Friday, February 14, 2014

2-24-14


Monday,
February 24
Tuesday,
February 25
Wednesday,
February 26
Thursday,
February 27
Friday,
February 28
Saturday,
March 1
4th Period:
Group Talk-462
3:00-5:00:
College and Career-449
3:00-4:00:
Technology Club-485
3:00 – 3:45:
Instructional Cabinet Meeting
3:00 – 3:45:
PNA Leadership Team Meeting
4th Period:
Dance Club-485
Student Gov’t-462
5th Period:
Dance Club-485
Board game club-483
3:00-5:00:
College and Career-449
3:00 – 5:00:
Youth Court
3:00 – 3:45:
Accreditation Committee Meeting
4th Period:
Art Club-498
Yearbook Club-449
5th Period:
Book Club-466
Group Talk-464
3:00-4:00:
Video Game Club-467
3:00-4:15
Yoga Club-Dance Studio
3:00-5:00:
College and Career-466
4th Period:
Dance Club-485
Senior Committee-449
5th Period:
Dance Club-485
LGBTS Alliance-466
3:00 – 5:00:
Youth Court
3:00-4:00:
Dance Club-466

4:00 – 7:00:
SLT Meeting
12:20 – 1:10:
Attendance Team Meeting
12:20 – 1:10:
Department Meetings
1:10 – 2:00:
Grade Team Meetings
1:10 – 2:00:
Safety Meeting

Saturday Academy Begins

8:30 – 1:30
Afterschool activities (REMINDER)
Clubs and activities not funded by outside grants will resume Monday, February 24. 
Mid-Year teacher meetings
Meetings will begin the week of the 27th.  Please check your emails for your scheduled meeting time.   
Bells
Please be advised that the custodial staff is working very hard to try to rectify the bells in our building.  Eventually the bells will be off in our hallways and classrooms.
Update Bulletin Boards
All bulletin boards should be updated in preparation for Spring Parent Conferences. Supplies can be requested using the PNA Supply Request Form. Guidelines / best practices can be found in the PNA Staff Handbook, located at the following link:
Bulletin Board updates should be completed by the end of the day on Wednesday, March 26th.
New Lesson Plan Format
I am very excited that many of you have already adopted the new lesson plan format.  As a reminder, part of the reason we wanted to change our template was to address Academic Rigor, Differentiation, and Understanding. Contact your grade team leader or department head if you have questions.  The Lesson Plan Template can be found at the following link:
PNA Parent Newsletter
The PNA Parent Newsletter is an important way we communicate with our families. Contact Mr. Liu (dliu@pablonerudaacademy.org) if you have information you would like to include in one of the monthly newsletters.
Re-Submit Curriculum Maps (REMINDER)
The Accreditation Committee is completing the review of Social Studies curriculum maps. In order to assist with the approval process and support achievement of the committee’s goal of approving maps after one or two reviews, please re-submit curriculum maps if you have updated them.
Physical Space Walkthrough
I wanted to share some of the best practices that were observed in the classrooms the last two weeks in regards to physical space: