Time certainly flies as the last week of the first quarter is here! As it promises to be busy with assessments, final projects, etc., asking for everyone's support to maintain that academic learning environment. Please minimize amount of time students leave your classrooms and let's help get our student into their classes on time. Reminder that first quarter grades are to due October 14, 2011 by 8:00 a.m.
The faculty PSAT training session will be on Monday, Sept. 26th in place of department meetings to prepare identified staff in administering the assessment on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Our Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) grant allows for us to administer our 9th, 10th and 11th graders the PSAT. Testing will begin from period one until lunch and there will be no morning recess that day. Seniors will be meeting in the gym regarding their senior projects, graduation, senior contracts, etc. Teachers and support staff will be assigned either to help with the PSAT or Senior class meeting. Due to the length of time involved with the PSAT, there will be no morning prep periods and teachers will be released at 1:35 that day.
Kudos to everyone for the continued good work! In visiting classrooms saw many positive examples of focused learning. Appreciated seeing examples of applied learning where students applied their recent learned knowledge to complex problem solving activities either individually and/or cooperatively. Saw examples of students' work products within a culminating presentation and my favorite is always being able to see students self-management themselves in planning and prioritizing to meeting their deadlines.
Today's economic trends and skills needed for the 21st century workforce calls for individuals who are problem solvers, critical and analytical thinkers. As the amount of information continues to expand, truly difficult for anyone to memorize/keep up with continued growth. To truly prepare our students, Kapaa High School must consistently model that balanced curriculum - innovative problem solving activities where students not just only passively learn facts but incorporate it, digest into meaningful learning activities, more writing, and other real world applied hands-on learning. Research is very clear that when students' are afforded an environment of performance based learning, their learning curve dramatically rises due to the relevance.
Weekly Calendar:
Monday, September 26th: PSAT training session 2:30 p.m.
Principal @ Leadership Symposium - Oahu
Tuesday, September 27th: Open House 6 - 8:00 p.m.
Principal @Complex Area Leadership meeting
Thursday, September 29TH: VPs @Complex Area Vice-Principals' meeting
Friday, September 30th: End of 1st Quarter (43 days)
October 3 - 7, 2011: Intercession - Fall Break
Monday, Oct. 10th: Teachers do not report
Here's to a great ending for the 1st quarter!
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