D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update
Weekly Happenings
DCE Lit Magazine recognized - Congratulations to Matt Cepress and all who teach students how to engage in authentic and meaningful writing! From the National Council of Teachers of English - "It is my pleasure to inform you that your school’s literary magazine, Point of Convergence has been selected to receive the rank of Excellent in the 2022 NCTE Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) program. From all of us at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), congratulations to you and your students on this exceptional publication. We commend you for inspiring a love of writing that your students will remember for the rest of their lives."
Student of the Month - Congratulations to the December Students of the month: Kali Traska, Zachary Melvin, Brooklynn Roble, Isaac George, Coy Strehlow, Bria Polzin, Claire Kozey, Josh Maravilla, Ano Vang, Madeline Bublik, Charlie Winters, Dominic Sanchez, Yuyeng Xiong, Kong Lee
Announcements/Week Ahead
Safety Drill Table Top Exercise - Tuesday during announcements we will conduct a tabletop safety drill. As we did in the Fall an announcement will discuss safety procedures for Security Watch, Soft Lockdown, and Hard Lockdown. Teachers will be asked to follow up the announcement with discussion of what a hard lockdown would look like in their classrooms. The drill should take around 5 minutes.
Group photos for clubs and organizations - Here is the tentative schedule for group photos on Wednesday, February 1st: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AAFd2cMw8RfUqADnrfbZO2V-CHiHqJn5rbJpWz5tX8Y/edit?usp=sharing. I think I have included all groups from my original list unless I heard from you about not being photographed. If you have any other groups to add or drop, or notice any conflicts/issues with this schedule, please let Sarah Aleckson know as soon as possible. Additionally, if you still need to send in a roster please do so. You can also let students know when groups will be photographed (there will be announcements as well). Thanks again for your help as I figure all of this out!
REMINDER: Autism Training - Don’t forget that Lisa Ladson will be in the district to provide PD. All of her PD opportunities are on Frontline for staff to sign-up - associates may get paid for this training.
February 2 and 3: Understanding, Supporting and Teaching Executive Functioning Skills for your Students - The purpose of this training is to help participants identify specific areas of executive functioning deficits in their students and develop the ability to effectively support and teach students who struggle with executive functioning skills. This includes identifying students who struggle with organization, planning, initiation, staying on task, impulse control, emotional regulation and adaptability and resiliency. The educational impact of each of these areas will be explored and discussed. Participants will learn strategies and supports that can be used to address executive functioning challenges as it relates to classroom participation and performance
The 23-24 Course Registration process begins on Friday Feb. 10th during ELT, in the auditorium. 10th and 11th grade ELT's have been assigned a date to attend the 23-24 course registration presentation in the auditorium. Please check the date your ELT is assigned on the document below and communicate this to your ELT in advance. The assigned date for your ELT is mandatory. Please inform students they should report directly to the auditorium, bring a charged iPad, and sit in their designated areas (signs will posted). We ask that attendance is taken once students are seated and to help pass out the course registration materials in the auditorium. If a student is absent on their assigned date, instruct them to attend one of the other presentation dates.
All staff will receive a hard copy of the updated 23-24 Course and Career Handbook and extra copies of the handouts for students. We will need to enlist the help of ELT teachers a few other times during the scheduling process. Stay tuned for more directions.
Summer Learning - A reminder that new course proposals are due Tuesday, January 31. Please use the 2023 Summer Course Proposal document to complete your course proposals and submit to Christian Ammon (cammon@dce.k12.wi.us ) if for grades 5-11 or Katelyn Landerman (klanderman@dce.k12.wi.us) for grades 1-4. Staff are encouraged to reach out to Christian Ammon (JH), Katelyn Landerman (Weston), Scot Abel (Rothschild) and/or Brittany Sepnafski (Programming Director) with any questions regarding summer learning. Xai Yang will be leading our Hmong Enrichment experience. Here are some key pieces of information for summer 2023:
Upcoming Field Trips
All staff will receive a hard copy of the updated 23-24 Course and Career Handbook and extra copies of the handouts for students. We will need to enlist the help of ELT teachers a few other times during the scheduling process. Stay tuned for more directions.
Summer Learning - A reminder that new course proposals are due Tuesday, January 31. Please use the 2023 Summer Course Proposal document to complete your course proposals and submit to Christian Ammon (cammon@dce.k12.wi.us ) if for grades 5-11 or Katelyn Landerman (klanderman@dce.k12.wi.us) for grades 1-4. Staff are encouraged to reach out to Christian Ammon (JH), Katelyn Landerman (Weston), Scot Abel (Rothschild) and/or Brittany Sepnafski (Programming Director) with any questions regarding summer learning. Xai Yang will be leading our Hmong Enrichment experience. Here are some key pieces of information for summer 2023:
- Dates are scheduled for June 7 - July 13
- No Summer Learning on Fridays
- July 3 and 4 will be off for the 4th of July holiday
- Hmong Enrichment July 24-August 4
Parent-Teacher Conferences - Our spring conferences are on Thursday, February 16th and Monday, February 20th from 3-6 p.m. with a built-in 20-minute break. Parents will have the option to have an in-person, WebEx, or telephone conferences when signing up. Individualized parent emails will go out the first of February. All teachers are required to be in the building 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. Also, please let Dawn know if you have times that need to blocked off along with the reason (IEP's, etc.).
Advisory this week!: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IcziFtfLOO74wOt9KQWvLQPH3UteLLfW5-zJEUQ3XyY/edit
Staff/Faculty Folder: Linked
Important Dates
February:
1 Club/Organization yearbook group pictures taken
8 BLT Meeting, Rm 369, 2:50-4pm
10 SH Faculty/Staff Holiday Party, refer to Megan Ackley's email for details
14 ACT Accommodation Meeting, PLC
15 Faculty Meeting/ACT Proctor Meeting, IMC, 2:50-4pm
16 ACT Proctor Meeting, Rm 369, 7am
16 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3-6pm
17 No School, PD Day
20 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3-6pm
22 BLT Meeting,RM 369, 2:50-4pm
27 Spring Sports Athletic Parent Meeting
22-23 Clubs/Activities Meeting Calendar: Linked Here
Upcoming Field Trips
Complete the following at least 2-weeks prior of your field trip:- Consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling
- Receive Principal's approval
- Make arrangements for payment/cost of trip
- Complete request form, attach student list (alpha with student's name, no nicknames, & ID number)
- If taking busses, student lists by bus with staff member name (health supplies for specific students will be packaged per bus).
- Verify each student field trip permission form is on file in IC
- Complete Online Bus Request
- Schedule appointment with Health Aide to review details about the trip
- Notice of trip and itinerary sent home
- Notify special education department/case manager of students attending the trip
- See Mike Raether if you have any questions.
District Forms:
Field Trip Request Fillable Form
Overnight or Out of State Trip Parent Consent and Release of Information fillable form
Overnight or Out of State Trip Parent Consent for MEDICAL Treatment and Release of Information
The Medical Form only needs to be completed by parents/physicians if overnight trip along with the Parental Consent.
Complete the following at least 2-weeks prior of your field trip:
- Consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling
- Receive Principal's approval
- Make arrangements for payment/cost of trip
- Complete request form, attach student list (alpha with student's name, no nicknames, & ID number)
- If taking busses, student lists by bus with staff member name (health supplies for specific students will be packaged per bus).
- Verify each student field trip permission form is on file in IC
- Complete Online Bus Request
- Schedule appointment with Health Aide to review details about the trip
- Notice of trip and itinerary sent home
- Notify special education department/case manager of students attending the trip
- See Mike Raether if you have any questions.
Field Trip Request Fillable Form
Overnight or Out of State Trip Parent Consent and Release of Information fillable form
Overnight or Out of State Trip Parent Consent for MEDICAL Treatment and Release of Information
The Medical Form only needs to be completed by parents/physicians if overnight trip along with the Parental Consent.
