Staff Meeting November 15, 2011

Facebook is open! Like our HMS page? http://www.facebook.com/pages/ Hamburg-Middle- School/194149050630617?sk=w all Keep your eyes peeled for students using Facebook for non-school activities.

Co-curricular positions Questions keep coming to building committee about detention supervision. This position has been held for several years. It is treated the same as web manager, NJHS etc. HAP was a new position and we decided to split it equally among all interested teachers.

Parent portal Thank you for all of your hard work to update the portal on a regular basis. Currently there is no way for you to see what the parents see. One way to check your work is to have a student log in to the student portal to check grades.

Grades Due at 3:00 Elementary report cards are going home Wednesday Global Connect phone call will be going out to tell parents to check the portal.

Department Meetings Are you ready for The Common Core? Quarterly assessment data reviews will occur next school year. ELA and math will begin this year. Department meetings can occur at times other than Thursday afternoon. (music Monday mornings) Staff development committee is looking for more members

Grade Level Meetings Thursday Grade 8 Keith Grade 7 Steve Grade 6 Jen