Month: May 2020

Managebac Level – I

Managebac Training

We will be running Managebac training sessions for all MYP and DP teachers beginning tomorrow until the end of this school year, during lunchtime to prepare for using it as our Course Management System/Learning Management System beginning in the fall. We will be offering 3 levels of training in order to ensure teachers are prepared for this change, and awarding digital badges to recognize mastery levels.

Managebac Level I training will be offered tomorrow from 1300 in D218. The instructional portion of the training will be around 20-30 minutes, but Cindy and Joe will be available for the duration of the lunch break to answer questions and facilitate deeper dives. All MS/US teachers must attend at least one session prior to the end of the school year (and before taking any other levels of Managebac training). Level I will cover the following:

Assessment – connecting the unit plans that have been created in Managebac to assessment tasks and learning activities, including how to navigate between these elements.

Teachers will be able to:

  1. Create/Modify/Delete categories of assessment tasks (i.e. quizzes, tests, projects, etc.)
  2. Create/Modify/Delete types of assessment tasks (i.e. Formative vs. Summative)
    a. Create/Modify/Delete task-specific clarifications related to assessment tasks
  3. Add resources to Units and Tasks and edit the organization of them
  4. Understand how the Resource/Stream feature works
  5. Connect Task submissions to Turnitin Feedback Studio
  6. Develop an understanding of basic navigation within Managebac

We look forward to hosting you in D218 at 1300! Special thanks to Danny for the use of his classroom.

Grd 7 Life 101

Hello Grade 7,

See you for Life 101 this week…

7 A Monday, Day 8, Block 4 in C 154

7B Tuesday, Day 1 Block 3 in D 218

7C Wednesday, Day 2 Block 1 in D 241

 

No Monday Staff Briefing Today

Good Morning All,

We will not have a staff briefing today. We will run these bi-weekly for now, meaning our next gathering in the PAC will be Monday, May 18th,

Many thanks!

1:50pm Bell FOR PRIMARY STUDENTS ONLY

Hello All,

Today you will notice a PRIMARY SCHOOL bell playing at 1:50pm for PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. When you hear this bell, PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS should line up, as usual. Middle and Upper School students should disregard this bell and head to Block 5 at the “new normal” time of 2:10pm. Thanks to PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS for listening to this bell and to Middle and Upper school students for ignoring it 🙂

Below is a preview if you’d like to have a listen!

Lunchtime – it just keeps getting better!

MSUS Students: We know that you are flexible and versatile and for that reason we are able to change the lunchtime plan frequently 🙂

Starting on Monday these indoor spaces will be open to you:

Lunch 1

All MSUS students can use the Blue and Green Gym

G10 will be able to access the LGR

G11 will be able to access the US lounge / Cafe

G9 will be able to access the PAC foyer

Lunch 2

All MSUS students can use the Blue and Green Gym

G10 will be able to access the Cafe and the LGR

G11 will be able to access the US lounge 

G7 and 8 will be able to access the PAC foyer

Volunteering Opportunity for Grades 6-11

Publicity, poster, PSA COMPETITION – Everesting Challenge

Find your paints, your crayons, your coloured pencils, your camera or your laptop!

Mr Stevens needs publicity for his fundraiser. We need posters, videos etc that explain what, when, why, how, when and where!

Who: Mr Stevens

What: will ride up and down “Yangshan” 80 times.

Where: near Golden Eagle

When: June 6

Why: Mr Stevens is raising money for the Hopeful Hearts Charity. This charity helps pay for children’s heart surgeries.

How: He will ride up and down the hill 80 times. This is the same distance as climbing to the Mount Everest base camp! This challenge is call EVERESTING. It’s the most difficult climbing challenge in the world: everesting.cc .

So how can you help Mr Stevens?

We need to advertise this fundraiser. But we don’t have any posters or PSAs yet.

Your advertisement should be clear and informative. You can draw, paint, or use any media you want. Perhaps you would like to do a little video, like a PSA.

How is this volunteering? Your contribution to this poster competition is indirect volunteering. You will be raising awareness about heart surgeries and hopefully, people will donate money and cheer him on.

The submissions are due on Monday, May 11th at 9am.

Please put them on OneDrive. For more info, please contact Mr Stevens or myself.

G7 to LGR block 1

Grade 7 students! Today we will have a short meeting in the LGR in block 1 to talk about your schedules for G8. Please put your bag in your block 1 class and make your way to the LGR ready to talk course choices.

See you there!

Mrs Clarke

Students – need a library book? Check this out!

Dying for something new to read? Need a nonfiction book for class? Never fear, the library is here! You can request a book and we will deliver it to your homeroom or advisory teacher. This applies only to grades currently allowed on campus. Email me with any questions!

You can also drop off books (yours and/or from your family) in a tub in front of the library.

How to place a library book on hold

Music ASAs Yearbook Photos

Music yearbook photos will be taken today during the first half of lunch. Please get your temperature checked and then report immediately to the grassy area with your instrument.  If you have a costume (e.g. a drumming club), then please wear it. Otherwise, just normal clothes.

Thanks! See you then!

BTT schedule

A reminder that the updated BTT schedule begins today.

Please be sure to be in your respective locations on time and direct any questions to Katie.

Many thanks to you all for your involvement and flexibility with the amendments.

Happy Wednesday!