THURSDAY: Friday Ritual
Omnikin Tournament: Tune in for the weekly Omnikin Tournament on Zoom, this week features 7th grade vs. 10th grade. WEDNESDAY: Town Hall & GWT
Advisory for Attendance 11:30 - 11:40 Town Hall | 11:40 - 12:25 Think Tank is Hosting! Guided Work Time | 12:30 - 2:00 Please review the GWT Office Hours document for requested locations. TUESDAY: Goal Setting
Gathering: Circle Up & Share to Sit Share successes from the past week. Share struggles from the past week. Everyone should share one or the other, but may share both if they would like. The circle starts standing up, but students can sit after they have shared. Independent Work: Select two boxes on the back to reflect with. OR Start a new SMART Goal sheet. Goals should be long term (3-4 weeks), and focused on building or changing habits and routines rather than completing tasks. Goal Feedback/Suggestions: Every student should have a goal partner. Teachers should assign partners to ensure that everyone has a partner, but it may be beneficial for students to have some voice in who they are working with. Once partnered up, students should discuss their goals, and offer suggestions to each other to help a goal be successful. Ticket Out: Verbal What was the best suggestion you received today? OR What is your new goal for the next few weeks? Mini-Gathering: One-Word Whip
What is one thing you're looking forward to on Spring Break? Gathering: Positive Praise Pass THURSDAY: Future Planning
Xello Gathering: Go-Around What career field do other people expect you to go into? How do you feel about that career field? Do Next: Log into Xello
Ticket Out: What is one question (or answer) that you found surprising? TUESDAY: Goal Setting
Gathering: Fist-To-Five How well did your Presentation of Learning go? Follow Up: What could you have done to improve it? Semester Goal: Color Symbol Image Choose a color, a symbol, and an image to represent your goal for the rest of the year. What are you trying to accomplish? What skills or routines do you want to build? Then create a visual representation of your goal that incorporates the color, symbol and at least part of the image. MONDAY: Gathering
Gathering: Pick a Pocket Find an object in the room to answer the prompt: In June, how will you know that this school year has been a success for you? Community Conversation: Staff has noticed that on Tuesdays/Thursdays, many students are arriving to Advisory late or with lunch that has been eaten. 1) How does this impact Advisory? 2) What do you think are the causes of this issue? 3) How might a more traditional school try to solve this problem? a) What are the advantages of those approaches? b) What are the disadvantages? 4) As a school that values student voice, how could we try to solve the issue? Ticket Out: Share solutions with your Think Tank representative, written down in order to be brought to Think Tank on Wednesday. Gathering:
Image sort: Choose an image that represents something you have done for someone else or how you feel when you do something nice for someone else. Cards-of-Hope letter writing. Field Trip Permission forms:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Peel the Fruit: PoLs on June 5th & 6th. To prepare, we will be running a Peel the Fruit session in each discipline on different days this week and next. Monday May 1 = ELA Friday May 5 = Seminars Tuesday May 9 = Science Wednesday May 10 = SS Thursday May 11= Math Omnikin Tournament: May 5th is Semifinals Game 2. Freshmen vs. Staff Service Day: May 12th, we will be volunteering at locations around town, and enjoying a potluck lunch as a school. Blood Drive: May 12th. Sign up to donate blood, or volunteer to help run the process. Morp: Our final school dance ("Prom" spelled backwards) is on May 20th at Paradigm from 6:00-9:00pm. Tickets available soon. Exhibitions of Learning: EoLs are coming up next month on May 23 & 25. Presentations of Learning: June 5 (full day, no school) and June 6th (half day) Last Day of School Picnic: On June 7th, we will be celebrating the end of the school year with a picnic at Kings Park. Arrive at school, but be ready for a park with a beach. Graduation: June 10 @ Vollrath Park Archives
May 2023
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