February 8th - February 12th

"FOCUSED"

WE ARE...GREAT BY CHOICE!"

 

 

FEBRUARY 8TH - FEBRUARY 12TH 

 

OUR GOALS 

-Increase the 9th grade promotion rate by 3-5%

-Increase the 12th grade graduation cohort rate by 3-5%

-Build Assessment Literacy around the PSAT

-Rigorous, authentic literacy in every class 

FOCUS AREAS

-A guaranteed and viable curriculum

-Sound lessons

-Reading, Writing, Discussion, Numeracy in every class

 

• ROTC students, Master Sgt. Ferguson and Major Pabalan for holding an ROTC Leadership Academy Meeting to prepare for Graduation. 
• The Creative Arts Dept. for pushing through the literacy tasks and pushing our students to build their literacy skills!

 

 

RADICALLY REDEFINING LITERACY INSTRUCTION: AN IMMENSE OPPORTUNITY

• We MUST work as a team to enforce the uniform policy.  Please check uniforms during the first 5 minutes of each class. Scholars MUST be in uniform every day, in all classes. If a scholar is out of uniform, please send him/her, with a pass, to the ISS Room. Again, please do not allow scholars to sit in your class out of uniform. REMINDER: Have scholars unzip and unbutton jackets and sweaters to ensure they are wearing the correct uniform shirt. Shirts MUST have collars. Army green/brown bottoms are NOT a part of the uniform.

• Cell phones, ear buds, and/or ear phones MUST be turned off and out of sight during instructional time (unless used for instructional purposes). We MUST "sweat the small stuff" consistently across the entire school.

• Please use the Google Doc LVL 1 Form to document minor scholar behaviors, and scholars with attendance concerns.  Send the LVL 1 form to all appropriate staff members. Remember,  three LVL 1 referrals, that show interventions attempted, must be submitted prior to submitting a Google Doc Discipline Referral.

• Please limit all hall passes.  We must enforce our expectation that instructional time is the priority, and all scholars MUST be in the classroom to learn. You know who your "hall pass" scholars are.  Please DO NOT issue passes, with the exception of true emergencies. Additionally, passes should NOT be issued during the first and last 15 minutes of each class period, or after 2:00pm. 
  
  

  MONDAY, 2/8 "A" DAY 

  • 10th grade SIT @ 

  • Advanced Placement Teachers Meeting @ 2:45pm
  • Boys BB @ Douglass - JV @ 5:30pm; V @ 7:15pm

  
  
  TUESDAY, 2/9 "B" Day
  • LOCKDOWN DRILL
  • Professional Development All Planning Periods

  • 12th Grade SIT Meeting (AM) @8:30am
  • 11th Grade SIT Meeting (PM) @ 12:00pm
  • 9th Grade Team Meeting @ 2:30pm
  • New Teacher's Academy @ 2:45pm
  • 8th Grade Parent and Students "Game' Night @ 6:30pm
  • Girls Basketball @ Home vs. Potomac - JV @ 5:15pm; V @ 7:15pm
  • Boys Basketball @ Croom 7:15 PM

  
  
  WEDNESDAY, 2/10 "A" DAY
• EMERGENCY LESSON PLANS DUE
• IEP Meetings (All day)French Immersion Open House @ Central
• French Immersion Open House @ Central
• Math Collaborative Planning (2nd period)
• English Collaborative Planning (3rd period)
• Social Studies Collaborative Planning (4th period)
• French Immersion Collaborative Planning(4th period)
• Science Collaborative Planning (5th period)
•  PDP 10th Grade Teacher Meeting @ 2:30pm

• Safe and Supportive Meeting @ 2:45p

 THURSDAY, 2/11 "B" DAY

• World Languages Collaborative Planning(Period 1)
• World Languages Collaborative Planning(Period 5)
• School Counseling/Student Services Team Meeting @ 1:30pm
• FAC Meeting @ 2:30pm

FRIDAY, 2/12 "A" DAY
PAYDAY!!
Girls Basketball @ Home vs. Largo- JV @ 5:15pm; V @7:15 PM
Boys Basketball @ CMIT 7:15 PM

"FOCUSED"

WE ARE...GREAT BY CHOICE!"

FEBRUARY 1st - FEBRUARY 5th 

WELCOME BACK TEAM!!

I hope you enjoyed this surprise snow break, had time to rest and energize, spend time with family and are ready to begin the second half of the school year!!

• THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to our AMAZING Maintenance Team!! They have been hard at work since MONDAY, 1/25, ensuring the school grounds were safe for staff and students upon our return. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK! Make sure you thank our maintenance team when you see them!!

• It's NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS WEEK!! The Guidance Department and our Professional School Counselors are the nucleus of our school - WE CANT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THEIR HARD WORK! Ladies...Thank you for your dedication and commitment to the students of Central High School! Know that we appreciate you!! Make sure you thank our Professional School Counselors this week!!

It is a well known fact: The number one predictor of success in college and careers, is he ability to effectively read and effectively comprehend complex text. Therefore, as we move towards "FOCUS,"we must ensure:

• 50-75% of all units/lessons must center around a complex text(students reading, discussing, and writing)
• provide students with necessary scaffolding to comprehend complex text
• model and expect student to annotate to develop a deeper understanding of the content
• create text dependent questions to help students develop a deeper understanding of the content
• frequent writing , citing textual evidence, to support arguments

• We will strictly enforce the uniform policy.  Please check uniforms during the first 5 minutes of each class. Scholars MUST be in uniform every day, in all classes. If a scholar is out of uniform, please send him/her, with a pass, to the ISS Room. Again, please do not allow scholars to sit in your class out of uniform. REMINDER: Have scholars unzip and unbutton jackets and sweaters to ensure they are wearing the correct uniform shirt. Shirts MUST have collars. Army green/brown bottoms are NOT a part of the uniform.

• Cell phones, ear buds, and/or ear phones MUST be turned off and out of sight during instructional time (unless used for instructional purposes). We MUST "sweat the small stuff" consistently across the entire school.

• Please use the Google Doc LVL 1 Form to document minor scholar behaviors, and scholars with attendance concerns.  Send the LVL 1 form to all appropriate staff members. Remember,  three LVL 1 referrals, that show interventions attempted, must be submitted prior to submitting a Google Doc Discipline Referral.

• Please limit all hall passes.  We must enforce our expectation that instructional time is the priority, and all scholars MUST be in the classroom to learn. You know who your "hall pass" scholars are.  Please DO NOT issue passes, with the exception of true emergencies. Additionally, passes should NOT be issued during the first and last 15 minutes of each class period, or after 2:00pm.

MONDAY, 2/1 "B" DAY

• Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm
•  First Generation College Bound - FAFSA Night 2 @ 6:30pm

TUESDAY, 2/2 "A" Day

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (ALL PLANNING PERIODS) 
  

• Boys BB @ Crossland JV(5:30pm), V (7:15pm)

WEDNESDAY, 2/3 "B" DAY

• Instructional Planning (TBD)
  

• IEP Meetings (All day)

• World Languages Collaborative Planning(Period 1)
• World Languages Collaborative Planning(Period 5)
• 9th Grade PDP Meeting @ 2:30pm
• Safe and Supportive Meeting @ 2:45p
• Administrative Meeting @ 3:30pm
• Girls BB @ Annapolis (5:30pm), V (7:00pm)

 THURSDAY, 2/4 "A" DAY

• Instructional Planning (TBD)

• Math Collaborative Planning (2nd period)
• English Collaborative Planning (3rd period)
• Social Studies Collaborative Planning (4th period)
• French Immersion Collaborative Planning(4th period)
• Science Collaborative Planning (5th period)

FRIDAY, 2/5 "B" DAY

• World Languages 3rd Quarter Instructional Planning - 12:00pm - 2:15pm
  

• Boys BB @  CHS vs. Gwynn Park @ 6:00pm
• Girls BB @ CHS vs. CMIT @ 7:30pm

"A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE....
We Are GREAT BY CHOICE!"

January 4th - January 8th 

I hope you had a relaxing break and the opportunity to spend time with family and friends. Your hard work has not gone unnoticed. Additionally, I hope you found time to rest and re-energize, as we embark upon a brand new year. Let's prepare to push ourselves, and our scholars,  to the next level with professional growth, teamwork, accountability, and hard work!!

In looking at the surface level data from the completed literacy tasks, our scholars' areas of growth are:

• comprehending complex text
• identifying the task of the prompt
• organizing their  writing 
• providing specific evidence from the text to expand upon their opinions/thoughts

Therefore, our school-wide literacy focus areas will center around:

• text structure (to support scholars with organizing their writing)
• close reading/annotating (to support scholars with developing a deeper understanding of complex text and providing specific evidence to support their opinions)
• academic vocabulary (to support scholars' understanding of complex vocabulary in texts and writing prompts)

Professional Development will focus on supporting you with developing a deep understanding of the aforementioned literacy strategies, effectively incorporating them into your lessons, and understanding how to effectively teach the strategies to scholars.

• We will strictly enforce the uniform policy.  Please check uniforms during the first 5 minutes of each class. Scholars MUST be in uniform every day, in all classes. If a scholar is out of uniform, please send him/her, with a pass, to the ISS Room. Again, please do not allow scholars to sit in your class out of uniform. REMINDER: Have scholars unzip and unbutton jackets and sweaters to ensure they are wearing the correct uniform shirt. Shirts MUST have collars. Army green/brown bottoms are NOT part of the uniform.

• Cell phones, ear buds, and/or ear phones MUST be turned off and out of sight during instructional time (unless used for instructional purposes). We MUST "sweat the small stuff" consistently across the entire school.

• Please use the Google Doc LVL 1 Form to document minor scholar behaviors, and scholars with attendance concerns.  Send the LVL 1 form to all appropriate staff members. Remember,  three LVL 1 referrals, that show interventions attempted, must be submitted prior to submitting a Google Doc Discipline Referral.

• Please limit all hall passes.  We must enforce our expectation that instructional time is the priority, and all scholars MUST be in the classroom to learn. You know who your "hall pass" scholars are - they ALWAYS want a pass. Please DO NOT issue passes, with the exception of true emergencies. Additionally, passes should NOT be issued during the first and last 15 minutes of each class period, or after 2:00pm. 

MONDAY, 1/4 "B" DAY

• Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm

TUESDAY, 1/5 "A" Day

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (ALL PLANNING PERIODS - RM 303) 
  

• 9th Grade Code of Conduct Assembly @ 8:00am
• 10th Grade Code of Conduct Assembly @ 9:15am
• IB Alumni Celebration @ 12:00pm 
• Admin Meeting @ 3:00pm
• Boys BB @ Fairmont Heights JV(5:30pm), V (7:15pm)
• Girls BB @ CHS vs. Friendly JV (5:30pm), V (7:15pm)

WEDNESDAY, 1/6 "B" DAY

• IEP Meetings (All day)

• World Languages Collaborative Planning(Period 1)
• World Languages Collaborative Planning(Period 5)
• 11th grade Code of Conduct Assembly @ 9:15am
• Safe and Supportive Meeting @ 2:45pm

 THURSDAY, 1/7 "A" DAY

• Math Collaborative Planning (2nd period)
• English Collaborative Planning (3rd period)
• Social Studies Collaborative Planning (4th period)
• French Immersion Collaborative Planning(4th period)
• Science Collaborative Planning (5th period)
• SLO Closeout Support for Staff @ 3:00pm in Library

• FRIDAY, 1/8 "B" DAY
• Boys BB @  CHS vs. Surrattsville JV(5:30pm), V(7:15pm)
• Girls BB @ Potomac JV(5:30pm), V (7:15pm) 

PLEASE WATCH THIS!!!!