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We made it through the first week back from the break! It's time to end the year strong, with a successful final Quarter!! We got this!

Just a friendly reminder that to be in compliance with our Grading Policy teachers must be submitting an average of 2 grades per week or 1 per week if you're an A/B elective.

Friendly reminder, grades are due today March, 24th.

Instructional Focus:

Mastery Machine and TEKS/Skill Practice

STAAR Teachers: Please ensure you are updating your calendar based on your lowest scoring TEKS in order to ensure students have sufficient practice before their end of year assessment.

FOCUS: Classroom Wall Assessment Trackers being updated and Individual Student Trackers

AP & STAAR teachers: Please ensure you're updating your excel trackers!

Exit Ticket Huddles: STAAR Teachers will have their exit ticket huddles daily at EOD. Don't forget to bring your student samples to identify student misconceptions!

As the year continues we ask that all we all continue to input student who are tardy in the HS tracker documents.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ED44MaxpcGK1kg22xyWBJEFvbuD4CrnVwb6dCVqAWmw/edit#gid=58067149

Shout out to Irving Alfaro for leading a science lesson on Tectonic plates and keeping students engaged at 💯!

Shout out to Marco Ramírez for leading a HANDS ON lesson in Physics class!

Shout out to AJ for leading a mini-PD on how to insert images from a PDF file to EDCITE in creating an online test.

Shout out to Coach Aaron Barbosa, Coach Jonathan Coronado and Coach Kevin Hopkins on a successful soccer season!

Shout out to Gary Ristaino for setting expectations daily, and holding our students accountable for responsible laptop usage.

Shoutout to Maria Anzaldua, Anyssa Villarreal, Kathya Gonzalez, Bernie Garcia, and Gabriella Rocha for having their Meets/Masters updated daily on their exit tickets outside their classrooms.

Team Grows - Daily Lessons must be shown in their entirety for full credit 3 out of 5 days (Tuesday-Thursday). Reminder that if a lesson is not shown one day, it can be made up with the following day of your choice.

Feedback:

I want to share some best practices:

Start class off with a quick mood meter/weather check while you invite students in.

When prompts are on the screen, answer the question first to provide a safe space for students to share, lead by example.

Avoid too much teacher talk. Aside from the frame and sharing your answers to the prompts, let kids share their experiences with each other.

Next Steps:

• Set a timer on your phone with a daily reminder to login at the scheduled breakfast time to ensure daily goal metrics success 🙂
• Mrs. Medrano and Ms. Martinez conduct rounds in all hallways during homeroom Tuesday-Thursday to ensure MTW is being shown. Please feel free to stop us during our rounds if you have any questions or need any assistance!

Thank you all for your hard work, dedication, and support with MTW! Have a great weekend! 🙂

Mighty Griffins,

We have our Mock Exams starting at the end of this month. The March Testing Calendar has been shared and has included TELPAS.

Thank you!

Alondra

We will be having our STAAR/AP Pep-Rally on Friday March 31st from 2:20-3:40 pm. Students will be dismissed back to their classrooms to pick up their belongings for the end of the day 3:50 pm. I have sent out a calendar invite with the modified schedule and layout for that day. I will be sharing Roles and Responsibilities by next. Thank you. 😊

Who: All CP Students

What: STAAR/AP Pep-Rally

Where: ICPA School Gymnasium.

When: Friday, March 31st from 2:20 to 3:50 pm

Why: Event will be used to encourage students as testing begins. The event will promote new student and overall persistence as well as ADA. (Incorporate joy factor)

***The Pep-Rally will be Glow in the dark, therefore the grade levels will be suggested to wear neon colors (out of uniform day.) Students will be able to wear their assigned colors, no ripped jeans, spaghetti straps, crop tops, are allowed. Skirts/shorts/dresses must be no more than 4 inches above the knee. Students will be allowed to bring glow in the dark accessories such as glow sticks.

Colors by grade levels:

6th Neon Yellow

7th Neon Orange

8th Neon Green

9th Neon Pink

10th White

11th Bright Blue

12th Neon Purple

Overall: 95.9%
31 leavers

6th-93.3
7th-96.9
8th-98.49th-95.7
10th-91.8
11th-95.6
12th -98.88

New Student Persistence: 83.3%
8 leavers

6th- 81.8
7th- 90
8th- 1009th-66.6
10th-0
11th-100
12th na