Galileo Academy of Science & Technology

Weekly Bulletin – May 28 – 31, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:12:25 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY

Weekly Bulletin

MAY 28 – 31, 2013

ZEAL

FACULTY/STAFF

WORD OF THE WEEK: All Teachers please put this word on your blackboard or other prominent place. ZEAL: Eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something; fervor.

NEW ITEMS:

STAFF WELLNESS WORDS:

Thank You for continuing to support the health and well-being of our students! Have a fantastic summer.

REFERENCE ITEMS

HELP! The Galileo PTSA is sending out this urgent message to alert our community to the serious state of our fundraising efforts this year. This year to date, we have raised only 43% of our budgeted amount. This means that we may be prevented from financially supporting some of the programs and events we usually support, not to mention the grants we usually give out to teachers and student groups who apply to us for special help with their projects.

To make a donation you can simply send a check FOR ANY AMOUNT made out to ‘Galileo PTSA’ to:

Galileo Academy of Science and Technology

Attention: PTSA

1150 Francisco St.

San Francisco, CA 94109

Donate with your credit card via PayPal on the “Donation”, page of the PTSA section of the Galileo website. Or click on the link below, where you also find alternate ways to raise money for the school.

http://galileoweb.org/ptsa/donate/

Remember no amount is too small or too big. We thank you for your support now and always!

ANNOUNCEMENT FORMS: We are now using Google Forms to collect announcement requests. The form is linked from the Teachers page at galileoweb.org. Check it out.

**BULLETIN NOTICES:**EMAIL ADDRESS FOR BULLETIN NOTICES: Please email bulletin notices to: grinnellb@galileoweb.org. The deadline for submitting items for the bulletin is Friday morning by 8:30am. Mrs. Grinnell

SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM: The Substitute System’s phone number: 345-0064. The old phone number, 241-6641, is no longer operational. The on-line system remains the same. If you have any questions please let me know.

SOCIAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTION: Just a reminder–if you haven’t already given your social committee contribution, it’s not too late. See Bettie Grinnell in the Main Office with your $20–checks or cash welcome! Social Committee

PARKING COURTESY: Please do not block other cars in both the Bay Street and the Polk Street parking lots. If you have to block a car, do it only for a few minutes and leave your Galileo Parking Hanger in plain sight in your car. If you do not have a Galileo Parking Hanger, see Bettie Grinnell in the Main Office. Mrs. Grinnell

GALILEO PTSA EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS: The Galileo PTSA is accepting Grant Applications from teachers and staff in need of funding for projects, equipment and/or suppliewww.galileoweb.org/ptsa. Grant applications may be turned in to the PTSA mailbox in the main office. If you have questions email the Grants’ Chair Claire Siegel at cesiegel@pacbell.net or call her at 415.350.5697.

Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting Minutes – May 23, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:56 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting

5/23/13

Marcus called the meeting to order at 10:15am.

I. School Calendar

–Lisa distributed the latest version of the 2013/2014 school calendar. She explained the color-coding. She asked every one to scan through the calendar to see if there are items missing.

–Leah said the Marriage Booth is GSA, not Wellness.

–Stan asked about the mandatory Wellness Assembly.

–Make-up’s should be Make-ups.

–Lisa asked everyone to email her corrections.

–Lisa mentioned the group wanted to rethink some of the school events like assemblies.

–Michelle mentioned that the Move-Up/Awards Assembly is sort of inclusive of a certain group. Marcus suggested that a committee be formed to address this issue.

–Marcus suggested having a meeting ahead of time to plan this assembly.

–Stan brought up the history of this assembly, including movement of all classes around the auditorium to show the advancement of each class.

–Mat said Teacher Appreciation is misspelled. Graduation is also misspelled.

–Marcus asked about a Multi-Cultural Assembly—some said this gave way to the Talent Show.

–Joseph said there have been invitational assemblies—Latino, etc.

–Marcus said what he doesn’t like about the invitational assemblies is, that if a teacher does not want to go to the assembly, the students could react and this could be a cultural reaction.

–Discussion followed as to the differences in the Talent Show and the Multicultural Assembly.

–Leah mentioned how hard the leaders of these assemblies work.

–Leah asked for ways we could promote diversity in the activities. We have minority groups that are under represented.

–Suggestion was made to have Talent Show in the evening.

–Ray suggested combining the Talent Show and the Multicultural Assembly.

–Marcus said we did not have a Chinese New Year celebration or a Black History Celebration this year.

Stan suggested putting a theme on G-House TV for Chinese New Year, Black History Month, etc.

–Kathleen felt that we need to find a way to make our student government more diverse.

–David said that we would also need to find support for these students.

–Lisa suggested tabling this item until a future meeting. The calendar will be revised.

II. Traffic on Bay Street

–Mat wanted to thank Kathleen for bringing up the issue and to Mr. Papa and Mr. Brooks for having the students write letters to the city officials.

–Marcus told of a letter he received from the city and the police saying they would put up the speed unit to control traffic.

III. Inclusion/Co-Teaching

–Mat asked if the SDC teachers are being prepared for the mainstream.

–Ray said his teachers are being prepared, but their biggest sell is to the parents.

–Mat gave an example of a student not wanting to remove a head covering. Ray mentioned the issue of “is this disrupting class?” Ray mentioned addressing issues like this in the IEP. Marcus said this has to be brought to the attention of the student’s case manager.

–Mat asked if the students in the co-teaching classes are being prepared. Ray said they were.

–Ray discussed the challenges some of the students have with the English classes and the English language and the motor skills of writing. Ray said that reading and comprehension are the keys to learning.

–Michelle mentioned that much reading goes on in the classroom in 9^th and 10^th grades, while most reading is done at home in the 11^th and 12^th grades, with writing going on in class. Ray suggested books on tape to start. Michelle said that would not help prepare students for all of the testing. Ray suggested again referring to the IEP.

–David mentioned the importance of creating relationships with students. Leah said this can take a long time and cultural differences can come into play.

–Stan said this discussion she be put before the teachers, as they look at the rules in the handbook. Joseph said that the students need to be made aware of the rules.

–Michelle suggested they work with the Deans so they are aware of how teachers are trying to work with special situations.

–Discussion followed on the rules, exceptions to the rule, etc. Stan felt that we need to be consistent throughout the school.

–Ray felt we should separate what is allowed in the classroom and what is allowed outside the classroom.

–Marcus suggested each member talk to their department about this issue.

IV. PD/CPT Calendar

–Lisa showed everyone the list compiled from the last meeting. She asked the group to take a few minutes to look at it and then make notes on what should be whole school activities, what can be done in a faculty meeting—and it is whole school participation or department centered.

–Dean’s/Counseling—whole school

Wellness—Whole School

Special Ed—Inclusive Practices—whole school; Tier 1 Interventions—departments; IEPs—Departments

Co-Teaching-both whole school and departments.

English Language Learners—whole school

QTEL/SDAIE—discussion followed on this. Some felt departments, some said to get rid of the names, to eliminate the negative associations. Kathleen suggested calling this Engagement Strategies—department for this one.

Administration–

Emergency, Testing, School Loop, –Whole School. WASC revisit—whole school and departments; Language Objectives—whole school and departments; Culturally/Linguistically/Relevant Pedagogy—Department; BSC/Data Review/Reflection–whole school and other interested activities; Lau Plan Review—whole school and Departments (?); DF/CLA Analysis—Departments.

–Lisa mentioned we should consider what time of the year each item should be discussed, how long it will take and then looking at the blank times in the schedule to fit all this in.

–Michelle mentioned that some of these items will take just a short amount of time. She mentioned the activities of the first days the teachers return.

–Stan indicated items he felt should be discussed in the first days back. Discussion followed.

CELTD, Lau Plan, Language Objectives suggested for September faculty meeting. Marcus would like to talk about Language Objectives for August meetings.

–Ray said we will have 50-60 new Special Ed students next year.

–Michelle asked how the 3 days in August prior to school opening will be structured. Lisa mentioned several ways to structure these days. Most favored whole faculty gatherings in the mornings and then departments in the afternoon.

–Michelle felt that everything deemed for whole faculty should be in the morning sessions.

–Lisa mentioned the transgender youth training and Marcus said it would be a short meeting from an outside organization.

–David mentioned the New Counseling Load should be discussed.

–Lisa asked everyone to incorporate the department issues from today’s discussion into the calendar.

–Stan said he would like to hear from Kathleen and Ray about how they plan to do the trainings with departments. Kathleen indicated how she has marked the calendar.

–Stan asked Kathleen and Ray if they wanted to do all the trainings on the same day.

–Ray said he has 14 members to do the training so it could be done all in one day.

–Kathleen would like to spread her trainings out.

–Marcus suggested looking at what can be done on one day for everyone. David suggested a deadline for each item, rather than all on one day. Michelle like the idea of the deadlines.

–Marcus would like the CFAs and the CLAs to be done at the same time. Deadline would be in mid-October.

–Discussion followed as to what topics should follow.

–Lisa asked for additional topics. She will resend information to everyone. Let her know if there are mistakes.

–Please give Lisa and Marcus a rough draft for next year before summer break.

–Michelle asked for the guidelines for CPT. Marcus said it will be part of his expectations that everyone will attend all CPT times.

–Lisa will ask for agendas and a sign-on for each of these meetings.

–Michelle said there is some confusion with part time teachers and those who are coaching or working with sports.

–Mat asked several questions about dates and topics.

–Leah asked for the days after summer school when they would be here. It will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 6/4-6. The calendar will be finalized then.

–Marcus suggested combining departments for some of the discussions.

Meeting adjourned at 11:45am

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE SPRING SEMESTER 2013

Tech Support — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:35 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

SPRING SEMESTER 2013

MAY 24 – 31, 2013

Friday, May 24, 2013 REVISED

1° 8:00 am - 10:15 am

Homeroom 10:20 am - 11:00 am

2° 11:05 am - 1:20 pm

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

4° 8:00 am - 10:15 am

Homeroom 10:20 am - 11:00 am

6° 11:05 am - 1:20 pm

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

3° 8::00 am - 10:15 am

Homeroom 10:20 am - 11:00 am

5° 11:05 am - 1:20 pm

Thursday, May 30, 2013

(Make-up Final Exams)

1° 8:00 am - 8:40 am

2° 8:45 am - 9:25 am

3° 9:30 am - 10:10 am

4° 10:15 am - 10:55 am

Lunch 10:55 am - 11:50 pm

5° 11:55 pm - 12:35 pm

6° 12:40 pm - 1:20 pm

Friday, May 31, 2013

(Last Day of School)

1° 8:00 am - 8:40 am

2° 8:45 am - 9:25 am

3° 9:30 am - 10:10 am

4° 10:15 am - 10:55 am

Lunch 10:55 am - 11:50 am

5° 11:55 am - 12:35 pm

6° 12:40 pm - 1:20 pm

Weekly Bulletin – May 20 – 24, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:06 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY

Weekly Bulletin

MAY 20 – 24, 2013

ZEAL

FACULTY/STAFF

WORD OF THE WEEK: All Teachers please put this word on your blackboard or other prominent place. ZEAL: Eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something; fervor.

NEW ITEMS:

STAFF WELLNESS WORDS:

Thank You for continuing to support the health and well-being of our students! Have a fantastic summer.

REFERENCE ITEMS

HELP! The Galileo PTSA is sending out this urgent message to alert our community to the serious state of our fundraising efforts this year. This year to date, we have raised only 43% of our budgeted amount. This means that we may be prevented from financially supporting some of the programs and events we usually support, not to mention the grants we usually give out to teachers and student groups who apply to us for special help with their projects.

To make a donation you can simply send a check FOR ANY AMOUNT made out to ‘Galileo PTSA’ to:

Galileo Academy of Science and Technology

Attention: PTSA

1150 Francisco St.

San Francisco, CA 94109

Or Donate with your credit card via PayPal on the “Donation”, page of the PTSA section of the Galileo website. Or click on the link below, where you also find alternate ways to raise money for the school.

http://galileoweb.org/ptsa/donate/ Remember no amount is too small or too big. We thank you for your support now and always!

SUMMERFUNd: Do you know students who would benefit from an outdoor adventure? The ETC trips are fabulous at developing community and bringing kids out of the shadows. Xiaolin Yang, Vincent Do and Mauricio Romero are a few of the Gal students who’ve attended programs with Environmental Traveling Companions. Please send students to learn about 12, 18 and 24 day trips. On one trip the kids will actually build a boat! Kids kayak and white water raft. Leadership development and environmental awareness are part of the program. At 2:15 PM on Wednesday, April 24, there will be an ETC presentation in 458. Students can pick up applications at that time. Scholarships are available. Please send your students to SUMMERFUNd to learn about ETC and other programs.

FYI…a number of students have been accepted to programs and your recommendations played a very important part. Thank you! Ask Jenny Lei about her upcoming trip to Thailand with Rustic Pathways, ask Candy Luo about the Girls Leadership Workshop at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center in NY, ask Hefan Zhang about the philosophy course he will take at ATDP in Berkeley, ask Milagro Escobar about COSMOS at UC Irvine…ask Chunjin Amy Wong about her medical program, FACES…ask Teddy Wong what classes he’ll be taking at Northfield Mt. Hermon School in Massachusetts. There are still many opportunities available so please send students to SUMMERFUNd in 458A on Tuesday and Friday afternoons.

SUMMERFUNd is open Tuesday and Friday afternoons and students prepare their program applications with help from peers, Ms. K. and retired faculty member, Ms. Hughes.

ANNOUNCEMENT FORMS: We are now using Google Forms to collect announcement requests. The form is linked from the Teachers page at galileoweb.org. Check it out.

SUBSTITUTE SYSTEM: The Substitute System’s phone number: 345-0064. The old phone number, 241-6641, is no longer operational. The on-line system remains the same. If you have any questions please let me know.

SOCIAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTION: Just a reminder–if you haven’t already given your social committee contribution, it’s not too late. See Bettie Grinnell in the Main Office with your $20–checks or cash welcome! Social Committee

HOT COFFEE is available every morning for $.75 a cup and fresh baked COOKIES are available for $.25 each in room 212 or 214. Thank you for helping support the special education programs. Ms. Wlodaver and Ms. McDonagh

PARKING COURTESY: Please do not block other cars in both the Bay Street and the Polk Street parking lots. If you have to block a car, do it only for a few minutes and leave your Galileo Parking Hanger in plain sight in your car. If you do not have a Galileo Parking Hanger, see Bettie Grinnell in the Main Office. Mrs. Grinnell

GALILEO PTSA EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS: The Galileo PTSA is accepting Grant Applications from teachers and staff in need of funding for projects, equipment and/or suppliewww.galileoweb.org/ptsa. Grant applications may be turned in to the PTSA mailbox in the main office. If you have questions email the Grants’ Chair Claire Siegel at cesiegel@pacbell.net or call her at 415.350.5697.

G-HOUSE TV AND INTERCOM ANNOUNCEMENTS: Teachers: Please be cognizant of allowing students to listen to morning and homeroom announcements. Many are important for students to get info on sports, events, activities, or educational opportunities. Some teachers are hanging the phones up or not turning the t.v. on for G-House. These actions deprive the students of notifications and they miss out. Thank you. Don Papa

SUMMERFUNd has information about many summer programs. Please encourage your students to visit SUMMERFUNd on Tuesday and Friday afternoons in 458A for help finding programs and submitting applications.

SUMMERFUNd opportunity–Tell students to come in to learn about going to Osaka, Japan for three weeks this summer. Two Gal alums have done this. LEARN MORE AT SUMMERFUNd in Room 458A on Tues. and Fri. afternoons.

STUDENTS

SUMMER SCHOOL runs from June 12 – July 17, 8:00 am to 1:15 pm for two classes. Please see your counselor during lunch or after school to fill out an application.

Interested in medicine? Do you want to spend four days in the dorms and lecture halls at Stanford University learning about health issues in the Asian and Pacific Islander community?

The Youth Leadership Conference at Stanford University will be held Wednesday, August 7 – Saturday, August 10, 2013. High school students, including graduating seniors, are eligible to apply. You will meet other students interested in making a difference in public health. Leading medical experts, professors, and policymakers will speak on issues of Asian and Pacific Islander health.

SUMMERFUNd has information about two FREE programs relating to engineering and physics. i Design is for current sophomores and juniors who want to find out what engineering is all about. What is mechanical engineering? Chemical engineering? Civil engineering? i design is a 2 week program at City College from June 3 to June 14. PHYSICS in and through COSMOLOGY is July 8 through July 13 at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Meet two Nobel Prize winners! Learn from scientists about the latest theories and research describing the universe. COME TO SUMMERFUNd on Tuesdays and Fridays for help with your applications and more information. Room 458A!!! SUMMERFUNd has the information about these and many more programs. Come to 4548A on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Fill out an interest form. Talk to students who’ve attended these programs. Talk to Ms. K. Don’t be bored. Don’t be boring!

Still looking for a job or internship? The Galileo Wellness Center may have the perfect opportunity for you! Current jobs available at the Vietnamese Youth Development Center and Conscious Youth Media Crew. Stop by the Room 151 or visit the Wellness Website for more information.

Wellness Question of the Month: Stop by the Wellness Center, Room 151, for your last chance this year to win a Jamba Juice Gift Card. Fill out your answer and enter to win a prize – you could be the next winner, and it only takes 2 minutes of your time.

SENIOR SWEATSHIRTS: If you pre-ordered a senior sweatshirt, please come to room 403 to pick up. Final payments due at time of pick up.

Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting Minutes – May 16, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:13:27 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting

May 16, 2013

CFAs

Need to be quantifiable to put into Data Director
Done – Math, English, Spanish (need rubric), French (need rubric), Health, Social Studies (will get from Lisa)
Marcus will search emails again for other departments

Department BSC

Thanks to Special Education, Social Studies, English, World Language, and Science for getting us rough drafts!
The BSC is a living document
Send us what you have right now
We will set up individual meetings next week to review each BSC and work to refine

CPT Calendar

When do grades get put into Data Director at the end of the school year (especially with our incoming 9th grade class)
Faculty Meetings, Grading Periods, SchoolLoop CPT Time
School Events added in…discussion about Winter Assembly, are we going to cancel some assemblies events? desire to re-think some of this

Whole School PD/CPT needs next year:

Restorative Justice/Practices: what it looks like, definition (could be in a Faculty Meeting)
Inclusive Practices
0.8/ELD working together
Compensation Time for Back to School Night
Tier 1 Interventions for students with IEPs (August PD)
CPS/Mandated Reporter/Crisis
Emergency Procedures
New Counseling Loads: define and explain, perhaps use HR more to do counseling needs/issues
Teacher Appreciation Lunch
CELDT scores and review/lesson (Bilingual Reclassification)
IEPs at a glance PD/review within departments
Transgender Youth Training (Kitchell and Wellness)
Cultural/Linguistically Relevant Pedagogy

Co-Teachers

Why are teachers doubling up? Makes more sense and actually creates less work esp for the Special Ed teachers.
What about GenEd teachers missing Department time? Can be combined, depends on the needs…
Are SpEd teachers in multiple departments? No, as much as possible.
GenEd teachers might need to think a bit in advance

Weekly Bulletin – May 13 – 17, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:02:15 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY

Weekly Bulletin

MAY 13 – 17, 2013

VICARIOUS

FACULTY/STAFF

WORD OF THE WEEK: All Teachers please put this word on your blackboard or other prominent place. VICARIOUS: Performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to be benefit or advantage of another.

NEW ITEMS:

STAFF WELLNESS WORDS:

Relieve your stress by taking a day trip.
If driving is not on your personal list of “most stressful activities,” visit the nearest natural wonder–beach, lake, river, mountain,
etc–and choose the appropriate level of activity for you (from reading a book to a challenging hike, run or water sport). If nature doesn’t
float your boat, visit that local museum, restaurant, or tourist attraction you’ve been meaning to see.

REFERENCE ITEMS

To make a donation you can simply send a check FOR ANY AMOUNT made out to ‘Galileo PTSA’ to:

Galileo Academy of Science and Technology

Attention: PTSA

1150 Francisco St.

San Francisco, CA 94109

http://galileoweb.org/ptsa/donate/

Remember no amount is too small or too big. We thank you for your support now and always!

Do you know students who would benefit from an outdoor adventure? The ETC trips are fabulous at developing community and bringing kids out of the shadows. Xiaolin Yang, Vincent Do and Mauricio Romero are a few of the Gal students who’ve attended programs with Environmental Traveling Companions. Please send students to learn about 12, 18 and 24 day trips. On one trip the kids will actually build a boat! Kids kayak and white water raft. Leadership development and environmental awareness are part of the program. At 2:15 PM on Wednesday, April 24, there will be an ETC presentation in 458. Students can pick up applications at that time. Scholarships are available. Please send your students to SUMMERFUNd to learn about ETC and other programs.

FYI…a number of students have been accepted to programs and your recommendations played a very important part. Thank you! Ask Jenny Lei about her upcoming trip to Thailand with Rustic Pathways, ask Candy Luo about the Girls Leadership Workshop at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center in NY, ask Hefan Zhang about the philosophy course he will take at ATDP in Berkeley, ask Milagro Escobar about COSMOS at UC Irvine…ask Chunjin Amy Wong about her medical program, FACES…ask Teddy Wong what classes he’ll be taking at Northfield Mt. Hermon School in Massachusetts. There are still many opportunities available so please send students to SUMMERFUNd in 458A on Tuesday and Friday afternoons.

SUMMERFUNd is open Tuesday and Friday afternoons and students prepare their program applications with help from peers, Ms. K. and retired faculty member, Ms. Hughes.

ANNOUNCEMENT FORMS: We are now using Google Forms to collect announcement requests. The form is linked from the Teachers page at galileoweb.org. Check it out.

HOT COFFEE is available every morning for $.75 a cup and fresh baked COOKIES are available for $.25 each in room 212 or 214. Thank you for helping support the special education programs. Ms. Wlodaver and Ms. McDonagh

G-HOUSE TV AND INTERCOM ANNOUNCEMENTS: Teachers: Please be cognizant of allowing students to listen to morning and homeroom announcements. Many are important for students to get info on sports, events, activities, or educational opportunities. Some teachers are hanging the phones up or not turning the t.v. on for G-House. These actions deprive the students of notifications and they miss out. Thank you. Don Papa

SUMMERFUNd has information about many summer programs. Please encourage your students to visit SUMMERFUNd on Tuesday and Friday afternoons in 458A for help finding programs and submitting applications.

SUMMERFUNd opportunity–Tell students to come in to learn about going to Osaka, Japan for three weeks this summer. Two Gal alums have done this. LEARN MORE AT SUMMERFUNd in Room 458A on Tues. and Fri. afternoons.

STUDENTS

SUMMER SCHOOL runs from June 12 – July 17, 8:00 am to 1:15 pm for two classes. Please see your counselor during lunch or after school to fill out an application.

ASB STORE in Room 150 is selling healthy snacks, beverages, sweatshirts, lanyards, bookcovers, pens, pennants, mugs, and other spirit items during lunch time and after school. Money helps to pay for our school activities.

ASB STOREis selling ASB card stickers @ $5.00. Discounts are given for dances, sweatshirts, yearbook, and other spirit items.

Interested in medicine? Do you want to spend four days in the dorms and lecture halls at Stanford University learning about health issues in the Asian and Pacific Islander community?

The Youth Leadership Conference at Stanford University will be held Wednesday, August 7 – Saturday, August 10, 2013. High school students, including graduating seniors, are eligible to apply. You will meet other students interested in making a difference in public health. Leading medical experts, professors, and policymakers will speak on issues of Asian and Pacific Islander health.

SUMMERFUNd has information about two FREE programs relating to engineering and physics. i Design is for current sophomores and juniors who want to find out what engineering is all about. What is mechanical engineering? Chemical engineering? Civil engineering? i design is a 2 week program at City College from June 3 to June 14. PHYSICS in and through COSMOLOGY is July 8 through July 13 at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Meet two Nobel Prize winners! Learn from scientists about the latest theories and research describing the universe. COME TO SUMMERFUNd on Tuesdays and Fridays for help with your applications and more information. Room 458A!!! SUMMERFUNd has the information about these and many more programs. Come to 4548A on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Fill out an interest form. Talk to students who’ve attended these programs. Talk to Ms. K. Don’t be bored. Don’t be boring!

Still looking for a job or internship? The Galileo Wellness Center may have the perfect opportunity for you! Current jobs available at the Vietnamese Youth Development Center and Conscious Youth Media Crew. Stop by the Room 151 or visit the Wellness Website for more information.

GRADUATION – May 29, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Sun, 05 May 2013 01:46:33 +0000

GRADUATION – MAY 29, 2013 – 1:00pm – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Keynote speaker is Supervisor London Breed, a 1992 Galileo Graduate and also ASB Vice President.

Weekly Bulletin – May 6 – 10, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:51:10 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY

Weekly Bulletin

MAY 6 – 10, 2013

ULTERIOR

FACULTY/STAFF

WORD OF THE WEEK: All Teachers please put this word on your blackboard or other prominent place. ULTERIOR: Further; more distant; last in a progression or series; going beyond what is openly said or shown, especially what is proper.

NEW ITEMS:

STAFF WELLNESS WORDS:

Get outside! Some of us get very little sunlight most weekdays, which studies repeatedly suggest are at best affecting our mood and at worst affecting our health. Getting outside can be as simple as sitting in the backyard or taking a walk around the neighborhood.

REFERENCE ITEMS

To make a donation you can simply send a check FOR ANY AMOUNT made out to ‘Galileo PTSA’ to:

Galileo Academy of Science and Technology

Attention: PTSA

1150 Francisco St.

San Francisco, CA 94109

http://galileoweb.org/ptsa/donate/

Remember no amount is too small or too big. We thank you for your support now and always!

SUMMERFUNd is open Tuesday and Friday afternoons and students prepare their program applications with help from peers, Ms. K. and retired faculty member, Ms. Hughes.

ANNOUNCEMENT FORMS: We are now using Google Forms to collect announcement requests. The form is linked from the Teachers page at galileoweb.org. Check it out.

STUDENTS

SUMMER SCHOOL runs from June 12 – July 17, 8:00 am to 1:15 pm for two classes. Please see your counselor during lunch or after school to fill out an application.

ASB STOREis selling ASB card stickers @ $5.00. Discounts are given for dances, sweatshirts, yearbook, and other spirit items.

SOPHOMORE/FRESHMEN ELECTION is Wed., May 8 during homeroom.

GALILEO BOYS’ TENNIS TEAM for Spring 2014 – Any boys interested in joining the the tennis team must sign up with Mr. Wing at ASB Office (room 150) by this Thursday, May 2.

LAST DANCE: is Friday night, May 10 in the cafeteria from 7 – 11 PM. Free pizzas for seniors that night. It’s also a Yearbook Signing Party. Ticketts will be sold starting May 6 at the ASB Store

Interested in medicine? Do you want to spend four days in the dorms and lecture halls at Stanford University learning about health issues in the Asian and Pacific Islander community?

Weekly Bulletin – April 29 – May 3, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:35:04 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY

Weekly Bulletin

APRIL 29 – MAY 3, 2013

TURBULENCE

FACULTY/STAFF

WORD OF THE WEEK: All Teachers please put this word on your blackboard or other prominent place. TURBULENCE: Wild commotion; irregular atmospheric motion; departure in a fluid from a smooth flow.

NEW ITEMS:

STAFF WELLNESS WORDS:

REFERENCE ITEMS

To make a donation you can simply send a check FOR ANY AMOUNT made out to ‘Galileo PTSA’ to:

Galileo Academy of Science and Technology

Attention: PTSA

1150 Francisco St.

San Francisco, CA 94109

http://galileoweb.org/ptsa/donate/

Remember no amount is too small or too big. We thank you for your support now and always!

SUMMERFUNd Students and Ms. K. thank you so much for supporting our fundraising efforts! This week’s 4th floor food sale was a huge success. Your guacamole, soup. brownie, pie and tart consumption makes it possible for students to participate in outdoor adventures and academic adventures during the summer!

Please continue to send students our way! The first step is having students fill out the SUMMERFUNd interest form that is (hopefully) in the plastic folder outside the office door at 458A!

SUMMERFUNd is open Tuesday and Friday afternoons and students prepare their program applications with help from peers, Ms. K. and retired faculty member, Ms. Hughes.

ANNOUNCEMENT FORMS: We are now using Google Forms to collect announcement requests. The form is linked from the Teachers page at galileoweb.org. Check it out.

Please tell your students about the Youth Leadership Conference at Stanford University which will be held at Wednesday, August 7-Saturday, August 10, 2013. Students live on campus.

High school students, including graduating seniors, interested in making a difference in public health are eligible to apply. Leading medical experts, professors, and policymakers will speak on issues of Asian and Pacific Islander health.

STUDENTS

SUMMER SCHOOL runs from June 12 – July 17, 8:00 am to 1:15 pm for two classes. Please see your counselor during lunch or after school to fill out an application.

ASB STOREis selling ASB card stickers @ $5.00. Discounts are given for dances, sweatshirts, yearbook, and other spirit items.

JUNIOR/SOPHOMORE ELECTION is Wed., May 1 during homeroom.

SOPHOMORE/FRESHMEN ELECTION is Wed., May 8 during homeroom.

ALOHA FOOD FESTIVAL is Friday, May 3 during lunch time in the courtyard.

MOVE-UP AND AWARDS ASSEMBLY is Friday, May 3 during a double period 4.

UNO MAS CONCERT: Friday night, May 3 -

Uno Mas will have YouTube famous artists from around the Bay Area and LA come perform on our very own stage. We will also have performances from our own Galileo students. The concert will start at 7pm and doors will open for people to come in at 6:20pm. The meet and greet will start around 9:30pm and end at 10:30pm. Tickets are sold at ASB Store and at the door.

GALILEO BOYS’ TENNIS TEAM for Spring 2014 – Any boys interested in joining the the tennis team must sign up with Mr. Wing at ASB Office (room 150) by this Thursday, May 2.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING is today in 153 at 3:15. Need to submit food and game proposals, discuss class election, & Last Dance.

LAST DANCE: is Friday night, May 10 in the cafeteria from 7 – 11 PM. Free pizzas for seniors that night. It’s also a Yearbook Signing Party. Ticketts will be sold starting May 6 at the ASB Store

Interested in medicine? Do you want to spend four days in the dorms and lecture halls at Stanford University learning about health issues in the Asian and Pacific Islander community?

Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting Minutes – April 24, 2013

Mrs. Grinnell — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:51:19 +0000

GALILEO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Leadership Team/Department Heads Meeting

4/25/13

Marcus called the meeting to order at 12:55pm.

Leadership Team Agenda

I. Open House Feedback

–Nancy said about 100 people attended this event. David asked what activities the parents found useful.

–Michelle said she felt the parents wanted a mini lecture. Michelle said it does not make any sense for parents to go room to room to get this information. It could be done in the auditorium.

–Michelle said not all student tour groups got to the English Department. Some groups got delayed.

–Nancy said she wanted to include everyone in the tours. She said only half of her student volunteers showed up.

–David suggested a meeting place at the end of the event where students could talk to the teachers. David said students he spoke with wanted to talk to the teachers.

–Joseph said he liked the idea of having the department heads talk in the auditorium and then the parents and students can pick which departments they want to visit.

–Mr. Machtay suggested the tour groups be arranged based on home language.

–David suggested contact information on the sheets given to parents so they could call or email for more information.

–Doug said he did not have many folks asking questions.

–Ethan said he had lots of questions concerning athletics.

II. Master Schedule Update

–Nancy said they continue to work on the master schedule. It will be finished by June 14^th.

Department Heads Agenda

I. CFA’s

–Marcus said he only has CFA’s from Social Studies, ELD and World Languages.

–David said Marcus should send out a reminder to the departments.

–Marcus would like to move all assessments into Data Director over the summer.

II. CCSS Share Out

–Lisa asked everyone to talk about what they discussed for the 2 sessions.

–David said Science focused the whole time on language objectives. He talked about how they proceeded. He said they are not finished.

–Michelle said English began by working on a 2 week 9^th Grade Curriculum around language. They will continue working on this to complete the 2-week curriculum. Her department is large and there are many voices.

–Kathleen said ELL read the common core for each level. The looked at the language strand where different pieces of work are compared. She looked at the new terms –,Emerging, Expanding and Bridging are new terms for the language abilities.

–Mat said they used a mathematical formula from Bissa and they used the state standards and wrote objectives, in Modern World, and US History classes. Language objective and scaffold were the most difficult areas. Content standard focus was the easiest to accomplish.

–Ray discussed the language of math in addition to the math concepts.

–Ethan said PE looked at language objectives, using activities. They still want to do SSR and have students give short presentations to use the language.

–Joseph said they talked about what they are doing now and what they could do differently. He mentioned they do not do much writing, except writing music. He would like them to do self-reflections about their activities in music to use the language of the arts. They have a general VPA vocabulary list—domain specific lists—art, music, photography, etc. He mentioned math as part of the VPA process—counting the length of notes, etc. The arts support the common core in many indirect ways.

–Doug said the Math department looked at resources on sfusd and r&d development group for lessons more along the common core. They looked at programs that address the math standards.

III. CPT

–Lisa said planning for next year is in the works. She said ideas from the group will help drive the CPT calendar before it is submitted to the UBC. Marcus said the calendar should be set by this group. He would like the group to meet every Thursday until this is all settled.

–Ray said there needs to be more department time.

Marcus said they would list all topics we need to address and then form the structure.

–Kathleen agreed with Ray. She said there is no one size fits all.

–Doug said when everyone is separated out into big groups, it does not become effective. He also mentioned trust—let them know the goals and let them drive this in their departments. The large group activities burn time and frustrate teachers.

–Ray discussed Special Ed. and the activities there. He preferred the 2-hour period once a week.

–Marcus said all of the district priorities are in areas where we need to improve.

–Marcus would like to have a process. We will meet every Thursday to work on this.

IV. WASC

–Lisa distributed information from WASC review in 2011. She mentioned the content areas of this information. She explained the information.

–Marcus would like to review this information as a team to see where we are and what we are doing.

V. Space Allocation

–David distributed an information sheet with talking points.

–He discussed the first point—what happens to a classroom if the position is consolidated.

–Ray said if all department needs are on the table, then it should be easy to allocate the room.

–David said we might need to identify the needs of every department each Spring.

–A combination of fairness and need.

–Marcus asked for the number of teachers who travel in each department. Science (3), English ( 2 share a room), 1 travels. ELL (0). SS (0) Sped Ed (2) PE (0) Math (3),,VPA (0).

–Nancy asked if teachers who has been traveling the longest, should that teacher get the room?

–David said it is disruptive for a teacher to not have their room during their prep period. This makes it difficult to set up and breakdown labs and impacts student learning.

–Michelle said the two in her department who share a room, if they had to travel, then they may not want to stay part time.

–David wants a policy in place for the future. Discussion followed.

–Michelle asked for the definition of part time. Members shared their opinions.

–Ray mentioned how challenging it is for Special Ed. teachers to have other teachers in their classrooms during prep periods.

–Michelle stuck up for using one of her rooms for 2 part time teachers. She feels they should not have to travel.

–Joseph said that it is not right to have those who have been at Galileo for a long time and are part time have to travel. This might be OK for new teachers coming in, but seniority should take precedence.

–David felt we should advocate for the new teachers who have to travel and then end up leaving Galileo and the district.

–Joseph said he traveled when he was a new teacher and that is the way it was.

–David said there is no process now. Many felt there are too many variables to have a process.

–Ray said this is a challenge as our situations change every year.

–Doug suggested looking at the utilization in every department to see if there could be a process.

–Michelle said there are more courses in Science and Math than are required for graduation.

–Marcus said we lowered class sizes in 9^th and 10^th grade English to keep teachers.

–Ray said they will need a new Special Day Class next year.

The graduation class this year is between 560 and 580 students. The class started as freshmen as 620 students.

Meeting adjourned at 2:15pm.