Harwood Staff Blog Update- January 19, 2023

 1/19/23

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President Biden released his Proclamation of Martin Luther King Jr’s, Federal Holiday, 2013 statement this past Monday sharing the following:

The language of creating a beloved community resonates greatly as I think of OUR tireless efforts to create a community of belonging for all at Harwood.  From the increased restorative dialogues, to the diverse ELO series offerings, to the continued efforts to grow the traditions of Harwood (as evident from the Lantern Parade in December) - your spirit and commitment is powerful.

With ongoing gratitude for your partnership,

Laurie, Meg and Duane

Calendar:

• 01/23 - Mid-year JumpRope reports emailed

• 02/03 - No School for students (Staff inservice) 

• 02/16 - Rising 9th grade Family Transition  Night 

• 02/20 - 03/10 - Rwanda travel study

• 02/27 - 03/07 - No School - February Vacation

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Appreciations:

Staff Member	Appreciations
Math Dep’t	For your hilarious puns in the course fair.
History Dep’t	For your dedication to aligning your courses and openness to work through difficult discussions and varied perspectives.
Language Dep’t	For your care of each other and providing coverage support during an unexpected and very difficult time.
Middle School Staff	The HUMS ski program completed its 2nd Ski, Ride and Shoe day at Sugarbush.  It takes a whole team to continue to make this a truly outstanding, engaging and community-supported event.
Ray Daigle	For the continued use of the HU trailer to transport our mountain equipment to sugarbush.
Melody	For her leadership during the unexpected Fire alarm when the rest of the administrators were out of the building.
Danielle Lillard	For jumping in at the front desk while Yvette and Liz are out. With no pre-training, you are nailing it!!

Safe - seen, heard, respected & understood:

Topics	Information/Links
IMPORTANT  Fire Alarm INFORMATION For YOU!	When a fire alarm goes off and you are leaving your space please Ensure your door is unlocked (in order to decrease the amount of time it takes to sweep the building.) Bring your GO bucket outside with you (these have resources that might be needed/helpful depending on the outcome.)
	IMPORTANT: Student Support Emails - Please do NOT include student names in the subject line of any email. When emailing student support, please use the first initial and last name written out, in the body of the email. This will ensure we continue to maintain confidentiality and comply with FERPA.  Ex: Subject Line - Missing Students Body - Missing - M. Frank, B. Bloom Attendance:  Please continue to take attendance and submit it in the first 5 minutes of your class so that we may be as consistent and equitable with tardies and student support follow up for all students, 7th-12th grade. If a student is not present when you take attendance, please mark them accordingly. Thank you for your continued partnership and collaboration! ELOs: Please ask students who are not signed up in your ELO to go to the assigned ELO. Please email student support if you have students in your class that are not supposed to be there. We will try our best to assist as speedily as possible.  High School ELO Student Services Survey: Please encourage your students to complete the ELO Wellness/Mental Health/Restorative Survey. It is located in the daily TA announcements, and also on our Instagram page! Middle School ELO Student Services - Middle School teachers, we will be eliciting your input for possible options for groups you think may be helpful, and that would address themes and patterns you are currently seeing. These conversations will be occurring in your next EST meetings. We look forward to your thoughts and ideas to help support our MS students.
TA update	Renewal and Reflection - The theme for January! MLK Recognition: Thank you Sarah, Jen and Nick for the MLK Circle guide to support TA conversations following a viewing of the multimedia version of his “I Have a Dream”  speech (link). Hopefully you have all had time during TA to view the speech before the blog hits your inbox. If not the links are here to help you with this activity.  Registration for grades 9-11 continues! Refer to your TA slideshow to see the activities that your students will be engaging in and when. Much appreciation for School Counseling for all of their hard work in supporting this process!! TA SLIDESHOWS Middle School Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12

Rigorous & Robust Academic Program:

Topics	Information/Links
Staff Meeting	Objectives:  To assess risk factors and warning signs of suicide in order to know how to respond if necessary, and when/how to connect with trained staff in your building so they can support next steps Staff Meeting Calendar  Where:  Library When:  3:30 - 4:30
Semester 1 Scores	Thank you for finishing and turning in your Semester 1 JumpRope scores by the end of the day tomorrow (Friday 1/20)! Please DO NOT enter any scores for new assessments (those with a due date after 1/17) in JumpRope until we have notified you (by email) that JumpRope scores are downloaded and score reports have been sent.
ELO Series	Planning for ELO series for Quarter 3 is well under-way! The following ELO series will be offered to students starting the week of 1/30 (with a few other series starting up later in the quarter). More details, including the dates for all sessions, in this document. One-Act Play-Writing Workshop with Jonah Ibson - 9th grade students will have the opportunity to discover their voice through the process of crafting a one-act play. Poetry Out Loud with Jacki McCarty - Students who love poetry can prepare for the state Poetry Out Loud competition. Cursive Writing with Ellen Parent - Students who want their handwriting to be less “chicken scratch” and more “Victorian socialite” can practice the basics. Using a Graphic Calculator with Becky Allen - Any math student, but particularly AP Calc students, are encouraged to deepen their relationship with their calculator in this series. SAT Math Practice with Jason Reichert and Darcy Buret - Students can come work on their SAT math practice problems and use the time to ask questions and work on practice tests. Virtual Robot Programming with Kendra Christiana - In this series, students have the opportunity to learn basic programming skills in the VexVR environment, no experience necessary, to maneuver a virtual robot. Additional wellness options coming soon from Student Support! Information on what ELO series are, and what options are available, will be in the announcements next week and will be emailed to all students. To sign up, students can email the teacher to be pre-booked, or can book to it in Adaptive Scheduler on the first day of the series.
	Our next inservice day is 2/03. Please find the schedule for the day here.

Positive school climate and culture:

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Dear HUUSD Students and Staff, Please fill the form below to the best of your knowledge using your own words. https://forms.gle/Cbckdp9REAE3c2xc6 I will be participating in the Child Nutrition Day at the State House. While there I will be advocating for school meals to continue to be free for all Vermont Students. My plan is to use some of your comments in the materials I will be bringing to share with Legislators. Please note I will not share your names with them.  Quotes might look like this (examples only): "I love school meals" 9th grade student at Harwood High School "My students are enjoying school meals this year" Teacher at Brookside Primary School Thank you in advance for filling this survey. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, Erika Dolan School Food & Nutrition Co-Director Harwood Unified Union School District