Friday Memo - 4/1/22

Important dates
April 7 - Band Concert, 6pm
April 12 - 14 - 6 Unity to Camp Wyman
April 19 - 21 - 6 Integrity to Camp Wyman
April 21 - 8th grade After School Dance Party, UNTIL 5pm
April 22 - Kona Ice visits Hixson during lunches
May 2 - 6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 3 - 5 - 6 Bravery to Camp Wyman
May 5 - Jazz Concert, 6:30 pm
May 6 - Kona Ice visits Hixson during lunches
May 9 - 12 - MAP Testing
May 12 - Fine Arts Festival
May 9 - 13 - Panorama window #3; School Resource Officer Appreciation week
May 13 - 8th grade Six Flags Trip
May 17 & 18 - NWEA Testing
May 23 - 8th grade Promotion Ceremony, Roberts Gym (WGHS), 7pm
May 25 - Band Pops Concert, 6pm
May 27 - Last day of school; Kona Ice visits Hixson during lunches; early dismissal at 12:32 pm

108th issue of Hixson Happenings

Congratulations to Mr. Mack for being named Rock Hill Citizen of the Year!
https://www.timesnewspapers.com/webster-kirkwoodtimes/features/top-citizens-businesses-honored-for-2021/article_b59d255a-b124-11ec-847b-ab446d68cecd.html

Upcoming high sub days

• Wednesday, April 13 - 5 current staff absences due to Social Studies PD day; 1 unfilled
• Thursday, April 14 - 5 current staff absences; all currently filled
• Friday, April 15 - 15 staff absences; all currently filled
• Friday, April 22 - 5 staff absences; 2 unfilled

Staff meeting reminder, Monday, April 4, 2022
This is a reminder that we have a faculty meeting on Monday, April 4, 2022 from 3:35 pm to 4:30 pm. This meeting will be MAP Training led by Hope Strasser. Please make sure you are in attendance. Hope will also have some time at the May 2 faculty meeting to provide a refresher. That meeting takes place a week before MAP. 

League of Women Voters Candidate Forum + Targeted School List
I watched the League of Women Voters BOE Candidate Forum on Tuesday night. The forum was held here at Hixson. Towards the end of the forum, one or two of the candidates commented in a negative way about Hixson being a targeted school. I wanted to provide you with some talking points just in case anyone were to ever question you about us being a targeted school. Please see below. If you have any questions about this, please let me know.

* Hixson was designated a targeted school due to ELA and Math scores for students with IEPs in 2018.  

* 331 schools are targeted in the state of Missouri and 156 districts in the state have targeted schools. 

* To exit the targeted schools lists, a school must show two years of progress (out of three year of testing). 

2019 - Hixson did not make enough progress

2020 - No MAP testing

2021 - MAP testing did not count

2022 (current school year) - progress needs to be made

2023 - progress needs to be made