Endeavor Happenings

Endeavor will be hosting Parent Teacher Conferences at the same time as Watertown High School on Thursday, February 1 from 4:30-7:30. Please contact your child's advisor to make an appointment for a conference. Advisor names and email addresses can be found in your child's profile in Skyward.

All Endeavor students will be bringing home information for their student led conferences next week. Student led conferences are a time for students to share their goals and their progress up to this point in second trimester. Please set aside 30 minutes to have a conversation with your child. Completed conference forms are due January 25.

Endeavor students have been growing in their 21st Century Skills in Endeavor Hour.

Mondays- Community building and Hall Meeting

Tuesdays- Mentor meetings and activities

Wednesdays- Advisory meeting

Thursdays- Presentations and giving feedback

Fridays- Team building and goal setting and reflection journals

Endeavor students spread holiday cheer and helped support the fundraising efforts for the Salvation Army. Students volunteered their personalized learning time to work in teams and cover all of the kettles in Watertown for an entire day.

With the new trimester, the students in the Endeavor Leadership Team were focused on shifting from adjusting the Endeavor norms and values into electing new members of the leadership team. The Leadership Team wanted to add new members to have a diversity of perspectives. Congratulations Haylie, Emma, and Kiersten on becoming new members of the leadership team! They were elected by their peers in advisory and have started to become acclimated into the team!

All seminars are open to any students who are available in Endeavor that hour. They last 1-3 weeks depending on the topic and the advisor. Seminars offered in December were:

Students must show their evaluator their completed project on Monday of their presentation week before being assigned a presentation date. This new strategy was generated by students and staff as a way to ensure that we are presenting high quality, reflective presentations. Students who do not have their projects fully completed will be moved off the presentation schedule to the next week.

Students who are taking Digital Learning classes in Endeavor must be done with those courses by the end of the trimester. Each course has a pacing guide for the student to know where they should be in the course on any given day.

Students doing ALEKS math in Endeavor should be about 55% of the way done with the course. Many students are far beyond this point already. It is important to still do math daily. Students who finish the course before the end of the year can either start the next course or use the rest of the year to do additional learning experiences.

Endeavor is now accepting applications for the 2024-25 school year. Word of mouth is our best advertising and you are our best ambassadors. Know someone who might be interested in taking control of their own learning? Applications can be found at https://www.endeavorcharterschool.org. Hurry. Applications are due January 31 and space is limited.

Students in Endeavor this year do not need to reapply.

Endeavor students who are Students in Good Standing can use the Multimedia Room, the Conference Room, the Kitchen, the Maker Space, the office, the library, and the Outdoor Classroom during their Personalized Learning Time. Students are encouraged to use these spaces for group projects, resources for artifacts, as a quiet space, and more!

Students in Endeavor earn credit in a variety of ways.

1. Doing projects in Endeavor
2. Doing seminars in Endeavor
3. Doing online coursework in Endeavor
4. Taking courses in Watertown High School

Endeavor students set weekly and daily goals every week in their Weekly Goal Setting Journal. They also complete a Pacing Guide that helps them plan their learning experiences for each month.

Students who earn 2 credits or more in a single trimester are considered Students in Good Standing. This means they are eligible for sports, they can work remotely on Flexible Worksite Days and they can use break out spaces in Endeavor during their Personalized Learning Time. Students who earn 2.25 credit are eligible for Honor Roll.