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Message: Re(6): John Murphy - Update
Friday, May 16, 2014 5:31 PM -0700
From: Zoe T. Romero
Subject: Re(6): John Murphy - Update
To: Zoe T. Romero
Tim, Sheryl, Kim
I tried to meet with John on thursday and he never came down to the
counseling center. I will try again on Monday. To my knowledge he has
completed 4 of the essays for the WSH project and "had trouble with
the drawing part of the project". I plan to work with him on the map
portion so that he can finish up.
Zoe
>John met and did algebra on the 8th, the 10th and the 14th. The electronic
>log of that (which ought to immediately report this) has seemed to lag
>behind reality for some reason. His last session was yesterday at 5 pm.
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>The "one third done" isn't quite right. It comes from the update
>I get that says the following:
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>Course Name
>Stoplight
>Quality Of Work
>Grade to Date
>Midterm
>Final
>Last Access
>Algebra II Sem 2
>red
>96.3%
>34.2%
>08 May 2014
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>This suggests he has done 34% of his work, but I think it actually means
>he has done 34% of what he has supposed to have done by now (not 34% of
>the total).
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>We have the tutor set up to come for more sessions - I am pushing this to
>speed up.
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>The plan for the Washington State history sounds good. He did not want me
>to read his essays he wrote, which usually means that they aren't very
>good. I have offered to just fix typos and give feedback, but this can be
Tim ; Sheryl ; Kim ; Dave
>Tim Murphy <timewor@comcast.net> writes:
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>a volatile area for us.
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>I am concerned that he is slipping now in Film Lit, as he can't apparently
>make up late assignments (or he can, but they lose a maximum score by 10%
>each day, so some aren't worth doing now).
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>Just so you know, there was a series of pretty catastrophic events today
>that culminated in John being suspended and not getting to run in the
>League meet. Although he lost his temper (and swore and stormed around in
>the locker room - which alone can justify a suspension), it also sounds
>like it stemmed from what seems to me to be a pretty petty issue. I am
>coming in tomorrow morning to meet with some folks to see what we can sort
>out, and to find out what he can do to get in the good graces of the
>school. His being denied a chance to run today is very disappointing and
>makes our task of keeping him engaged and motivated to complete his
>education all the harder, I fear.
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>To his credit he is admitting his role in all of it, and is willing to
>continue to focus on school work (in his own way, shall we say). I am
>impressed by that, but it also took a lot of discussion to get him there.
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>Thanks for the update. Not sure if any of you were appraised of this whole
>suspension or not.
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>Tim
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Kimberly Reykdal writes:
>Cool. I actually haven't been getting these reports anymore in my new
>position so this is helpful information. :-)
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>Kim Reykdal
>Career & College Counselor
>Lead AVID Counselor
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>Sheryl G. Landers writes:
>Hi Kim,
>
>John has not completed the first out of six units. I added you as a
>coach so you should get a report every Sunday from Apex. I'll add
>Zoe as a coach so she can access reports from Apex.
>Sheryl
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>Kimberly Reykdal writes:
>Hi Tim,
>
>Just wanted to let you know that I also checked in with John VERY
>briefly yesterday (probably when he was on his way to the Counseling
>Center) and, in passing each other down the hallway, he claimed he was
>"about 1/3 of the way done" with his math. Either he's very
>unrealistic about where he's at, or he didn't want to engage with me
>in the hallway (which is totally understandable!).
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>Like Zoe, I too encouraged John to keep working hard and said
>"you CAN do this!", but I am very glad to hear that he's
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>going to get a bit more one-on-one attention from Zoe. I would like
>to offer the Career Center as a place they can work because I used to
>teach Wa. St. History so I can also be a resource for him in finishing
>that class....
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>Hang in there! :-)
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>Kim Reykdal
>Career & College Counselor
>Lead AVID Counselor
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>Dave Forrester writes:
>Tim,
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>I met with John yesterday with my Counseling Intern, Zoe Romero.
>John was worried to coming down to the counseling center yesterday,
>because I believe he thought we would just going to keep hounding him
>about math and Washington state history... Zoe has been meeting with
> John since the fall. She has good rapport with him. She has already
>sat down with Jon to help him finish his Washington State History
>Project...Zoe used a different approach, encouraging him to get going
>and finish up both pieces...saying, "he can do this"
>
>Sheryl gave me an update on his Algebra-2 B class, apparently he has
>not logged into his math class for the past 5 days and is currently 24
>assignments behind...
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>I think giving John until June 1st, 2014, keeping the door open for
>him walking in graduation if he is making satisfactory process and a
>strong effort to finish...If we were making the
>decision today, I would not be in support of him walking in
>graduation....We need to see some real effort from John and have a
>realistic plan for him to finish before the end of the year for him to
>walk in graduation..
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>We will try to check-in with him on Monday to keep coaching and
>encouraging him to finish strong..
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>I just wanted to give you an update Tim...
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>Dave Forrester
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>Sheryl Landers, Instructional Design Specialist
>Olympia Regional Learning Academy, iConnect Academy
>(360) 596-7742
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>Sheryl Landers, Instructional Design Specialist
>Olympia Regional Learning Academy, iConnect Academy
>(360) 596-7742
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