Calendar/Important Dates

April 2-6

• 10-11^th grade Scheduling with Counselors (English teachers, Please follow the schedule distributed last week) Quick Lunch Room
• HP/AP Information Sessions for students @ Lunch 12:50-1:25

April 2^nd

• Faculty Council 12:50-1:20
• CSSC Meeting 6:00-7:30 Library
• Oakland Tech Jazz Band @ Yoshi’s 7:00 and 9:00

April 3^rd

• Softball vs Castlemont @ Mosswood 4:00 p.m.
• Men’s Golf vs. MAC
• Men’s Tennis vs. Skyline @ Golden Gate Courts

April 4^th

• Minimum Day 1:05 Dismissal, OUSD PD (NOTE Change)
• Technology Committee Meeting 3:45-5:00 Conference Room
• Baseball vs. Castlemont @ Henderson Field
• Women’s Badminton vs. MAC @ OT 3:45 p.m.

April 5^th

• WASC Visit ALL DAY
• Softball vs. Fremont @ Brookdale 4:00 p.m.
• Men’s Tennis vs. Mac?

April 6^th

• Baseball @ Oakland High School
• Swim Meet Tech vs. Oakland @ Oakland High

April 7^th

• White Linen Dinner and Music, Washington Inn, Oakland, 7-1 a.m. Proceeds to fund OT’s Athletic program
• SPRING BREAK APRIL 9-14, School Resumes APRIL 16^th

Acknowledgements and Recognitions

*Please join me in welcoming our newest staff member, Olivia Yao, teacher for Severely Handicapped students. She replaces Meriel Templeton in the Shop 7 classroom.

*Safe, Supportive, Schools Student Fishbowl: Thank you to students, staff and Terry Cullinane, parent, who participated in the S3 fishbowl last week. The 3 ½ hours were extremely productive; culminating in a action plan that we hope will yield a more positive and inclusive school community. I have attached the emerging themes and action steps from our work.

 

Announcements/Information:

*WASC: This is a reminder that our one day visit is this Thursday, April 5th. All classrooms must post the ESLRS.  Please let Richard Fairly know if you need a poster of our ESLR’s .  Teachers, please welcome our visitors into your classrooms and remind students of the purpose of the 1-day visitation. Thank you.

*OUSD PD: This week’s OUSD PD will take place in various locations around the district. Please refer to the PD handout you received earlier for locations. Also, check your email for last minute changes that may occur.

*AP/HP Information Sessions: Teachers, your help is needed to remind and to encourage students to attend the HP/AP Information Sessions this week. We also need staff to advocate for their students and turn in the student recommendation forms. Extra schedules and recommendation forms are available in the Main Office and Counseling Office.

*Performing Arts News: On Tuesday April 3, 2012, New Highland Elementary, Westlake Middle School and one other middle school will be hosted by Oakalnd Tech’s performing Arts Department.

Feeder School Visit Agenda 2012 :Tuesday April 3 9:00 am to 1:30 pm

 

9:00 am – 9:25 am                  Student Volunteers arrive and meet in the dance room

 

9:30 am to 9:45 am                 Feeder School guest arrive and assemble in the auditorium

(Volunteer Dance students will meet and escort guest)

 

9:45 am t0 10:00 am               Greeting and Welcome by Ms. Travick, Tech Administrator(?)

& Performing arts teachers: Agenda explanation

 

10:00am – 10:15am                 Guest Schools Showing  with Luna Kids Dance

 

10:20 am 11:30 am                 Carrie Dance Solo

Choral Demonstration

Dance: The Flood & Naila’s Solo

Drama: Stage Combat Demonstration

Music Jazz band or Orchestra Demonstration

Dance 3^rd Period Dance (Haitian RaRa)

 

11:30 am – 11:40 am              Question and answer period

 

11:45 am -12:05 pm                 Campus Tour: Starting with the stage

 

12:10 pm – 12:45 pm                Students Break into Groups for Instruction in (students can select)

Drama                        Theater            Dance                   Music/Chorus

 

12:50 pm – 1:15 pm                  Lunch on front steps of Oakland Tech

 

1:15 pm                                    Brazilian Flash Mob Front of Oakland Tech

 

1:25pm – 1:30 pm                     Farewells

 

Reminders:

*OEA Forms: Please read the email I have forwarded from OEA President, Betty Olson-Jones. It is a request to complete Intent to Return and Separation form for the 2012-13 school year.

*Yearbook (from Ms. Hayes): Staff and parents can use this link to upload pictures of various school-related events to the dropbox for yearbook to use. The link will bring them to the OT website, where there are instructions, and an additional link to the actual Lumapix dropbox page. link:http://oaklandtech.com/staff/blog/2011/01/23/yearbook-photo-drop-box

 

*Attendance Procedures:  At our last staff meeting, we briefly discussed attendance taking procedures.

*It is EXPECTED that ALL teachers (not IWE’s or students) will take attendance as early as time permits and before midnight of the same day. . If for some unexpected reason you are not able to meet the midnight deadline, you MUST take attendance on a paper roster and submit to Ms. Thomas the next day.

*Please leave instructions for substitutes that they are to get paper rosters from the attendance office in the morning and return completed attendance rosters to Ms. Thomas before they leave for the day.

* If a student arrives tardy, please make a change to the attendance to reflect tardy-not absence.

*Faculty Council will review the pink pass policy at the next meeting.

Remember that accurate and daily attendance accounting is your responsibility. Thanks.
ABI Gradebook: please ensure that your gradebook is accessible and up-to-date. Students can only benefit from this essential service.