In this Week’s Dean’s Memo:

• Block Schedule Calendar QR Code
• Covid-19 Protocols and Health Updates
• Covid Testing: Quidel
• Community Health and Safety Update
• Travel Club 2023
• Homecoming and Theatre Play Tickets
• I-Ready
• Technology and Late Policy
• Dress Code Policy
• Activities and Clubs
• Student Highlights.

• October 11th: Life-touch Retake 8:00-10:00 (C Gym)
• October 11th: Special Service 9:30 AM-10:15 AM (Library)
• October 11th: BLT Meeting @ 2:30 PM (Library)
• October 12th: PSAT/ (11th GR Only)
• October 12th: Cab School Fund Meeting @7:00 PM.
• October 13th: PSAT (11th Grade)
• October 13th: Middle School Harassment Presentation 12:20 PM-12:50 PM.
• October 13th: PTSO/Cabby Wear @6:30-7:30 PM
• October 14th: Faculty Meeting @ 2:30 PM
• October 15th: HS Play @ 6:00 PM
• October 16th: Home Football Game/Early College HS @ 6:00 PM.
• HS Play @ 6:00 PM.

Daily COVID-19 Health Screening

• Remember to perform the Daily Self Screener:
• Follow the below Covid-19 Process in the event of a positive case.
• Parents we are asking for your support with reinforcing 3ft-6ft social distancing during
• On-Site testing scheduled for this Thursday, October 15, 2021.
• Community Health and Safety Update  (click link for Covid-19 update)
• Community Health and Safety Update (click link for Covid-19 update)

• Your student is invited to join me for a once-in-a-lifetime travel experience to Rome & Athens in Spring 2023!
• The Cab Calloway community has been travelling with Education First (EF) for over 20 years! Beginning with this trip, Mr. Haycraft will be taking on the responsibility of group leader.
• There are limited spots on this tour.
• Please see the attached presentation.
• If you have further questions, contact Jeff Haycraft.

• Please note that you can gain access to students grades via Schoology and HAC.

6th-9th Grade

• Our 6th-9th Grade students completed the Fall I-Ready Diagnostic assessment.
• This will be one data point of several that we use to screen students for RTI services.
• Teachers will use high quality instructional materials that have been selected specifically for RTI Math and ELA interventions.

The following criteria should be evaluated to place students on the cycle review agenda for ELA.

• Using the 3-level Placement Standard View, teachers should consider all students who fall in the red (2 or more grade levels below). Once this list of students is generated, teachers should refer to the ELA RTI Cycle Review Document for further guidance.

The following criteria should be evaluated to place students on the cycle review agenda for mathematics.

• Using the 3-level Placement Standard View, students who fall in the red (2 or more grade levels below) in the NO and the ALG domains and/or placed in the 25th percentile or below should be discussed during the cycle review process.
• Once students have been discussed and placed into intervention, please use the quantile score and/or the Standards from the Can Do list for NO and/or ALG to determine placement within the intervention materials.

Groups should be up and running and providing Tier II and III instruction by the end of the month.

Dress Code

• We will be review dress code expectations with our students as a friendly reminder to our entire school community.
• Cab Calloway Administration will commit to formulating a dress code focus group to engage in

Technology Devices

• Technology Devices are allowed during lunch and for educational purposes upon approval from the teacher in the classroom.
• Students are prohibited from recording and taking pictures of other students or staff without consent.

Lateness and Absences

• We allowed a full month for students to adjust to the routines and schedules.
• Lateness and Absences is a growth opportunity for our students.
• We will be meeting with students who demonstrate chronic lateness and absences.

• Vending Machine Access is allowed before school, before or during lunch, or at dismissal.
• Students are not permitted to go to the snack machines outside of the theatre or in the cafeteria during classroom instructional time.

The Servant of Two Masters Performance

• We are excited for Brendan Moser and the Theatre Arts students upcoming theatre production.

• On October 22, 2021 we will have our Homecoming Dance at Cab Calloway. There is a capacity limit of 300 students due to the indoor capacity.

7th Grade Visual Art Students:

• Students showed up to The Delaware Contemporary to celebrate their part of the peace exhibition!
• We congratulate the following students:
• Rishabh Arora
• Aashrith Banda
• Gabriel Bellina
• Edgar Camacho-Ramos
• Nicole Chee
• Dylan Fanny
• Mahathi Ganti
• Samuel Gutzmirtl
• Charlotte Hoerter
• Soumika Kadiyala
• Ashmi Khedekar
• Ava LaRock
• Samradhni Pande
• Eduardo Reyes
• Abigail Rivera
• Lyon Sabol
• Montega Wheeler
• Leo Yan

• We thank Mrs. Rigby and Ms. Emily Ciuffetelli for their support of our student trip to the Chase HBCU College Fair.
• We are happy to announce that we had one student who received a full academic scholarship to Delaware State University.

Gabriela Salvador-Reira

• Gabriela Salvador-Riera, a 10th grade vocal major and co-concertmaster of the High School Chamber Orchestra at Cab, is one of ten young women musicians nationwide selected to participate in Fortissima, a full scholarship artistic and development program at the Colburn School, a renowned Conservatory of Music in LA.
• Fortissima’s innovative leadership curriculum, paired with rigorous artistic development and one-on-one mentorship, is designed to inspire, equip, and empower young women from underrepresented groups in classical music to pursue professional training and careers in the field

Cab Calloway Teacher Voice

• Dean Bolden has met with the following Art Departments to discuss vision, HS and MS assessment process, philosophy, and plan for innovation moving forward:
• Visual Arts Program
• Vocal Program
• Strings
• Piano
• Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre Arts
• Communication Arts
• Dance
• Instrumental Music

Community Mindfulness Session

• In an effort to support our staff and community mental and emotional well being, there will be mindfulness sessions offered.
• Mindfulness Sessions will be offered to interested staff and parents beginning in the month of November.
• Please complete the form if you are interested.

Building a Community of Supports

The below image puts some things in perspective, but does not dismiss the challenges that comes with adapting to the needs of all students and each other.

Click the heart below when you have completed reading the memo