Ward 6 weekly update!

Week in Review:
As Center gets into full swing, scholar management and discipline take center stage.
Providing scholars with support and clear expectations is a crucial part of what
makes Higher Achievement not just good, but great. Holding scholars
accountable and celebrating their accomplishments through positive reinforcement
are necessary parts of a successful relationship with scholars. As we move forward,
give equal attention to your support/ encouragement and discipline. Setting the
expectations now and holding scholars to them will make for a much more enjoyable
experience for you and the scholars. Here’s to a great week at Center. Continue to be
a part of the Ward 6 community- actively give shout outs, participate in Community
Meeting and Gathering Time, correct grammar, and if you need to, give checks.



`Mentor of the Week:
Mr. Tim- Mr. Tim makes a great mentor of the week because he models Higher Achievement’s commitment to excellence. He provided interesting and exciting learning experiences that actively promote a sense of belonging among our scholars! Mr. Tim also brought his scholars to the cafeteria early to help us clean up. I personally really appreciated this!

Announcements:
Center Closings: Center will be closed Thursday, October 28th.

Please check your groups in ISIS: As we are getting into the swing of things, I am trying to finalize scholars/mentors schedules in ISIS. Please login and check to make sure yours is correct. You can see this by looking at “My schedule”

Community Meeting: Mentors please join us for community meeting. It is important that you participate with our scholars fully. Building a community is what makes Higher Achievement and Ward 6 special. This week mentors have lots of activities to do in CM.

ATTENDANCE:
If you are going to be late, please call or email me. Your presence at center is very important. If you know of your absence ahead of time, it is your responsibility to look for a substitute mentor.

Remember it is Higher Achievement’s policy that after 5 unexcused absences you can no longer be a mentor. ~ If you think you will be absent more then three times please let me know so we can find you a buddy mentor.



Breast Cancer Awareness Bands: To support breast cancer awareness month, we have pink bands at center. They are $1 or 1 SPARC chip for scholars.

SPARC Store Stolen: This past week our SPARC store was removed from center. If you have any thing you would like to donate to rebuild it for scholars, we would greatly appreciate it.
Suggestions:
o Candy
o Silly Bands
o Books
o Games
o Book marks
o Anything really!


Ward 6 Achievement Center Definition of the Week:
Each week I’ll spotlight a Ward 6 Achievement Center Definition. The words are going to address things like culture and behavior.

Shout out (N): A shout out acknowledges positive scholar and mentor behavior. Adding positive contributions to Ward 6 culture. The scholar or mentor receiving the shout out should demonstrate traits of the Ward 6 Culture Constitution. Shout outs are tallied up and rewards are giving. You can also
Used in a sentence: “I’d like to give a shout out Antonae to for Academic Excellence. She was proud and confident in her abilities because she worked very hard during the math lesson and she didn’t give up when she encountered a difficult question.


Shout Outs

I’d like to give a shout out to every mentor! These last two weeks have been a little crazy, but you all have handled everything with such ease. Thanks for your patience and flexibility. Things will only get better.

I’d like to give a shout out to Ms. Kelly for jumping right into mentoring and keeping her scholars engaged!

I’d like to give a shout out to Ms. Mindi for constantly setting high expectations for her scholars!