Assessments

Staff,

We are currently within the spring assessment window for both the MAP and F+P. Here's a link to the Assessment Schedule, at the bottom of the document is substitute time you have allocated for testing. The assessment window has been extended for F+P through May 20th.

There is no staff meeting this week because of your Day 6 which is again open to your most pressing instructional planning needs.

Finally, the May 5th late start is building based, and it is available to you to begin to organize your end of interview SLO review: reflecting on the end of year status of your goal, evidence of goal completion and lessons learned from this process. The Educator Effectiveness Resources Tab within this blog, also has a video support for completing your end of year SLO reflection.

3rd and 5th Forward Exam

Staff,

This week third and fifth grade students will be completing the Forward Exam in the areas of ELA and math. Here is a link to the assessment schedule, both labs will be used for testing, along with a Chromebook lab in Mrs. Beer's classroom. Please remind your students to transition quietly past the computer labs, Mrs. Beer's, Mrs. Reger's and Mrs. McNish's classrooms. Thank you!  Forward Exam Schedule.

Also a couple of Assessment Schedule updates, staff you'll have through May 20th to complete your F+P assessments for Title One purposes, and the MAP spring window has been extended to May 27th.

Tomorrow your Day 6 is open to your team's most pressing instructional needs. Teachers on cycle for evaluation this year, please submit your documentation log on Monday, if you haven't already.

Thursday Late Start and Tornado Drill

North Hudson Staff,

A reminder on Thursday, prior to starting our late start staff development, we will be meeting at the high school to come together from 8:00-8:30am for breakfast and to celebrate moving forward with secondary space.

There will be some short comments by Dr. Oullette and after which we will return to North Hudson Elementary for about an hour worth of PD around Gmail and Google calendar. This PD will be rolled out at three separate sessions simultaneously depending on your proficiency level around Gmail and Google calendar:  novice, practitioner or master. Thank you Amanda McCarthy, Kelli Hedlund and Heather Mathews for leading these sessions. To get you ready for the 14th, you'll need to start forwarding your Outlook email to your new Gmail account. Your Gmail accounts have been activated and are currently available, if you would like to begin using it.  

To get started with Gmail now, use these directions to forward your Outlook 365 messages to Gmail.  Please forward your Outlook email and begin using Gmail prior to our late start on Thursday, April 14. You may also want to delete emails (or outdated email folders) out of your Outlook 365 prior to forwarding your email messages to Gmail, so you won't have to delete unwanted emails later from this new account.

To provide you some front loading regarding the new email prior to the late start, Nancy Dressel has created this Youtube video located on the HSD Technology Integration Site. Gmail Video Tutorial. Also on this site are the leveled training resources in case you'd like to explore them prior to April 14th. 

On the afternoon of April 14th, Wisconsin will be conducting a state wide tornado drill. We will begin our mock watch at 1:00pm and our tornado warning drill at 1:45pm. Please review in your emergency folder the location your classroom goes to in case of a tornado. Here's a link to the Wisconsin Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week:  April 11-15.  

Tuesday's Artifact/Documentation Log Work Session

Staff,

Duct taped on Friday and kissing a sheep on Sunday, what I won't do for good causes. Here's the video proof that will be shown on Husky Headline News tomorrow.  

On Tuesday at a our staff meeting, you'll have time to work on document logs or artifacts files. Teachers on cycle for evaluation this year, your documentation logs are due Friday, April 15th. Amanda and I will be able to assist staff during this time. Please bring your laptops and any other materials to help you with this process. Here's the link to Amanda's support document.  Artifact Help Session Overview