Meade High School Staff Newsletter

Week of: January 24th, 2022

1/21/2022 Weekly Update
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MUSTANG WEEKLY CALENDAR

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1/24 1/25 1/26 1/27 1/28
A Day B Day A Day B Day A Day
2HR Early Dismissal 2HR Early Dismissal

Bell Schedule Resources: Bell Schedule 2 Hour Late Arrival Schedule

2 Hour Early Dismissal Schedule 90 Min Testing Schedule

Upcoming Dates
January 26th, 2022 Mo Gaba Day

January 27th-28th, 2022 2HR Early Dismissal, End of 2nd Quarter, Semester 1

January 31st, 2022 Teacher Work Day, Schools closed for students only

Principal’s Corner:
○ Teach bell to bell, engage your students in meaningful instruction
○ Remember your WHY
○ Please remember to submit attendance for every class by the end of the school day (4:00 pm).
○ Work hours are 7:05am-3:10pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and 7:05am-2:20pm Friday. Please do not
leave the building early unless taking leave or receiving permission from your Assistant Principal Liaison, or myself
○ It is vital to read/listen to any vital information that goes out to the staff during the course of the week
○ Please make sure that all subs are put into the system in a timely manner.
○ Please be present at your doorways during ALL transitions
○ Thank you for everything you do, day in and day out.
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Meade High School Kudos

Please use this google form to submit your kudos for the week. Please submit your kudos by the end of
business, every Thursday during the week.

● DeFrancesco: Mr. Santory, for his dedication to a thankless job. Thank you.
● Huge shout out to Mrs. Philips for being named the 2021 AACPS School Psychologist of the year!
What an honor and we are so proud of you! Meade is truly blessed.

Meade High January Birthdays

**Special shout out to Dr. Cyrus whose birthday was 12/18***
*Disclaimer: This is only in here so he leaves me alone……

MUSTANG WEEKLY CHECKLIST

● Check the Bell Schedule resources above
● Submit your staff kudos here, by the end of business, every Thursday.
● Please see the end of the Q2 grader instructions here
Tardy students in the morning
Tardy passes will not be given out during student morning arrival until 7:45am. Any student who comes to your room before
that time does not need a pass.
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AVID DOOR SIGNS

Please use the following link to complete your AVID door sign info. We have 98 staff members who still have not completed
this!!!! https://forms.gle/udK2UzBHPEnPnWkx9

Meade High RST Link

Please use the following link to submit students to the RST process. Just a reminder that this is geared towards attendance
and not behavior issues. Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0XnXRaNR64joKu9c8tNNgUviHeksjXe2v2UtVQRv2e7rkdQ/viewform?usp=sf_
link
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Things You Should Know:

1. Grades & Gradebook
○ By the end of this week, you should have at least 9 grades in the gradebook.
○ Please make sure the proper communication is happening with your students who are failing
○ Please see the end of the Q2 grader instructions here
○ High school courses shall have a minimum of 9 separate assignments or assessments, an average of one grade per
week, for course content, skills, and mastery in addition to homework but they may not exceed 15 total
assignments.
○ Assignments shall have a due date.
○ Assignments that are not submitted shall receive a grade of zero.
○ Assignments that are submitted within 1 week of the due date shall be counted as being submitted on time.
○ Assignments that are submitted more than 1 week after the due date shall receive a grade of at least 50%

2. Putting absences into system in a timely manner

○ Please make sure you are putting in your absence in a timely manner. We understand things happen at the last
minute and we can deal with those from time to time, but there has been an influx of last minute callouts.
○ If you put a job in the system and are able to come to work, it's a lot easier to cancel the job and let people know
they won't have to cover, then it is to find coverage 20 minutes prior to the start of a school day.

3. Community Wellness Reminders

○ Please ensure that the community wellness lessons are being completed during the community wellness times.
○ Lessons can be found here

4. Hall passes
○ Under no circumstances should teachers be sending students out of class with passes the first 15min and the
last 15min of class. There has been an uptick of students in the hallways within those time frames with
legitimate passes in hand. Please adhere to this!

5. Parent Contact
Please continue to contact parents of your students who have not attended class.
After three unsuccessful attempts at contact, please refer students to admin by completing the
following form.
■ For our English Language Learner (ELL) families – please utilize Language Link to help make
contact
■ Call 1-877-737-4999, Account #13370, followed by # sign. View the following for more
information.
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6. Celebrating Our Staff & Students on Twitter and the Website

If you have any pictures or videos of the good work, instruction, lessons, etc that are taking place during
collaborative planning & in your classrooms, please email them to me (mzipp@aacps.org) or text them to
410-340-4335. I would love to be able to post daily on our Twitter account all the amazing things you all are doing
for the whole county to see! We are going to write our own story!

7. Positivity Mail
Please write positive postcards this week to recognize those staff and students who are STEPping Up daily. This
could be for a particular act you see that goes above and beyond or for a person you want to recognize for
exhibiting any behaviors that are Studious Thoughtful Empowered and/or Perseverant.

8. Students in Crisis
○ As the semester progresses, we are seeing more students who are in crisis due to the stress of being
overwhelmed due to academic and personal circumstances. Please review the following documents, so that you
know how to best respond to a student in need:
■ Threat Assessment Protocol
■ Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviors During Remote Learning
○ If you have any questions about the protocols, please contact school counseling and/or administration.

9. Announcements
○ All staff and student announcements should be sent to Ms. Hafer by 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.
■ Staff announcements sent on time will be placed in the bulletin for the following week.

10. Taking Daily Attendance/Seating Charts

○ Staff, it is vital that you are taking attendance each period. Please be mindful of this!
○ Please make sure you have updated seating charts for each of your class periods. Please include students first and last
names.
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Week of: January 24th, 2022
1/21/2022 Weekly Update
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