Sag Harbor Schools

Board of Education

Business Meeting

August 17, 2015

“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you are right.”

~Henry Ford

Pierson Middle/High School Upcoming Events:

August 25 Senior Portraits – By Appointment

International Baccalaureate Information Session for parents and students in grades 6-10Pierson Library 6-10 pm

August 26 Senior Portraits – By Appointment

6th Grade Orientation picnic – students and familiesPierson Auditorium

September 1 & 2 College Application Workshops Day1: The Application Day 2: The Essay

September 8 First Day for Faculty and Staff

September 9 First Day for Students

September 10 College Application Night for students and parents

September 14 No School – Rosh Hashanah

September 15 & 16 High School Play Auditions 3-5 pm

Priorities for Pierson High School• Pursuit of Teaching and Learning excellence

1. Growth Mindset: Katy’s “yet” –> constructive, actionable feedback

2. Professional learning and development –> learning walks

• Building for International Baccalaureate’s future

1. Near term: outreach and promotion –> communication,

communication, communication!!!

2. Longer term: Planning – What does Pierson’s IB program look like in 1 year? 3 years? 5 years? How do we get there?

Pierson Athletics Upcoming Events:

August 21 Physical Exams for Athletics.

Pierson Nurse’s Office 3:00-5:00 pm

August 24 JV and Varsity Sports begin. Our Athletic

Department home page has the start times for each

sport: www.sagharborschools.org/athletics.cfm

September 1 Parent Meeting for fall student athletes for important

information on Athletics

Pierson High School Auditorium 7:00 pm

September 9 Middle School sports begin

After school practices for grades 7 and 8

September 10 Second session Parent Meeting for fall

student athletes (for those who cannot

attend the first parent meeting)

Pierson High School Auditorium 7:00 pm

October 9 &10 Pierson Homecoming Weekend

(Note change in format)

Sag Harbor Elementary Upcoming Events:

September 8 First Day for Faculty and Staff

September 9 First Day for Students in grades K-5

Pre-K Meet and Greet

September 10 First Day for Pre-K Students

September 14 No School – Rosh Hashanah

Looking ahead:

“Don’t Press Send” ~ professional

development for students,

teachers, and parents

Director of Technology, Scott Fisher’s Updates:

• Security Initiative Underway

– Cameras, alarm buttons, visitor system

– System Training, Security Training, System

Testing

• Network Infrastructure Improvements

– Additional storage appliance has arrived

– New data switches

– Network upgrades

– Password Security Upgrades

• Summer Projects

– In addition to routine maintenance, many

summer projects are planned:

• Upgrading computer labs

• Additional Chromebooks

• Replacement laptops

• Communication panels installed

• Utilizing Pierson student “Tech Whalers”

to achieve summer Technology goals

Director of

Technology

Scott Fisher’s

updates

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Facilities Work and Upgrades• Entry upgrade at SHES

• Replacement of carpeting with

durable flooring in SHES Entry,

Library, and District Offices

• Walls repaired and painted

• Floors cleaned, waxed, and shined!

• Student artwork to be re-hung in

durable framing

• Outdoor lighting repaired

• Fire-alarm activiate/safe doors at

Pierson

District-Wide:• Calendar for 2015-2016 is a work in progress: To help our families plan

for this school year, our school leaders are working to update our website

calendar with each event with a link to the advisor or a drop down screen

with additional information. Please visit the district website to see many of

the district and school events scheduled for the school year! We will have

a paper calendar without district dates sent home to families for the start

of the year.

• August 26 and 27 - New Teacher Orientation

• New APPR Plan Development- Due November

• New District-Wide Safety Plan – Due October 15

• Stella Maris Investigation- August-October

• Professional Development for Faculty and Staff – Safety, Teaching and Learning, Technology, data, and more!

• New Clubs – ex. “Cyberpatriot” and Coding