FAST Testing starts this week and will continue throughout January. Bridge students will be tested individually according to their accomadations. Students will test when we return from break.

-Bridge Program Updates-

DOJO Points and Star Jar Rewards

 14 Stars added this week- we are working towards an Ice Cream Party! Great Job.

December is a short month for students. Progress on goals met will be tracked for the remaining three weeks of school and students who meet their goal of 80% or above will be assessed for adding classes.

Phone Policy: TO BE COLLECTED during breakfast /TURNED OFF AND IN LOCKER/Backpack for the remainder of the day. **If you don’t have a lock or backpack, turn it in! The phones have been an issue, this policy is school wide and will hopefully eliminate further problems with cell phone usage during the school day. 

If you are seen with phone out of locker:

• No warning [THIS IS YOUR WARNING]
• FIRST TIME – give to teacher, no debate, can not put away at this point, must hand over.
• If you refuse to hand it over,  admin/ dean will be called to take it. It will stay in Deans office until the end of the day.
• Home will be contacted
• Repeated issues with phone will result in ISS/Parent having to come and pick up
• Can earn phone time from behavior bucks for lunch time.

Annual IEP meetings have begun. Please check your email that you have registered with HAC. Initial contact will be made this way. Please take some time and review the current plan with your student. This is a good opportunity to find out from their perspective what they feel is working, what they might need instead. Be on the look out for an email in regards to meeting. Questions? Please reach out! 

ACADEMICS

Please check HAC (Home Access Center) grades are updated on Fridays for your child’s classes. December is a short month! Everything counts. 

As a reminder, Fridays have been designated for summative assessments and for the chance for students to show what they know! 

Social Perspective Journals have been graded and entered. These are Summative Grade along with Station Rotations for Learning Strategies and Intensive Reading.

Social Perspectives

The focus of our program is to teach students alternative behaviors to replace challenging ones, helping students reach their academic and affective learning potential. The goal of the Bridge Program at GRMS is to gradually reintegrate students into the general education setting with minimal support.

Our social perspectives focus this week will be COMMUNICATION! Students this week will focus on different real life situations where communicating, at times, presents very challenging. Together, we will work through options students have when they find themselves in similar situations.  

Station Rotations

In Learning Strategies, we have implemented Station Rotations, which the students really seem to enjoy. This small group setting allows students to work with peers and adults to ensure they are getting the support they need. Students rotate through an IR station, a Learning Strats Station, a Novel Study Station and for our Kinesthetic Learners, a Get Up and Move Station.