on a link and see the notes that were taken. Not every session had enough people, so some of the notes are blank.

I like the session notes from the session on Project Based Learning. It has a couple of good links for you to follow. One about providing good descriptive feedback and one from G Fletchy, a math guy.

I attended one on being positive. It was presented by a rock star principal, Leigh Ragsdale. There were lots of good ideas for culture building and community outreach.

I heard talk about Sketchnotes, podcasts, and Flipgrid.

Check it out.

On November 9, at 9:00 we will have our annual Veterans Day assembly. We are going to try seating a little differently this year. We will fill up the South side and the two ends leaving the North side for the stage and screen. We will seat you as you come in. Please remind your students to be on their best behavior.

We ask that you all dress professionally this day. Thursday can be our jeans day for the week.

Last Friday was our second PBS Day. We get a little better each time as we work out some of the kinks. 

Shout out: Fourth grade is absolutely killing it when they come in from recess. They are quiet and single file going down the hall. They deserve a "grade level kick". Great job!

Here is some data regarding discipline:

Discipline referrals (including bus)

4th grade - 52

5th grade - 125

6th grade - 107

Number of students who did not get to attend a PBS Party room.

4th grade - 59

5th grade - 151

6th grade - 203

Some things to note - 4th grade has the least amount of students with 349, while 5th grade has 412, and 6th has 404.