TO-KNOW

• BIG WEEK THIS WEEK!

• THANK YOU to Jessica Abrams and Molly Phillips for their work on the Walk-A-Thon (Thank them if you see them). Early results indicate that we have raised more money than we did last year!

• IMPORTANT NOTE: I received contact from Green Township Fire Department. They are going to do an unannounced fire drill some time during the month of October. I have no control of when that drill will happen. Surprise!

• Dan Beckenhaupt will be in the building next Tuesday, October 10th to meet with teachers regarding licensure or to discuss any other questions you might have. Please sign up on the attached sign up sheet, if you would like to schedule a time to meet with him (Link).

• We have received some legal guidance related to refusing to stand during the national anthem, patriotic music, or the pledge. This has been very much in the news and I’m sure that it is in our student’s minds. If this is an issue that you are having with a student please do not “force the student” to stand but instead get me involved. Thanks. We are encouraged to treat this as a teachable moment. Here is a resource about this guidance (Link).

• SDQ: We will only be administering the SDQ one time this year. The window is 10/9-11/10. You will be given 60 minutes to complete the SDQ on 10/16/2017. A letter about the SDQ will be sent to families today. Here is a link to the SDQ questionnaire (Link), Each student should have one questionnaire completed. Here is a link to a Q&A sheet about the SDQ (Link)

• Preview of Inservice Day 10/16: We will be at Springmyer all day. The morning will be meetings and the afternoon will be teacher time to complete grading and report cards. I will be at District in the afternoon.

• Here is the link to Parent Teacher Conferences (Link). We will be sending this out to parents today.

To support Breast Cancer Awareness in the community, the Oak Hills Local School District is partnering with The Jewish Hospital - Mercy Health Mobile Mammography Unit at 3 school buildings in early November.  The Mobile Mammography Unit is available to all interested persons in the surrounding community.

Delhi Middle School on November 1, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. till 11:00 a.m.

John Foster Dulles School on November 2, 2017 from 7:30 a.m. till 11:00 a.m.       

Oak Hills High School on November 2, 2017 from 12:00 noon till 3:30 p.m.

Call 513-686-3300 today to schedule an appointment at any of the above locations.  Participating insurances are billed.  Financial assistance is available for those who quality.

Click here for additional facts about breast cancer and screenings.

Planning Calendar (Yearly Planning Calendar)

TO-DO

• Complete the SDQ questionnaire (Link) for each student.

• Please don’t forget to continue working on your safety trainings. THey are due at the end of this month.

• If you have a positive news story that you would like to share let me know. You can also submit the story to Emily buckley for coverage (Link)

TO-READ

If you are inspired, perplexed, or irritated by the weekly reading I’d love to hear about it! Send me an email or grab me in the hallway. Learning never ends!

• Here is an article entitled “The First Rule of Engagement” (Link) and .  This article was very interesting to me. Important stuff.

• Question:

• Do we follow the First Rule of Engagement?