TMMM September 8

Schedule

• Monday schedule today
• Short week - mini-modules
• Field trip Wednesday with Rachel and Candace
• Thursday: all school Silvercliff trip - ropes course and swimming
• Thursday:
• 10 points!
• low ropes initiatives
• hot springs pool (nice and warm, ahhhh)
• challenge by choice
• no flip flops - wear decent shoes
• bring bathing suit and towel
• lunch is provided
• fill out liability form - must get parent signature if under 18
• Friday: half day schedule
• log in Friday afternoons! say what you’re working on or that you’re course complete
• contracts need to be done and signed off by noon Friday

Modules

• English
• AM: Independent R&W finish up OR writing mini-module (creative writing or persuasive writing)
• PM: English skills - finish packets and 3.8s by Friday
• Word of the Week: prognosticate (to make a prediction/tell in advance)
• Math
• just today and Friday b/c of trips
• if you’re just starting, you’ll review ALEKs and C-TACHS
• submit point tracker
• Science
• AM: Colorado Ecosystems
• Field trip Wednesday to Independence Pass and grottos
• any old dogs can go - earn 10 points (sorry, new dogs)
• sign-up is on Rachel’s door - bus can fit 12 students
• bring a lunch, wear jeans and decent walking shoes
• PM: River Watch
• next week… fishing!
• in two weeks… wolf sanctuary! overnight (Tues-Wed)
• sign-up is on Rachel’s door
• Social Studies
• AM: no module; Graff will be in Disco
• PM: Ancient Civilizations mini-module
• Electives
• Wednesday: diversity meeting - Shannon Hueling, CCHS grad, certified nurse
• Candace: just today - journal-writing activity (prompt and free writing)
• Rachel: just today - basketball
• Graff: school store Tuesday, The Week Wednesday
• Christine: off

Juli Info

• Thanks to old dogs for respecting space in the commons during Disco
• Surveys coming up - safe school and healthy kids - time during electives, maybe points
• “Safe to Tell” program
• 1-877-542-7233
• anonymous hotline - report a tip if you don’t feel safe or are concerned about someone else
• 12% of students didn’t feel safe in CCHS last year
• 20% have had suicidal thoughts or attempts
• bullying behaviors lead to depression or suicidal thoughts
• Volunteers for re-entry meetings Friday afternoon (pizza and ice cream!)
• Part of a team that decides if students are ready to come back from sabbatical
• Talk to Juli if you’re interested
• Peer mediation - help peers resolve conflicts
• Talk to Juli if you want to help out with that
• Interested in quitting or cutting down on tobacco or marijuana usage? join NOT program

Karen info

• Mindfulness Tuesday during elective
• Paperwork: turn it in! still lots outstanding
• laptops: sign out at front desk, sign back in (and plug in in the laptop cart)

Service Learning/Community Service

• Check out sign-up sheets on Jeannette’s desk for Community Service
• good for karma
• good for health
• good for CCHS graduation
• Cornerstone church lunch 
• Recycling
• Hydroponics 
• Hang photos of graduates - start a system
• Mr. Colvan - Optimist Club Backpack Program
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks for students enrolled in BVSD - provided 79 packs last year every week for the school district
• Pack Thurs morning at 9:00 a.m.
• need a student coordinator for CCHS
• food drives
• Habitat for Humanity trip - April (more specific dates to come)
• If you’re interested, plan ahead! It’s an awesome trip but needs to be front-loaded
• Boots and Bolos next Saturday - talk to Jeannette
• Jeannette is starting elementary school group Friday afternoons
• Jeannette needs mentors for Mini Blessings

Other notes

• Skateboarding warnings from police officers
• Ticket for skateboarding in the street or on the sidewalk on Main Street
• it’s ok to skateboard on the sidewalk between here and the river
• Double ticket for holding onto a vehicle while skateboarding
• Communication among students
• chest puffing and intimidation language has to stop
• no hat flipping
• no alpha male/female behavior 
• no behavior that encourages “fight or flight” from someone else
• stop inappropriate language, especially words like the ’n’ word - never ok
• staff will call it out - redirects 
• Redirects may not include the official word - teachers and students both know what constitutes a redirect
• “I’m sorry” means I’m working towards not doing that behavior again; it’s not a "get out of jail free” card
• Recycling
• three bins: cans, plastic, glass
• please recycle! these resources are not renewable
• Wash your dishes! Don’t assume Candace will do it