Two months into Year Two
at Hampton have been filled with
teachers facilitating and encour-
aging relationships, student voice/
choice, rigor, and relevance.
Congratulations to all teachers
for diving in or being “the first on
the dance floor.”
Next, are examples of some
of the great things we celebrate.
If something was overlooked,
that was purely unintentional.
Please share at the e-mail above
for a future issue.
Ms. Masters has her
students working on math con-
cepts by student choice, in
groups or independently, with
flexible pacing. The students
produce a product showing their
mastery of the concept (i.e. Pow-
erPoint, poster, writing, etc . . . .)
The final component has the
students meet with Ms. Masters
out in the hall to complete an
assessment either verbally or
resolving on paper.
Mr. Huffman, Ms.
Somerville, and Mr.
Guillory’s classes are study-
ing nationalization. The students
were provided their competency
to master an understanding of
issues dividing our nation before
the Civil War (slavery and the
spread of it to new states).
The students researched the
two sides and were assigned the
task of comparing historic, op-
posing viewpoints. The products
reflecting understanding of the
two sides could be in any form as
long as it related to North vs.
South with their selected conflict.
This process provided relevance
and rigor for our U.S. History
students.
In engineering class, Mrs.
Nguyen’s students are build-
ing simple machines out of paper.
Students researched the compo-
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Corner
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Makerspaces
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More PL
Celebrations
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Calendar 4
It’s a
Mindset
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S P E C I A L
P O I N T S
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I N T E R E S T
Our Amazing
Teachers
Sign Up for New
Makerspaces
It’s A Mindset
October is Filled
with Events and
Activities
Celebrating Personalized Learning
nents that go into simple ma-
chines and the functionality of
machines. Students were given
patterns and worked collabora-
tively to figure out how to put
the machines together. Once
they figured out the process,
they had to decide the purpose
the machine would serve.
Check Out These Real-World
Problem Solving Results
and Solutions to Help You
Plan a PBL unit.
(click the video at right)
P A G E 2
Important Dates: October 2015
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Coach’s Corner: Have You Found Your Students’ Hidden Talents and Strengths?
This month is going to be an
exciting time at HHS. Teachers
are going to be exploring ways to
tap those hidden talents and
strengths of our students by way
of our Lyceum/Makerspaces.
Teachers are going to be explor-
ing PBL modules to implement in
class that tackle real-world prob-
lem solving and get students
engaged in their learning. We
are also starting our advisement
session. Teachers are going to
develop what their high school
portrait would have looked like
and then have students develop
their high school portrait.
Also, we are very excited to
showcase the amazing work of
our students and teachers as
visitors from other states begin to
visit our campus.
—Mrs. Michelle Huffman
Helpful Teacher Resources:
Links to PBL Ideas
BIE Project Search
Design a School Makerspace
What is a Makerspace? So glad
you asked. Attached are three
videos that can elaborate and
demonstrate these learning
spaces:
Video 1 Video 2 Video 3
So how can you help with
these new additions at Hampton?
Another great question! If you
could go through your garage,
sheds, basements, and closets to
find any items on the list below,
our school would benefit from
these donations. We have sup-
plies like markers, paper, glue,
yarn, etc . . . , but we want to
really have learners make things.
If you see an item in your
storage that you think would be a great addition and it is not on the
list, then please donate it anyway.
Items for donation:
hot glue guns
Electronics (to be restored or
disassembled)
tools (sets, partial sets, pieces)
Legos
Kinetex sets
old printers (for use?)
Play-Doh
Makerspaces are Open, Sign Up
art supplies
(glitter, ribbon, tissue paper, stuff for
crafts)
batteries
wires (alligator clips)
tires (off bicycles, or small items,
no car or truck tires please)
Where do I bring my
donations?
Thanks for a great response. There
will be plastic bins in the main office
and room 323
Who can use these rooms?
Glad you are so excited: anyone.
We are posting sign-up sheets out-side rooms 330, 413, and 415.
We look forward to the bustling
activity in these new learning spaces.
There are reading stations, computer
stations, whiteboard brainstorming
stations, individual areas, and mak-
erspace area. The one thing we ask is
please don't take furniture out of
these rooms and let's not move it
just yet.
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
Mr. Paul Roberts — Weems
Cemetery revitalization.
Mrs. White — various meth-
ods to demonstrate mastery related to Dante’s “Inferno.”
Ms. Evans and Mrs. Wyatt —collaborating law and art clas-ses for “Mystery Clue.”
Mr. Pasch — developing
community engagement with the Partnership Club
Ms. Johnson — creating stu-
dent tales using The Arabian Nights.
Ms. Fletcher — hypothesis
and statistics determining 4-day school week options with presentation choices.
Mr. Turner — being a new
dad!
Ms. Gambrell—solving math
with puzzles and color-coding.
Mrs. Truong — choices for
assessment and reflection.
Ms. Chaganti — math and
body measurements.
Mrs. Parham — individual
pacing and choice for pre-
Ms. Nealis — environmental
science using a Zombie Apoca-lypse with options for Mine-craft, digital, and written en-gagement.
Mr. Hall —utilizing the Mak-
erspaces for math equalities and properties.
Mrs. Edwards — enhancing
the Lyceums/Makerspaces with her creativity.
Mrs. Price — real-world ex-
perience with Pre-K children.
Dr. Smith—country and west-
ern music for character analysis and expository writing.
Mrs. Mears — studying com-
plex numbers and student
choice deciding assessment. Some students did simple charts, pictorial representation, and others produced a poem/song . (above)
Coach Perry — developing
young leaders with Hampton Gents.
Celebrating Personalized Learning (continued) Just a Few More Examples of our Amazing Learning
calculus assessment.
Mrs. Williams—creating own
road map built with transversal lines.
Mrs. Dhody — studying mac-
romolecules and choosing how to show the different infor-mation on macromolecules. The students chose ways that met their learning styles and strengths.
Ms. Gutierrez —technology
for language practice; reflection and feedback for mastery.
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The highlights and examples listed are just a small sample of our teachers’ efforts to create a
PL environment at HHS.
Thank you to ALL teachers and staff as we celebrate all that you have done everyday for our learners !!
P A G E 4
Oct. 29 - 31 — Frankenstein
Oct. 29th — PLT Jam Session (Tentative)
— T3 3:30 pm
Nov. 2 –3 Professional Learning
(Students do not report)
Reminder:
All departments should be starting, in progress, or finishing 1st PBL unit (real-world, problem solving activity) to be completed by Thanks-giving break.
Oct. 12th — PBL 101 Refresher
(Students do no report)
Oct. 14th — Ware Consulting PLT Q & A Oct. 14th — Grades Posted Oct. 15th — PA School Visit 1:45 pm — T3 3:30 pm Oct. 16th — Florida school visit Oct. 17th — Homecoming Parade Oct. 19th — Report Cards
Oct. 19-23 — Homecoming Week
Oct. 22nd — T3 3:30 pm
Oct. 27th — Red Cross Blood Drive
Oct. 1st —MDC and Cohort 16
(Day 3)
— T3 3:30 pm
Oct. 3-4 — Maker Faire 2015
Decatur, Ga (Free)
makerfaireatl.com
Oct. 5th — PLT Meeting 3:30 pm
Oct. 6th — PLT visit Lincoln HS
Oct. 7th — Design Team 3:30 pm
Oct. 8th —Graduation Task Force
10:30 am
— T3 3:30 pm
Oct. 9th — End of 1st 9 Weeks
Oct. 10th — PBL Unit Planning
9 am to 1 pm (voluntary)
Calendar
Advisory & Belonging
Path
People
Place
Pace
Great Expectations
Real-World Problem Solving
Scholar Portraits
Critical Skills Set
Culture & Climate
PL is more of a
mindset than a
model
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