Let’s have a bright year!

Now with students!

Grade book Options

2016 - 2017
Jenny Ashley, innovation coach, put out a doc to help us navigate our grading options.  The Engrade app will no longer be a free app and this document gives us some alternatives.
grade book options



NORMS of ACCEPTABLE USE of RESOURCES in WORLD LANGUAGES September 2016
The above document is to be used when you hand out your course description and syllabus. Thanks to Tracy Jaeger for providing this for us. The IS uses a modified document with similar information.  Please submit your syllabus to me either electronically or in my mailbox by the end of the first week of classes. Thanks!

Accents (Thanks Tricia!):
To get accents on the Mac, hold down the Option key, and while holding it down, type the letter e; then release those keys and type the letter that you want the accent to appear on: á = Opt + e, then a. é = Opt + e, then e. í = Opt + e, then i.

If you are not a member already, you should become a member of ACTFL through the school and with the membership you receive the Language Educator magazine that has lots of ideas and resources.  Click on some sample articles.

Start Planning Your Travel For ACTFL 2016! Boston Nov. 18-10, 2016

Parent Nights

Middle School-  September 13

Intermediate School- September 20

Upper School- September 15th

Talk to me or your language team to help you with your presentation. I'm sure the parents will love you!

Paw Prints

Keep the good news coming!

Last year we did a great job of including our World Language highlights in the school's parent publication, Paw Prints. Please remember to submit your news to the division administrative assistant before Thursdays of each week.

Mailboxes!

Hi all! I will make my rounds but if you need to drop something off to me you are welcome to use one of my three mailboxes.  I have mailboxes in the MS, IS and US mailrooms. You can also come by my classroom in the IS, room 184 or drop by my desk in the US language office.

October 5th- First K-12 department meeting

Be on the lookout!  We will be meeting in different ways this year- as language teams, division departments and as a whole group.  If you have an agenda item during the year please either email me or post it on the blog.  Also, if you have a blog article or item to share, again you can email me or post in the comments section.

Thanks!