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| Delicious treat to celebrate Carole's accomplishment. |
The Media Center will be the hub for multiple opportunities for parents to learn about other areas of our school if their child has an opening in their schedule such as off-roll or a PLT. I will be sending out the program so you may let me know if there should be something added, removed or changed.
Schedule of classes for the night:
6:00 – 6:15 pm Parents meet in the Auditorium; welcoming remarks
6:20 – 6:25 pm Advisory
6:30 – 6:40 pm Day 1 Period 1
6:45 – 6:55 pm Day 1 Period 2
7:00 – 7:10 pm Day 1 Period 3
7:15 – 7:25 pm Day 1 Period 4
7:30 – 7:40 pm Day 2 Period 5
7:45 – 7:55 pm Day 2 Period 6
8:00 – 8:10 pm Day 2 Period 7
8:15 – 8:25 pm Day 2 Period 8
8:30 pm - Dismissal
8:30 pm - Dismissal
Health & Wellness
From Jonathan Quinn--PE
September 22, 2017
A learning environment in which all students and staff feel safe and supported is an essential function of our school community. As a partner with RIDE, North Kingstown has been a member of the School Health Advisory Council over the past five years. which offers professionals around the state to develop research and tools on evidence based curricula, model policies, team building, parent engagement, and school connectedness strategies to reach all students especially those at greatest risk. For more information, staff and students are encouraged to visit the website http://www.thriveri.org/.
Upcoming Events/Important Dates
September--Respect
26 School Committee Meeting
27 Skipper Block Schedule--CTE student meeting during advisory in the Auditorium
28 Open House, 6-8:30 pm
29 NKHS Football Game--Gold out
30 NK5K
October--Empathy
2 PTSO Dedication for Brick Patio
3 and 5 Sophomore English Fieldtrip to Trinity (Names forthcoming)
4 Senior Parent Night
Good News!
From Adam Laliberte:
As you know last year our softball team was able to win the State Championship - spring sports are tough because they come at the end of the year with so many other activities and our state championship win came right in the middle of final exams so we flew under the radar a little bit.
I am attaching the link to a radio interview we were able to do on the Sports Wrap with Ron Roberts - which is a new program for high school sports airing each Monday night. I have included a photo of the appearance as well. We come on at the 3:00 minute mark until about 26:00 and it features myself, Assistant Coach George Oliver, Kiara Oliver, Brittany Bolster, Meghan Gormley and Lizzie Peters.
Teaching and Learning
Donna, Barbara and I have been walking in and out of classrooms. Many dynamic conversations, questions being asked and answered by students. It's the best part of our day. In the halls, students are taking pictures in their first photography course, they are moving up and down the stairs at the same pace for biology, still other students were gathering ice from the trainer’s room to see if they could make ice with a test tube, graduated cylinders, ice and water and a thermometer. Students explained all of this to me. This is definitely the type of hallway action that we like to see.
This message was in the last blog and we discussed it at the faculty meeting. Please no tests or new material. Cheers!
Yom Kippur: Begins sundown Friday 9/29
Ends sundown Saturday 9/30
Students making a difference
This past week we had two big student lead activities. One was initiated and one they jumped in to help.
- Mr. Hunnicutt, NK Alum will be taking his father to a Boston Red Sox game on September 28th for his 93rd birthday. He came to NK schools for help. He wanted a big banner to hold up at the game for his dad. Janice Strain volunteered her time to create the banner as Mr. Hunnicutt instructed and then students from Leadership and Interact Club and others who love art volunteered to help create the finished product. If you are watching the game that night be on the lookout as they will be mentioning it during the game.
Grace Desourcy had a great idea. She, along with Noah Iden, John Zevzavajian, Grace Duffy, Georgia Wettergren, and Emmy Gray presented to the senior class during the senior assembly. They will be honoring Hayley Thompson, at the September 29th football game with a Goldout. Wear Gold in September to fight Pediatric Cancer. It just so happens to be her birthday so we hope she may be able to attend for a while that evening. They would love the faculty and staff to be there, too. Be sure to wear your gold. Pictures to follow next week.
Tech Tip
From Mark DeLucia
Week Ending September 22
You’ve decided you’re going to dive into Blended Learning. You find an app that you love, only to realize later that it won’t play nicely with Google. This week, I’m attaching a link that includes 35 different apps that integrate seamlessly with Google Classroom. Among them are some teacher favorites including quizlet, Geogebra and EdPuzzle. For those of you who have begun working with EdPuzzle to “flip” your classroom, you’ll be happy to know that you can easily share and assign videos you’ve created there to Classroom, as well as import your rosters. See my post from the Week Ending May 12 for more on EdPuzzle or see me in the Media Center during lunch on Day 2B.
Hope to see you then! -Mark
Articles Worth Reading
We are reading/researching the risks of and noticing/consequencing students vaping at NK high school athletic contests. Additionally, we are told from students within the school that vaping is on the rise. We cannot turn away we must seek educational opportunities. Donna and I are working with the Prevention Coalition and continue to work with RISAS and our PE Department to bring our faculty, staff, students and parents the most up-to-date information on vaping and the risks of using.
Videos Worth Watching
Simon Sinek is one of my favorite authors, speakers. He is the one a few years back on the first day of school when I showed you the “Start with Why?” ppt. John Dyer (JD, our day custodian) recently sent this video having no idea how much I like Simon Sinek. If you work with, parent, teach, or are a millennial, it may resonate. There is great information on social media and dopamine. It's worth the time.
Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace
If you only have time for a lighter videa, this next one from Richard Sweetman (Chemistry teacher) is spot on, albeit a bit sophomoric (his words, not mine). The movie may be from the last Century but the message is on point. From Rich:
I used in my last two chem classes today to symbolize how the point of education is for the individual to learn what they have to do in order to be successful. I think that this is a large part of my evolving blended learning philosophy. it is sophomoric but I use it as a reminder when I am in uncertain circumstances to take a step back, evaluate my objectives, and assess what I have to do to meet those objectives
Food for Thought
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
~Thomas Edison
Until next time, Think, Create, Innovate...Denise
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