Team -
Harwood Hacks Pop Culture Mood Boards: Create a mood scale of pop culture references for students to select to identify and share their mood with others. This is a low-stakes way to introduce emotional check-ins for students and provide visuals that don’t feel too elementary. |
Soak up the moment!
Calendar:
05/01 - 05/19 - VTCAP state testing in grades 7, 8, 9 and 11 (more details here)
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
05/11 - Career Fair - 11:30 - 1:30
05/18 - Socrates Cafe
05/20 - Jr. & Sr. Prom
05/22 - 05/26 - SPIRIT WEEK!! (schedule here)
05/23 - 6pm - 8pm - Music Department Senior Showcase
06/02 - Step up Day for incoming 7th and 9th
06/06 - Art Show - 6pm
06/07 - Senior Field Trip
06/08 - 8th grade Spirit of Ethen Allen
06/08 - Senior Awards Night - 6pm
06/10 - Graduation - 10am
Appreciations:
Staff Member | Appreciations |
Eric | For his high standards, thorough follow up, deep investment and POWERFUL impact. You will be missed. Thank you for being a trusted adult for many of our students who struggle the most. |
MS team | For all your work to execute a 7th grade Welcome Night! |
Safe - seen, heard, respected & understood:
Topics | Information/Links |
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. 4/17/23: Reviewed Harwood Community Survey Data
5/1/23: Meet with Starling (Lisa/Camille)
5/5/23: Student Voice Collective/Work Group - 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
Hello From the Health Office! We are continuing to see many students each day due to lack of sleep. We are trying to limit these visits and to reinforce good sleep hygiene. Did you know that sleeping less than 7 hours per night on a regular basis is associated with adverse health outcomes? For more information on good sleep hygiene, follow this link.
Thanks so much! -Magge, Becca & Linda |
TA update
| Spirit Week is coming!!! May 22nd-May 25th Friday morning we will know all of the class themes. Some of advisory time over the next few weeks will be devoted to readying for the events. We will be asking teachers to support students in their grade with murals, music videos and carnival day sign ups. Please consider stepping up to support one of these groups. The lead TA group will be meeting on Friday morning to update the calendar slideshows for the upcoming weeks of school and sharing out with all of you. Please feel free to reach out to Ellen or your lead TA with any questions or suggestions. HAVE A WONDERFUL BREAK!!! TA SLIDESHOWS |
Rigorous & Robust Academic Program:
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Staff Meeting  | Objectives: Apply UDL strategies and takeaways from the discussion in our last UDL workshop session to future learning for students Where: UDL Workshop Groups (same as last time, find your groups and locations here) When: 3:30 - 4:30 |
Summer Session Update
| Here are a few summer session status updates as the weather gets warmer and summer gets closer!
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Positive school climate and culture:
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| FREE Educators Financial Literacy Academy with 3 graduate credits through Champlain College. The goal of this online, asynchronous Academy is to increase the financial literacy and instructional capability of teachers through targeted training on financial literacy topics. 100% of the available spots for this session are open to Vermont educators. Teachers who complete the training will have the confidence, skills and curriculum tools to successfully train their students in financial literacy topics. This financial literacy boot camp will cover saving and investing, credit reports and scores, credit and debt, managing risk, income and careers-in short, the financial knowledge needed to navigate daily life and how to bring this knowledge to high school students
Ellen Bagnato bagnato@vsac.org |
| There are lots of scholarships and awards available to graduating students on Naviance! Some of the scholarships include:
There are also paper copies of some of the scholarship applications in the Senior Cafe. |
| Introducing our new Math Teacher, Matthew Leonard: Born and raised in New Hampshire, Matt made the move to Vermont in 2009. After graduating from Johnson State College (now NVU-Johnson), he began his teaching career exploring the wonders of math with an energetic group of 7th graders. Matt approaches teaching with the idea that authentic and positive relationships with students form the foundation for a thriving learning environment. He is excited to be joining the Harwood math department and is looking forward to helping students explore opportunities to expand their critical thinking skills and persevere through the challenges that come their way. Outside of school, Matt can be found with his nose in a good fantasy or sci-fi novel, exploring the culinary wonders of Northern and Central Vermont, and playing board games with his wife and two children. When the weather is nice, he enjoys spending the day on a quiet mountain trail, and occasionally playing a double round of mini-golf with his family and friends. |
Hiring Update | Interviews this week:
Posted positions still:
Our apologies! The Dean of Students job description posted was incorrect. Please look at this link for the accurate description. The reason for this new position is out of a continued effort to create parity and consistency across HUMHS and CBMS (this position already exists at CBMS). We will continue to have 3 Student support Specialists in addition to this role all supervised by the Assistant Principal. |
| May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so your VEHI PATH Building Leaders have organized a HYDRATION CHALLENGE! If you signed up by 12pm today, you will receive a tracker for the challenge in your mailbox. If you have not signed up, but you are still interested, please sign-up here, and you will receive your tracker after break. As a reminder, this starts Monday, May 1st! Keep an eye out for a weekly email from your VEHI PATH team to keep you motivated. We will also post interesting facts each week during the month of May in the blog! To kick us off, here are some interesting water facts…
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| Dear HUUSD Staff, Take a minute to reflect..how many decisions do you think you make every day? Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands? The answer varies, but it is a lot. A LOT. And guess what there are many decisions for students to make too. Our hope is that they are making the best, most informed decisions possible. And the thing is, humans make mistakes, kids and adults alike, and when we do, the hope is that we can learn from it. Making informed decisions sometimes is thanks to not making great decisions in the past.
Responsible decision making involves learning how to make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions across diverse settings. So how do we help the students we work with? Here are a few resources: Conversation Starters:
Lessons:
Remember the choices we make each day can make all the difference, Thanks for all you do, The SELTF (Justina, Shannon, Skye, Tara, Chelsea, Mandy) |
| Want to purchase a custom made Harwood soccer jersey for Spirit Week? Our staff theme is Ted Lasso. Deadline for orders is April 26th. Order HERE. |
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