Academics, Activities, Arts & Athletics 1/12/18

Professional Growth - The Importance of Academic Courage

Some really interesting thoughts about academic courage in this Edutopia article.

Here’s a snippet:

Some people have mountain-climbing courage but no public-speaking courage. Soccer courage is different from musical courage; big-city-at-night courage is different from forest-at-night courage. We all have courage in certain realms and less in others. And we can all work on our courage where we need it.

Tech Tip - Flipgrid

Flipgrid is a video discussion platform where students and teachers can add topics to spark class discussion. Your community builds a dialogue as they share short video responses. Super simple. Super powerful. Endless uses

Teacher Guide

Handbook Highlight - Cell Phone Usage

ELECTRONIC SIGNALING DEVICES (CELL PHONES)

It is the intent of the school in exercising its authority to regulate the use of electronic devices to establish guidelines and regulations that will ensure the continuation of a positive climate for learning free from unnecessary disruptions. Although state law no longer prohibits students from possessing or using electronic devices, restrictions of their use on a school campus must exist to ensure such use does not infringe upon the rights of others or interfere with classroom instruction or other school activities.

The school does not encourage student possession or use of electronic devices on campus and does not assume liability if such devices are damaged, lost, or stolen. Electronic devices shall remain turned off during class time unless teacher approval is given. If the privilege of having these devices at school is abused and the possession or use of an electronic device violates this policy, the school has the right to revoke the privilege.

Depending on the circumstances, action will include one or more of the following:
Warning, Item Confiscation, Detention, Saturday School, Contract, etc.