PD SCHEDULES

WEEK OF MARCH 24-28, 2008

“A child’s spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand
still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.”
Arthur Miller – American Playwright, 1915-2005

SCHEDULES UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION &

WED
3.26
3:40-4:50 Full Staff Meeting Schedule PERFORMANCE POINTS (P3POINTS)
P3P points have been run for first marking period. Josh’s new
FRI 12:25-1:25 Lunch
secretary Ivette Pimienta will track this information starting April
3.28 1:30-2:30 Grade Team Meeting
2:40-3:35 Parent Teacher Conference Prep Time 5. PLEASE CONTINUE E-MAILING AGENDAS WITH
ATTENDANCE to Ryan until further notice.
DELIVERABLES
• Parent Call Log, Parent Letters, Curriculum Binders w/ Scope and 1pt – 3.26 Full Staff Mtg. Logs
Sequence, Clean Rooms and fresh Bulletin Boards for PT Conference 1pt – 3.28 Grade Team Meetings
• Grade team meeting attendance and agenda via e-mail 5pt – For Parent Call Logs

WEDNESDAY: FULL STAFF MEETING 3:40-4:50 TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 70 minutes

For the first 15-minutes Josh and Steph will re-introduce the scheduling plan for next year. For the next 15-minutes Josh and
Steph will address next week’s parent/teacher conference. The final 40-minutes of Wednesday’s meeting should be used as
prep time for parent/teacher conferences. You may use this time to make parent calls, plan interventions and organize your
curriculum maps, binders, bulletin boards, and room for display.

FRIDAY A: GRADE TEAM MEETING 1:30-2:30 TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes

Teams can use this time to make sure that interventions are set up prior to parent/teacher conferences. PT conferences are an
opportunity to bring parents into the conversation about students’ academic success. Additionally, grade team leaders will lead a
discussion on scheduling ideas and concerns. Grade team leaders will follow up this meeting with Josh and Steph after school
Monday, March 31st at 3:40PM in Josh’s office.
NOTE1: Grade 9 will have an outside PD presentation during their time.
ROOM 201 (Ricky) 12th Grade ROOM 306 (Nic & Annie) 9th Grade
ROOM 209 (Kyle) 11th Grade ROOM 310 (Hunter) 10th Grade

FRIDAY B: P/T CONFERENCE PREP TIME 2:30-3:30 TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes
This 60-minute block is prep time for parent/teacher conferences. You may use this time to make parent calls, plan interventions
and organize your curriculum maps, binders, bulletin boards, and room for display.

REMINDERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• MARCH 27: Bob Moses, famous civil rights activist, MacArthur Fellow and founder of the Algebra Project will be visiting BK. For
those interested Joshua has copies of a 10-page excerpt from Moses’ book Radical Equations. See Josh or Ivette to get a
copy of the text ASAP.

• A BELATED WELCOME: Joshua’s new secretary Ivette Pimienta. Please make her feel welcome as the newest member of the BK
team.
Reminders & Announcements cont. on next page
 REMINDERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS CONT.
•THANK YOU: to those of you who opened your rooms and prepared your materials for last week’s Mock SQR. More feedback will
follow in coming weeks.

•PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES will be Thursday, April 3 (5:30-8:00PM) and Friday, April 4 (1-3:00PM). All teachers are
expected to be in attendance during those universal times. If you are unable to reach a parent via phone by Friday please send a
letter (and keep a copy of it) to the family by Friday afternoon. If you need help with the letter please see Margarita. No one in
danger of failing should be without a conference (LTAs being the exception). Your call logs will be collected before PT conferences
and will be worth 5 points. Please have your bulletin boards up to date and your curriculum binder (with an updates scope and
sequence map) available for parents to view during the conference times.

• INTERNET ISSUES? Please report any issues relating to internet access to Angel ASAP. For more information see Angel’s 3.25
email titled “Wireless Internet.”
See iCal for up to the minute schedule!
• TEACHERS CHOICE: All purchases for Teachers Choice WERE DUE March 15th. SAVE ALL RECEIPTS. ATTACH THEM TO
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT located on-line and submit them to Michelle by March 30th.

• ALL STAFF/TEACHERS MUST SIGN IN AT 312 WHEN THEY ENTER BUILDING.

• MAY 2&3: Friday/Saturday BK Staff Retreat @ Glen Cove Mansion, Long Island, NY (4th Reminder)

• MARKING PERIOD END DATES:

MP2 – May 2 GRADES DUE: Between March 9-12 - cut off 5:00 PM Monday March 12.
MP3 – June 20. GRADES DUE: 5PM June 20th.

• MAY 30: BK PROM @ Eastwood Manor

COMING SOON The Tiger Foundation visits April 10.

WOZA! The Bay Foundation just gave BKHS a $15K grant to fund our film program for the 2008-09 school year.

BK STAFF BirTHDays: APRIL +2

NAME BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY FAV BEVERAGE FAVORITE CANDY, COOKIE FAVORITE FRUIT
MM/DD/YR YEAR (NON-ALCHOHOLIC) OR SNACK FOOD
Malinda Diaz-Proeve March 26 Coke Trail Mix and Chocolate Mango, Banana
Daniel Sittol March 30 1972 Coffee (light & sweet) Chocolate Chip Cookies Red grapes (small)
J. Kyle VanNort April 3 1962 Gatorade – blue or Blue Gummy Sharks Bosc Pear
purple, not orange!
Lance Ozier April 4 Coffee Shrimp Kiwi
Karl Boyno April 18 1977 Cold Seltzer Sugar Wafers Fuyu Persimmon/Pomegranate
Algiers Brown April 28 1980 Water Chocolate Chip Cookies Orange

• PARTICIPATE! If you have an announcement you would like to make in the Wed or Fri announcements please send your
announcement to Ryan as soon as possible. Also, please send quotes and cartoons for Wed agendas - I would love to use words
and images you pass along.