How to Understand Proficiency Language, VCS Remembers

14/11/2021 16 min Temporada 1 Episodio 11

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For Friday, November 12th, 2021
Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

My name is Tim Cavey, and I’m the VCS Middle School vice-principal
My name is Mary DeBoer, and I’m the VCS Middle School principal

Here were some highlights from the week:

K-8 Remembrance Day Ceremony (on Wednesday)
Remembrance Day (Thursday) - a break for all families
Friday’s professional learning: focusing part of our time on report cards and the new proficiency language

Reviewing the new proficiency language terms and their descriptors

We are ALL developing in different areas! Normalize developing.

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, November 18 - Parent education series:  Building Resilience for the Holidays
Thursday, November 25 - End of MS Term 1
Thursday, November 25 - VCS AGM via Zoom beginning at 7:30 pm
Friday, November 26 - Professional Learning Day
Thursday, December 16 - Last Day of School

Mary: We’d like share to shoutout to our listeners!
This week’s shoutout goes to … Jessica, Hailey and Kristen Chow!
Stay tuned for announcements about our Christmas-themed family fun pack in early December. Your feedback about the show qualifies you for entry, so keep those comments coming.
Final Words
Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected].
We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve your children each day. Have a great week, and we’ll talk to you again next weekend! 
Bits & Bytes: In Flanders Fields (sung by 5D for our K-8 Remembrance Day ceremony)