Black History Month Door Decorating Contest
Our door decorating contest has been launched! It is very exciting to see the wide variety of themes on the sign up sheet. Pretty soon, our school will transform into a hub of information for Black history! Every Statesman Time is required to participate, so please make sure that you sign up for your theme by the end of the day today. Click the link below to access the sign up sheet.
Black History Month Door Decorating Contest Sign Up
Don't forget about the Black History Month video! If you or any of your students want to participate, please communicate that using the Google Form below.
HXMS Black History Month Video
Important dates
February 8 - Faculty meeting with Alive & Well, 3:40 pm to 4:40 pmFebruary 9 - Hixson day at Amighetti's
February 12 - WGSD Virtual Conference 2021 (ABAR focus), 8:15 am - 11:00 am (Click HERE to register)
February 12 - Session 3 of district ABAR workshop (12:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
February 15 - No School - President's Day
February 16 - Transition Task Force Meeting, 3:45 pm to 4:45 pm
DOMAIN 1: HIXSON & COVID-19
Staff attendance reminder
All staff are required to be at their post and ready to greet students by 8:05 am each morning. Substitute teachers are required to report by 8:10 am. If you are going to be late, please let us know as soon as possible.
Revised plan for supporting students who are quarantined
Click HERE to view our revised plan for supporting students who are quarantined. If you need to change your plan down the line, please let me know as soon as possible so I can update the document. Be sure to let your students know about the change.
Remote teaching
If you ever have to teach remotely, please make sure you review the protocols below and let me know if you have any questions.
Protocol for teaching remotely
Click HERE to access the protocol for teaching remotely.
Protocol for substitute teachers who will cover virtual classes
Click HERE to access the protocol for substitute teachers who will cover virtual classes.
DOMAIN 2: HIXSON & EQUITY
Recently I discovered a new podcast that has helped me deepen my understanding of trauma informed care. It is called the Trauma Informed Educators Network Podcast. They have a Facebook group as well. Click on the link above to check out the podcast. So far, I have listed to episodes 31-34 and they are all very informative!
Have you ever seen Paper Tigers? It is a documentary that tells the story of Lincoln Alternative High School in the rural community of Walla Walla, Washington. Paper Tigers asks the following questions: What does it mean to be a trauma-informed school? And how do you educate teens whose childhood experiences have left them with a brain and body ill-suited to learn? If you can find time to watch it, I highly recommend you watch it since our school is working with Alive and Well to become trauma informed. It is available for free on Amazon Prime Video.
DOMAIN 3: HIXSON & STEGER
Rebranding & Campus Beautification - A total of 27 submissions for logo designs were submitted to this work group by Hixson and Steger students and staff. On Tuesday, the team worked together to select four designs to move forward for a vote from current Hixson students and staff, current Steger students and staff, and current 5th graders. The voting process will launch next week!
Do you think you would enjoy helping create the building map for next school year, which includes determining room assignments? If you are interested, please email Dr. Mayes. The Hixson admin team is trying to see if there is interest in participating in this work. If so, we will form a work group after course requests are due, and we will work on creating the building map together.
DOMAIN 4: HIXSON & CONSTRUCTION
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