D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update
Weekly Happenings
Philena Thompson is leaving us on Friday as she prepares to move to Florida with her husband in the coming weeks! Please stop down to thank her for over two decades of service and to wish her well!
A few pictures/videos from the week!
Students in DCE Enterprises working with the plasma cutter.
Huge congratulations to John Glynn and his students for pulling off the annual Fust Farm field trip. Check out the story from Channel 7 here - https://www.wsaw.com/2021/09/23/trip-farm-educates-children-food-agriculture/
Great graphic this week about our students earning Dual Credit last year:
Interesting Information
Faculty - Please read the announcement from our special education staff regarding testing protocols for students who have test reading in their IEP accommodation section.Accessibility for students with disabilities.
To meet a student’s needs while also preparing them to be successful at the post-secondary level, the Spec Ed department has created a Canvas Course for students (who in their IEP have tests read as an accommodation) to access tests using the immersive reader function. Immersive reader is an accessibility feature that works in Canvas, but only through pages and when Canvas is accessed via the website. The special education department has chosen to utilize this feature because the voice does not sound robotic, therefore should increase student utilization, independence, and overall efficiency in using Canvas.
Tests will be uploaded to a Canvas page and remain unpublished. Prior to the test being given, when a student leaves to utilize their accommodations and reports to a testing resource room, staff will “publish” the test. At that time students can access the test and use the immersive reader. After the class period staff will “unpublish” the test deeming it inaccessible to students. Staff are working to create an apple classroom to then monitor the students while testing to enhance test security.
Immersive reader is only reading the test, students will need a hard copy of the test for images and to record their answers on.
Spec Ed teachers request that tests are emailed or given to them at least 1 day before the test, so we have time to create the page and upload the test. Currently, Maria Prust, Pete Thorpe, and Megan Ackley are able to do this part. All Spec Ed staff will be trained eventually. When emailing the test, please indicate what class this is for, student(s), and date of the test. If possible, word documents work best.
*** Only students who would need to access audio versions of test would be part of “Test Central” class.***
Announcements/Week Ahead
Fall 2021 Pay & Benefit Meetings - If you are unable to attend the meeting at the senior high on October 5th at 2:50 p.m., here are the dates at the other schools.
- Sept. 21, @ 2:45 pm Middle School Theater
- Sept. 24, @ 7:30 am Evergreen IMC
- Sept. 27, @ 3:00 pm Front Area of IDEA/Odyssey
- Sept. 29, @ 7:50 am Rothschild IMC
- Sept. 30, @7:45 am Weston Cafeteria
- Oct. 1, @ 7:45 am Mountain Bay IMC
- Oct. 5, @ 7:50 am Riverside IMC
- Oct. 5, @ 2:50 pm Senior High Auditorium
- Oct. 11, @ 3:10 pm Junior High IMC
- Oct. 12, @ 7:50 am Hatley IMC
- Oct. 26, @ 3:15 pm DCE PD Center, Suite 302 (Two doors down from new Admin Building)
Important Dates:
September:
26-2 Homecoming Activities and Dress Up Days
October:
1 Altered Schedule for Homecoming Assembly, will be emailed Monday
1 Homecoming parade at 5 p.m. and football game at 7 p.m.
4 Academic Letter Awards Banquet, SH Auditorium, 7 p.m.
5 Senior Class Picture during ELT - Do not request Seniors for ELT
5 Flu Shot Clinic at Greenheck, 2:30-6 p.m.
5 Benefits Meeting, Auditorium, 2:50 p.m.
13 BLT Meeting, Conf Rm 369, 2:50 p.m.
13 Community Open House, 5:30-7:30 p.m. (not required for staff - but welcome)
20 Faculty meeting, IMC, 2:50 p.m.
27 BLT Meeting, Conf Rm 369, 2:50 p.m.
28 No School, Teacher PD Day
29 No School
November:
1 Vertical Teaming Night 3:15-6 pm
5 Quarter 1 Ends
8 No School, PD for Grading
9 Quarter 2 Begins
10 BLT Meeting, Conf Rm 369, 2:50 p.m.
11 Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6 pm
15 Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6 pm
17 Faculty Meeting @ 2:50
17 Faculty Meeting @ 2:50
February
17 Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6:30 pm
17 Week of the 17th - 3 parent contact hours
May
25 Graduation 6-9 pm
Upcoming Field Trips
Field Trips - Field trips are still permitted at this point. Please consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling. If the guidance changes, we will let you know. See Mike Raether if you have any questions.
*NO additional field trips on
- 2nd Friday Count (1/14/22)
- JH Adventure Day??
Field Trip Form from District (click on '2340(A): Field Trip Request' then '2340 (A) Field Trip Request Fillable 5-289-19.pdf.
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