Staff Bulletin for the Week of December 2

Professional Time

On Wednesday, we will have staff chat sponsored by CATE and guidance.  We'll meet from 1:45-2:55pm.  Advisory planning time will follow until 3:25pm.

Agenda can be located or printed here.

BE Events for Staff and Students

Notes:  

Guidance/Admin meeting will focus on 504 review.

Bristol Eastern Athletic Events

Boys' Basketball and Wrestling will scrimmage in a few events this week.

News and Notes:

Progress:  The progress period will end on December 13th.   Progress reports will be printed on that date.  Keep in mind the grading considerations we shared at the beginning of the year, particularly these two:

Understanding that we should be regularly assessing student’s progress toward meeting the curricular standards, there should be at least one assignment in your gradebook per week.  That means at least six entries into gradebooks by progress reporting periods and twelve entries by the end of the quarter.

No quarter grade should be primarily made up of one assessment for the quarter.  For example, if you have assessments weighted at 70% and you only have one assessment for the quarter, that one assessment alone should not determine the grade for the quarter.

Please remember that eligibility for ALL after school extracurricular activities is impacted by progress and end of term grades, so please be sure that what you have entered is accurate. For eligibility purposes, for students who were partially eligible, progress grades determine if they will be ineligible or fully eligible.  If you have questions about eligibility, please email me.

Winter weather:  Since weather can be unpredictable, it would be wise to have a few copies of the delayed opening and early dismissal schedules handy.  

Midyear conferences:   Midyear conferences and IDT midyear reviews will occur in January.  Prior to the conferences, you'll want to review your goals and data.