It's time to review PD transcripts! Click here for our step-by-step guide. Contact your course instructor to report missing courses.
Mark your calendars for fall Insight surveys! Complete your survey Oct. 28 - Nov. 7 for a chance to win an Amazon gift card.
Help support our students' needs beyond the classroom. Make a donation during the 2nd annual Necessity DriveTHIS Thursday!
We've expanded opportunities to apply for the ELA textbook adoption team. Teachers, APs, principals, PLC coaches, facilitators & advisors are welcome to apply by Oct. 23!
Reward your students' reading accomplishments with FREE Tiger football tickets!
Celebrate your top and most improved student readers by treating them and their families to a FREE football game next Saturday when the Tigers take on Tulane. Submit a list of your students with a B average or higher or students who have made significant literacy gains this school year to reserve three complementary tickets to the game. Tickets are available on a first come-first serve basis. The deadline to submit lists is Thursday, Oct. 17.
Tune into the Freedom Awards LIVE from your classroom.
The 2019 National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Awards are coming up soon, and SCS teachers and students are invited to join the celebration. Each year, the NCRM honors a special group of students who go above and beyond to be leaders in their schools and communities. These students will be honored at the Freedom Awards student Freedom Forum, amongst this year's adult honorees: John Legend, Hafsat Abiola and Gloria Steinem. You and your students can tune in live to view and participate in a live Q&A with the honorees. Teachers must sign-up for a virtual watch party in advance to participate get access to the live feed. Click here to learn more about the event.
New Teachers, get excited for the next round of the New Teacher Convening Sessions!
New teachers, pat yourselves on the back for making it to fall break! While you take some time for much needed R&R, our PD team will be working on the next installment of our new teacher PD series:
SCS New Teacher Convening Sessions. This month's session will be held on
Oct. 29. Topics will include part two of last month's sessions, which covered student engagement and navigating District resources.
View this flyer to get all of the details and register today!
Graceland is trading in blue suede shoes & rock n' roll for moon boots & dinosaurs!
You read it right- dinosaurs at Graceland! The team at Graceland is expanding their field trip offerings beyond the typical mansion tour. They've got two new exhibits at the newly built Graceland Exhibition Center,
and SCS students are on the VIP list. Book your field trip now to get discount teacher and student group pricing for the Journey to Space and Expedition: Dinosaur. Tours include full motion dinosaurs and full-size experiences that put you in the shoes of a real NASA astronaut. Contact the Graceland booking team at 800-238-2010 to learn more and book your trip before these exhibits rock n' roll out of town in early January.
Make the most of your half-day & fall break with students! Enter to win a $50 Knowledge Tree gift card!
Looking for a fun activity to keep students busy during Friday's half-day or at next's week's Fall Break Learning Academy? Consider doing some crafts that benefit our local heroes AND you! Work with your students to create holiday greeting cards for local first responders and members of our military. Submit 25 or more cards by Oct. 18 to be entered into a drawing to win one of two $50 Knowledge Tree gift cards! Click here to review the contest rules and card-making guidelines. Have questions? Contact Lauren Evans for more info.
