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Post by admin on Jan 14, 2006 8:48:16 GMT -6
Lunch period is the two letter period.
I went to Marist High School in Chicago.
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Post by al on Jan 14, 2006 9:17:17 GMT -6
you know, come to think of it our high school operated similarly, never really thought twice about it. Likely because it was a big school at the time (around 2,600), and this helped with the same crowding issues. We also had a "freshman annex," which was a refurbed elementary school within easy walking distance and housed the 9th grade. No busses required, we just walked the block (across school property) to our "encore" classes. Sure it was not easy to get on the best team or get the few leads in the musicals etc., but we all managed fine. This was 25 years ago, so obviously this block scheduling is nothing new. Surprised that it is not already implemented.
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Post by jenrik2714 on Jan 19, 2006 9:54:02 GMT -6
The principle at WV sent this out to the Warrior community!
Yesterday I participated in a seminar here at WVHS in which I was trained to use an instrument designed to take an inventory of instructional practices. The instrument rates observations of classrooms on a scale from 1-6. A "6" means students are actively engaged in higher order learning. A "1" means they are not engaged in any type of educational activity.
Part of our training was to visit classrooms (here at
WVHS) and apply the instrument to our observations. Before visiting classes one of the participants asked the trainer, "What are the odds that we will actually see a '6' type of class?" The trainer responded that about 10%-15% of classes might rate a "6".
We visited our first class and it rated a "6". We
visited a second class and it also rated a "6". Our third class also rated a "6". In fact after our visits, about 70%of our classes rated a "6".
This experience reminded me that regardless of what
people may say or think, good things happen in our
classrooms. We do what's needed to help kids learn. Good
job.
Also, thanks to everyone who allowed us to interrupt
your classes yesterday.
Thanks,
Ray
Ray Hanus
Science Department Chair
Waubonsie Valley High School
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Post by jenrik2714 on Jan 19, 2006 9:56:04 GMT -6
In response to the message above  Sorry here is the introduction to the email that the principle from WV sent to the warrior community Hi - I asked Ray Hanus, Science Department Chair to e mail our staff with his sense of what the 10 individuals from different schools/districts saw when they visited our classrooms yesterday. Their charge was to visit classrooms in all academic areas and rate the instruction based on the observation rubric they were just taught. I thought you might like to know. Thanks Jim Schmid Principal Waubonsie Valley Keep up the good work Warriors! We are a good school despite what people think! |
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Post by wvhsparent on Jan 19, 2006 11:21:41 GMT -6
I got the same message and am in complete agreement.
Now I would also want to add I would expect nothing less than the same result from NVHS.
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Post by jenrik2714 on Jan 19, 2006 11:22:51 GMT -6
I agree  |
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Post by admin on Jan 19, 2006 11:44:08 GMT -6
We would just bribe the teachers to give us the good score. They would get to choose which money tree they want from our forest . ;D
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Post by wvhsparent on Jan 19, 2006 13:19:23 GMT -6
We would just bribe the teachers to give us the good score. They would get to choose which money tree they want from our forest . ;D Or I am sure the PTA has a fund for that  |
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Post by 204parent on Jan 19, 2006 13:20:02 GMT -6
The results would be more accurate if the observations were done with hidden cameras.
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Post by jenrik2714 on Jan 19, 2006 21:10:19 GMT -6
My daughter came home from school today and said everyone thinks Waubonsie has alot of gangs because alot of kids wear hoodies?
My daughter came home from school today and asked me a question. She is part of a club and had a weekly meeting. She is part of OLAS (Organization of Latin American Students) at WV. She was told that they NV people think WV has alot of gangs. Please. Everyone is making the kids at WV feel inferior because everyone is going around saying that they are going to built a 3rd high school because no one wants to attend WV. Real nice. Stop the negative publicity of WV.
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Post by admin on Jan 19, 2006 21:50:01 GMT -6
Unfortunately, the gangs stories were being spread at the meeting tonight.
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Post by Arch on Jan 19, 2006 23:09:14 GMT -6
Unfortunately, the gangs stories were being spread at the meeting tonight. There are a lot of ignorant folk around town that beleive that every non white person must be in a gang. I kid you not, it's pretty sad. |
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Post by jenrik2714 on Jan 20, 2006 6:18:05 GMT -6
[/quote]There are a lot of ignorant folk around town that beleive that every non white person must be in a gang. I kid you not, it's pretty sad.[/quote]
You hit the nail on the head, because WV has more students of color, every white person in Naperville and other areas wants to classify the school is bad.
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Post by admin on Jan 20, 2006 7:06:31 GMT -6
I was thinking about how to stop this image that the schools have of each other. There should be some kind of exchange program for kids to experience what is life like at the other HS.
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Post by jenrik2714 on Jan 20, 2006 7:40:09 GMT -6
I was thinking about how to stop this image that the schools have of each other. There should be some kind of exchange program for kids to experience what is life like at the other HS. I agree! We are not low class individuals like we are perceived to be. My daughter is in a club called OLAS and it is a group of Latino students at WV who go and tutor kids at Georgetown and perform other community service. You should copywrite that idea, Topher  |
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