Boilermaker Bulletin

November 23, 2014 Hello Boilermakers! Volume 2, Issue 13

If you have ideas, announcements, quotes shout-outs you’d like included in the Boilermaker Bulletin, please, send them my way! --Nia Shout-Outs

• Gina Ferguson, Mark Tighe, and looks bleak, she reaches down to find Anonymous for their donations to the hope and optimism to ensure every BHS Angel Fund for a headstone for meeting is positive and productive! former BHS student, Gyron Webb! • Farewell to Lakisha Pittman, our NCS • Tom Vespa, Robby Singer, Chuy Curriculum and Instructional as she Paniagua, Clare McCauley, Gina embarks on a new journey with Ferguson, Debra Fazekas, Devin Network 9! Good luck! Schuyler, April Knighten, Joseph • Cat Whitfield for navigating several Sunshine, Jetaun Frye, Matthew stressful events last week! You rock! Kayser, Michelle Flowers, Trista • Brianna Nkemeh for amazing work Contents Bonds, Sabrina Slater, Eugene following up with students who have Robinson, Fatima Cooke, Tim Wedryk been absent for consecutive days or Shout-Outs 1 & Darnell Wilson for participating in who have declining attendance Thursday’s Taste of Bowen event! percentages! Her home visits are Upcoming Events 1 • Brianna Nkemeh for facilitating powerful! Attendance News 2 numerous Keep the Peace sessions! • Robby Singer, Clare McCauley and the • Karen Stewart for her investigative rest of the math department for an ILT News 3 skills on Friday; her efforts prevented excellent department meeting. Foundations Team News 3 another false fire alarm evacuation. • Tim Wedryk for stepping up in • Aprll Knighten for continual to help us maintain a safe and C3 News 3 reflection on instructional practices productive learning climate!

CARE Team News 3 in the classroom. • Please welcome Jasmine Bennett as • Darlene Mathews, Janelle Norman, BHS’ new Social Media Guru! She has REACH Updates 4 Jovan Garland & Jaylen Walton for a been charged with the daily successful week of activities! maintenance of our Instagram,

• Cat Whitfield for supporting the C3 Facebook, and Twitter accounts! Athletics @ BHS team with logistics and coordination • Libba Hayes for alerting admin of a of all activities. student in crisis! ♦ Wrestling Season • Doretha Brown, Eugene Robinson and • Jason Grey for helping us navigate an begins NOW!!!! Let’s Youth Guidance for planning and explosive student interaction! go Boilermakers!!! coordinating the visit by Chicago • ♦ Girls Basketball Will Sutton! Our boys loved him! season begins • Trista Bonds, Libba Hayes, Jetaun NOW!!! Let’s go Frye, April Knighten, Joseph Boilermakers!!! Sunshine, Trish Holloway, Jacquet Hall, Matt Hampton, Linda White, Boys Basketball ♦ Chris Sechrist, Youth Guidance, season begins NOW!!!! Let’s go Match, Inc, Eugene Robinson, Cat Boilermakers!!! Whitfield, Luis Morales, Jaylen Walton, Jovan Garland, Teresa

Herrera, Jacqueline Harvey, Rosemary Torres, Alain Dillon, Beverly Gill, Matteal Bolton, and Mark Tighe for your help with last week’s Open House! The atmosphere was so warm and welcoming! • Vanessa Young for her role as a formal leader at BHS. Even when all Page 2 of 4 Boilermaker Bulletin

Upcoming Events

Nov 25: BHS Thanksgiving Lunch for • • Dec 12: NCS Counselors’ Parents; Senior Cap & Gown Collaborative; Attendance Brown

“As long as you are measurements; Deadline to submit Bag an email stating your interest in in my life, I am not joining the BHS NHS Committee to • Dec 13: Principal’s Chat: Student Uniform Town Hall Trista Bonds or Eugene Robinson. going to let One rep from each grade level • Dec 15: NCS Principals’ Meeting quitting be easy needed; AP Language Practice Today! • Dec 17: CPS Board Meeting; NCS for you.” Data Collaborative C. Mielke • Nov 26 – 30: Thanksgiving Break nd • Dec 19: 2 Qtr Progress Reports • Dec 1: NCS APs Meeting Distributed • Dec 2: MOY EPAS testing. Make up • Dec 22 – Jan 4: Winter Break testing will take place December 3- • Jan 19: MLK, Jr Day – No School “The main event is 4; senior applications completed; AP Calculus Practice test. • Jan 22: FAFSA Parent Night learning how to • Dec 3: NCS Facilitative Leaders • Jan 29: End of 1st Semester/2nd Qtr deal with the Meeting. Grade level and • Jan 30: School Improvement Day – harness of life department leads are strongly encouraged to attend. No School for Students when it gets st • Dec 4: Junior Parent Fitness Event; • Feb 5: 1 Semester Report Cards difficult... ” Teach Like a Champion Book Study mailed home.

• Dec 9: L3 RA Guided Visit @ 8am • Feb 16: President’s Day – No School C. Mielke • Dec 10: NCS ILT Collaborative • Feb 12: Sophomore 70/90 Club Reception

Attendance News – 87% Goal 90%

• Please make sure you are capturing your attendance accurately every day, every period. Please contact Brianna Nkemeh should you have any questions. • Upcoming Perfect Attendance Incentives o Nov 24 & 25: Chips and candy for students who arrive before 7:50am o November Monthly Incentive: BHS Jogging Pants o Dec MWF: Cocoa to all students who arrive before 7:50am o Dec 5: Snack Attack o December Monthly Incentive: BHS Hoodie

Fri Tues Wed Thur Week Month YTD Nov 14 to Nov Sept 02 to HR 14-Nov 17-Nov 18-Nov 19-Nov 20-Nov 20 Nov 3 to Nov 20 Nov 20 9th 83.3 81 81 70 85 80 84 89 10th 73.3 85 76 80 87.2 79 80 84 11th 80 78 83 85 84.2 85 83 86 12th 81 86 86 86 90.2 88 87 89 Total 79 82 81 80.6 86.7 82.5 83 87 Boilermaker Bulletin Page 3 of 4 Instructional Support ILT BHS Professional Learning Supports On-Track The ILT will meet on December 2nd (no • Attendance Brown Bag Session – Dec 12th meeting this week!) when we will look at • Teach Like a Champion Book Study: 12/4. 9th Goal = 90% student work. • Reading Apprenticeship Cohort 1 o Observations & Feedback Sessions Current Status: 91% Departments • Atlantic Research Partners Schedule th • All department meetings postponed o Bryan Edney (Literacy): Nov 24 , Dec 10th Goal = 85% until after Thanksgiving! 3, 10, 15, 17. st Current Status: 73% If you haven’t already done so, please o Chrissy Hart (Science): Dec 1 and • th bring your graded assessments to your Dec 11 th th meeting! o Brad Berlage (Math): Dec 4 , Dec 11 o Rob Tomback (SS): Nov 24th, Nov th 25 , Dec 16 – 19. Medical

Compliance

Goal = 90% Current Status: 66.3% Counseling, College & Careers (C3)

BHS College Applications Currently 80% BHS College Fair On Nov 20th, more of the class of 2015 has completed 1 or than 15 colleges and universities got the “The main event is more college applications, and 52% have opportunity to connect with 11th and completed 3 or more college 12th grade BHS students. This is nearly a delaying your applications. Please encourage BHS 100% increase from last year’s fair! seniors to complete this milestone so temptation and

we can reach our 50% goal by November investing in your 25th and our 100% goal by December 19th. own intelligence – understanding that Foundations Team sometimes short- Foundations When removing a student avenues to connect with parents. term pain creates who cannot return to your classroom, Documentation via Logger supports your long-term gain and please notify security. Should a security colleagues’ knowledge of your officer not be available, please contact interactions. that great people the main office using the intercom system. Ms. Herrera will then inform Days of Peace: 45 of 55 days = 82% make sacrifices for security accordingly. a greater good.”

Verify Logger Tip Remember to log C. Mielke your interactions with parents. Over the past week there have been multiple

CARE Team News BHS welcome back our community RFA forms via email or hard copy to partner, Barr-Harris Grief Center and [email protected] for CARE Team new community partners, YMCA Gang screening. Intervention. Both partners will be

meeting with students soon! Thank you to our team and all community Questions? Please reach out to Benaiah partners. Link! Please remember to complete & submit Boilermaker Bulletin Page 4 of 4

REACH Updates CPS Framework for Teaching 3A: CPS Framework for Teaching 3A: Communicating with Communicating with Students: Proficient Students: Distinguished

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4. Teacher regularly uses the content to one another or appropriate and well-developed correct each other’s examples to connect students’ misunderstandings. Bowenhs.org prior knowledge and interests to 4. Teacher asks students to consider content. how the content connects to their 5. Students indicate that they own prior knowledge and interests. understand the content and 5. Students indicate a desire to learn regularly participate in class to more about the content and help engage with it. identify ways to do so. 6. Teacher uses language in oral 6. Teacher strategically models and written communication that challenging or new language in oral is nearly error free in terms of and written communication to pronunciation, word meaning, expand students’ vocabularies and spelling and grammar. enhance their understanding of 7. In oral and or written content. communication, teacher’s word 7. In oral and or written choice is purposeful and precise communication, students use for students’ age and purposeful and precise language and levels. or the language and vocabulary of the content or discipline in class. Students may encourage one another to use this kind of language.