Team -
The light slowly starts to increase - during the longest days of the year we are grateful to the light/joy you all spread throughout the Harwood Community.
Enjoy a restful break,
Meg, Laurie and Duane
Calendar:
12/23 - 1/01 - No School - Vacation
01/06 - Winter Ball Round Barn
01/11 - Art Show 5:30 - 7:30
Middle School First Ski program begins on 1/11, 11:30 - 3:00
Appreciations:
Staff Member | Appreciations |
April | For coordinating and spreading Staff Joy through the Secret Snowperson and Cookie Swap |
Liz | For your support training Danielle in fire drill protocol |
Elizabeth King | For all your support of onboarding new staff |
Chris Rivers | For your thoughtful and dedicated work to facilitate a smooth transition in the music department |
Becky Allen | For always being full of spirit, and coordinating our staff ugly sweater day and Pro Pig gathering |
Safe - seen, heard, respected & understood:
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DESSA Middle School Update: Coming in January, our Harwood 7th and 8th graders will be participating in the Aperture DESSA research study, completing a self-report form and engaging in follow up interviews to support the creation of the self-assessment for our middle school aged youth across the nation. These ratings will allow Aperture Research group to select the items that best indicate positive outcomes for students. Their involvement will give students a voice and impact on a national assessment to support students and their well-being. It will also help educators and staff as they promote and support growth in their students’ social and emotional skills. A True Partnership: After School Detentions - Thank you to you all for partnering with us in both holding students accountable, while also meeting and collaborating with us to develop and provide student learning opportunities, restorative conversations, and working together to best support students in growing and moving forward in positive ways. We will continue to monitor and refine our system and look forward to our continued partnership in the new year! Please continue to email home when a situation arises that leads to a detention request. The Daily Support Team will continue to send out emails and communicate around detentions related to behaviors following the process below: Detention Process and Timeline:
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TA update | Appreciation! To all of you for spreading light with your students this week! Chelsea Turley for adding light to the bulletin board to surround our positive messages. In the New Year: Our focus in the week back from break will be on reconnecting and academic advising and advocacy. With two weeks left in the semester, it is important to be conducting individual student check ins to make sure students are on track. Coming VERY soon in the new year…course registration for the 2023-2024 academic year! |
Rigorous & Robust Academic Program:
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Staff Meeting  | Objectives: To think about, discuss and identify your choice for UDL workshops. Where: Library When: 3:30 - 4:30 |
ELO Series | For quarters 3 and 4, staff throughout the building are invited to think about possibilities for flex-block-like optional enrichment options for students, which can be offered through what we are calling “ELO Series”. Check out this document with more information. Reach out to Jess Deane if you have any questions! In department meetings on 1/10, possibilities will be further discussed. |
Positive school climate and culture:
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We’re excited to welcome Casie Grossman as a new Special Educator to Harwood this week. She will be in room 216 in the LRC and her ext. is 8142. From Casie: I’m excited to join the team at Harwood! It’s great to be back home in the Green Mountains after teaching and learning abroad the past few years. Prior to this, I taught middle and high school social studies in Vermont. Looking forward to meeting you all! | |
EV Charger | Please be mindful that many people need to use the charging stations at Harwood. Please limit your time so others have access to the system. Thank you! |
Chairs up | If you are in a classroom with vinyl floor during the last block of the day please put up the chairs - thank you! |
Hello again from the HUUSD Social Emotional Learning Task Force. | This December we are focusing on the theme of Social Awareness. Understanding the emotions of others and connecting in an empathic way can have life-long impacts. Taking on the perspective of others is extremely important in our social interactions, and truly understanding each other as humans. Here are a couple ideas about how to expand your practice this month:
We hope that some of these may be helpful and assist students in growing in their Social Awareness. We appreciate all that you do to support this work! Best, The SELTF |
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