Kudos to our teachers that attended and help present at this past weekend's 2012 Hawaii Consortium of Smaller Learning Communities Conference on Oahu. Kapaa High School can be proud in that we continue to break new ground in helping students to be prepared for careers and college. There is no doubt that our collective work is providing an environment where groups of teachers and other adults knows the needs, interests, and aspirations of each student well, closely monitors progress , and provides the academic and other support that a student needs to succeed. Overall, the feedback continues to be very positive based on the presentations as well as our overall progress.
Hawaii State Assessment (HSA): The last three days for make-ups on the HSA along with home school students will take place from Monday, April 16th - Wednesday, April 18th. VP Diane Ayre will be contacting identified students in finishing the state assessments. Appreciate everyone's patience and support.
Classroom Expectation Reminders: During the course of visiting various classes, sharing important reminders:
Teachers must have their content area standards/benchmarks been covered posted. Standards/benchmarks should be student friendly so your students have that good grasp as to what the expectations are.
No movies are allowed to be shown unless approved by administration (educational videos are fine and if in doubt, please check with administration); we are a standards-based focused school and will make the best use of instructional time.
Bell to bell instruction is an expectation.
Accreditation Mid-term Visitation: The accreditation visit will be taking place next week. As the visiting team will want to meet with various departments along with their classroom visits, will be sure to inform those identified.
Common Core PLCs: Reminder that Kauai Complex Area will be having several coordinated K -12 training addressing the Common Core state Standards. Teachers representing each department were selected to attend and to help build capacity for our school. Beth Pemberton has been contacting identified teachers along with substitute codes.
Power/Prioritizing Common Core Standards and Unwrapping Seminars:
April 20 and May 7 6-12 Math Department 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
May 8-9, 2012 6-12 English Department 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
May 10-11, 2012 6-12 Other Departments 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Ho'okanaka Leadership Awards: Reminder that Leadership Kauai is sponsoring the Ho'okanaka Leadership Awards Banquet in recognizing and honoring exceptional adult and youth leadership on Kauai. Ian Versammy - JROTC and student Christina Maile Pico were nominated among Kauai's outstanding leaders. Please consider supporting by purchasing a dinner program ticket for $70 as our goal is to purchase a table for 10 ($700) representing Kapaa High's faculty and staff. Please see Col. Roberto Levoit for more information. As an update to this.....Leadership Kauai is also supporting our school in drafting grant proposals to build the "leadership" program currently in grade 9 HUIs and eventually into all grades over the next few years.
PLC sessions: As we enter into the final six weeks of school, we will be addressing the following topics at our May 2nd, 9th and 16th faculty PLC sessions. They include presentations and discussions on Teaching in Block Periods, Common Core State Standards, Intervention process, 2012-13 Teaching Lines, and HUI / Academy & Dept updates.
Weekly Calendar:
Monday, April 16th: Mandatory Meeting in preparing for Senior Project Presentation Rubrics @2:30 pm Library;
Principal conducting accreditation monitoring @Pearl City High School and returns on Friday
Tuesday, April 17th; Grade 9 HUI w/Michelle Swanson I-102 @7:454 am
Wednesday, April 18th: Grade 10 IDEAS Academy w/Michelle Swanson I-102 @7:45 am
Thursday, April 19th Grade 10 HOPES Academy w/Michelle Swanson I-102 @7:45 am
Friday, April 20th: Common Core Standards - Mathematics @Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Library 8 - 3:00 pm
Have a great week!
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