SCH Weekly

Greetings SCH Family,

This week we are encourage all teachers to participate in the Hour of Code event to help promote Computer Science Education in our schools. There is no set time for the Hour of Code but please consider checking either one of the resources listed below to get started.

https://code.org

https://nextech.org/programs/csedweek/

Have a great week,

Scott

Stephanie Phillips students explored “Mother Sauces” including béchamel, veloute, brown or espagnole sauce, tomato, and hollandaise. The second year students prepared eggs benedict and biscuits with gravy to demonstrate how sauces are used and how they impact flavor.

In Sergeant Chavez’s Criminal Justice class students are learning when SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) should be utilized and how SWAT is different from a patrol officers. Students practiced entering a staged simulation and deployed tactical movement to subdue the threat.

Head Start teaching staff have “taken a dive’ into their student assessment data and are using it to drive the lesson planning process. The results of the Fall assessment provided them with baseline data to assist them in planning related to specific objectives for specific students individually and/or as a group. Their weekly lesson plans reflect the individualized planning and the associated instruction provides opportunities for assessing progress toward meeting the specific objective(s).

Special education teacher Marie Herring, the Skills for Life students and the peer tutors from Morton High School went to South Lake Mall on Friday. The objective of this outing was for the students to work on social, communication and money skills in a community setting. They shopped for certain items, learned to navigate the stores and had to handle any money exchanges in order to purchase their items.

Besides a fun and educational experience, what is most impressive is that there are more than 40 peer tutors at Morton, most of them seniors, who sign up to provide time, compassion and role modeling opportunities for the special needs students.

You go Governors!

Starting this week, we are adding a disclaimer to all emails from senders outside of SCH. This will be in all your emails if they don’t come from inside:

EXTERNAL MAIL: This email message originated from outside SCH. Do not click any links or open any attachments unless you trust the sender and know the contents are safe.

This disclaimer is one way to help you identify possible fake emails, or phishing. Here are some helpful tips on all of your emails:

• Look for anything out of place or suspicious.
• Look for misspellings or grammatical irregularities.
• Look at the sender’s email address - the name may be familiar, but if the address isn’t “someone@hammond.k12.in.us”, it’s suspicious.
• Look at the signature. Almost everyone signs their name, and not “HR Department” or “IT Department.”
• When in doubt, fall back to voice communication. It’s better to call the possible sender than risk an information or financial breach.
• Take care what information is sent over email. Never send personally identifiable information (PII) such as your credit card numbers or passwords, or sensitive information (e.g., OTHER people’s credit card numbers or passwords). Remember that you have no control over information after it’s reached the recipient.

Monday, December 9th

• Clark MS Basketball @ Eggers MS - 5 p.m.
• Clark HS Basketball @ Roosevelt - 5:30 p.m.
• Gavit MS Basketball @ Scott MS - 4:30 p.m.

• Gavit HS Basketball @ Chesterton HS - 6:00 p.m.

• Gavit MS/HS Band Concert - 6:30 p.m.
• Hess ES - PTA Penguin Patch shopping (all week)
• Hess ES - “Make it a Good Night Monday” live read aloud on Facebook - 7 p.m.
• Irving ES - Holiday Shop (all week)
• Jefferson ES - Celebrations Around the World
• Jefferson ES - PTA Santa Shop (all week)
• Lincoln ES - Santa's Secret Shop ends
• Lincoln ES - 4th & 5th Grade Camp Wonderland field trip

Tuesday, December 10th

• Calumet HS Basketball @ Gavit HS - 5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.
• Clark MS Basketball @ HAST - 5 p.m.
• Franklin ES - Music Program - Grades: 3, 4, & 5 - 11:15 a.m. & Kdgn. 1, & 2 - 1:45 p.m.
• Irving ES - 4th Grade CCSJ Discovery Program - 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Lincoln ES - Side-by-Sides for Kdgn. & 1st Grade
• Roosevelt HS Basketball @ Clark HS - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 11th

• Administration Center - Special Board Meeting - 5:30 p.m.
• Clark MS Wrestling @ Eggers MS - 5 p.m.
• Clark MS Basketball @ Eggers MS - 5 p.m.
• Clark HS Basketball @ Illiana Christian HS - 5:30 p.m.
• Fairhaven Baptist Wrestling @ Gavit MS/HS - 6:30 p.m.
• Irving ES - 4th Grade CCSJ Discovery Program - 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  
• Irving ES - Family Holiday Forum - 9 a.m. @ Administration Center
• Lincoln ES - Side-by-Sides for 2nd & 3rd Grade
• Lincoln ES - PTSA Meeting - 3:30 p.m.
• Westside HS Basketball @ Clark HS - 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 12th

• Clark MS/HS Choir Concert - 6 p.m.
• Gavit MS/HS Choir Concert - 6:30 p.m.
• Gavit HS Basketball @ Lighthouse - 5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.
• Irving ES - 4th Grade CCSJ Discovery Program - 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Kenwood ES - Winter Concert - 12 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
• Lincoln ES - Professional Development
• Lincoln ES - Kdgn. Performing Arts Center Field Trip
• Lincoln ES - Side-by-Sides for 4th & 5th Grade

Friday, December 13th

• Franklin ES - PTA Night with Santa - 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Gavit MS/HS - Faculty Dress Up Day (Ugly Sweater)
• Hess ES - PTA Penguin Patch Family Shopping - 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Jefferson ES - PTA Holiday Event Shop - 6 p.m.
• Lincoln ES - Ugly sweater day for students
• Lincoln ES - No preschool
• Morton ES - Visit from Santa - 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, December 14th

• Clark MS Wrestling Meet - 9 a.m.
• Gavit MS/HS - Chess Tournament @ Morton HS
• Gavit MS Wrestling Meet - 8 a. m.
• Gavit MS/HS Wrestling @ South Bend Washington - 9 a.m.

• Gavit MS/HS Wrestling @ Crown Point - 9 a.m.
• Gavit MS/HS Basketball @ Hobart HS - 5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.
• Washington Township Basketball @ Gavit MS/HS - 12 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Two Soccer players and Two football players were named to the Chicago Post Tribune All-Area teams! They are Seniors Rafael Maciel and Marco Medina for soccer and Fortune Woods and Jason Tapper for football.

Also, below you will also find the Clark MS/HS Trip to China 2019 (Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, & Hangzhou) Trip video.

Lincoln’s Student Council hosted a food drive for Thanksgiving. Our students and families donated 1, 679 items to the local food bank. We are so proud and thankful for them!!!!!

This past weekend the School City of Hammond participated in the Hammond Holiday Parade.

An update from the Superintendent is distributed at the beginning of the week.

View previous weekly updates from Mr. Miller here.

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