Show me your friends...
...and I will show you your future.
Three years is enough time for...
Watching students grow and develop provides a daily reminder of the strides made during these formative middle years. Students, cautiously leaving childhood behind, continue forward on their path toward becoming fine young men and women. It is our distinct pleasure to aid and support them in this progress. One issue we teach frequently is what we call “locus of control.” Circumstances can cause young people to gravitate toward a perspective that “life happens to me,” instead of seeing themselves as having control or power over their own lives. We often make decisions based on partial or limited information but our connections and relationships with this group affects them the most profoundly.
I spoke Friday at lunch over the saying: “Show me your friends and I will show you your future." Looking around the room, I saw so many young people who have overcome staggering adversity and obstacles along their short paths. I felt both encouraged as well as overwhelmed. We must continue to offer aid, teach them with compassion, and remind ourselves of our self-appointed role as their teachers. Some relationships in that room may be only a few weeks old, but other relationships have gone on for generations. (Thanks Ms. Mix)
Hall Decor
Since the mind can't think two thoughts at the same time, we want students to focus on the positive. Wall decorations featuring student-created motivational sayings are going up all over school. Students often read and consider these quotes from their peers as pertinent and worthy of consideration. We are preparing for our Parent / Teacher Conferences coming up next week and are trying to add individuality and a personal touch to our school. Let us know how things look when you come up, please.
Updates
Note the changes to this webpage. It is becoming a clearinghouse for all things Middle School. Favorite links, parenting pointers, staff bios and the SIS Portal (which is the teacher's’ online gradebook) are all listed there on the right hand side. Additional items can be added by contacting the office through email. (kristengross@winfield.k12.mo.us)
Communication
Staff are currently considering the best method for staying in touch with parents. Some options are regular emails through SIS, a weeblie web page, a link to their planbook or their curriculum guide. Stay tuned as we improve our building to parent communication. (We secretly want to be the school that communicates too much!) Facebook may not be the most reliable and regular source of pure academic news so we are considering additional modes as well.
Schedule
We try and list as many things as possible pertinent to our building but the District Tandem Calendar has everything. (We recently discovered a feature that allows you to add individual items to your own calendar!) Below are some of the highlights of this week.
Monday – 10/5/15
PICTURE RE-TAKES on Monday, first thing at the Middle School
Softball hosts Montgomery County at 5:00 pm
Tuesday – 10/6/15
Our new teachers receive training through a “how to” book titled Teach Like Champion, by Doug Lemov.
Football travels to Montgomery County for a 5:30 pm kick off
Volleyball to Wright City at 5:00 pm
Wednesday – 10/7/15
Early Release Day
Little Cheer Clinic begins in our Gym @ 6:00 pm
Friday – 10/9/15
End of the Quarter – Report cards will be delivered at the Parent / Teacher Conferences next Tuesday and Thursday with Parent Portal access in place through the duration.
Upcoming
Fall Break
NO SCHOOL -
Friday-October 16th
Monday-October 19th
Tuesday-October 20th
...a child to make the turn?
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