Update ~ January 22-26, 2018

CELEBRATING SUCCESS...
Our Masterboard for the 2018-19 school year is in its final phase thanks to the hard work of the committee.  They will be meeting regularly to put the finishing touches on the board in preparation for registration and class selection coming up in February.

Registration timeline:
February 12-16 ~ Rising Seniors
February 19-23 ~ Rising Freshmen
February 26-March 2 ~ Rising Juniors
March 5-9 ~ Rising Sophomores

BRRRR IT'S COLD...FINALLY...
Happy winter everyone. Even though winter has arrived, we have spring on the brain.  Spring semester is filled with meetings, planning, field trips, open house, extra-curricular events, registration, assessments and oh yes, the heart of the matter, teaching and learning.
Last week in the blog I wrote about sharing strengths with our students and offering social/personal support.  Paying attention to our students' academic needs goes without saying.  In this blog post, academic excellence takes center stage. At CHS we are committed to high expectations, rigorous instruction, and learning, and providing the supports necessary for our students to meet the academic demands of high expectations.
As we look around the corner to assessment season and continue our work together as a professional learning community to discover the best ways to deliver rigor to all students, to motivate and encourage our students to reach their highest potential, I thought I would offer a few reminders to help support academic excellence at CHS:

* Require students to revise assignments and give them meaningful feedback until their work meets or exceeds your expectations.
* Conduct regular checks for understanding and reinforce difficult and complex concepts.
*Use formative assessment results to plan and develop instruction to help students reach proficiency.
*Teach and expect students to write often about what they learn in your class.
*Don't give up on them. Remember academic achievement is a result of academic rigor, high expectations, and avenues of support.

Please remember also, to take care of yourselves and to be good to each other!
Press on! Panther strong!

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