The next full moon will be on Monday, Aug. 19 at 2:26 p.m. EDT (1826 GMT.)
The Sturgeon Moon
August's full moon will appear slightly larger than normal and is known as a super moon, a blue moon. Super moons occur when the full moon coincides with the moon being at the point in its orbit closest to Earth, called Perigee
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TO GIVE A STAFF A SHOUT OUT!
From: Heidi: Laura Joy- Your tireless efforts in helping everyone get registered, especially for assisting our Spanish speaking parents in navigating the system. You are AMAZING and we are so blessed to have you! The counseling crew, Lawrence & Claudia- for working and reworking class schedules! No easy feat!
Anonymous: Shout out to the new teachers for getting through their first week and doing a great job!
Anonymous: Jen, Leah, Sharlie, and Mary for an amazing iPad roll-out!!!!!
Marie- Sara McDermott is an awesome young lady who is very dedicated to her staff and students. Thank you, Sara, for letting our students use your classroom on Tuesday to make STUCO posters.
From James:
Here is a great short article about strength based approach with students.
August 19- Open house for Spanish speaking parents on Monday, at 6 pm in the library to answer questions and help them navigate all the school services. Teachers are NOT required to be attend.
Open House:
August 20 5:30-7:00 pm
ALL certified staff required to attend
August 21- Penny Gros, Project Momentum Principal Partner will at MEMS all day on Wednesday. Penny is Tammy's Principal Partner. This is her first visit. I am unsure of what it will
August 22- PTO meeting 5:30 pm in the Community Room
August 27- 8th grade Native American parent night
September 2 Labor Day House
September 16 FUSD professional development day. No students. (Black out day)
Tuesday- Claudia
Wednesday- Lawrence
Thursday- Tammy
Thank you to everyone who has used Parent Square to send out information to families. Great Job!
As a reminder, please have someone review what you are sending out to ensure our language and grammar is correct!
Committees: Every certified staff member should sign up for a committee. Thanks!
- Guiding Coalition-one per team- by invitation
- PBIS-one per team (except electives)
- Social Committee-one per team
- Attendance- one per team
- Family Engagement- one per team
Click Here to sign up
SELF CARE ACTIVITY:
Love It List
- Set a timer for 2 minutes. Write down as many "Love It" activities that bring you tremendous joy. (Examples from Tammy's list: hiking, cooking, working out with my friends, being at the beach, listening to audio books, spending time with my family, porch time with my dogs, Philadelphia Eagles football (this includes talking about them, cheering for them, screaming at the TV, wearing their swag) .....). For those competitive individuals the industry average for our profession is 21 items on a Love It List.
- Set a timer for 1 minute. Select one of the activities from your Love It List and schedule it on your calendar sometime within the next 10 days (by August 21) *I might check to see if you completed a Love It List activity......
If you complete an activity from your Love It List by August 30, and are willing to share with me, please do so.
I want to acknowledge that I forgot to discuss with you the incident that occurred on Wednesday. While I recognize the importance to debrief, I find it difficult to give so much energy to such a negative act. I apologize for not discussing it. If you feel you need to talk about it, please contact one of your administrators.
Here is what occurred and how we addressed it. An event occurred the night before in a Snapchat group text that upset a student. Apparently, she was upset all day. The administration and school staff to our knowledge were NOT made aware of the group chat or that the student was upset. The student attacked another student in the hall after lunch and a fight ensued. The girl who was attacked is a victim and while aware the other girl was upset with her; she did not know why and did not report anything.
Administration action steps:
- Discipline was implemented based on the FUSD discipline matrix.
- Flagstaff Police were called, and a report was made.
- Second lunch students will not enter into the 300 hallway from the field anymore, they are now being brought in through the breezeway into the 100 hall.
- Schedules are being reviewed and a safety plan for the victim is being created.
Thank you to all the teachers who stepped in and assisted in getting our other students away safely and to class. We know students are asking about it. It Ok to tell them there was unfortunate incident that was a result of something happening in a Snapchat group text. Advise them to not be on social media. Reassure them the administration has handled the situation and the school is safe. This is also a good opportunity to discuss our Anonymous Alert System and to report what they see.
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