It was a close one today; the snow was just north of our school district. We did receive some of the white stuff, but it was only an inch or two. Just north of us, lots of snow fell. It sounded like most of the districts up that way called school off. Our 6 - 8 students thought they should have been so lucky, but most of us educators thought we got lucky; we won't have to make this day up whereas those schools who called off will. Thus far, we have not even had a late start or early out, let alone a Snow Day.
We have already completed 99 days of school. Wow! I am sure the little guys and gals in the elementary will have a big day on Monday since it will be Day 100. I think we should have a big day here at WMMS, too. Actually, we will have a big day because we start the ITBS. My hope is our students will rise to the occasion like they did last year and show their brain power. They have been prepared, we have discussed what they said they did last year that made a difference, and now it is time to do their best.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
New Year Begins!
We started off our new year of 2012 with an in-service on Monday, January 2. It was a good day and a nice way to come back to school. There were staff meetings in all three buildings, PLC time, curricular meetings, and then plenty of time to work on grades and in rooms. Seeing several teachers still here at WMMS when I left tells me maybe there was not plenty of time to work in rooms. Can a quality teacher ever have enough time?!
As hard as it may be to believe, one semester is down for this 2011-2012 school year. It has been awesome to be in our new middle school with everything going well, and from all reports, the school year has been very positive in all of our educational buildings. Hopefully, that trend will continue as we move forward into this coming year.
On the horizon are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. Reading, math, science, and language arts tests will be administered the last week of January. The norming data is new this year, a first in many years, so it may not be a true comparison of results. Last year's ITBS results were very positive, so obviously that will be our goal for the results from this year's tests. Preparations in both skills and mind frames will occur in the next few weeks.
Happy New Year to You and Yours!
As hard as it may be to believe, one semester is down for this 2011-2012 school year. It has been awesome to be in our new middle school with everything going well, and from all reports, the school year has been very positive in all of our educational buildings. Hopefully, that trend will continue as we move forward into this coming year.
On the horizon are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. Reading, math, science, and language arts tests will be administered the last week of January. The norming data is new this year, a first in many years, so it may not be a true comparison of results. Last year's ITBS results were very positive, so obviously that will be our goal for the results from this year's tests. Preparations in both skills and mind frames will occur in the next few weeks.
Happy New Year to You and Yours!
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