Carencro High School Weekly Bulletin

August 18 – 25, 2008

Teacher of the Year: Linda Gibson

“Students will respect all people, including themselves, and all property, including their own, at all times.” 

 

I want to thank and congratulation you on a very smooth opening.  Your patience has been appreciated as we have made a few changes to the master schedule.  All schedule changes will be completed by Wednesday of this week.  We will be dropping no shows and adding new students as quickly as we can.

 

Robert DeBruyn, author of The First Sixty Days of Teaching, states that there should be one dominate rule that should be a common focus for all other rules, practices, and procedures.  The rule is simple and this will be our fourth year of embracing “respect”.  It states:  “Students will respect all people, including themselves, and all property, including their own, at all times.”  It focuses on positive self-discipline and ties in nicely with our Bear Code.  Try to follow these five classroom management principals:

1)       Classroom rules should serve both the students and learning and not be teacher-centered.

2)       There should be no more than five posted rules.

3)       Rules should be positive rather negative statements.

4)       Classroom rules need to be concise and easily understood.

5)       Enforce the rules in a fair and consistent manner.

 

August Faculty Meeting:  The monthly full hour meeting will be Monday, August 25th at 2:30 p.m. in the Little Theater.  There will be a brief meeting during your planning period Monday, August 18th to discuss dress code and class balancing.

The topics at the August 25th faculty meeting will include Positive Behavior Support, 504 modifications, special education modifications, and announcements.

 

CHS Tardy Policy:  Teachers are to be visible in the hallways during passing bells and greet students at the door.  When the tardy bell rings, move into your classroom and close the door.  Students who are tardy are to be admitted and the tardy noted in your roll book.  Address the tardy with the student at an appropriate time.  If the student is tardy a second time, it would be a positive step on your part to contact the parent and make the parent aware of the tardiness.  If the student is tardy to your class for a third time, admit the student to class and complete a tardy referral slip, noting the dates of tardiness.  Place the referral slip in the appropriate grade administrator’s door box and the administrator will call the student to the office.  The grade level administrators are:  Mr. Lutgring for 9th grade, Mrs. Castille for 10th and Mrs. Sampy for 11th and 12th graders. 

 

XEROX Machines:  All teachers have been allotted 3000 copies per machine per semester.  If you feel there is a need to increase the amount, please confer with me, Ms. Rath.

 

Teachers’ Work Day:  The teacher’s regular work day begins at 7:00 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m.  There is a sign-in sheet for you to initial your presence.  This is used when there is a discrepancy in attendance reporting.  Teachers are expected to stay for professional development activities, such as department and grade level meetings, faculty meetings and professional trainings.  If a need arises and you must leave campus during your planning period to address school-related business, you will need to sign out and have an administrator initial that you have permission.  If the reason for leaving is not school-related, speak with me, Ms. Rath or enter your partial day of absence in the SEMS attendance network.  You cannot leave during your instructional time without obtaining a substitute and securing an administrator’s permission. 

 

Monday:  August 18:  “B Day” Regular bell schedule

  1. Faculty meeting during your conference period.  Times were posted in last week’s memo.
  2. Forgive the interruptions as students are called to pay fees, pick up Ids, take Id pictures, and receive schedule changes.
  3. Please enforce the tardy policy and dress code policy.
  4. Please remind students that they must purchase a parking hangtag before parking on campus.
  5. “Think before you speak, this way, you will act and not react.

 

Tuesday:  August 19:  “A Day” Teacher As Adviser (TAA) bell schedule

  1. TAA bell schedule – The activity will focus on the Bear Code

First bell to report to class:                                            7:07

First/Fifth Period                                                             7:15 –  8:41

TAA Homeroom                                                             8:47 – 9:17

Second/Sixth Period                                                       9:23 – 10:44

First Lunch                                                                       10:44 – 11:14

First Third/Seventh Period                                            10:50 – 12:11

Second Third/Seventh Period                                       11:20 – 12:41

Second Lunch                                                                 12:11 – 12:41

Fourth/Eighth Period                                                      12:47 – 2:15

Dismissal                                                                          2:15

  1. Forgive the interruptions as students are called to pay fees, pick up Ids, take Id pictures, and receive schedule changes.
  2. Please enforce the tardy policy and dress code policy.
  3. Keystone teachers will meet at 2:30 p.m.
  4. “Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not as a critic.”

 

Wednesday, August 20:  “B Day” Regular bell schedule

  1. Freshman students may begin signing up for class officer positions.  Please encourage the freshmen you teach to consider running for office.
  2. Please enforce the tardy policy and dress code policy.
  3. “The hardest promises to keep are the ones you make with yourself, it takes commitment.

 

Thursday, August 21:  “A Day” Regular bell schedule

  1. Freshman students may begin signing up for class officer positions.  Please encourage the freshmen you teach to consider running for office.
  2. Volleyball scrimmage CHS vs. Northside – Home (3:30 p.m.)
  3. “Taking initiative to get things done has nothing to do with being pushy or aggressive; it has to do with acting first.”

 

Friday, August 22:  “B Day” Regular bell schedule – New spirit shirt day with regular uniform bottoms.  Staff may wear jeans with the NEW spirit shirt.

  1. Freshman students may begin signing up for class officer positions.  Please encourage the freshmen you teach to consider running for office.
  2. “Listen to what you say and change the phrase I can’t to I will try.”

 

Monday, August 25:  “A Day” Regular bell schedule

  1. Freshman students who signed up for class offices will begin campaigning today.
  2. Faculty meeting at 2:30 p.m. in the Little Theater
  3. Special Education department meeting at 3:30 p.m.

 

Advance Planner:

August 26:            AOIT staff meeting at 2:30 p.m.

August 27:            School Leadership Team meeting at 2:30 p.m. – library

August 28:            Football jambouree at UL-L – CHS vs. St. Thomas More

August 29:            Freshmen speeches are due

September 1:         No school – Labor Day

September 2:         Math department meeting at 2:30 p.m.

September 4:         Freshmen speeches and elections

September 4:         Open House 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. – Meet and Greet

September 5:         Friday night football vs. McKinley at the open air Crodome

September 8:         AOIT parent meeting in the Little Theater at 6:00 p.m.

September 10:       Teacher As Adviser homeroom

September 10:       School Leadership Team meeting at 2:30 p.m. – library

September 11:       Senior class meeting in the cafeteria at 9:00 a.m. with Mr. Lane

September 12:       Friday night football vs. Barbe at the open air Crodome – AOIT Tailgate Party