Small addendum: I obviously wrote this before the Pep Rally. We will gather students in the PBIS meetings to work on future Pep Rallies. It's exciting, I know, and they forget where they are but that is no excuse to be unkind to the freshmen.
Teachers as Learners
Thank you to the faculty for our meeting on Monday. Going through the process together allows for all
of us to see the ATLAS--Learning From Student Work Protocol in action. In my group during the debrief the idea came up that having teachers from different content areas helped because they had no preconceived notions of what to expect from the student work. Others may prefer to work with like content teachers. With this protocol there is room for both. The Instructional Leadership Team will discuss logistics for our professional development day to continue this focused work
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| Matt Blaser in full golf, banjo, dress for Geeks v. Jocks Day |
Students as Learners
Chelsea Kuiper won Artsonia’s weekly student artist for the 10-12th grade. She will receive a $50 gift certificate from Blick and the Art Department will receive a $100 gift certificate.
This year in PE class students have choices at the beginning of class on how they would like to work on cardio. There are areas of the gym for students to play basketball, four square, even jump rope. Here, you see Matty Vergun doing his best at the double dutch.
Health and Wellness
OCTOBER 23 2015 Eastern Standard Time
What will you do with this one precious, last week of Daylight Savings Time? Farmer’s markets will begin to move indoors. Nature really slows down for the long winter nap. How about buying or resurrecting the “Slow Cooker” / Crock-Pot? So many easy recipes to try – one pot and done!!
Done cooking the easy way? … try one of the many walking trails right here in town – Calf Pasture Point, Rome Point (Chaffee Preserve) or Ryan Park .
Upcoming Events/Important Dates
Oct 23 – Homecoming Game – vs Chariho 7pm
Oct 24 – Homecoming Dance – 7pm
October 27th – Chorus Concert - 7 pm
October 27th – School Committee Meeting – 7:00 pm at DAVISVILLE ACADEMY, 30 East Court.
October 29th – Band Concert - 7pm
November 5th – Career Night
November 6th – Professional Development Day. No school for students.
Student Services Office
ADVISORY CHALLENGE Next week, 10/26-10/30
In an effort to help North Kingstown families in need we have been asked by the North Kingstown Food Pantry to donate pasta sauce. Every school has been assigned a different item. However, we are accepting any canned food or dry goods donation for the pantry.
-The advisory that donates the most canned goods/dry foods/tomato sauce will be rewarded with a full pancake breakfast!! Courtesy of the Deans!
Advisors are encouraged to either collect in their own room and the deans will tally on the 30th or if space is limited, a representative from each advisory can bring items to the Student Services Office daily.
Food collection needs to be completed by 10/30.
Community-School Culture
The Interact club raised $175 dollars at the NK vs EG football
We are placing an order for NK apparel for our faculty/staff. This will be discounted off retail Under Armour polo shirts long/short, 1/4 zips, pullovers. There will be a sizing kit in the main office starting on Monday so you can get the correct size. There will not be every item but the sizes are transferable. If you are a large in a short sleeve polo, you will be a large in the long sleeve, etc... Orders and checks only will be collected by Howie in the athletics office. If he is not there place your order form with a check in the privacy mailbox on his door or mailbox in the mail room. We will be closing the offer on November 13th. Let’s get your spirit on!
Take a chance to win an iRobot vacuum. Tonight students representing the STEAM program for Janice Strain at NKHS will be selling raffle tickets at the Homecoming Game tonight: $1 each or 7 for $5, to win. Proceeds will go to adding the Arts into our STEM program at NKHS. Just imagine, no more manually vacuuming your floors. Nice!
Food for Thought
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Until next time, Think Create, Innovate...Denise
It was fun to do a bit of playing along (catch the pun?) with the young 'uns during Spirit Week for sure. Though I do realize that most golfers do not also carry banjos. It would be a bit unwieldy, not to mention bad form on the greens.
ReplyDeleteMatty B., I'm not sure most people think of golfers when they consider the "jock" stereotype, but your golf garb was inspired and, as always, the banjo music during passing time is lovely!
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