Middle School Newsletter 11.13.2023
I am going to periodically highlight our Graduate Aims throughout the year. Our goal is that all students are Academically Skilled, Curious, Empowered, Emotionally Intelligent and Appreciative of Differences.
In a couple of weeks teachers will be administering the DESSA. The DESSA is a strengths-based social and emotional needs screener that we administer 3x per year to identify students in need of social/emotional support and these students' specific strengths and opportunities for growth. Social emotional learning screening is critical because it helps identify students who are in need of support but do not communicate that need through externalized behaviors. In addition, it helps identify student strengths which are then used as a jumping off point for instruction. Teachers and counselors will then be able to provide students with whole group, small group and individual instruction based on their DESSA rating.
The skills we want our students to build competency in are shown in the diagram below.
The DESSA is one of many resources we utilize so that we can build skills within our students so that they are able to identify, express and manage their own emotions in challenging situations. If you would like further information on the DESSA please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Como siempre, no duden en contactarnos con cualquier pregunta o preocupación.
Amablemente,
Kim
314.645.9600 (607)~kwright@premiercharterschool.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 16-Picture Retakes
November 22-24-No School
November 28-29 8th EOC
December 20- January 3 Winter Break
January 4- End of Quarter 2
Drop Off Reminder:
Now that we are a few weeks into the school year, we wanted to reiterate that our morning drop off process does not begin until 8:00 am. Our morning duty staff are not outside to supervise drop off until 8:00 am. In the interest of student safety, please do not leave your child(ren) unsupervised before morning duty begins.
We recently revised our late pick up policy because of an increase in students being picked up after our dismissal ends at 3:35. We also have a significant number of unsupervised children in the morning and would like to avoid an additional revision of our drop off/pick up policy. We appreciate your support in this matter as we work to keep all of our students safe.