Thursday Thriller
June 9, 2022
Photos from the Field
Our Step-Up Day was a huge success! Thank you, Angie and Stephanie for your planning and prep! Our 8th graders were amazing! You should ask them if after today they would want to go into teaching. They have some funny stories for you. :D
Nuts-n-Bolts
1. As the year draws to an end please, please, please keep in mind that showing movies is not necessarily the right way to go. Movies MUST follow these guidelines. Guidelines for Use of Videos
2. Next week is our 8th grade recognition on Wednesday. 8th grade students will head to first period, teachers take attendance and then walk students over to the Pepsi stage. If you teach another grade second period, please head back to the building. There will be enough adults at the Pepsi stage to watch over your students. We will be at least 2 hours. Encourage 8th graders to bring water. More communication will be sent as we get closer. I just wanted to give you a heads up first.
Wednesday, June 15th
8:55 after attendance is taken, walk to Pepsi Stage
10:50 walk back (this may be closer to 11:30)
Students attend their classes for the remainder of the day
11:30 7th grade Band/Choir Members walk to Pepsi stage. They will eat first lunch
12:45 Walk back and attend class
3. Armida will hand out the room check out check list on Monday the 13th. Remember, do not stack chairs, desks this makes more work for the custodians. Clear your counters, clear the walls and lock up private, personal items.
4. Classified staff-you will turn in your keys at the end of the year. Certs you can keep yours.
5. Something to think about. For some of our students, Garrison is their safe place. While we are counting down the days to the end of the school year, some students are counting down the days until their safe space, their consistency and the adults are not going to be around for a few months; that's a lot for some students.
Please, if you have the number of days until school is out on a white board, think about taking it down. What you may not know is that one student came back to school at night and hid for awhile because home wasn't good. This student said this was their safe place. Another student just today had some thoughts of harming themselves and said, "When I'm here (Garrison) I feel safe."
What you do matters. :D
Something to Ponder
"Middle schoolers are undergoing an incredibly important and significant developmental phase meaning...they're going to make mistakes from time to time." This is a 26 minute podcast that had me shaking my head, "Yes! Okay, that makes sense." More than anything it gave me more words to describe middle school students.
Hope you find a gold nugget in the podcast.
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