WEEKLY BULLETIN – Monday, December 8, 2014

Important Announcements

If you would like to chat with Mr. Kubis please stop by on either Monday December 8th or Tuesday December 9th, during your plan time. ~Maria Marrero

This is just a friendly reminder that faculty/staff must obtain permission to leave campus from their supervising administrator (or another administrator if the supervising administrator is unavailable). Prior to leaving campus, faculty/staff MUST sign out on the sheet in Maria's office. In addition to signing out on the sheet, please remember, it is required that staff sign in on this sheet when arriving to campus late as well. Thank you.

Click here to view dates for activity # 2899 on Collaborative Learning Opportunities ~Wendy Cora

THIS WEEK AT MILWEE

Monday, 12/08 Meet and Greet

with Mr. Kubis during Plan

Time

8:40am Conference for

Sebastian Gonzalez Pagan (7-

112 Batchelor), Christian

Fernandez (C4 Robinson), and

FOR Cobey Adu-Boateng (

Tuesday, 12/09 Meet and Greet

with Mr. Kubis during Plan

Time

Wednesday, 12/10 3:15pm

Department Meetings (in usual

locations)

Thursday, 12/11

8:40amConference for Cameron

Cavallo (C2 Gibbs), and Ian

Anthony (C4 Robinson)

Friday, 12/12 8:40am (504)

Conference for Kaden White

(7-107 Corlett)

Quote of the Week

Name

Upcoming Events

Dec 15, 2014 Beginning Band Winter

Concert 7-8pm

Dec 16-18, 2014 Early Dismissal at

1:50pm

Dec 16, 2014 Annual Holiday Breakfast

8:15am Click here to view invitation

Dec 16, 2014 Winter Concert -

Concert/Symphonic/Jazz Band 7-8pm

Dec 18, 2014 End of 2nd Quarter

Dec 19, 2014 No School for Students-

Teacher Workday

Dec 22, 2014-Jan 5, 2015 Winter

Break

Jan 6, 2015 Classes Resume Start of

3rd Quarter/2nd Semester

Teacher of the week (Every other week)

By: Milwee PBS - Maisenholder,

Conway, Elwood, Alvarado,

Young, Farmer, Urichko,

Danner, Aycrigg, and Paul

Name

PBS Nominates Next Bulletin Week

The PBS (Positive Behavior

Support) Team

Coaches’ Corner

By: Marsha, Kamilah, Brian,

Alexandra, Joanne and Regina

WOW! Can you believe it-here we are, almost finished with the first semester! Teachers, mark your calendars for next Monday and Tuesday (Dec. 8th & 9th) for our next “Coffee with Coaches” open forum. As before, we will be available in the media conference room from 9:30-3:45 on those days. Please come by to discuss any thoughts, concerns, opinions, questions, etc. Anything that is shared with us is strictly confidential; we want you to know that it is a safe zone. We look forward to seeing you! The coaches also encourage teachers, especially those new to our block schedule, to review the testing bell schedule for December 15-18. The class periods for testing will be 115 minutes long, so it is important to have enough activities scheduled to fill the time if your exam does not require the entire testing block. There will be no Power Hour/Club during that week. The students are getting excited because they are looking forward to the long winter break (and so are we!).

This excitement may require review of class/school rules and procedures. If there is anything we can help you with, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Other Announcements

Attention All Teachers! Round 1 of the Spelling Bee was a huge success! We will be conducting Round 2 of the Bee on Wednesday, December 10th during Power Hour. ELA teachers, special passes will be placed in your mailboxes to distribute to your students who have made it to the second round. The PTSA has graciously provided us with some generous prizes for the final round in January, including a $50 gift card to Best Buy for the 1st place winner! Students who make it to Round 2 and do not attend will be disqualified, so please remember to give the students the provided pass. Round 2 should not be too long, so students will be allowed back to their Power Hour class once the round is finished. Thanks for your cooperation--this is the best Bee yet! ~ Miss Morales & Ms. Zarcone

Reminder to all teachers - Teen

court is a good place to start with

minor behavior issues.

~Gail M. Newton

News from Guidance

By: Deb, Susan, Brittany, April,

Lillian

1. Holiday food boxes - we will be

taking donations once again to

offer our pantry backpack students

a food box December

18th. Holiday themed foods and

cereal would be great for the

boxes.

2. Holiday Student Sponsors -

Debbie is posting a list in her office

of students we would like to offer a

small gift or gift card to the family

to assist with the holidays. Students

will return a small wish list by

Tuesday to participate. A list will

also be emailed to the staff. Let

Debbie know if you can assist

making a gift from our school

possible to the student. Gifts will be

picked up by the parents

December 18th.

3. Conferences - make sure you

are taking notes (hosting teacher)

and returning a copy of the form to

the grade level counselor. For ESE

students, Susan Sharpe should also

get a copy if they are 6th or 8th

grade.

4. Thursday Counseling Groups - will

not meet again until January

8th. The times for the remaining

sessions will be rotated so the same

period of time is not missed for the

students in the group. Rotation

schedule will be sent out before

winter break. Second semester

groups will start at the end of

January or first of February. Submit

names to Debbie Wolfrum for social

personal and conflict

management.

5. 8th Grade Teachers - high school

registration will begin the last week

in January with our students

through history classes. More

information to follow after winter

break regarding the registration

forms and procedure. See Debbie

if you have questions.

Thank You for the food donations

to assist with Thanksgiving food

boxes. We sponsored over 20

families for Thanksgiving with a food

box and small gift card for a meat

item. All of our pantry backpack

students had a food box available

for pick up here at Milwee!

Thank you and have a great week!

Congratulations to Carol Unterreiner You should be so proud of your team at the BETA Convention. They were amazing! Great Job!

~Mike Vickey

We want to give a big thank you to the following ladies of Milwee who were so kind to help at the front office while we were out sick or on leave: Maria Sheikh, Maria Marrero, Iris Rivera, and Alison Werley. Thank you so much for all your help ladies! ~Dolores and Lillian

I would like to thank all the staff members who chose me to represent the Employee of the Year. This was not only for me, but for all Paraprofessionals at Milwee. I am proud to be part of this school and staff. THANK YOU. ~Iris Rivera

Marsha, Kyle, Mr. Viola, Maria Marrero, Maureen, Leah, Mary Jo, and Kim- Thank you so much for assisting my students and me while I took a leave of absence due to my car accident! Without your kindness, hard work, and dedication to all the Milwee students and staff, we would not be the awesome Spartans that we are! I am so thankful for all you have done and will do! ~Brittany Weingart

A huge thank you to Wendy Cora and our lovely PTSA for helping make this year's Spelling Bee bigger and better than last year!

A big thanks to Alyssa Luis,

Gail Newton, Marilyn Downs,

Kyle Frankenstein, Leah Van

Dyke, and Bo Bruen for having

their students participate in Round

#1 of the Spelling Bee! We

appreciate your support! :)

~Mary Jo Zarcone and Kimberly

Morales

Kudos to Jeremy Lucas for creating and coordinating an awesome web design competition in his class with real world implications. Its dynamic lessons like his that teach students to love learning! ~Leah Van Dyke

Thank you Laurie Munoz for taking the lead and planning so many details of Science Fair with the 6th Grade Science Team! Your organization and time spent has not gone unnoticed!

Marsha, thank you for your wisdom, expertise and encouragement! You are a genuine gem! ~Regina

Useful Links

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Infusing a Technology Prezi

Changing your SCPS password

Employee Self Service

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Skyward Gradebook Setup

Skyward Grade Comment Codes

All About Deliberate Practice

Voice Mail Instructions

Mr. Wong's EdInsight Tutorial

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Arranging for a Substitute

Dismissal Procedures

Discipline Notification Form

Universal Classroom Procedures

Common Board Configuration

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Student Calendar 2014-15

Payroll Calendar 2014-2015

Positive Behavior Referral

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