Labor Day Issue
Winfield Middle School Parent Blog
September 6, 2016
A photo contest during homecoming week added an artistic touch to the fun. These ‘student captured’ shots are displayed in the Cafeteria for all to see and enjoy.
Taken by: Maggie Jordan
Communication
See and follow us on our Winfield Middle School Facebook page for extra shots from our assembly last Friday. Our ‘Hot Potato’ game allowed us to crown a new Ac. Lab winner!
Committees
Staff at Winfield Middle School have been working hard during Committee time. Our continued diligence and attention to common expectations will push our building even farther forward. Here are a few brief notes about the progress of each.
- PBiS Tier 1
- Working on universals and consistency in every classroom.
- School Wide discipline is an an all time low. Let’s keep it that way.
- PBiS Tier 2
- Care Team, Universal Screeners (to catch and help students needing it) and HOT Sheet data.
- Activities
- Assemblies, trips, and events.
- Climate & Culture
- Planning PD Days
SubCommittees
Additionally, our staff at the Middle School all participate on an extra subcommittee team addressing specific and important situations at the Middle School.
- RTI
- What do we do if a student doesn’t complete their homework or understand a concept?
- Technology
- 1 to 1 rollout details.
- Students learning to keep track of / respect their devices.
- (Threads, yarns, or other marking techniques often make it easier to identify ownership).
- Parent Involvement
- Considering how to incorporate a student event (such as Glow Dance) with a parent meeting. Pepsi, Pizza, and the Principal. P^3!
- Attendance
- Cookies and Milk (Ask if your child has received any yet?)
- 90/90 = We are expected to have 90% of our students here 90% of the time. Preferably 100%.
- Communication
- Parent Blog and various forms of other communication.
- Board of Education edition.
- Press Releases distributed as requested.
- Binder Teams
- A continuation of our meetings from last year where teachers examine student scores, understanding and abilities. As well as plan accordingly with team members.
Random Attendance Moment
Perfect attendance is our goal. However, the Missouri state education department expects 90% of our students to be here 90% of the time. Not surprisingly, data has shown that a direct correlation exists between attendance and achievement. Randomly, we sample Attendance Moments and travel to a few rooms as determined by picking their names out of this bucket! Then we head to the room to see if everyone is present. If so, #boom! They get a yummy prize! Regardless, we have already begun interventions on students already below the 90% threshold. Please do your part to have students here as often as possible. Even one day manages to put a student behind.
Current Standings:
- August 2016 HISTORY
- Wk 1 99.39% Aug 2015 96.49%
- Wk 2 97.63% Aug 2014 96.25%
- Wk 3 95.88% Aug 2013 97.58%
- Wk 4 95.30%
- Average 97.05% for August 2016 - Great start to 2016/17
Taken by: Abby Martin
Drill Work
Student Safety is of utmost importance. Of course, we are supposed to educate, but as Temporary Parents during the day, we see student security as truly our TOP PRIORITY. During our practice intruder drill Thursday, it took approximately 9 seconds to secure rooms and doors. The building became eerily quiet. The loudest noises were the security team checking for locked doors, wiggling knobs, and stepping down the hall. Walking from room to room took the longest. We took 1:29 seconds before the “All Clear.” Well done.
Taken by: Kierstyn Schieffer
Class Discussions
So many are implementing PBiS type discussions. I hear teachers speaking student names with obvious fondness and the results are astounding. Students work even harder to relive that positive feedback they felt during the experience of hearing their names spoken in kindness. Learning is multidimensional and students with greater engagement levels develop stronger and more dendritic activity. By nipping small behaviors in the bud, we are able to minimize more serious behaviors. Class discussions are often good ways to reteach proper behaviors as opposed to public scolding involving a name.
Labor Day Weekend
Tuesday
- Progress Reports and extra handouts sent home today.
- Cross Country at Clopton.
- 8th Grade Softball at Elsberry.
Wednesday
- Early Release Day
- 7th & 8th Grade Football at Warrenton.
Thursday
- Counselors’ Meeting to plan Red Ribbon Week.
Friday
- 8th Grade Softball at Montgomery County.
Taken by: Madelyn Crouch
Taken by: Chloe Dunlap
Conditional Love?
If I told my wife "I love you, because you are…," it would almost be a conditional agreement. For instance, if something changed, would my love continue? Is my love based on her being something or somebody to me? Or have I decided to love, and commit to her? Similarly, we must strive to separate our students from their behaviors. Our acceptance, tolerance, or treatment of students should not change or waiver. Our behaviors are not determined by their behaviors. As we continue building our students and their futures, it only helps to strengthen their resolve, build esteem, and support stamina.
This quote I found on the internet says it best.
Briefly,
Tom McCracken
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