posted Oct 30, 2011 8:51 AM by Matt Horne
Remember, you can always check the calendar for a complete listing of events, but here's a preview of this week.
All Week - The computer labs will be available for check-out ahead of OAKS testing starting next week for you to get in and run thorough the practice test with your students if you're in Math or LA.
Monday, October 31 - Halloween- As far as I know, we're not making any exceptions to the dress code for Halloween; we did that last week ;-).
- Grades due before going home for the day.
Tuesday, November 1 - Math department at the District Office all day for a department meeting.
- 9:00 - 11:00 am - Administrator Meeting at the District Office
- 1st Lunch - Science Data Team Meeting
- 5th, 6th, and 7th Periods - All Seniors gone to the College Fair at FRCC.
- 7:00 pm - Senator Ferrioli and Representative Denny Jones will be visiting OHS hosted by FFA.
Wednesday, November 2 - Half of the Juniors will be gone for Challenge Day. See the e-mail from Mr. Hopper for specifics.
- 3:00 pm - Health/PE, FACs, FL Data Team Meeting
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm - Site Council Meeting in the Library
Thursday, November 3 - Half of the Juniors will be gone for Challenge Day. See the e-mail from Mr. Hopper for specifics.
- 8:00 - Southern Oregon University will be here presenting to interested students. Contact Mr. Nunez for details and to sign up.
- 10:30 - Oregon State University will be here presenting to interested students. Contact Mr. Nunez for details and to sign up.
- 3:00 - Language Arts Data Team Meeting
Friday, November 4 - 7:00 am - All Staff Meeting - OAKS Test Administrator Training
- Blood Drive in the gym all day - See Matt Smith for details.
- Mr. Nunez will be taking a group of 13 students to the Hispanic Youth Leadership Conference in Portland. See his e-mail for details.
- Joe and Darbie gone to the Next Generation Workshop in Portland.
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posted Sep 29, 2011 6:29 AM by Joe La Fountaine
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In the feedback we did receive last year, the one comment that was most common was a desire for a more "private" conversation with instructors than our arena formats offers. We recognize that the arena format offers some other benefits that staying in classrooms does not offer. We'd like to try to get the best of both worlds.
At times when our schedule is usually slower, I'd like for our conferencing to be done in the classrooms, as opposed to the arena. As parents contact you about visiting, you might suggest to them these different formats to meet their needs. We will use some students to act as guides to help parents find their way around the school and into the classrooms they seek.
Please take time to examine the schedule to see when we will be in arena and when you will be in classrooms. After conferences are over, please feel free to send me your feedback about this approach.
Wednesday, Oct 12
5:30-9:00 - Conferences - ARENA
Thursday, Oct 13
7:30-8:30 - Breakfast Celebration catered by Wanda's Advanced Culinary Arts
8:30-11:00 - Conferences - CLASSROOMS
11:00-12:00 - Lunch
12:00-4:30 - Conferences - CLASSROOMS
4:30-5:30 - Dinner
5:30-9:00 - Conferences - - ARENA
Friday, Oct 14 (non-work day)
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posted Sep 19, 2011 7:23 AM by Matt Horne
1. OPEN HOUSE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 at 6:30:
From 6:30 - 8:00 on Thursday we will be having an Open House for our
parents and community. The format will be brief bells schedule that allows the
parents to move from period to period. This will allow them to meet each
teacher in their student's schedule. We will kick off in the gym at 6:30.
2. EARLY RELEASE AGENDA: SEPTEMBER 21:
We will be using our Early Release bell schedule for classes on Wednesday,
September 21.
Once we return from lunch all OHS staff will
convene in the Commons at 12:30.
12:30 Blood Borne Pathogens Training
1:00 Data Team/Departmental Break outs sessions
3:00 Flu Shots are available
3. SUPER SPREAD SHEET TRAINING:
There will be a Super Spread Sheet training on
Wednesday 6:30 in Room 440.
Thursday 6:30 in Room 440.
Friday 6:30 in Room 440.
4. ANNUAL GOALS:
Starting next week, supervisors will begin to schedule meetings for your
annual goal setting. Early next week an agenda will be sent to you that will
outline the contents of those meetings. Please review the agenda prior to
meeting with your supervisors.
5. VISION DOCUMENT:
The Site Council has been working on a document that captures the OHS
vision for school improvement. You can access this document on VIBE. Take a
look at it and offer your feedback.
In the end, we want this document to spell out what it takes for each set
of stakeholders to insure that we are meeting the needs of our students.
6. COPIER NUMBERS:
Last year I mentioned that I was going to get our copier set up to track
copier usage. I have finally been able to get staff codes assigned, so that
each person will have their own code. This will enable us to see which
departments have the greatest copier demand.
Last year we made 1.2 million copies and ran out of our paper allocation by
semester. I have not yet begun to track our paper usage, but this will help
inform our use of resources, so that we can allocate things accordingly.
"When you are digging a hole, stop
digging." (Denis Healey)
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posted Sep 16, 2011 5:03 AM by Matt Horne
The 2011-12 Test Specifications and Blueprints for OAKS Mathematics, Reading, Science, and Social Sciences are currently available at http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=496. These documents contain sample items, achievement level descriptors and achievement standards, as well as most everything you might want to know about the Oregon Content Standards and the Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.
Teachers and district staff use the Test Specifications and Blueprints in a variety of ways.- Content coverage and weighting on the state assessments (Test Blueprints, Content Coverage and Weighting).
- Augment lesson plans with allowable resources so that students are prepared to use these resources – periodic table, calculators, writing organizer – during the state assessment (Appendices).
- Prepare students for testing (Item Maps including such as (by Content Standard) Sample Items, Explanations, Assessable Academic Vocabulary, Boundaries of Assessable Content, and Connections from Previous Grades).
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posted Sep 13, 2011 5:02 AM by Matt Horne
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This Wednesday at 6:00 we'll be hosting the ASPIRE training for community mentors. It would be great to have as many staff there as possible just to show support for the program. We'll be meeting in the library for a web-ex training on how to be an effective mentor as part of the ASPIRE program. To be clear, this training is designed for community mentors, but if staff want to come, that would be great.
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posted Sep 13, 2011 5:00 AM by Matt Horne
Instructional Rounds - Today
Reminder: Principals and other administrators from the other schools in the district will be here from 9:00-11:30 today and we'll be visiting classrooms. If you see a herd of administrators headed your way, no need to head for the exits, we're just doing instructional rounds.
Staff Shirts
Please remember today is the deadline for submitting your size for staff shirts. There are shirts to try on in the staff room, please use the box and check-sheet. There are 18 staff who still need to submit their sizes. |
posted Sep 13, 2011 4:50 AM by Matt Horne
In the interest of building local capacity and expertise, I'd like to offer
a few after-school training opportunities focused on Excel and working with
student data. These opportunities are voluntary, but I really encourage you to
attend at least one that's at your level. I've scheduling them in sequential
order from most basic to most advanced. Please choose one that fits your needs;
with the more advanced trainings (201 & 301), I'd like to skip the 101 stuff
and go right into advanced use. If you can't make one of these; I'll repeat in a week or so.
SuperSpreadsheet 101 - Wednesday, Sept 14 at 3:00 in Room
440:
>Introduction to the SuperSpreadsheet
>Accessing the
SuperSpreadsheet
>Filtering
>Sorting
>Hiding
>Printing a
Selection
>Individual Student Reports
SuperSpreadsheet 201 - Thursday, Sept 15 at 3:00 in Room
440: >Single-Step Queries >Multiple Step
Queries >Creating Custom Printouts (Copy, Paste, Insert) >Simple
Data Analysis Techniques
Advanced Excel 301 - Monday, Sept 19 at 3:00 in Room
440: >Merging Databases using VLOOKUP >Advanced Excel
2007/10 Formulas: >>Nesting IF formulas >>SUMIFS and
AVERAGEIFS >Advanced Copying, Pasting, and Moving using $ and Wildcards
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posted Sep 1, 2011 8:23 AM by Matt Horne
Please share these test dates with students and parents.
The PSAT will be given to all sophomores and any interested Juniors on Wednesday, October 12. The test will be given here at OHS during school hours.
Following are dates for the ACT. The ACT test is offered at TVCC; students may sign up by visiting Mr. Hopper or Mrs. Susuki in OHS' Student Services. | Test Date | Registration Deadline | (Late Fee Required) |
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| September 10, 2011 | August 12, 2011 | August 13 – 26, 2011 | | October 22, 2011 | September 16, 2011 | September 17 – 30, 2011 | | December 10, 2011 | November 4, 2011 | November 5 – 18, 2011 | | February 11, 2012* | January 13, 2012 | January 14 – 20, 2012 | | April 14, 2012 | March 9, 2012 | March 10 – 23, 2012 | | June 9, 2012 | May 4, 2012 | May 5 – 18, 2012 |
Following are dates for the SAT. The SAT test is offered at OHS; students may sign up by visiting Mr. Hopper or Mrs. Susuki in OHS' Student Services. |
posted Aug 31, 2011 8:58 AM by Joe La Fountaine
Here is the agenda for the Friday, September 2, 2011 Faculty Meeting:
7:00 Meeting begins
7:05 Data team arganizational strucutres and responsibiilites - Darbie
7:40 Safety Committee/Fire Drill Review
7:45 Dress Code Review/Discussion
7:50 Cheer 100,000 review |
posted Aug 29, 2011 1:46 PM by Matt Horne
We will have a 1-hour PM pep-assembly on Friday afternoon, Sept. 2. This assembly will highlight last year's Teacher of the Year, provide introductions for new staff, introduce the class officers, give away some door prizes, provide a chance for the band a choir to perform, and give the first chance at this year's class cheers before rallying to BEAT FRUITLAND!
Tuesday, Sept. 6, we'll meet with students for a 30-minute AM assembly to review academic and behavioral expectations and requirements. We'll share some data about their hard work last year and talk about how we'll be successful in the coming year.
Schedules attached. |
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