Hotchkiss Hawks Highlights (EFM)
April 23-April 27, 2018
Administrative TEAM
Cecelia Criner - Principal
Asusena (Susie) Rios, Assistant Principal
Christen Smith, Counselor
Krishaunda Ivery, CIC
Kisha Anderson, CIC
DISD Goals
Student Achievement Goals
- All students will exhibit satisfactory or above performance on state assessments.
Students below satisfactory performance will demonstrate more than one year of
academic growth. - Dallas ISD schools will be the primary choice for families in the district.
- The achievement gap by race, ethnicity and socio-economic status will be no greater than 10 percentage points on all academic measures.
- Ninety-five percent of students will graduate. Ninety percent of the graduates will qualify for community college, college, military, or industry certification.
- Ninety-five percent of students entering kindergarten will be school-ready based on a multidimensional assessment.
- All students will participate in at least one extracurricular or co-curricular activity each year.
Message from the Principal...
Motivated Teacher
Watch the video, document your reflection (your plan of implementation) by sharing your next steps in an email to me by COB Wednesday, April 25, 2018, we will look for these actions throughout the campus!! Thank you for having a growth mindset!
Reminder: these are not optional, watching these, sharing your reflection are required for credit for PD (TPR 4.3) and are to be implemented consistently in (TPR Domain 4.4)
Instructional Foci
- Draw conclusions
- Make inferences
- Provide textual evidence
These 3 skills are to be highlighted in your lesson plans. Adjust the delivery of instruction in all content areas to ensure our students are able to master these skills.
School Leadership/Feeder Pattern Expectation
Thank you!!
COACHES' CORNER
- Be Intentional
- Track Student Data
- Deliver Good Instruction the First Time
KUDOS!!!!
Thank You to all the staff members that helped to make this week of testing a success. It definitely takes a team...
3rd- 5th Grade teachers Let's get ready for Destination STAAR!!!
As students turn in permission slips for Content Night please make sure that you collect them and get them to one of the coaches...
Let's be innovative and creative. We want to keep the parents engaged while providing them with some useful tips to help their student to be successful on the STAAR test.
Resources For Teachers
Request for services from the CIC
Click on this link, fill out the form and we will be happy to address your request
https://goo.gl/forms/AAT8Sptl2gibFLwR2
Thanks!
Ms. lvery
Ms. Anderson
DISD Timelines
The Assessment windows are as follows:
EOY: 4/16-5/25
IStation (approximately the number of minutes)
90 minutes per week for Tier 3
60 minutes per week for Tier 2
30 minutes per week for Tier 1
SHOUT OUTS! SHOUT OUTS! SHOUT OUTS!!
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter... Hotchkiss Hawks @DISDConrad
We post great things about you, our students and Hotchkiss highlights...some things are posted there and you don't see them here in the weekly smore (EFM).
Kinder Camp Spring 2018
Shout out to all of the wonderful Pre-K staff and Kindergarten staff that worked to put this together!! It was a great event! :0)
The rest of the pictures are on Twitter shared with Dr. Ramirez and Board Trustee Micciche!!
They also will be posted on our DISD webpage!!
There are only a few pics and postings on this weeks EFM, there are numerous pics and postings on Twitter!! Even if you don't have a Twitter account, talk to your friends and family members who have one so you can go in there and see. Plus, it is important for you to "retweet" and "like" the post and encourage your friends and family members to do the same!! Remember, the board members and DISD school leadership follows all of the highlights of Hotchkiss on Twitter!!
Remember this is...
THE BEST YEAR YET!!!!
Counselor's Corner
Team!
Have you noticed our student's growth spurts? Maybe the most obvious growth spurts to me are with our fourth and fifth graders because quite a few of them are catching with me in height. Then, when I look closer at the lower grades I cant help but to notice growth with our k-3 students also. Look even closer, you will notice growth all around us, in our pets to the bluebonnets that are blooming to even developmental growth.
The point, growth is everywhere and majority of living things are consistently growing. For me, as I notice and think about growth I use it as a reflection piece. Am I growing as a Christian, father, husband, educator, counselor, mentor, brother, son, uncle, and simply as a person? Am I making my growth evident to myself, family, and colleagues. Am I facilitating growth in others? Am I holding back growth in others? I believe these questions are healthy and necessary to ask of ourselves so that we may consistently grow and get better as a person, in professional and personal relationships, and in our work with students.
This week, I challenge you to simply be open and reflect on growth.
The Basics of Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness helps us put some space between ourselves and our reactions, breaking down our conditioned responses. Here’s how to tune into mindfulness throughout the day:
- Set aside some time. You don’t need a meditation cushion or bench, or any sort of special equipment to access your mindfulness skills—but you do need to set aside some time and space.
- Observe the present moment as it is. The aim of mindfulness is not quieting the mind, or attempting to achieve a state of eternal calm. The goal is simple: we’re aiming to pay attention to the present moment, without judgement. Easier said than done, we know.
- Let your judgments roll by. When we notice judgements arise during our practice, we can make a mental note of them, and let them pass.
- Return to observing the present moment as it is. Our minds often get carried away in thought. That’s why mindfulness is the practice of returning, again and again, to the present moment.
- Be kind to your wandering mind. Don’t judge yourself for whatever thoughts crop up, just practice recognizing when your mind has wandered off, and gently bring it back.
That’s the practice. It’s often been said that it’s very simple, but it’s not necessarily easy. The work is to just keep doing it. Results will accrue.
Mr. Smith
Clinic Updates...
Please don't forget to let the clinic know when you at going on a Field Trip. We have the First Aid kits ready to go.
Please be sure to send Clinic referral slips with each student when they are coming to the clinic.
Thanks!
Ms. Lanford
Ms. Montgomery
Upcoming Dates
May 14, - 3rd/4th STAAR Math - 5th Grade Math Retest
May 15, - 3rd/4th STAAR Reading - 5th Grade Reading Retest
May 16, - 5th Grade STAAR Science
Weekly Updates
Library Opened as Needed
Monday 4/23
SST meetings as scheduled
Tuesday 4/24
3rd-5th Vertical Planning 3:30pm - 4:15pmWednesday 4/25
K-2 Vertical Planning 3:30-4:15pm
Thursday 4/26
Tutoring 3:30pm-5:30pm
Friday 4/27
Lesson Plans due by 8:00am
All staff wear House tops with jeans (students wear House shirts)
Saturday Academy 4/28
7:30am - 12:30
Morning Duty-Week of April 23 - April 27, 2018 - 7:20am-7:40am
Purple Group
McCullor - Auditorium
Graham-Auditorium
Edwards- 2nd Grade Hall
Torrens - Kindergarten
Prather- Gym
L. Brown - PreK
Week of April 23-27, 2018
Morning Pledge - KD
CAMP Schedule - Week
Cecelia Criner - Principal
Email: ccriner@dallasisd.org
Website: http://www.dallasisd.org/hotchkiss
Location: 6929 Town North Drive, Dallas, TX, United States
Phone: 972-749-7000