CHEC bulletin for Week of September 20, 2021
MISSION AND COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL PLAN FOCUS FOR THE WEEK
CHEC CELEBRATES HISPANIC/LATINX HERITAGE MONTH
MS. MENENDEZ'S MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE CLASS
MARIA TUKEVA’S (MT) MESSAGE:
As part of our mission to “develop cultural ambassadors, ”CHEC celebrates the rich heritages of all of our students throughout the school year. The heritage months serve as a culminating event, when we highlight the different cultures. September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic/Latinx Heritage month. In order to highlight the rich history and contributions of our Latinx students and faculty, please take advantage of the many resources that exist to enrich your curriculum and instruction. If you would like to get involved with planning our Heritage Month Assemblies, please contact our Heritage Month Committee!
This Week’s Focus
This week, the focus continues to be on the phrase from the mission which states, “We trust one another to continually improve our practices.” This week we will celebrate Back to School Night with our families, and this provides us with an opportunity to work toward the Engagement goals of our CSP:
- By June 2022, we will engage 100% of our parents in at least two school events.
- By June 2022, we will increase positive response rate on the parent Panorama survey regarding “I feel well informed about what is happening at my child's school” from 79% to 89% and “My school regularly communicates updates about my child's progress with me” from 79% to 89%
For Back to School Night, which will be entirely virtual, we will have to general sessions, one at 4 pm, and one at 6 pm. These will be facilitated by administrators and coordinators, and will focus on schoolwide initiatives and updates. From 4:30 to 6:00 pm, parents will have the opportunity to meet virtually with their children’s teachers, by “following” their child’s schedule. This is the opportunity to share your syllabus, curriculum goals, and your projects with families, and to gain their feedback through questions and reflection. For example, you can share your first GRASPS with families, and provide examples of student work and learning. Through this process, you can elicit parent reflections on what they find interesting about the GRASPS, and suggestions for refinement. Please also provide parents with invitations to the first portfolio presentations, which hare coming up in about five weeks!
This is also an opportunity to share your contact information with parents, and let them know how to check on their child’s progress in your class, including how to access ASPEN, and what to do if they are concerned about their child’s progress.
MEETINGS THIS WEEK:
All Departments and SLC’s send individual notifications of their meetings
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WEEK 4
Vocab/Reading Strategies
Monday, September 20, 2021
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Sukkot Begins
ALT Team Meeting – 3:45 pm – Hybrid – High School Library or Virtual
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Back to School Night 4pm – 6pm
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Friday, September 24, 2021
No Meetings
UPCOMING EVENTS
COVID 19 UPDATES
The COVID 19 SERT Team met on last Tuesday, and discussed what is working well and what needs improvement.
- In response to the need to maintain a healthy and safe environment, we will be implementing the following:
- All desks in classes should be facing forward.
- We must continually reinforce proper wearing of masks – we will reintroduce our COVID 19 prevention videos, and will train student health ambassadors to support adherence to all norms and protocols.
- We will provide weekly data on the number of cases, so that the community can be aware of current data and conditions.
Suggestions for follow up:
- We are communicating by email, whenever a student has to quarantine, so that teachers can be aware and provide work and access to classes. To make this more efficient, we will check to see if there is a way for ASPEN to provide immediate notification of a student in quarantine.
- We are still in need of volunteers to support lunch and recess duties, as this is the time when most students are
- We will be exploring ways to raise funds to purchase tents and furniture for outdoor lunch and learning.
The next COVID 19 SERT team meeting will be Tuesday, September 28 at 3:45 pm in the Cafeteria, with a virtual option.
SHOUT OUTS
- Shout out to the entire CHEC Team for a successful Week 3!
- Kudos to all those who attended the COVID 19 SERT Team Meeting – Mr. Salas, Ms. Pugh, Mr.Smith, Ms. Avila, Ms. Patterson, Mr. Magee, Ms. Riesenberg, Mr. Tobias!
- Shout out to Mr. Tobias and Lance Swinton for Tech Distribution!
- Kudos to the Dean Team for organizing Restitution speeches and building a Restorative Climate!
- Kudos to SLC Administrators and Counselors for their work on MTSS planning!
- Shout out to the Dean Team for the Orientations and coordinating the Asymptomatic Testing!
WE HAVE A RECOGNITION! HONORED TEACHERS PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES THIS YEAR!
Columbia Heights Education Campus’s great teachers deserve to be recognized! We’re proud to partner with Honored Schools again this year to do just that! Go to HonoredSchools.org to tell Columbia Heights Education Campus teachers how they’ve made a difference. Please share this with parents and students! Once recognized, teachers get an email with your recognition story and we’ll celebrate them! Last year our very own Ms. Ramirez won the Life-Changing Teacher Award and a $5,000 cash award!
INSTRUCTION:
MS. GUILLEN'S 7TH GRADE HISTORY CLASS
WEEK 4 OF ADVISORY 1
It is unbelievable, but we are in the fourth week of the first advisory, and the advisory is almost half over! During this week it is important to make sure students are clear on where they stand in terms of their work and their grades. Please build some reflection time into class for students to reflect on where they are and what they need to do. During our walk throughs this week, we will be providing feedback on SEL openers and strategies, Tier 1 interventions, and the level of engagement in the current GRASPS. This week, students should be fully engaged in their first GRASPS, and working to complete it over the next two weeks. After the introduction of the GRASPS, each lesson builds on the content and work, so that the final product is completed through both work and class and outside of class. If you need any assistance with sequencing the instruction of your GRASPS, please see your department chair or SLC administrator.
Thank you for all you do to make instruction engaging for all students!
INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR
The Instructional Calendar is a living document that houses all the major curricular requirements, assessments, and schoolwide events. The Instructional Calendar is complete for the moment, however changes may be made and will be noted. If you have any requests for additions to the Instructional Calendar, please contact Mr. Magee,, peter.magee@k12.dc.gov, or your SLC Administrator.
Please view the Instructional Calendar for 2021-22 here.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Please contact Mya Ferguson or M. Tukeva if you would like to offer Office Hours, or if there is a topic you would like to see offered in Office Hours.
OPPORTUNITIES:
MS. DULCE NUNEZ
UPDATES FROM: I DONORS CHOOSE I
DONORS CHOOSE - MS. NUNEZ HAS CREATED A NEW PROJECT FOR HER STUDENTS!
Ms. Nunez’ classroom project Ready to Learn was recently posted at Donor’s Choose.
My Students
My students are very diverse with a lot of characteristics
that make them special. You can walk into any classroom and meet people from
all over the world. We are a low-income community, and 100% of our students are
economically disadvantaged. My students are part of a Spanish immersion program where
kids from different cultures and backgrounds have the opportunity to be in
contact with a different language that will provide them with skills that help
them stand out.
My Project
My kids are so excited to come back to school after a long time at home! I feel that this year we are all starting from scratch so it is a great opportunity for everyone with the great energy that we are bringing to the class. I want to make sure my students have individual sets of materials to ensure safety and equitable access. Students will need markers, composition notebooks, erasers, facemasks, bandaids, and pencil pouches for everyday use. They will store their notebooks in the classroom for the week. This will support them with having what they need to feel safe as well as prepared for learning!
Help me give my students high quality Lenovo laptop bags and Hi-Fi head phones.
Be the first to donate | $628 still needed
The DonorsChoose team
P.S. Check out your school page at DonorsChoose to see all the teachers posting projects from your school. You can trade tips and tricks with colleagues to get your projects funded.
WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE
Athletics are an integral part of the educational program and a means to accomplish the goals of education. Our athletic program exists for the welfare of students and the contributions it makes to their educational experience. Athletic participation builds self-esteem and confidence and provides the necessary tools for success. The interaction between individuals on the fields of sport teaches students the value of teamwork, while developing the proper competitive spirit, combined with a sense of fairness.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
The football team defeated Eastern via forfeit. The HS VB team defeated McKinley Tech but lost to Roosevelt. The HS girls soccer team defeated Cardozo. The HS boys soccer team defeated Roosevelt but lost to St. Johns and DCI. MS competition begins the following week.
COACH MOLINA GIVES PEP TALK TO BOYS SOCCER TEAM AT HALFTIME
LINCOLN
Archery: 0 - 0
BSOC: 0 - 0
GSOC: 0 - 0
VB: 0 - 0
BELL
BSOC: 1 - 2
FB: 3 - 0
GSOC: 1 - 0
VB: 1 - 0
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
MONDAY:
HS BSOC vs. Coolidge at Riggs LaSalle @ 3:30pm
HS GSOC vs. Banneker at Cardozo @ 4pm
MS VB vs. Browne at CHEC @ 5pm
HS VB vs. EL Haynes at CHEC @ 6pm
TUESDAY:
MS BSOC vs Hardy at Deal @ 5pm
HS VB vs. Dunbar at Anacostia @ 5pm
WEDNESDAY:
MS XC at Lafeyette Invitational @ Colmar Manor @ 12pm
MS VB vs. Hardy at CHEC @ 5:30pm
THURSDAY:
MS GSOC vs. MacFarland at CHEC @ 4pm
MS BSOC vs. MacFarland at CHEC @5pm
HS VB vs. Eastern at Dunbar @ 5pm
FRIDAY:
FB vs. Coolidge at Cardozo @ 6pm
SATURDAY
No games
To participate in sports, including tryouts, students must complete participation paperwork and upload their physical via https://www.thedciaa.com/participation-forms . Anyone with questions, should contact the CHEC athletic director, Coach A in room D236, or via email at desmond.alexander@k12.dc.gov.
Fall sports include:
Middle School
Archery: TBD (desmond.alexander@k12.dc.gov )
Cross Country: Coach Lionel Edmonds (lionel.edmonds@k12.dc.gov)
Boys Soccer: Coach Jhor Chavez (jhor.chavez@k12.dc.gov)
Girls Soccer: Coach Maria Borrego (maria.borrgeo@k12.dc.gov)
Volleyball: Coach Constance Hanlon (constance.hanlon@k12.dc.gov)
High School
Cheerleading: Coach Dionne Wright (dionnewright02@gmail.com)
Boys Soccer: Coach Victor Molina (victor.molina@k12.dc.gov)
Girls Soccer: Coach Rhina Merino (rnmerino123@gmail.com)
Football: Coach Daniel Tyson (dnltysn@gmail.com)
Volleyball: Coach Mafope Alao (mafopa.alao@k12.dc.gov)
Desmond Alexander, CAA
Athletic Director
Columbia Heights Educational Campus
Bell/Lincoln Multicultural Schools
(202)939-7700 Ext: 5207 (office)
(202)576-9147 (fax)