Harwood Staff Blog Update- May 4, 2023

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Harwood Hacks When participants arrive at the room, have a table of art materials available. As they enter, ask participants to create something from the art materials that symbolizes how they feel right now or how they are doing since you last met. In the check-in round, invite them to share their pieces and put them in the center of the circle. They may pass on doing the art piece, sharing about it or putting their piece in the circle.

Have no fear - after a week of rain the sun is on its way as is SPIRIT WEEK 2023!

The 2023 schedule is below and during Tuesday's staff meeting we’ll ensure we’re all ready.  In the meantime get excited and get outside.

Mon, May 22nd	Tues, May 23rd	Wed, May 24th	Thurs, May 25th	Fri, May 26th
				Highlander Day  Wear the black and gold
TA 8:40 - 9:00 Kickoff Assembly 9:05 - 9:30 Class Meetings  9:35 - 10:00  BLOCK 1 10:05 - 11:10 Lunch 1    11:15 - 11:50 BLOCK 3  11:55 - 1:00 OR BLOCK 3   11:15 - 12:20 Lunch 2  12:25 - 1:00 BLOCK 2 1:05 - 2:10 BLOCK 4 2:15 - 3:20	Regular Bell Schedule  TA, blocks 5, 6, 7/lunch ELO 1 1:35 - 2:05 ELO 2 Highlander Games  2:10 - 3:20	TA 8:40 - 9:00 ELO 1 (academic) 9:05 - 9:55 Battle of the Bands 10:00 - 11:10 ELO 2 (academic) 11:15 - 12:05 Iron Chef Competition During Lunches Localvore Lunch 1 12:10 - 12:35 ELO 3 (bonus) 12:40 - 1:30 OR ELO 3 (bonus) 12:10 - 1:00 Localvore Lunch 2 1:05 - 1:30  ELO 4 (academic) 1:35 - 2:25 ELO 5 (bonus) 2:30 - 3:20 Last day to bring in food for the Food Drive Music videos due @ 3:00	Regular Bell Schedule  TA, blocks 1, 2, 3/lunch, 4 ELO Music Video Assembly 1:25-2:05* *may run slightly into bl.4 Class clean up of mural area before 5:00PM for judging during Carnival events on Friday	TA  8:40-9:00 Block 5 9:05-10:00 Block 6 10:05-11:00 Block 7 11:05-12:00 BBQ Lunch 9/10 12:05 - 12:25 Class Meeting 9/10 12:30 - 12:50  OR Class Meeting 11/12 12:05 - 12:25 BBQ Lunch 11/12 12:30 - 12:50 HS Carnival Day Events  12:50 - 2:30 Final Assembly  2:35-3:20

Middle School	Middle School	Middle School	Middle School	Middle School
TA 8:40 - 9:00  Kickoff Assembly 9:05 - 9:30 Class/Team Meetings  9:35 - 10:00  SPECIALS A 10:05 - 11:10 CORE 1 11:15 - 11:50 Recess (can flip or ext) 11:55 - 12:10  Lunch (can flip or ext) 12:10 - 12:25  CORE 1 (cont) 12:30 - 1:00  SPECIALS B 1:05 - 2:10 CORE 2 2:15 - 3:20	Regular Bell Schedule  TA, specials C, core 3, core 4/lunch/recess ELO 1 1:35 - 2:05 ELO 2 Highlander Games  2:10 - 3:20	TA 8:40 - 9:00 ELO 1 (specials only) 9:05 - 9:55 Battle of the Bands 10:00 - 11:10 Recess (can flip or ext) 11:15 - 11:30 Localvore Lunch  11:30 - 11:45 Iron Chef Competition During Lunches Localvore Lunch 1 12:10 - 12:35 CORE 1 11:50 - 12:40 CORE 2 12:45 - 1:35 CORE 3 1:40 - 2:30 CORE 4 2:30 - 3:20 Last day to bring in food for the Food Drive	Music videos due @8:00AM Regular Bell Schedule  TA, specials A, specials B, core 1/lunch/recess ELO Music Video Assembly 1:25-2:05* *flip ELO and core 2 Class clean up of mural area before 5:00PM for judging during Carnival events on Friday	TA 8:40 - 9:00  SPECIALS C 9:05 - 10:00    MS Carnival Day Events 10:05 - 11:30  Lunch (all MS) 11:35 - 12:00 Recess 12:05 - 12:30   CORE 3  12:35 - 1:30  CORE 4 1:35 - 2:30 Final Assembly  2:35 - 3:20

Calendar:

• 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

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Appreciations:

Staff Member	Appreciations
Sue Duprat	For her amazing spirit, never wavering smile and positive energy and tireless work to run a perfectly smooth winter and spring athletic season.
Curtis	For ALL your work to ensure VTCAP logistics were completed behind the scenes so it could all go off without a hitch
Bernadette, Mari, Mary and Kayla	For jumping in to support and cover while we’re a man down on the Student Support team.
Mari Pratt	For counting, sorting, and organizing the mountain of food for testing so that students can be nourished while doing all that thinking!
Middle school teams and math department	For being the trailblazers in our first week of VTCAP testing, and for their patience with the many fun surprises that keep popping up with the new testing platform!

Safe - seen, heard, respected & understood:

Topics	Information/Links
	When going outside for more than 5 minutes please get a radio from facilities to take with you!
	When going for a walk - whether inside or outside - NEVER leave students unattended in your classroom!
Student Support Services	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. 5/1/23:Meet with Starling (Lisa/Camille) Developed summary statements for Harwood Belonging Survey to be presented at 5/30 staff meeting 5/5/23: SSC Work Group - Meeting to create action plan proposal (H1 Process) related to Non-Negotiables 5/8/23: Reflection on Benchmarks : Year 2 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 5/5/23: Student Led work group meeting to discuss DESSA plans for May administration DESSA Update: TA Administration for Spring Window May 11 - Kahoot (will be sent in TA notes for Staff) May 16th - Administration to Students (Directions/Slide Show will be sent via email to Staff and Students) May 31st - Follow up (directions and procedures to be provided to staff) STAFF COMPLETION: Teacher Report - By May 31st This Spring is the Bi-Annual YRBS Opt Out Letters to Parents will be shared 5/5/23 in the Community Newsletter YRBS Administration will be forthcoming. Details and packets will be provided in advance **Please note, we are trying our best to make this happen, given some unexpected shifts in responsibilities. We hope to have a script to share in advance for your to provide to students. In future years - the Student Support Collective will be integrating this work in our ongoing benchmarks Outdoor Lawn Games: Warmer weather is around the corner!! Folks have asked about lawn games. Please note that lawn games will begin to be placed out each morning - behind the library as optional opportunities for students/staff. We will share our procedures and reminders in the TA announcements. We also hope to share our expectations for respecting the materials at an upcoming assembly. Hello From the Health Office! Hopefully the warmer weather has inspired you to get outside! We are seeing sunburns, scrapes, and random rashes. We’d like to share these tips from the American Academy of Dermatology for preventing poisonous plant rashes.
TA update	Well…Spirit Week is just around the corner!  Also…our second administration of the Student Self Evaluation of DESSA is coming up. What does this mean for advisory? DESSA We recognized that we did not provide some background work about DESSA before asking students to complete their self assessment and we didn’t provide a follow up activity to help to understand what this data means to students and to us as educators. So we will be spending three TA blocks over the course of May for a more in-depth process for our students. More information to come.  Spirit Week Class Meetings Tomorrow during TA 9th Grade: Auditorium 10th Grade: Cafeteria 11th Grade: Library 12th Grade: Cafe Purpose will be to review the Spirit Week Slideshow to get the group psyched and to begin to develop the teams for Mural, Wellness Board and Music Video From here it is the mad dash to the Spirit Week deadlines!

Rigorous & Robust Academic Program:

Topics	Information/Links
Staff Meeting	Objectives:  To ensure our readiness for Spirit week as a whole staff and identify by Department awards that will be presented at our annual Awards ceremony on last day of school (9:00-10:15) Staff Meeting Calendar  Where: Library    When: 3:30 Staff Meeting Agenda

Positive school climate and culture:

Topics	Information/Links
	You probably knew that May 1 was the date by which seniors have to accept an offer of admission to college BUT, did you know… At this time last year, more than 10% of the senior class admitted that they were unsure of their next steps.  To avoid unwanted attention, many students may say they have a plan for after graduation when they really don’t have a plan.  Examples may include a “gap year” with few specifics, a vague reference to a job or enrollment in a community college without any idea of the classes they are interested in taking.   What can you do? Talk about it!  “Lots of students have plans for what they will do after graduation and many students don’t yet have a plan.  Graduating is exciting but it is also filled with unknowns for lots of people.  Access the supports here at Harwood!  Talk with Rachael and Ellen Berrings about an internship or job shadow.  Participate in the summer job fair and come with a resume!  Talk to Rachael, Maggie and Randy about how to enroll in a class at the community or technical college- many students can do this FOR FREE!”
	Faculty Nominated Scholarships for Seniors - More information coming SOON It’s just about that time of year where y’all nominate seniors for a few different scholarships and awards that will be given at the Senior Awards Night on June 8th.  We’re putting the final touches on the google form, and will send it out by the end of this week or early next week. Keep an eye out for it in your inbox.
Hiring Update	Interviews this week: Student Support  Dean of Students PFE Teacher Posted positions still:   1 year Math Teacher 1 year Spanish Teacher  1 FTE. Spanish Para Educators (4) High School Receptionist PFE Teacher Dean of Students Student Support
	We’d like to introduce our new .4 Nurse for next year: Hi! My name is Teal Church,and I am days away from completing a graduate nursing program at UVM. I've been a school nurse substitute in this, and surrounding districts since 2020. I live in Middlesex with my family- two dog loving kids who are both elementary students, a partner, and several dogs and small animals. I'm excited to join the team at Harwood!