M A T A N Z A S H I G H S C H O O L

Captain’s BlogSeptember 17, 2012

Happy Birthday!Pat Favale 9/17

Anissa Hardy 9/18James Wolfe 9/19

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped. Marcel Achard

Wednesday  is  a  Shortened  Day!

Athle&c  Events  Week  of  9/17

  Tuesday  9/18     5:00  PM  Swimming  vs.  Menendez

  Wednesday  9/19                 2:00  PM  Girls  Golf  Home  vs.  FPC  

          3:30  PM  Boys  &  Girls  Bowling  vs.  Pine  Ridge  

  Thursday  9/20     PROGRESS  REPORTS  DISTRIBUTED  

  Friday  9/21       PICTURE  DAY

          7:00  PM  VAR  Football  vs.  Menendez  

Joe Lippo’s Dad a Hero 27 years Ago!

Read  the  amazing  tale  and  see  the  pictures  from  the  St.  Augus&ne  Record

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Don’t forget to send in your good news to be posted in the Blog!

Picture  day  is  Sept  21.Good Luck Everyone!

Marzano’s “Top 9” ListScholar Robert Marzano analyzed 395 experimental studies and calculated effect sizes for nine instructional practices shown to contribute to higher levels of student achievement:

1. Identifying similarities and differences (1.61)

2. Summarizing and note taking (1.0)

3. Reinforcing effort and providing recognition (.80)

4. Homework and practice (.77)

5. Nonlinguistic representations such as mental images, graphs, acting out content (.75)

6. Cooperative learning (.73)

7. Setting objectives and providing feedback (.61)

8. Generating and testing hypotheses (.61)

9. Activating prior knowledge via questions, cues, advance organizers (.59)

We’ve  received  a  check  from  Target  in  the  amount  of  $507.13  for  Take  Charge  of  Educa&on.    This  was  from  our  staffusing  their  Target  c.c.  and  our  school  receiving  a  percentage  of  the  proceeds.      We  will  receive  another  check  in  the  Spring.

Future Blood Drives Please give on 11/9/12, 1/17/13, 3/15/12, 5/17/12. As long as you are in the theatre lobby by 2:15, you will be able to participate. There will be 2 buses at the rest of our drives so there will not be a backup due to lack of beds available. We need to fill those beds!!

VETERANS CLASSROOM SPEAKER REQUEST

A Veterans-in-the-Classroom program for all Flagler County Schools, public and private, is established to increase youth awareness of the freedoms preserved by the sacrifices of veterans and their fallen comrades. Visits will take place from the end of September to the beginning of November. If you wish to have a veteran visit your classroom, please fill in and submit this form. Please use a separate form for each class visit request. Please provide a Veteran Classroom Speaker on the following date_________________ Grade(s)____________________________________ Class Time __________________ School_________________________________________________ Room No.________ School Address___________________________________________________________ School Office Phone______________________

________________________ ________________________ Teacher’s Signature Teacher’s printed name

Return this form to: Sal Rutigliano Veterans Services Office, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Ste.108,Bunnell, FL 32110. Telephone: 313-4014. ________________________________________________________________________ For Veteran Committee: Speaker assigned:_________________________________ Phone: ________________ Date called: ___________________________ Called by: ________________________ Confirmed: Yes No

Invite a Vet to Speak!

Gov. Rick Scott hears ideas from Duval teachers, parents to improve education systemAccountability is essential but teachers at one Duval County elementary school told Gov. Rick Scott that Florida's students would be better served if high-stakes testing was replaced by other methods of gauging their academic skills and progress.

Scott Makes PR Move, Kicks Off Education Listening Tour Gov. Rick Scott is again signalling he'll make improvement in education a major focus as he starts a tour today aimed at getting input from teachers, students and parents on what the schools can do better.

Education News

Teachers tell Scott morale is low and they feel disrespected The teachers at Fern Creek Elementary quickly drove home their lesson plan when Gov. Rick Scott showed up on their campus Thursday. Teacher morale is low, they told him. That's because educators are grappling with a new evaluation system, tougher academic standards, smaller paychecks and a...

Thank you Mr. Seybold for this picture you describe as the definition of a true friend!