D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update
Weekly Happenings
Please help congratulate the following students for their advancement to International DECA competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike Brierton, Simon Nazari-Witt, Beau Svoke, Liberty Christianson, Camryn Fuchs, Elise Hoppe, Jordyn Jakubek, Veronica Frystak, Parker Hurt, and Eli Irwin.
Please also congratulate Jodi Peterson on her recognition of 30 years as a DECA advisor and the success of her students at the state competition last week!
Congratulations to Mr. Glynn on a successful FFA week!
Make sure to congratulate the following three students on qualifying for state hockey as part of our co-op Central Wisconsin Storm team:
Hailey Piskula, Carly Czerwinski, and Gabrielle du Vair
Congratulations to our three individual state wrestlers competing over the weekend: Easton Cooper, Blake Heal, and Deakon Trotzer
We have some accomplished Bowlers!
Mr. Finnegan working hard during one of our more unique fundraisers on Sunday - Mattress Sale benefiting the Band.
Great experience in Foods 2 as Miranda Stroik brought in a local chef for a cooking demo in the new culinary space!
Karen Wegge had the unified pals playing with the bounce houses on Friday!
Stopped by the house to watch our students taping and mudding! Great progress coming along by Chad Pernsteiner's crew!
Advisory Meetings
This past week I had the opportunity to meet with Rose and Jenn regarding their advisory followups with teachers over the last few weeks. Here are some themes that were consistent between many departments:
- Teachers are overwhelmingly doing a great job building connections with students through one on one conversations - These conversations have led to the removal of barriers for students to access resources for their college and career readiness.
- Utilization of the CCR Dashboard has been really well received by teachers and students to engage in meaningful conversations.
- Feedback from teachers regarding the addition of time sensitive information has been implemented moving forward (found on the slidedeck emailed each week).
- Feedback from teachers asked for an increase of more "workshops" in which students will be able to attend Youth Apprenticeship, career cluster, or other college and career informational sessions during advisory.
- It was clear that the documentation of one-on-one meetings was not occurring consistently. It is important that we document the goal setting process with students as we meet each week so that we can track conversations and use that documentation to revisit the conversations over a three year time period. You are free to use your own documentation process or use a copy of the document we provided in the first meeting of the year and found in the advisory guide. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TTHIrwwNC4-PzNsarsXICqmOpSUX6MBt9sqd4aygvWQ/edit#gid=0
Our Why: A year ago, our School Board updated board goals with one specifically tied to our work in regards to college and career readiness:
Portrait of a Grad
Develop pathways that connect D.C. Everest students with the world. Provide opportunities for every D.C. Everest student to graduate with meaningful academic, service and community-based experiences.
We use Advisory as our vehicle to connect with students - introduce them to opportunities they do not know exist - and remove barriers for them to get in touch with what they need. As we work to refine our processes the main responsibility of advisory teachers is to engage in one-on-one goal setting processes around the college and career indicators https://apps.dce.k12.wi.us/dceready/.
In an effort to help grow the work, we will be hosting a PD session for anyone who wants to attend on Monday, March 7 in the IMC. During that time Mike, Rose, and Jenn will revisit expectations and best practices of an advisor. Hope to see you there!
Announcements/Week Ahead
Sophomores heading to CareerFest on March 10th
On Thursday, March 10th, our D.C. Everest Sophomores will be attending the 2022 Greater Wausau Youth Hiring and CareerFest hosted by D.C. Everest Area School District, Wausau School District, and United Way Partnership for Youth.
This year’s event will be held at Wausau East High School. Bussing transportation will be provided along with school staff chaperones. The busses will be leaving D.C. Everest at 12:05 PM and returning by 1:50 PM. Sophomores will eat at school during the 5th period lunch prior to leaving for the event.
Prep:
- Email sent to staff and parents via IC on 2.24 with details
- Altered Schedule for Sophomores HERE.
- Students will be organized by ELT/Bus assignments in the Auditorium prior to leaving
- Staff Chaperones still needed-Do you have 10th grade classes 12-2? Join us!
- Students will return in at 1:50, students must check into 10th hour, please take attendance.
- Any students with missing field trip forms will not be allowed to participate, will report to commons.
Any questions, reach out to Rose Matthiae.
Important Dates:
February
28 Mandatory ELT for unscheduled students - Please request your students who are under scheduled
March
7 Optional Advisory PD in the Library
8 ACT State Test - Juniors only
9 BLT
10 Sophomore Career Fair at Wausau East - 12:10 - 2:00
16 Faculty Meeting
17 Quarter 3 Ends
18 NO School, PD Day for Grading
21-25 Spring Break
29 Forward tutorial/practice
30 Forward Testing
April
14 Wellness Day - Whole school
19 Aspire testing - Sophomores only - Juniors College/Career Day
May
25 Graduation from 6-9 - All teachers required to attend
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 |
Jodi Peterson | 3/1/22 | City Square Building, Wausau | Form & Class List |
Jennifer Goldbach | 3/1/22 | Central WI Woodworking Corp | Form & Class List |
Anna Lemke | 3/2/22 | Texas Roadhouse | Form & Class List |
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon | 3/4/22 | Convention Center Evercon 2022 | Form & Class List |
Ben Burish & Christian Ammon | 3/8/22???? | Convention Center Evercon 2022 | Form & Class List |
Rose Matthiae | 3/10/22 | Wausau East High School | Form & Class List |
Stacy Peterson | 4/4-6/22 | WI Dells, Kalahari | Form & Class List |
Foster & Degrand | 4/7/22 | Wausau West Planetarium | Form & Class List |
Miranda Stroik | 4/10-12/22 | Chula Vista, WI Dells | Form & Class List |
Jo Bailey | 5/2/22 | Ledge View Nature Centre, Chilton | Form & Class List |
Jo Bailey | 5/11-12/22 | Devils Lake State Park, Baraboo | Form & Class List |
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