Nice weekend for CHS clubs and sports - Our Boys JV and Varsity soccer teams beat FHS @ home today. It was a beautiful day for a victory. Our Panther Special Olympic Floor Hockey Team, for the third year in a row, took home silver and gold medals and were recognized with an overall gold medal for the team. Our Robotics team hosted a highly competitive FTC Robotics Championship Tournament with 29 schools from in and out of state. Woop Woop, Go Panthers!
I am reading a really fascinating book called The Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch. I highly recommend this book, and in my humble opinion every public school educator should read it. When Ravitch describes what a successful school should be like, I can't help but think of Coconino. "...A balanced curriculum that includes not only reading, writing and mathematics but the sciences, literature, history, civics and foreign languages. This school should have a rich arts program, where students learn to sing, dance, play an instrument, join an orchestra or band, perform in a play, sculpt or use technology, conduct research and construct projects. Every student should have time for physical activity every day. This school should have a library with a librarian and media specialist. This school should have a nurse, a psychologist and guidance counselors. This school should have after-school programs where students explore interests, whether athletics, chess, robotics, history, dramatics, nature, scouts or other activities."
This is really what is is all about. This great school would not exist if not for the teachers that make it all happen. As we enter the season of the inevitable testing, please remember that we are all here for the same reason and remember to give yourselves a pat on the back for being a teacher and for all you do for our students.
Reminders
- Progress report grades are due this Wednesday, January 22 by 3 p.m. Also, if you had any students with an Incomplete for semester 1, please see Lynette.
- Please take a few minutes during first hour this week to remind students about classroom and hallway expectations. Using one of Coconino's guiding principles to prompt this discussion would be helpful as well. INTEGRITY - |inˈtegritē|- noun = The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightnessIf. (Doing the right thing even if no one is looking.) If you plan to take hand held devices from students who are non compliant, please inform your students of this as well.
Lunch Detention
The following students have lunch detention Tuesday, January 21. Any help in getting these students to room 204 for lunch would be greatly appreciated: Mikal Antunez, Patrick Day, Cristian Serrato Limones, Christopher Tachine, Bryan Van Ness, Jacob Walton, Marquis Fawbush
CHS Accreditation
Thank you for signing on to be on a committee. (If you haven't signed up yet, please see Becky.) CHS Admin will be meeting with our representative from AdvancedEd on Monday, January 29. We will plan to meet in our respective groups beginning in February.
PLC Questionnaire
Thank you for your thoughtful responses to the survey. There are a few more teachers who have yet to complete the survey. Once everyone has had a chance to respond I will share the findings with you all.
Have a great short week!
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