Winfield Middle School Staff Blog
October 6, 2016
Attendance Data
Great start to this year! Students must be so excited to be here and in your classes all day long. I hear, “I’m glad to be back!” on Monday morning and, “I wish we could come to school on Saturday!” on Friday afternoon. Winfield Middle School really is becoming #thatschool for #everystudent because of #thoseteachers. (YOU!)
In fact the numbers look #solid. Here are last year’s attendance percentages as compared to this year!
Agreed!
When our guest commented that we had some of the best middle students she had seen in a long time, I knew she wasn’t kidding. Working the Positive, 4:1, Buddy sheets, HOT sheets and following up on Lunch Detentions, Hallway restrictions and After School Detentions to the students our earnest intent to help. #WellDone
Brunswick is right around the corner!
We have over 2 hundred students that have earned the privilege to be invited to the MAP Celebration at Brunswick XL ZONE in O’Fallon. We are going to split them into two groups.
The 6th and 7th will go on October 19th.
Our 8th and 9th Graders on November 9th.
The 6th and 7th will go on October 19th.
Our 8th and 9th Graders on November 9th.
A PERMISSION SLIP WILL BE REQUIRED
Fan Club
At any random evening, you’ll never know who will be there! Thanks.
See the ball!? Be the Ball.
High Stakes Drama at all these events.
Dab?
We have some real gamers on our hands! Well done Ladies & Coaches
Or not to Dab?
Sometimes they Dab, and sometimes they don’t! These cheerleaders are encouraging!
Science Surprise
While waiting for a surprise in science class…
Shhhh! It’s a surprise.
Photo Restrictions
We will need to ensure we have permission on all publicly shared photos through the AUP (acceptable use form)
Well done!
October 10th - 15th
This week
Monday
- Cross Country at Clopton @ 4:00
Tuesday
- Football vs. Wright City @ home (5:00)
- Culture/Climate PD in Gracey’s room.
- Is a start time of 7:15 enough time for us to address the PD details of the month?
- Last Tuesday, PBiS Tier II met and worked on the HOT Sheet intervention process to align it closer to the FLOW CHART completed by the RTI Team. Stay tuned! We want to get that to staff by Oct 5th PD
- We will need to move the Binder Team Meetings from Thursday to Tuesday,
- Board Report Due Thursday
- I will need the updated BSIPs completed to prepare for the BOE Report
- We will need to tune, adjust our BSIP (See BSIP) to include all the things we are doing differently as well as already in place
- Binders: DR STEFFES Off this week
- Content Team Goals needed from Binder Teams See BSIP
- We will tune our BSIP to include more details
- Action Steps currently in place or just underway, such as
- MOBY MAX or
- Chromebooks expectations?
- RTI, FlowCharts, HOT Sheets…
- NIE
- eValuate Data and test administration and comparison to last year, beginning and end
- Grade Reports - Any/Every F grade needs a parent contact
Wednesday
- End of 1st Quarter
- Middle & High School Choir Concert performed at the High School - Combined Practices on Friday 10/7
- 8th Grade FOOTBALL Equipment Turn-In
Thursday
- Volleyball @ Wright City at 5:00 & 6:30
- 7th Grade FOOTBALL Equipment Turn-In
Friday
- Football Banquet in the Commons
Saturday
- 8th Grade Hannibal Volleyball Tournament (8:30)
Ongoing
- Brunswick - Oct 19 - for 6th & 7th
- Nov 9th for 8th & 9th
- Parent / Teacher Conferences 10/17&10/19
- Teacher Survey
- Math in Room 300
- 6th Grade in Cosby
- SPED ???
- SS in Davis
- Science in Utlaut’s Room
- PE in Gym
- ELA
- 7th ELA ____
- 8th ELA ____
Student Reflection on Crider Presentation
My week with Crider-
By Kadence Berry
9.26.2016
Today we had the privilege of having Crider come in and talk to us. Our speaker’s name was Mrs. Brown she was really nice, but she was straight to the point. We learned about conflicts and how to resolve them. In the lesson we talked about how to gain respect, trust, and privileges from our parents. We also talked about hot messages, cold messages, and cool messages which are three different ways that people solve conflicts. They told us that the correct way to solve a conflict is the cool message. In the cool message you use something called I message which is a polite yet effective way to resolve a conflict. These are skills that if practiced could be useful later in life in many situations. Such as, at school there can be lots of petty little disagreements that can escalate quickly so if you use I message then you can be ready to not let these things escalate. Another place you can use I messages later in life is at your job. Maybe you get into a disagreement with a co-worker. If you use I message you can handle the situation professionally and hopefully it won’t escalate, because if it does the consequences could be awful. We are very lucky to have Crider be able to come in and talk to us about these important topics.
9.27.2016
Today in Crider we got to learn about stereotyping and how to not stereotype. There are four steps, the first step is to examine your feelings. The second step is to empathize with others, the next step is to understand the source of your feelings. The last step is to reach out to others. The steps for how not to stereotype are very useful for now and later in life. If we work and practice these steps it will be easier for us to remember these steps and use them. Ways we can use these steps now is, for example if there is a new kid maybe instead of being uncomfortable and awkward you can make a new friend by using these steps. I am really excited that I get to go back and learn more tomorrow.
9.28.2016
In Crider today we learned about addiction. We focused mainly on alcohol and drug addiction. The thing Mrs. Brown really emphasized about if your parents, family member, friend, etc. is an alcoholic or is addicted to drugs it is never ever your fault. She said that when people are drunk they say things they don’t mean and most the time don’t remember. If this information is ever needed it can be incredibly useful because you can see signs of if a friend is addicted. Mrs. Brown also said that when someone is addicted you can’t do anything to help except tell them your opinion, they have to change themselves, they have to want to not be addicted, they have to want help.
9.29.2016
Today we covered the five stages of denial, depression, and if depression gets too far. We learned that when you are sad it is important to let it out because if you don’t it can lead to depression which sadly can lead to suicidal thoughts. It is okay to let out your feelings because when you are in the five stages of denial it’s the best thing you can do for yourself. If someone says something about how they hate life and they wish they were dead it is NOT okay, if that does happen it needs to be handled seriously don’t just shrug it off or tell them they’re being dramatic. What needs to happen is you need to ask them why they feel this way, persuade them to talk to someone, ( if they don’t you will ) and tell them you will be with them the whole time. This is a very serious thing that needs to be handled correctly and cautiously.
9.30.2016
In Crider today we talked about abuse, physical, verbal, and sexual. Physical abuse is when you are under the age of eighteen and someone such as a parent hits you hard enough to leave a bruise. It doesn’t matter if they hit you for punishment or anger if it left a bruise it’s physical abuse. Verbal abuse to some may be even worse than physical abuse. Verbal abuse is when people say really mean things, but they usually don’t mean what they’re saying or sometimes they don’t even remember it. Sexual abuse is when someone that should not be touching your privates does. A doctor has medical reasons to touch you in that area, parents sometimes have reason to, but not often. People that sexualy abuse people are called molesters. If you have been abused in any way you need to tell someone.
Recap
This week in Crider we covered these five topics, conflicts, excepting people, addiction, five stages of denial, and abuse. From this week I learned about ways to earn respect from my parents, to put myself in other people's shoes, (to not stereotype/judge people) that if someone is an alcoholic only they can change there ways, to let my feelings out when I’m sad, and that if I am being abused I need to tell someone. I appreciate this information so I can be better prepared for events that can arise in life.
-Kadence Berry
Thanks for the great feedback, comments and efforts for our students here. They know you come to work to see them!
Briefly,
Tom
Links
Maybe I should leave this section here so we can refer to it as a bookmark page???
The Manifesto
- Binder Team Notes - If you want editing rights, please request
- Committee Progress - (Report back during Next PD)
- Culture/Climate - PD Early Release Archives
- HOT Sheets - maybe a work in progress
For instance, at the beginning of the year, I wrote out a huge document, almost a manifesto, on what I thought the building should be. The document even needed an introduction page, called Page One, and a Table of Contents. I discussed
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