07-17-2019 - CHEC BULLETIN

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CHEC bulletin for Week of June 17, 2019
COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT WHITE AND THE CHEC TEAM
MARIA TUKEVA’S (MT) MESSAGE:
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO ALL FOR A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR 2018-19!!!

As we end this school year, I would like to thank every member of our CHEC team for your pride, poise and perseverance this year! As a team, each day we have strived to achieve the school mission, and prepare our scholars for college, careers, the quest for social justice. As a result of your efforts, our students are prepared to take their place in society and the world. Thank you, for being outstanding leaders, mentors, and educators.  The work is not easy, but it’s value is apparent when we see our students walking across that stage.

Thank you CHEC Team!!!


CHEC BUDGET UPDATE

Thanks to the efforts of the LSAT, SGA, and faculty and staff, CHEC was able to have the missing positions restored to our budget! Thank you to all for your support! We will be able to hire an ESL teacher, Reading Teacher, Math Support Teacher and a Social Worker.


STAFFING UPDATES

As members of our administrative and teaching team move on to new endeavors, we would like to share with you some staffing updates for next year.  Members of the 9th and Middle School SLC, along with the Personnel Committee, participated in the interview process for Assistant Principals.

2019-20 Assistant Principals for Middle School: Roman Smith, current Principal at Kramer Middle School and former Assistant Principal at Lincoln;  and Joseph Lewis, current Assistant Principal at a dual language elementary school in Texas.
2019-20 Assistant Principal for Ninth Grade: Edilberto Galvan, current Dean of Students at CHEC
2019-20 Special Education Coordinator: Resheeda Hinkson, current Assistant Principal at CHEC Middle School
2019-20 NAF IT Academy Director: Krishunda Penn – Current Math Leap Lead for Middle School
2019-20 Math Leap Lead for Middle School: Shuk Kuen Chiu, current 6th grade Math Teacher
2019-20 ELA Leap Lead for Middle School: Megan Chatalian, current 7th grade Math Teacher

Please welcome them!


SUMMER CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

There will be two opportunities to work on compensated curriculum development.  Teachers will be compensated at the rate of $43.00 per hour, and will be able to work up to five hours a day, five days a week, on approved curriculum development tasks.  It is also possible to work for fewer hours or days, if desired.

All work will be conducted on site, and will involve peer review and tuning of products.  There will also be a UBD refresher or introduction, for those who need it.  The two weeks that are available are:
July 22-26 and August 12 through 16.  Please inform M. Tukeva if you are interested.


SHOUT OUTS
  • Shout out to all who assisted with the field days, proms, graduations and end of school activities!  Your dedication to our students is truly appreciated!!!!
MEETINGS THIS WEEK:

Monday, June 17, 2019
Half Day
Half Day Records Day
Graduation 2:30 p.m.  
DAR Constitution Hall

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Friday, June 21, 2019
OPPORTUNITIES:
CHEC BAND ON THEIR WAY TO PERFORM AT THE KENNEDY CENTER ON MAY 21ST
UPDATES FROM: LEADERSHIP TEAM I UNIFIED SOCCER TEAM I MARY'S CENTER I INTERACT CLUB I LIBRARIES I

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TEAM
The last ALT Team Meeting was held on March 29, 2019.  The team looked at student portfolio products and simulated how a student would present using the redesigned rubric. The next meeting will be on Wednesday April 24 at 3:30 pm.

CHEC UNIFIED SOCCER TEAM WINS GOLD
The CHEC Unified Soccer Team won GOLD at Thursday's Soccer Championships! This team, with assistant coach David Lee, was comprised of students with and without intellectual disabilities: Jessica Amaya, Michael Carter, Nelson Contreras, Brenda Flores, Omar Mendoza, Javon Murray, Cintia Sosa, Cristian Salvador-Campos, and Meryem Yucel. They beat Woodson 7-6 in the gold medal match! Soccer, and sports in general, is one way we can bring more inclusivity to CHEC and our whole community! Special shout out to our "Fans in the Stands": Victor Carballo, Kevin Cruz, Juliana Franco, and Jennifer Garcia.
Thanks for your continued support of Special Olympics, and especially of our Unified Sports events!

MS. HANLON RECEIVES MARY'S CENTER HONORS AT PARTNER APPRECIATION EVENT
On May 22nd, our very own Ms. Hanlon received an award at the Mary's Center Partnership Celebration, for Outstanding School Social Worker.  The award honored her efforts as a wonderful, engaged social worker and her outstanding ability to partner with Mary's Center staff members to aid and support students. The Center was so excited to honor her – it was a long time coming! Thank you, Ms. Hanlon for all that you do for Lincoln Middle School.

CHEC INTERACT CLUB RAISES FUNDS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES IN EL SALVADOR
On behalf of the Interact Club, I would like to thank you for supporting our first ever fundraiser! We made over $500 and all our profits will be going to purchasing school supplies for students in El Salvador. We are partnering with an international Rotary club, Rotary Club Rotario Satellite de San Salvador Cuscatlan D4240.  They will be purchasing backpacks and putting school supplies inside for local schools in the Jucuaran. Here are pictures of last year's event, and we hope we will be able to support at a greater capacity next year.  For those who donated school supplies, thank you so much! We will be donating those supplies to The National Center for Children and Families located in DC. They help create healthy living environments for vulnerable children, youth, and families.

Students will be coming around today/tomorrow to pick up any final payments/pledges. In addition, since this was our first time doing a Car Wash, we would really appreciate your feedback. If there is something we should do better for next time, please let us know! Below are pictures of last year's backpack giveaway.

Thank you so much,
Jessika Alvarado
Interact Advisor

LIBRARY UPDATES
Lincoln
James Patterson and Scholastic Book Clubs: Giveaways for Classroom Libraries
DEADLINE: July 31, 2019
4,000 teachers (4+ years) will receive $250 and 250 bonus points
500 NEW teachers (0-3 years) will receive $500 and 500 bonus points

Author James Patterson is partnering with Scholastic to provide grants to purchase books for K-12 classroom libraries. Classroom libraries are an important resource for students to continue their reading habits and skills in addition to visits to the public or school library. If selected, funds will be provided directly to you and bonus points will be applied for additional book purchases. The deadline is July 31st and winners will be announced on or around September 5, 2019. More details can be found here: http://www.scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership/pdfs/rules.pdf

Submit an application here: http://www.scholastic.com/pattersonpartnership/

PBS Media Literacy Education
PBS will now offer a free credential in Media Literacy through the completion of modules centered around a variety of topics. The courses include evaluating online information, analyzing media, creating a code of conduct, evaluating online tools for classroom use, and more. Follow the link below for more information and to start the courses.
http://bit.ly/2UgbSiq
 
Bell Library Update
Happy LGBTQIA Month! As we end another amazing school year, I hope you can join me and my family at the Capital Pride Interfaith Service at Adas Israel 2850 Quebec Street, NW Washington, DC 20008 (Cleveland Park Metro).  This free event is an ecumenical experience that embodies unity, collaboration and love.   

Check out the Bell High School Library June 2019 UPDATE!
 
The library website will be updated periodically throughout the summer with new webinars, events and information. The following are students who applied to and received the CHEC/ Bell High School Library College & Vocational School Textbook & Tech Scholarship:
  
  • Derman Anthony
  • Honey Asfaw
  • Hans Matthew Baes
  • Vanessa Cruz
  • Fatima M. Guevara
  • Jerusalem E. Hernandez
  • Tamia Hill
  • Tania Latin
  • Yasmin Marcia
  • Diem Nguyen
  • Hafsah Nur
  • Treisy Primitivo
  • Nohemy Salomon
  • Keiri Sanchez
  • Esha Sharma
  • Juniene Shelton
  • Lirian S. Spolaore
  • Madelin Umana

Each student who applied to the scholarship received an award.  A huge shout-out to these amazing students who are trailblazers and innovators.  This scholarship was made possible due to The Bell Library receiving a $2,000.00 donation from a local foundation.

On Friday, May 31st, Bell Library students had the opportunity to visit the World Bank Group Visitor Center.  Students learned about Human Capital and envisioning a world free of poverty and hunger.  Each student was able to have a virtual reality experience that transports visitors to a particular country where the World Bank has created a project in collaboration with the community.  This state-of-art Oculus headset helped create an alternate reality that placed students in the villages and then, the tears started... students were able to experience children, teens and adults in other countries who lived in poverty, hunger and experienced starvation.  These realities help place an emphasis on compassionate and authentic storytelling.  Students learned that they have the heart and intellect to alter the current state of poverty and deprivation in our world.

On Monday, New York Times Best Selling author and Winner of the 2018 PEN American Award for Young Adult Literature Robin Benway showed up and showed out, thanks to An Open Book Foundation.  Benway spoke to 10th-12th grade students about the difficulty she had in high school and how she overcame the many failures [lessons] by writing her truth.  Her latest book, Far From The Tree, a National book Award Winning title speaks truth to power about the adversities of life and how we as humans, are brilliant.

Check out the Summer Reading & Events via the Bell High School Library website!  The Bell High School Library Knowledge & Power Summer Reading Program starts on June 17th.  

JOIN the Bell High School Library Classroom where you will find the Knowledge & Power Summer Reading Program
1. Go to Classroom.google.com
2. Sign-in to your google email
3. At the top of the page click (add) + > JOIN CLASS
4. Enter the class code: zakciq

2019-2020 School Year-- Things To Look Forward To:
Book Exhibition On The Streets
  • Literary Workshop on the Beach (Spring 2020)
  • Building Homeless Shelter Libraries
  • Building A Library in Africa in Collaboration with the Community (Spring Break 2020)
  • Bell High School Library Student Authors (exploring the role of student as transformational leader)

I have had the pleasure of learning from some of the most amazing students and educators in the world.  I am so excited to continue to share in this journey with you, next school year.  Have a beautifully bright and peaceful summer!
CLIMATE:
CHEC Pi DAY
Culture Update with Middle School Dean – Mr. Bode Aking

“The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish the he might have done you a greater one.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

I hope everyone had a great weekend and that you were able to honor the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. at some point this weekend as well.  Education is “the civil rights issue of our time,” and this work was begun by Dr. King’s movement and there is still a lot of work to be done. We know this when we speak to, work with and care for our students at CHEC. But we are making progress. And we will continue to make progress if we continue to plan for and to love on our students with consistency.

As I considered the words of Dr. King above, I realized that they reflect the same principle for why we spend so much time talking about celebrating our students and why we need do more celebrating. We celebrate the small stuff (just as we “sweat” the small stuff) so that students will wish to do more of the small stuff. Inevitably the celebrations of the small stuff cause the small steps to turn into big successes.

How will you celebrate the small gains, behaviorally and academically, this week?  Consider the following:

  • Give PBIS points when a student that often has a tough day completes all of his or her work.
  • Recognize when a student gets back on track after a redirection.
  • Honor publicly students who turn in homework, especially when they’ve struggled to do so in the past.
  • Catch students “doing good,” transitioning appropriately, speaking to one another kindly—point them out and give them PBIS points.

Let’s spend these next week’s celebrating the small stuff, the small efforts and the small progresses.

Please don’t lose sight of the following:
Please do not lose sight of each of the following below, as they are crucial to maintaining and improving the culture that we desire:

Uniforms
Please share these important reminders with students and parents.
  • Sweaters/jackets – if they are out of uniform, they should be in lockers all day or confiscated.  Lincoln and Bell sweaters can be bought from the Deans or the Main Office. Lincoln and Bell sweaters $21 and sweaters with the zipper $27.
  • Please call parents when you see students out of uniform and refusing to get in uniform to ensure it is very clear that they should be in full uniform at all times. Refer any further questions to Dean Aking, Dean Boone and Dean Galvan.

Detention
  • Detention is a first intervention we have for students to check and correct their behavior in your classrooms. Students being informed of this consequence is vital to the effectiveness of the consequence.  Remember to use our 5 step process with fidelity so that our students will not earn a greater consequence of ISS and thus lose valuable class time.

Dismissal
  • We always need more support at dismissal from 3:15pm until 3:35pm (High School), 4:15pm until 4:35pm (Middle School). Please follow students all the way out to the front of the building. Students should be encouraged to move on toward their bus stops/metro quickly. Teachers and staff that can make themselves available to stay out front will be greatly appreciated.

Cafeteria Support
  • All lunches have their ups and their downs. We always appreciate additional supports in the cafeteria on days that teachers are available. Check-ins with students build relationships and adult presence supports our daily procedures in lunch.
WEEKLY SPORTS UPDATE
Athletics are an integral part of the educational program and a means to accomplish the goals of education. Our athletic program exists for the welfare of students and the contributions it makes to their educational experience.  Athletic participation builds self-esteem and confidence and provides the necessary tools for success.  The interaction between individuals on the fields of sport teaches students the value of teamwork, while developing the proper competitive spirit, combined with a sense of fairness.
CHEC UNIFIED SOCCER TEAM WINS GOLD MEDAL
JESSICA AMAYA DCIAA OUTSTANDING SENIOR ATHLETE
RONNELL ST. JOHN DCIAA OUTSTANDING SENIOR ATHLETE
GELIALA ASSEFA DCIAA OUTSTANDING SENIOR ATHLETE
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
The middle school softball team defeated Truesdell and lost to Eliot-Hine.  The high school stunt team lost to McKinley Tech.

On behalf of the DCIAA, we would like to congratulate the following student-athlete for being named the DCIAA Most Outstanding Senior Athlete Award in the following sports:

Ronnell St John – Football
Jessica Amaya – Girls Soccer
Geliala Assefa - Tennis

What an accomplishment! The DCIAA will host the Senior Sports Award Banquet in their honor on Friday, June 7th.   In preparation for our banquet, please submit a professional photo head shot and a biography of the student-athlete.  The biography should be at least 8-10 sentences long and include the student-athlete’s career highlights, a brief statement on how their sport has impacted their life, as well as the name and location of the college they plan to attend in the Fall of 2019.  Please submit the professional head shot and biography by close of business, Tuesday, May 28th.  Additionally, please be sure your student-athlete is in attendance at the banquet.  
Again, congratulations to your student-athlete for a job well done.

Dwayne Foster
Executive Director of Athletics
District of Columbia Public Schools
Department of Athletics(DCIAA)
LINCOLN
Girls Softball: 3 – 2
Boys Basketball: 2 - 4
BELL
Baseball: 8 – 6
Flag Football: 4 – 5
Softball: 9 – 3
Tennis: 4 - 3
Girls Rugby 0 - 0
Stunt 2 - 4
Boys Rugby 1-3
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
No games this week
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