LEADERSHIP MINUTES

January 25, 2007

 

 

 

 

GETTING TO GRADUATION NIGHT - REVIEW

 

February 12th is the date set for “Getting to Graduation Night” at all three high schools and will run from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.   All parents with students in 8th through 12th grades will be invited.  After a 15 minute introduction each Parent will attend a Parent Survey session and then choose three additional sessions from the following list:

 

1.        Culminating Project….frequently asked questions

2.        Course Requirements..what does my student need to graduate?

3.        College Ready and testing…..What does that look like for your student?

4.        Making the transition from middle school to high school

5.        WASL…the facts and frequently asked questions

6.        Students not yet at standard….how can I help and what can I expect from school?

7.        9th grade teams

8.        Ways to communicate with teachers

 

Department chairs and other “honored guests” will be in charge of the sessions.

 

 

TECH ASSEMENT

 

Reminder that all certificated staff is required to take a Tech Assessment survey.  An e-mail was sent out today with the information and link to the website.  This needs to be completed by February 15th.

 

 

TITLE IV SURVEY

 

Students need to take a Title IV survey about Student Activities offered at Sehome.   The survey needs to be done the week of February 29th during 2nd period.   This is a scantron form and should only take 5 to 10 minutes and teachers can choose which day they would like to give it to their students.

 

 

SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR SNOW MAKEUP DAYS

 

School will be in session February 20th-23rd.   Teachers are asked to be flexible in allowing students to makeup work if they are going to be absent.  Students who contract out should be given a reasonable amount of time to makeup the work missed.

 

Semester finals will be February 5th (period 1-3-5) and February 6th (periods 2-4-6).  Grades will be due on Monday, February 12th.   

 

Late Arrivals on 2/8, 3/8 and 4/5 have been cancelled.  These will now be regular school days.   There was discussion about how we can continue small groups and how we can get all the Culminating Project papers read which are normally done during one of the late arrivals.  Discussion will continue on this.

 

 

STUDENT REGISTRATION MATERIALS FOR NEXT YEAR

 

Registration materials for 2007/08 school year will be given to students on March 5th.   There is a new Student Connect program that will allow students to enter their requests directly into the computer.    There was discussion about when students will meet with counselors to do this.  It was suggested that freshman and juniors could be scheduled to do this in the SAIL lab during the WASL testing week.   Julie is going to talk to other schools and see how that works for them and will then report back.

 

 

DECISION MAKING MODEL

 

Phyllis presented ideas and forms for decision-making options.  This could help make sure the right people are involved in decisions.   There was discussion about how to change and make the forms work.  Phyllis will make the changes and then present it to the Leadership for approval and it then present it to the whole staff.