Monday

11/13

No School - Veterans Day

Tuesday

11/14

8am - 1pm ASVAB Testing in Library

630pm - Parent Association in Library

Wednesday

11/15

Q2 Progress Reports Due (1 of 2)

10am - 2pm - WASC Appeal Team Visit

230pm - Sex Ed Science Meet in Library

230pm - No Collaboration

7pm - Night 1 of Midsummer Night’s Dream

Thursday

11/16

245pm - Richmond University: Procedures for Student Discourse

630pm - African American Parent Night

7pm - RHS Soccer vs. Salesian [Pending Air Quality]

7pm - Night 2: Midsummer Night’s Dream

Friday

11/17

Minimum Day - 2:19pm Dismissal

8am - 11am - Go Public: Teaching Parents to Advocate

1130am - Instructional Aides Meeting in Conference Room on PBIS

Saturday & Sunday

11/10 - 11/11

School closed for break on both weekends. Happy Thanksgiving!

Instructional Highlight!

Quarter 2 progress reports are due, so talk to your students. Can your students explain why their grade is the way it is? Is the explanation good enough? Do you believe they really understand their choices?

It’s easy for students to agree that graduation is necessary, but our students struggle with parceling these tasks down to something manageable. For example, when discussing graduation, what a student sometimes needs is a goal that can be accomplished that day (attendance), that week (that big project they are dreading) or for the quarter (all C’s or better). How do the goals set reflect the growth of the student? Who can check in with the student weekly to talk to them about it? How can parents be involved. Choose a few students in your classes that you think that this method could make a difference.

Student Behavior

A recent article that MMedia published in their quarterly newsletter suggests that students want to be listened to. Many are concerned that they have been considered “the bad kid” and they face prejudice in the classroom. Try switching up your tactics, instead of pointing out how a student is late, offer to help them catch up or a, “Hey, here is what you missed, lets see if we can get you back up to speed”.

Listening to what our students need is part of our jobs as educators, and holding them to agreed standards is part of that. Most of our students know the expectations in the classrooms, if they are acting out, instead of thinking, “They never do work”, try “What can I try differently to reach them?”. Moving the needle positively for our students takes time, and will not be an overnight success, but always remember our students like learning, and they want to be successful, some just don’t have any structure to know where to start. That’s where good teachers like those at Richmond High step in. Everyday is an opportunity to connect more, and push our students to their potential

Big Events 1 Month Ahead!

11/13 - Parent Association - 630-730pm (We want teachers to come!)

11/14 - Q2 Progress Reports Due

11/14 - WASC Appeal Visit

11/15 - African American Parent Association - 630pm - 730pm

11/15 - Richmond University: Procedures for Student Discourse

11/16 - Minimum Day - Beginning of whole week off!

11/28 - WASC Collaboration - Looking at Data in Focus Groups

11/29 - Richmond University:  Scaffolding Complex Texts

Shout-Outs

Great job CAPA on working to put on their performances, we know if takes a lot of you!

Thank you hard working teachers always looking for better ways to assist your students. It’s not easy to ask for help, but we appreciate our teachers who reach out when issues in the classroom seem challenging.