Weekly Bulletin for February 3rd, 2014

Kirstin Boni, Corah Szerenyi, Danielle Armbruster and Kristen Schuna will be participating in the Beachwood Arts Council’s (BAC) 19th Annual Juried Regional High School Student Art Show. Artworks by students from 25 area high schools will be displayed at the Beachwood Community Center.  The exhibition will be on view February 9 through March 2, 2014.  Please visit the exhibition to view the talent and creativity of our students, among the region’s best high school student artists.

"Knowing a great deal is not the same as smart; intelligence is not information alone, but also judgement, the manner in which information is collected and used" - Carl Sagan

Important Dates

February 3 - Department Chair Meeting after school.

February 4 - Professional Development - Screen Casting

February 5 - 9th Grade Mentoring

February 6 - Professional Development - WEDGE

February 8 - Snowball Dance - We are looking for chaperons - Contact Stephanie R.

February 11 - Staff Meeting after school

February 11 - Staff Development  - Chromebooks

February 12- State of the Schools Address

February 17 - Presidents Day - No School

Important Information

What does it mean to be dual aligned? - Questions on the OGT originally aligned to the 2001-2002 standards were reviewed by the Ohio Department of Education and American Institutes for Research staff then by committees of Ohio educators. During the review, each question was either aligned to a new learning standard or identified as having no alignment and therefore removed from the test bank.  For more information and to see how test questions are selected, click here.


Old Email System - A while back I sent an email describing how to gain access to our old email system (Microsoft Outlook).  I thought it would be a good idea to include directions here since many of you have inquired about retrieving archived email.  Go to owa.lgca.org/owa and enter firstname.lastname.wg@westg.org.  Your password is the same password you assigned to Outlook. Please let me know if you have any problems.

Sean Whelan's Tech Newsletter - Check out Sean's Newsletter here.  The easiest way to contact him is through email at sean.whelan@westg.org. Please let him know what you'd like to meet about, your room number, free periods, and any other info that might be helpful to him in order to prepare for your meeting.  He would love to help you incorporate ideas you have for implementing technology in your classroom. 

Good Professional Reading (or Watching)

60 Ways to connect with your students
The importance of what students see, hear and feel in the classroom.
A Pep Talk from Kid President to You