Week of September 10, 2018

Quote of the Week:

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.”

—Kahlil Gibran

Staff,

Thank you for continuing to do the work to make a difference in the life of a student. I understand that it gets difficult. I encourage you to reflect on that one thing that you have pledged to do differently to transform the learning of our students. We do not have all of the answers and failure is inevitable. However it is failure that makes us better. Be encouraged and celebrate the small successes.  You can do it!

Tolbert

Announcements

Staff Changes- Please welcome Mrs. Zinetta Fox to our staff! She will be teaching 8th grade Science. We are excited to have her join our team. On Monday, Mrs. Bevis will welcomed back to the 7th grade team to teach ELA! Thank you Mrs. Bevis! It is never easy to say goodbye to staff members so we will just say see ya later to Ms. Natalie Meyers. Thank you for your work the past few weeks at Hilsman. We will keep you and your family in our thoughts.

MAP Testing-Please be advised that we will be testing this week. Please be sure to read over information provided to you by Mr. Forker. If there are questions or points of clarification about MAP, please see Mr. Forker ASAP.

Rituals, Relationships, Routines-Please continue to be firm, fair, and consistent. Structure is important to our students. Continue to practice your routines, build relationships with your students, and put in effective rituals. Remember to acknowledge the positive behaviors frequently as students are transitioning in the halls and working in class.

Hilsman Spirit Week September 10-14, 2018

Next week in an effort to build our partnership with Cedar Shoals, we are going to have a Spirit Week. This is the idea of Ms. Barnett to get our students, faculty, and stakeholders connected!

Monday      Hat Day

Tuesday      Decade Day- Wear your favorite 50, 60, 70, 80 shirt with your uniform bottoms etc. 

Wednesday  Crazy Sock Day

Thursday     Wear your Favorite Hilsman Spirit Tee

                    Come support C-Team game @ 5:30 at Cedar Shoals

Friday         Support the Jags wear Orange or Blue T-shirt or CSHS T-shirt with your uniform bottoms

                   Home Coming Game at 7:30 @ Cedar Shoals 

Please share the PAWS lesson of the week with your students. Take the first 5 minutes of every class to present and review the lesson with our students. Ask them questions and challenge them to rise up and cease the use of physical aggression to solve their problems! 

PAWS lesson for the week - Focus "Paws in the Halls"

Week at a Glance

Monday-504/IEP/Team Meeting

SILT-7:00 am

Please follow up to make sure all new students and staff have taken the Personality Survey

Map Training 6th & 7th Grade First planning with Forker

**8th Grade Open House 6 - 7:30 **


Tuesday-RTI/Branching Minds

Picture Day!!

**7th Grade Open House 6 - 7:30 **

HMS vs. BHL Time : 4:30 P.M. Location: Cedar Shoals High School


Wednesday-Collaborative Planning-Staff Uniform Day

Reading MAP Testing -Testing Schedule
Vertical Meeting for all Content areas

**6th Grade Open House 6 - 7:30 **

Thursday-Collaborative Planning

Math Map Testing Testing Schedule

Cedar C-Team vs. Gainesville Time: 5:30 P.M. Location: Cedar Shoals High School

Friday- 504/IEP
Language MAP Testing - Testing Schedule

Saturday

HMS vs. Winder
Time: 10:15 a.m. Location: Apple Hawkins, Winder, Ga