October 11 - October 15

  D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

On Friday I walked into Bryan Foster's classroom to observe his entire class working together on a problem.  They had to place a 3 inch cup to catch a projectile launched from a certain distance away.  I was skeptical they could do it - Then I saw this!  It was an inspiring moment to see students so engaged in the collaborative problem solving process.  I thought it was amazing!  Just one example of our teachers and students doing awesome things!

Harvesting the first crop of lettuce of the year...

In case you missed it - John Glynn's Fust Farm got a shout out on ABC World News with David Muir this past week...  https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/year-makes-history-georgias-youngest-farmer/story?id=80422154

Great job by Key club partnering with Bethany Church to set up a community Blood Drive.

Youth Soccer night this week...

Great story on Mike Brierton in the news this week... https://www.wsaw.com/2021/10/08/dc-everest-student-earns-all-137-boy-scout-badges/

DCE Construction Trades students in the process of earning their First Aid/CPR certification! Thanks to Karen Wegge for her partnership!

Announcements/Week Ahead

Advisory - Each week check your grade guardian dashboard in relation to your advisory students. If you have a student in the red or a new student in the yellow, please check in with them to ensure they know what they need to do.  Feel free to require them to stay during ELT until they are caught up. If you need help with the ELT conversation let an administrator know.  We need to make sure students stay on top of their work so it does not pile up and snowball.  

Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences - Semester 1 conferences are on November 11th and 15th.  They will be virtual by Webex or telephone with prior appointment scheduling just like last year.  All teachers are expected to be available for virtual parent-teacher conferences both nights from 3-6 p.m.  Shared and part-time teacher schedules were emailed out again last week with a few minor changes. There will be a 20 minute break automatically added to your schedule with treats in the teacher's lounge to enjoy.

Media/News Reminder - Reminder that ALL media contacts need to go through the Superintendent’s office BEFORE the staff speaks with the media. Staff will always hear from their principal if the media has requested an interview and that staff member has been selected to give the interview because of their expertise and it fits the time frame requested. The only exception are coaches speaking specifically about their team or the game being held.  The local media outlets are having an influx of new reporters. They are trying to tell the reporters this, but it doesn’t always sink in that all our schools are DCE and this contact needs to be made.

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.

• 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:

October:

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)

14          Fire Drill at 10 am - PLEASE DO NOT RELEASE STUDENTS BEFORE the Fire Drill

18-23     Make a Difference Week

20          Faculty meeting, IMC, 2:50 p.m.

23          Make a Difference Day

27          BLT Meeting, Conf Rm 369, 2:50 p.m.

28          No students, Teacher PD Day

29          Day off

31          Halloween

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        Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6 pm

15        Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6 pm
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.  Please write explanation of field trip along with the destination.

Teacher	Dates	Destination	Form & Class list
Rose Matthiae	10/13/21	CW Convention/Expo Center	Form No Class List
Alex Schremp	10/21/21	NTC	Form No Class List
Jodi Peterson	12/2/21	Green Bay	Form No Class List