October+2011+Updates

**POSTED 10/1/11**
With so many sessions available next Wednesday, you only need a **__minimum of 12__** in your extra help sessions. Please tell your homeroom what is available for them to attend.

**Spartan Period __AM Sessions__ 10-5-11** ( Note the maximum number of students allowed for each session.)

SSR35 Silent Sustained Reading - student must take book to read with them will not be permitted to leave to get a book once in the room

Newspaper/ Yearbook-field trip30 Assigned only by Jennifer Rinaldo

ACT / SAT25 This is for juniors and seniors who will be taking those tests this year.

Student Resources35 Resources on Library Links page

Skills Tutor-OGT35 Assigned only by Shaun Morgan - juniors and seniors who did not pass one or more parts of the OGT

Test Site30 Please send your students here to make-up or retake tests

Student Council45 Assigned only by Jennifer Boyer

Student Off-Site 125 Students that are not in the building during Spartan Period.

BookTalk Club18 Student led booktalks..A list of recommended books by each group will be posted weekly outside the library. There will be four different booktalk groups in each session.

Speaker:50 Ron Delaney - Living with Addiction

Fitness Club18 Assigned only by Debbie Lukens - Students must be dressed appropriately to do floor work and ready to participate in a variety of activities.

**Spartan Period __PM Sessions__ 10-5-11** (Note the maximum number of students allowed for each session.)

SSR35 Newspaper/ Yearbook30 ACT / SAT225 Student Resources35 Skills Tutor-OGT35 Test Site30 Band40 Vocal Music25 Student Off-Site 140 BookTalk Club18 Basketball 3 on 336

Applegarth, Eby, Gannon, Humenansky, Mitchell, Novicky, Rinaldo - Have collaborative time in the AM session

Hanna, Harrison, Hartong, Mancuso, Morgan, Maletich, Berlo - Have collaborative time in the PM session

If someone needs to be in Lab B for the computers let me know, the test site is moved to a different room.

**POSTED 10/6/11**
You may NOW start scheduling for Extra Help for Wednesday October 12th. Here are some things you need to know for this Wednesday before you schedule:

1. We have a speaker that we lined up for the abuses of Facebook. We will have **ALL** Freshmen scheduled in the AM for this in the Main Gym. In the PM session, **ALL** Sophomores will be scheduled. You may schedule some upperclassmen if there is enough room and they don't need extra help.

2. Yearbook is selling tickets to go the Yearbook signing in the Central Gym.

3. Lab B and 32 Lab will be open for those who need to use computers.

4. There will not be any collaborative time for teachers this week.

5. We ask if you do not have any students because you teach all Freshmen to please go to the gym in the AM to help supervise and Sophomores in PM

6. You may opt to have a section in your room for DEAR- Drop Everything and Read - Literacy

7. PSAT will be in Library - so library is closed for all other activities

8. Westminister College will be here Jr and Sr only.

9. Please schedule your extra help students by Monday end of the school day.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation!

POSTED 10/12-11
Our constantly changing Spartan Period is once again going through changes.

I (Dodi Zbuka) did not feel that the Spartan Resources session as it was set up was meeting the needs of staff and students. Student Resources will now be where students can work on projects or research that needs to be completed. I can help them with many different projects and feel that I’m an excellent resource for any research that the student may need to do. This hopefully will help free up instructional classroom time for you.

The students will also have the library print resources available to them.

**//__Sessions that will be offered every AM session:__//**

**ACT/SAT** - for 11 th & 12 th grades only, unless a 10 th grader is in AP classes

**Basketball 3 on 3**- students should have a B average or better for this session (may not be offered if there is a speaker in the gym)

**BookTalk** - Student led book talks. A list of recommended books by each group will be posted weekly outside the library. There will be four different book talk groups in each session.

**Newspaper/Yearbook** - students are assigned only by Jen Rinaldo

**SkillsTutor** - this week it is still for OGT help - after this week Annie Knight will let you know more about SkillsTutor and how it can benefit your students.

**SSR** - silent sustained reading - students MUST bring something to read (yes, I already know...a lot of you want to sign up for this. The students don’t know just how lucky they are!)

**Student Resource** - students can start or complete projects, research, etc., as needed

**Test site** - students make-up or retake tests. See Michelle Hanna for questions.

**Yoga***- students should be in comfortable clothing that is appropriate for floor work (may not be offered if there is a speaker in the gym)

**__Specials for 10-19 AM session:__**

**Rocket Club** - if students are curious and like to build things by hand this is the session for them

**Bowling Team** - assigned by Bill Burket and Matt Graves - if students are interested in joining the bowling team have them see Graves or Burket.

**Weight Lifting Club** - __for students not on any school athletics team__. Thom Eby will work with students on their physical fitness and self esteem growth. Students must see Mr. Eby to enroll.

**//__Sessions that will be offered every PM session:__//**

**Band** - for students in band

**Choir** - for students in choir

All the above sessions except yoga

**__Specials for 10-19 PM session:__**

10 th Grade Class fundraiser wrap-up - assigned only by Lori Smith

College Visit: Cleveland State University