Happy Thanksgiving!
This very short week should provide a much needed respite for us all. I hope you get plenty of time to reflect, recharge, and enjoy your loved ones, even if from a distance. Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, this is a great time to reflect on how fortunate we truly are. Please take care of yourselves. You deserve this time away!
Because this is such a short week, the Monday Memo will return on December 7.
Important dates
November 23 - Pajama Day!
November 24 - Wear your Hixson Gear!
November 25 - 27 - Thanksgiving Break
December 1 - Picture Day (staff members can start taking their pictures at 7:30 am)
December 7 - Department meetings
December 8 - Amighetti's Night for Hixson Middle School
December 23 to January 3 - Winter Break
January 4 - Records Day
Tech Tip
From Leslie Creath - "Did you know that you can get a direct link to any page,
assignment, quiz, etc? Ex. I post for my students links that take them directly
to an assignment. When I have the assignment on my screen, I simply copy the
URL, then post it in the Zoom chat, make a hyperlink on my Homepage, etc! So,
there’s no more excuse for a kid to say “I can’t find the assignment.” Just
send them the direct link!"
Click HERE to submit a Staff Shout Out or Tech Tip.
- If budget were not an issue, what type of technology would you want for your classroom or for use in your role at Hixson? Click HERE to submit your feedback! Please note, the survey is optional.
DOMAIN 1: HIXSON & COVID-19
Reminders for this week
- Please make sure your attendance is accurate each period of the day. Attendance should be taken within the first five minutes of class.
- Please make sure we are following the staggered passing times. If you have a student who is leaving with they're not supposed to, please let Mike or Aimee know.
- Please make sure that you are in the building and ready to greet students at 8:05 am each day.
- This is just a reminder that I've assigned members of the Hixson Supervision Squad to teams and departments just as an extra layer of support for students and/or staff are quarantined. If you need help, please contact them directly and they will be happy to assist!
- Susan Hill - 8 Purple
- Jennifer Hahn - 8 Blue
- Brian Hill - 7 Yellow
- Kelley Jones - 7 Orange
- Rachel Diaz - Math
- Mary Chickos - Electives
- Cory Mack - PE/Health
DOMAIN 2: HIXSON & EQUITY
Forward through Ferguson has recently released a new report titled, Still Separate, Still Unequal: A call to level the uneven education field in St. Louis. It applies the concept of "swimming upstream" to determine the root causes of the very disturbing education inequities in the St. Louis region. As we look for ways to dismantle inequities at Hixson, how can we apply the concept of "swimming upstream" to our own equity work?
DOMAIN 3: HIXSON & STEGER MERGER
The Transition Task Force has been meeting and moving some very important work forward! We are formed into four work groups. I have provided a brief update on each work group's progress below.
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