leadership in high schools

The new 1:6:1 high school classroom at Hewes collaborated with other students to produce a high  school newspaper.  A three page missive that once available I will post to this blog.  Students in this class grades 9-11 are learning about printing and different computer programs that can be applied to running newsprint.  The newspaper will be published monthly.  The students will be inviting Jared Lindall, Public Relations Specialist of Erie 2 CC BOCES to the classroom to discuss and teach them 2 easy print and newsletter formats that can accomodate their needs.  The newspaper is called “The Tiger’s Tale” after the mascot of the Hewes Center.  Articles of interest were written by students - an untitled poem was submitted, a football game was written up, politics were discussed, riddles were shared and a Halloween puzzle was published among other small stories. 

On 10/31 students partiscipated in the Prinicipal’s Best Dressed Competition.  This is the traditional Halloween celebration where folks dress up.  4 students grades 9-12 have been selected by their teachers as the best dressed in their grade level and will eat a catered lunch this Friday with myself and Kevin Bourgoine, the Alt. Ed principal who himself has 4 students in grades 9-12 that were selected for this honor. 

We have completed the first quater, 10 weeks of this school year and report cards will be mailed next week.  Already we can feel that the school year is taking off - students are coming in with stories about pills being sold on campus, students buying illicit pills, small cafeteria tensions are brewing and cliques are definately forming.  We have to stay on top of the negative student behaviors and keep plugging away at the positives. 

Can I  receive more positive student referrals?  I am beginning to see a disproportionate number of negative discipline incidents being reported and we as teachers need to turn this trend around. 

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