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Harwood Hacks Student-Generated Connection Questions: Give each student 2-3 slips of paper to write their own connection or check-in questions. Fold them up and keep them close at hand. Whenever you want a quick check-in or connection question, use one of theirs! |
Several mentors joined the fun yesterday to wrap up the season and the costumes worn by many captured the spirit of the day!
Calendar:
03/31 - End of Quarter 3
04/04 - Central VT College Fair field trip
04/11 - College Process Overview, @ HUHS Library - 6pm
04/12 - Middle School Career Fair @ Crossett Brook Middle School
04/13 & 4/19 - Family/TA Conferences *New process this year. See note in blog.
04/14 - Vermont Tech Try a Major Day field trip
04/16 - 4-6 p.m. - Rwandan Media showcase @ Zen Barn
04/18 - 2:00 - 3:20 - CirqueUs Performance - Whole School - no ELO 2!
04/19 - 04/27 - France Trip
04/20 - 5:30 - 6:30 - Rising 7th grade transition Evening
04/24 - 04/28 - April Vacation - No school
05/03 - UVM Tour Field Trip
05/04 - VSAC Managing College Costs - 6pm
05/06 - SATs at HUHS
05/07 - NHS Free babysitting *details to come
05/18 - Socrates Cafe
05/20 - Jr. & Sr. Prom
05/23 - 6pm - 8pm - Music Department Senior Showcase
06/08 - 8th grade Spirit of Ethen Allen
Appreciations:
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Middle School staff | For your enthusiasm and efforts to sustain a 10 week ski program that ended with smiles and great fun! |
Danielle Lillard | For leading the effort to save our Harwood Hooter!
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Mary Stridsberg | For jumping in and providing necessary coverage in a tough situation. |
Melody, Christina, Bernadette, Allie, Kayla, Mari, and Eric | For all the last minute logistics and stepping in to make sure important aspects of student support are covered. |
Safe - seen, heard, respected & understood:
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Student Support Services Health Office Updates | Student Support Collective: Please see our SSC Agenda and Notes - If you have any questions or want to learn more related to the notes/agenda items, please contact our team using this Email: hu-collectivess@huusd.org.
Student Voice Collective: Please see SVC Agenda and Notes - If you have any questions or want to learn more related to the notes/agenda items, please contact Melody Frank or Ellen Berrings
Student Services Update: Please look out for TA announcements for upcoming ELO Series for Quarter 4!!! We will include a brief description, grade level, and type of opportunity in our blog, and Community Newsletter. Please don’t hesitate to ask a Student Services member if you have any questions! Hello from the Health Office!
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TA update | Focus for April: Student Led conferences!!! During our TA focused staff meeting this week your lead TA shared the planning documents for the Spring Student Led conferences. The preparation documents for each grade have unique characteristics so it is important to refer to your TA slideshow for the resources connected to your grade. We will NOT be using Canyon Creek. As a result each teacher will need to reach out to families in order to schedule the conferences. To support this process I drafted a letter for parent/guardians that you can choose to copy and use or feel free to adapt to your needs. Embedded in this letter is a google doc sign up document if you would like to use this method for scheduling with families. TA SLIDESHOWS |
Rigorous & Robust Academic Program:
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Quarter 3 comes to an end | It’s here! The end of Quarter 3! This Friday, March 31st, is not only the last day of March, but also the end of Quarter 3. What this means for both the high school and middle school:
It could also be a good time to fill out or check in on a table for tracking summative assessments and performance indicators. The example below was included in the syllabus template, and it will be helpful to have this filled out for every course as we continue our horizontal and vertical curriculum work.
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Dear Principals, We are delighted to invite you and your faculty to the upcoming Middle Grades Institute 2023 (MGI).
How? Through facilitated planning time, student consultations, interactive workshops, and thought-provoking presentations on topics such as
We encourage you to read more about the MGI model, email us with questions, and pass along the registration link to your middle school educators. Sincerely, James Nagle & Penny Bisop Co-Directors Middle Grades Collaborative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ELO Series for Quarter 4 | Reiterating my email from earlier this week… Quarter 4 is coming! If you are considering offering an ELO Series for Quarter 4, check out this document with more information and a timeline. Proposals are due by this Friday 3/31 (put proposals here), and series will start the week of 4/17! Reach out if you have any questions! Jess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coming in May… STATE TESTING | This year, Vermont will be implementing the Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP) for the first time, provided by Cognia, in replacement of the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) and Vermont Science Assessment (VTSA) of previous years. As in the past, students in grades 3-9 will be assessed in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, and students in grades 5, 8 and 11 will be assessed in Science. The schedule for testing in our school is as follows:
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Positive school climate and culture:
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Hiring Update | This week:
Posted positions:
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On March 16, 21 Juniors (16% of the junior class) attended the VSAC College and Career Pathways event at Saint Michael’s college. Students were able to tour the campus, eat lunch in the cafeteria and participate in workshops focused on post-high school planning, such as: Writing the Personal Statement for College Applications, Finding the Right College Fit, Navigating the College Admissions process and more! Tara Kelley and Ellen Berrings chaperoned the trip and raved about the opportunity for students to experience a college campus and get great information to guide the students in their future planning! What’s next? Counseling and Next Step have organized a series of field trips for 11th graders to get on a post-high school campus. This includes field trips on the following dates and locations. Please connect with an 11th grade student and encourage them to participate: April 4: Norwich University College Fair April 14: Try a Major Day at Vermont Technical College May 10: Visit the Welding Institute | |
Liam Hale Adventure Scholarship Now Accepting Applications The Liam Kenneth Hale Adventure Scholarship is intended to provide a Harwood High School student with the opportunity to learn the skills, virtues, and passion Liam gained during the many joyous days he spent at Sugarbush. Each year students completing their 10th grade year are eligible to apply. Applications are Due April 19th. Click here to view the application. Information will be shared with 10th grade TA teachers as well as posted in the TA announcements. Contact the school counselors if you have any questions or need additional information. | |
We have had a busy week with Harkness work at Harwood. Kathy Cadwell penned the following article to highlight the efforts of Harwood faculty and student leaders to work with teachers and students from other schools. Harwood Harkness Teachers and Students Share Their Work Throughout Vermont.pdf | |
Dear HUUSD Staff, It is often said that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb or vice versa. I have never heard of the lion being mid-month, but wow! It seems we got this winter’s lion’s share of the snow right in the middle. Shoveling out, I had the chance to think about the topic of Personal Responsibility, whether I wanted to or not. It was a perfect time to teach my kids how to shovel, to help take care of the things that are ours. LIttle pieces of this are so important and grow as they do. Take a minute to think about the things your students are responsible for: their chromebook, their tool kits, their schedule and time management, classroom jobs. Some are individual and some are collective, all are important. Starting small and building helps students be careful and reliable, building skills that will help with future successes. Practice with personal responsibility will help them achieve the greatness they are all capable of. Practice doesn’t make perfection though, it makes growth. Mistakes will happen, they are kids after all, snow will be moved to the middle of the driveway instead of the sides. These are learning opportunities for us all, coaching toward perseverance and being responsible for themselves and their community. Here are some resources for your work in this area. Teaching and coaching students to be accountable and have integrity is hard work. Thanks for doing it!
Book resources: https://childrenslibrarylady.com/decision-making-books/ Video resources - responsibility songs: https://blogs.socsd.org/crispoli/2018/04/29/may-word-of-the-month-responsibility/ Conversation Starters:
Website resource: https://theresponsivecounselor.com/2021/08/teaching-responsibility-to-students.html Lessons: https://selcoalition.org/pdfs/SEL-TeacherActivity-PersonalResponsibility-V0.2.pdf HS activity - 21 day Health Habit Challenge 5 games that teach responsibility https://www.socialemotionalworkshop.com/how-to-apologize/ Series of lessons for upper elementary: /https://healthunit.org/wp-content/uploads/KIC_Grade_4_Unit_5_Responsibility.pdf “Whose job is it?” (~4th grade) Parent resource: https://apertureed.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Promoting-SEL-at-Home-PR.pdf
All the best, The HUUSD SELTF | |
Master Scheduling update | Thank you to everyone who helped complete the student request process. An extra shout out to Erin, Maggie, and Randy and the middle school teams for their flexibility in working around snow days and field trips to make it happen by the deadline! This work allows us to start the teaching assignment and building process about 3 weeks ahead of last year's timing! -Lisa Therrien |
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