February 14 - February 18

  D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

Chinese class students celebrating the Lunar New Year learning Chinese calligraphy and making fortune beads to bring good luck, good health, and happiness in the Year of the Tiger!

Love when our teachers are recognized by students - Here are the pictures from Teacher Appreciation Night with the basketball team.

Please congratulate Cody Klobucnik on being presented with the CWIMA Adversity Scholarship on Thursday, receiving a full ride to NTC Machine Tool 2-Year Program - WAOW Story linked here: https://www.waow.com/video/d-c-everest-student-receives-full-ride-machine-tool-program-scholarship/video_e48cb88a-078a-5ec5-ad2d-9206eab3aa9b.html

Key Club volunteers working at the Jubilee House Thursday evening served just under 50 people a warm meal. We had many staff and students prepare all the food for the event. It was a great night!

Mock trial had their regional competition over the weekend. Congratulate the following students if you see them!  Congratulations to Ciera Levake for her work!

Announcements/Week Ahead

Parent-Teacher Contact Time - A reminder that there are an additional 3 hours built-in during this Parent Teacher conference time for teachers to call, email, and connect with parents. We choose not to schedule these three hours to increase flexibility for both faculty and parents.

Parent-Teacher Conferences - Our spring conferences are on Thursday, February 17th from 3-6:30 p.m. with a built-in 20-minute break.  All teachers are expected to be here for conferences.  There are a few shared teachers, coaches, etc. with exceptions.  If you haven't already spoken to Mike/Dawn about not being here, please do so ASAP.  Parents will receive an individualized email or paper copy with instructions and links to sign up for either an in-person, WebEx, or telephone conference starting Wednesday, February 9th at 7 a.m. 

Parent-Teacher Conference Teacher Appointment Schedules - Thursday, November 17th is parent-teacher conferences from 3-6:30 p.m. with a built-in 20-minute break.  A few reminders regarding conferences: 

1. Here is the link to view your schedules and info lookup directions.  Teachers cannot change their schedule, contact Dawn if needed.
2. Please view your online schedule frequently after Wednesday, 2/9, 7 a.m.. If a parent calls, Dawn will add/delete/change their schedule if possible.
3. Check your "Parents/Guardians Needing a Different Time" listing and contact them when you have time.
4. Parents can add/delete/change their conference(s) up to 24 hours prior to conferences.
5. Dawn will be in the main office during conferences at ext. 4021, if needed.
6. There will be treats in the teacher's lounge. Please come down during your break and enjoy.

Turnitin.com - We have a new tool that will appear on your Canvas accounts.  This tool will check student work for plagiarism when activated by teachers.  We will provide instruction on how this tool can be used at our next faculty meeting on Wednesday.

Faculty meeting - We will talk briefly about Turnitin.com and then a number of students will be joining us to discuss the upcoming Mental Wellness Day.  If you are unable to make it please check with Mike on Monday or Tuesday.

Sunshine Update - The Sunshine Closet has been restocked with chocolates, pretzels, popcorn and gum! Don't forget about the coffee coupon from our very own Forest Cafe too! The coffee coupon can be picked up from Melissa Barwick. We also added some blank post it notes if you prefer to write a positive message to co-workers instead of using the affirmation cards.

The Sunshine Closet's primary purpose is to make sweet treats easily available for you to pass along to co-workers if they need a pick me up, express gratitude or celebrate something fun with them. We shared those Sunshine expressions during 1st semester using roughly $200.00 of your donations for treats. Everyone and anyone can use the Sunshine Closet treats to support each other.

If you know of any major life events among co-workers in your department, please pass them along to Jodi Devine or Dawn Seehafer and a message will be shared in the blog.

Mid-quarter progress grades - An email with instructions was sent on Friday on how teachers need to enter progress reports for mid quarter. We will use this information as a check on student progress and also reassess which students maintain their "privileges" related to ELT, Study Hall, and Lunch.

ELT/Advisory Scheduling Dates for this week:

Monday 2/14 - Hugill, Lemke, Levake, Luedke

Wednesday 2/16 - Aleckson, Brockman, Coenen, L., Durski, Filtz

Thursday 2/17 - Jasurda, Jirik, Kleinschmidt, Kmosena

Monday, 2/21 - Olstad, Stremkowski, Wanta, Whitsett, Wollersheim

Junior Scheduling Fair - 2/16

Sophomore Scheduling Fair - 2/23

The scheduling fair is meant for any student who has a question about specific courses they want to take. They can head to the gymnasium and talk with the department chair/coordinator about their question after checking in with their advisory teacher. 

Important Dates:

February

14         Happy Valentine's Day!

14         ACT Prep Course Night 2

15         ACT Accommodations Mtg during PLC Room, 2:50 p.m.

16         Junior Scheduling Fair during Advisory

16         ACT Proctor Meeting during Faculty Meeting

16         Faculty Meeting, IMC, 2:50 p.m.

16         Board Meeting, Middle School, 6:30 p.m.

17         ACT Proctor Meeting for coaches, etc. that missed the faculty meeting, IMC, 7 a.m.

17         Parent Teacher Conferences 3-6:30 p.m.

17         Week of the 17th - 3 parent contact hours

18         NO School, PD Work Day

21         ACT Prep Course Night 3

23         Sophomore Scheduling Fair during Advisory

March
8            ACT - Juniors only
10          Sophomore Career Fair at Wausau East - 12:10 - 2:00 - Sophomores will report to their 10th hour from 2:06-2:40

April
14          Wellness Day - Whole school
19          Aspire testing - Sophomores only - Juniors College/Career Day

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.  Please submit class list 2 weeks prior to trip.

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
Joe Finnegan	2/14/22	UWSP Music Building	Form & Class List
Chad Thompson	2/13-18/22	Washington DC	Class List
Jennifer Gipp	2/18/21	Area Businesses	Form & Class List
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon	3/8/21	Convention Center Evercon 2022	Form & Class List
Foster & Degrand	4/7/22	Wausau West Planetarium	Form & Class List