Interesting week, huh? I have a funny feeling that the next couple of weeks will be interesting with the twists and turns of quarter's end, WIDA testing, February MCAS, and so forth. If there's any team that can successfully navigate this kind of turbulence, its ours.
I have a couple of updates for your knowledge and planning purposes. Forgive me for the format:
- The mandatory anti-bullying training originally scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 22nd has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 5th, 2pm - 3:30pm. This is 30 minutes longer than the calendar indicates. Accordingly, I am shaving 30 minutes off of the 6/4/14 Department Meeting.
- The WIDA administration is going smoothly...that's all. Thank you for your cooperation.
- I had a small but impactful parent meeting at the Perez home (parent of Eric and Ilia) last night. We're laying the groundwork for a spring multicultural potluck. More details to follow, but we're thinking of having this on the evening of May 1st. If you're interested helping with the planning, come see me. The next meeting, which will again be at the Perez home, is on February 13th at 6pm.
- Finally, the job shadow is next Friday. The date is not ideal (being the end of the term). However, expectations for those who are participating have been clearly laid. They must make arrangements to make up what they missed. A list of the partners is below. This is wonderful opportunity for our young scholars. Your support is appreciated.
Food. Students have it and are consuming it in many places outside of the cafeteria. Historically, I have not been a huge stickler on these kinds of things, but I need to become one really fast. The normal pest issues the building experiences during the winter months have been exponentially exacerbated by the crumbs and half-filled containers left on floors and in classrooms. Pest control was here recently - I'll spare you the gross details. Bottom line, for health and safety, we have to tighten up on this. Food cannot not leave the cafeteria. It cannot be consumed in classrooms either. I realize this is a big deal, as a good number of people bring foodstuff for advisory and/or open their doors to students during lunch. Again, for healthy and safety, we have to go this route. I will go on the PA early next week to inform students. This will go into effect February 3rd.
PAWS. Again, a hearty thanks to Tom and Shirley. They solicited and successfully secured nearly $300 in donations from Devlin's and The Greenbriar to support the PAWS program. Kudos!
Enjoy the weekend!
Best,
Pat
P.S. I hear you loud and clear and the interruptions during class. Going forward, unless there are inescapable circumstances, no announcements will be made during the day outside of the normal daily announcements.
Job Shadow Partners:
WEEI
Boston Globe
Genzyme
Skanska Engineers
WGBH
Newbury Comics
Brighton Marine Health Clinic
Boston Police
Boston Fire
Genzyme
Foley/Hoag LLP
Bletzer & Bletzer LLP
Harvard University
Boston University
Oak Sq YMCA
Simmons College
Charlesview Housing Development
Vinfen Health Care
3 Twins Printing Company
John Henry Roofing
State Rep Kevin Honan
City Councilor Mark Ciommo
North Beacon Auto
Brighton Auto Repair
Steadyvision
