Ward 6 Weekly

Week of November 6

Week in Review

Announcements

Shout Outs

Week in Review

Ward 6 has officially started! I hope everyone has been enjoying all the activities during culture week. Scholars really learned a lot about our awesome mentors during the interviews. Also on Tuesday the Scholar-Ship was a big success with a beautiful SPARC poster to show from it. Thursday night was a night of competition; with fantastic spirit everyone enjoyed a mini Olympics of the Mind, with the “warriors” taking home some extra candy. It is inspiring to see you interact with the scholars. I can not reiterate enough how important it is to form relationships with them early on. I know that great things will come of your work with our scholars! Next week we will have our first week with mentoring groups! Remember to use your SPARC chips and check sheets when necessary. This will help you in your efforts to keep your scholars engaged and on task.

Mentoring Groups

Mentor groups will start with Tuesday night mentors (Monday will be culture night). You will receive your groups in the next few days, as they are arraigned. Please let me know if your assignment is wrong. You will start with talking about expectations for the group and ground rules, get to know your scholars interests. You will then want to move into the goal setting activity (attached). Please take this first week to get to know the scholars.

Seminar Mentors: Talk to your scholars about interests, if you have chosen a particular seminar see what they think about it.

Announcements

Please save the date: Spelling Bee and Thanksfest – Thursday, November 19^th from 6-8pm. Please plan to attend. I am in need of a judge, Two back up judges, food servers, etc. Also, if you would like to bring food, please sign up next week at center. Please encourage your scholars to sign up, and a great supplemental to help them with vocabulary!

Mini Mentor Spelling Bee: Will be held on Tuesday November 17^th. Mentors should sign up next week!

Upcoming dates: there is No Center on the following upcoming dates:

• Week of November 23^th (No Center) Happy Thanksgiving!!

· Please make sure to update your calendars accordingly!

Community Meeting: See attached sheet

United Way

Does your employer conduct a fundraising campaign with either the CFC (Combined Federal Campaign) or the United Way? Does your employer have a matching gifts program?

If so, honor your scholars with a gift this year!

CFC # 33770

United Way # 8949

EIN # 52-1383374

Does your workplace host charity fairs?

If so, recommend that Higher Achievement be invited to attend. We will send a representative and would love for you to be present to help tell our story.

Mentor Mini Bio

We ask for mentors to write a letter to the families of their scholars so they can understand some of the things you will be doing this year. Attached is a sample of a letter you can use as a template. Please complete one letter per scholar. You have two options: You can e-mail me your letters and I will send them to your scholars’ homes or you can give it to your scholar and send it home with them.

Shout Outs

Shout out to Mr. Tim for collaboration, for taking time to build relationships with scholars and leading brain quest.

Shout out to Ms. Jessica for her spirit as a returning math mentor and leading math bowl!

Ms. Kate for taking showing respect for all the scholars helping them with Olympics of the Mind and Pictionary, a challenging game!

Shout out to Ms. Melissa for not only returning to Ward 6 but also helping out as a Study Hall Aid and a Mentor, our scholars are so lucky to have her enthusiasm and commitment to academics!