“World’s greatest management principle: You can work miracles by having faith in
others. To get the best out of people,
choose to think and believe the best about them.”
-Anonymous
News/Timelines/Due Dates
Seven myths about rigor – Over the next few weeks, I will be
sharing seven myths about rigor in the classroom from Barbara Blackburn, author of Rigor is not a 4-Letter Word
Myth 4. Providing support means lessening rigor.
In
America, we believe in rugged individualism. We are to pull ourselves up by our
bootstraps and do things on our own. Working in teams or accepting help is
often seen as a sign of weakness. Supporting students so that they can learn at
high levels is central to the definition of rigor. As teachers design lessons
moving students toward more challenging work, they must provide scaffolding to
support them as they learn.
Winning Weekend for AMMS!
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Our academic bowl team took first place at Night at the
Museum in Roswell. Thanks Rachel and Robin for your excellent work with this group Paricipants were:
Samir Gupta Eric Mei
Maansi Gupta
Srija Sengupta
William Rarer (Captain)
Sarah McWhirter
Faeez Juneja
Emma Menardi
Neharika Bhatia
Manshi Baskaran
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The following students participated in the Fulton County Science
Fair at North Springs High School. Thanks Ashley for organizing this important event.
Phoebe Liu
Maya Wade
Siddharth Shrivastava
Satvik Venkatesh
Dharma Hufnagel
The following students placed in their category:
Phoebe Liu: 1st Place in Behavioral & Social Sciences
Phoebe will advance to the state fair at UGA
Satvik Venkatesh: 2nd place in Physics & Astronomy
Dharma Hufnagel: 3rd place in Medicine & Health Sciences
PRIDE – PRIDE:
This Friday, February 14th we will not have PRIDE due to the school
holiday leading up to President’s Day Weekend.
Next week, February 21st is scheduled to be a
silent reading day in PRIDE; however, we missed a great Team Building
experience with our students due to the “Snowpocalypse”. If you have not
completed the Team Building challenge please find the lesson and have it ready for
Feb. 21st. (hula-hoop challenge (6th grade), build
a paper airplane (7th grade), or a series of team created challenges
(8th grade))
Noteworthy News: Just a heads up that the AMMS music
department will be taking all yearbook photos for Band, Chorus, and Orchestra
on Thursday, February 13th. While the majority of the pictures
will be taken within our class periods, there may be students and/or groups
that we will need to borrow while the photographer is here. We will do
our best to keep interruptions to a minimum.
Robin Wexler says “Coming in last Monday morning after our
snowcation and seeing the Livingston Lion on my desk really made my day. I’ve always said a good teacher at AMMS would
be a rock star teacher at most other schools.
For that reason, getting the lion from one of my peers was so meaningful
for me.
I’d like to pass Livingston along to an awesome teacher. She came to AMMS as an SEC science teacher
where she quickly became a leader in the department. After several years she went on to be a
general education science where she continued her leadership role in the 8th
grade. She has been a team leader for
the past two years and is the STEM leader for us. She does a great job of encouraging the math
and science teachers to be open minded about the changes coming up (cant’ lie,
it’s often me who needs the encouragingJ).
In addition to teaching and her leadership role, she is also
finishing up her school counseling degree.
I am positive she will continue to positively impact her students in her
new capacity.
I’m so happy to pass Livingston on to Ashley Sutton, a most
deserving recipient.
Happy Birthday
Natalie Smith February 13
Warner Williams February 14
Tim Anderson February 15
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