HS Daily Bulletin: Thursday November 27, 2008
Today is Day #2. I will be at the HS all day today.
CAS: Vladamir will be meeting with the orphange “Drinka Pavlovic” this afternoon and will be out of school after 1:30 PM. They are planning for our HS Choir to go sing over there and they are also planning the food & clothing drive.
SPACES Logo Voting: You can only vote for one logo design only. Please write your name on the ballot otherwise your vote will not be counted.
ISB Visitor: A friend of Kay Strenio’s from the International School of Vienna will be visiting Ethan’s Humanities classes tomorrow. Ethan’s reputation as an incredible teacher is quite well known in CEESA.
Homework: Both Olga and Yvonne are making students stay after school when they do not have their homework done. I fully support this strategy. We have to force students to live up to reasonable expectations.
Snowball Policy: I watched the students have fun in the snow yesterday. I don’t mind a few snow fights as long as they are doing it in a reasonable manner. If snowballs are thrown at windows or maliciously at another student, then I have a problem with it and I ask teachers to intervene with the offending students. It was quite nice to see teenagers of all nationalities enjoying the snow and interacting in a positive manner.
Last night’s Parents Coffee Hour (Will’s take)
Parents are excited about the idea of Moodlic. Those who have used similar systems at other peer schools spoke very highly as a tool as being beneficial for both students and parents. Maja gave a presentation about counseling services at ISB and about future school personal development seminars for MS students to be held over three days in April.
Bill’s Take on the Coffee – They liked the idea of using the book, “7 Habits for a Highly Effective Teenager” with the students. I gave a presentation on Robert Evan’s book, “Family Matters.” Evan’s advice for parents is don’t worry about techniques, just spend a lot of time with your children, know 1) where they are 2) what they spend their money on and 3) who their friends are, and most times it is better just to listen to your teen instead of trying to solve their problems.
There are two items to put on your teacher calendar:
Salary & Benefit Presentation: Wednesday December 3 at the Lower School Multi-Purpose Room.
Web-based Forms: Bane and Zhana will be showing us how to use the web-based forms on Monday December 8 at 3:30 PM in the HS Computer Lab for all MS and HS teachers.
Both presentations will take approximately 30 minutes.
Bill's Blog 