Salado Middle School
September 16th, 2020 Staff Newsletter
Great First Week!
Key Dates for September 16th, 2020 - September 26th, 2020
Thursday, September 17 - Constitution Day
SMS Hosting Cross Country Meet @ Tenroc - 4:00
Friday, September 18
Bleacher Mechanical Training - 9:00 @ Gyms
Monday, September 21
Volleyball Picture Day
PLC Meetings - 1st-5th Period
School Board Meeting - 6:00 @ Admin Building
SMS Volleyball vs. Jarrell - First Home Volleyball Game 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30
Tuesday, September 22 - Picture Day
Fall Middle School Picture Day
ARD Meeting @ 11:00 - Front Office Conference Room (Young, Hilfman, Peralta, Smith, Scholwinski)
Wednesday, September 23
MAP Testing - 8th Grade ELAR (Oyler)
ARD Meeting @ 1:50 - Zoom (Webb, O'Neal, Oyler, B. Guyton, Smith)
SMS Cross Country @ Belton Meet - South Belton Middle School
Friday, September 25
MAP Testing - 8th Grade Math (Chambliss)
ARD Meeting @ 10:00 - Front Office Conference Room (Sitz, Allen, Kasper, Scholwinski, Smith)
ARD Meeting @ 12:45 - Front Office Conference Room (Young, Stahnke, Smith, B. Guyton, Scholwinski)
Announcements
2. If you have a chance, head to https://www.texasfootball.com/player-of-the-week?ref=search and vote for Noah Mescher for Mr. Texas High School Football Player of the Week!
3. Great job going to 2-1 on your first night of volleyball games! Our Coaches and girls had tryouts and then had to put it together on the court. Way to pull off two victories! Our first home volleyball games are Monday evening. We have four games starting at 4:30!
Action Items
2. Plan and deliver a lesson where students who are in person are completing the same lesson as remote learners. Please coordinate this with your grade level team so that these are spaced out throughout the week of 9/21-9/24
Ongoing Announcements
1. This is a free service from TEA for the summer that provides students with shared-account access to the myON digital library and news articles. https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/myOn_by_Renaissance.pdf
Ongoing Action Items
1. Please submit a copy of your YAG/Scope and Sequence to your T-TESS appraiser
2. In Eduphoria Strive, please submit your T-TESS goals for the year. One professional growth goal and one student growth goal are required.
3. Please consider watching the Zoom training from Kristen Aterbury from Region 12 on a gap implementation tool that supports students by spiraling TEKS missed in the Spring of 2020 into instruction during 20-21 . (More details in Gap Implementation tool section below)
4. Please review the attached resources for getting oriented with the Newline Interactive Flat Panel Displays
Quick training videos on the new TRUTOUCH RS Series
Teacher Training Resources: https://newline-interactive.com/usa/teacher-training-resources/
Save this information for later in the year:
Support for your IFP Contact Info:
Support@newline-interactive.com
972-468-9718
972-468-9719
Gap Implementation Tool
Power Point explaining how this may be used in core subjects
Video of Region 12 Zoom where the tool was presented
Math
ELAR
Science
Social Studies
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Instructional Tips of the Month - From Rex Threatt
1. Just an idea as you are planning lessons.
This video shows how a student can add a photo (using a chromebook) to a google doc to turn in written work:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qOGI1nn9ok_S8Zgv_buz3hWyMdWHsW4q/view
Also, it shows how to set it up as a teacher in google classroom.
2. There is now a Salado ISD website with some help videos. These videos have students and parents in mind. Currently, the topics on the website are Google Classroom, Clever, Chrome Browser Profiles.
Link to the site:
https://sites.google.com/saladoisd.org/sisdinstructionaltechnology/home
3. I have put a short video together to provide some basic information about this thing called “Clever”.
Clever is a landing page for programs used by students/teachers/staff. Some of the buttons are just links (like bookmarks) that take you to the website to sign in (like Eduphoria). Other buttons are single sign on (SSO), which means clicking on the icon button for the program will login you into the program. No username or passwords. Think about how much time this will save in the classroom, trying to log students into programs.
TEKS Resource System Newsletter
Here's the Statewide TEKS Resource System Newsletter and the Region 12 TEKS Resource System Newsletters
Region 12 TEKS Resource System Newsletter
TEA guidelines for preparing for remote instruction
Look Ahead Dates
New Key Dates added since the last newsletter
May 6 Temple College Band Invitational
May 7 ZDT's Band Trip - Sequin
May 17 Spring 6th grade Band Concert
Key Dates for the Fall of 2020
October 5 Volleyball vs. Lampasas
October 8 SMS Football vs. Gatesville – 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30
October 12 Parent Conference Day
October 15 SMS Football @ Waco Connally
Volleyball @ Burnet
October 16 Early Release – End of the 1st Nine Weeks
October 19 Volleyball vs. Gateway
October 22 SMS Football vs. China Spring – 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30
October 26 Volleyball @ Jarrell
October 28 National Junior Honor Society Induction for 8th grade students - 5:30 @ SMS Cafeteria
October 29 SMS Football @ Jarrell
November 2 Girls Basketball vs. Taylor
November 5 SMS Football vs. Robinson – 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30
November 11 Veterans Day Holiday
November 12 Boys Basketball vs. Lampasas
Girls Basketball @ Lampasas
November 19 Boys Basketball @ Burnet
Girls Basketball vs. Burnet
November 23-27 Thanksgiving Break
November 30 Boys Basketball vs. Gateway
Girls Basketball @ Gateway
December 7 Boys Basketball @ Jarrell
Girls Basketball vs. Jarrell
Beginner Band Winter Concert @ SMS Cafeteria
December 14 Boys Basketball @ Lampasas
Girls Basketball vs. Lampasas
Salado FFA Fall Banquet – 6:30 PM @ Cafeteria
December 21 Boys Basketball vs. Burnet
Girls Basketball @ Burnet
Christmas Break
Key Dates for the Spring Semester of 2021
January 4 Teacher work day
January 5 Start of the 2nd Semester
January 15 Early Release – Last day of the 2nd Nine Weeks
January 18 MLK Day Holiday
January 28 Boys Basketball @ Gateway
Girls Basketball vs. Gateway
January 31 Middle School Fine Arts Night – 6:00
February 4 Boys Basketball vs. Jarrell
Girls Basketball @ Jarrell
February 11 Boys Basketball @ Taylor
February 15 Presidents Day Holiday
March 12 Early Release end of the 3rd Nine Weeks
March 15-19 Spring Break
April 1-2 Easter Break
May 6 Temple College Band Invitational
May 7 ZDT's Band Trip - Sequin
May 17 Spring 6th grade Band Concert
May 26 Early Release – Last day of school
Salado Middle School
Email: Ted.Smith@saladoisd.org
Website: www.Saladoisd.org
Location: 1169 Williams Road, Salado, TX, USA
Phone: 254-947-6935
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaladoJH/
Twitter: @SaladoJHS
