Brainstorming for THE BEST Middle School at Lausanne by John Donecker

jdonecker — 2025-08-02 12:24:54 UTC

Community Partnerships that allow our students to learn off campus and develop real-world application skills

jdonecker — 2025-08-02 12:26:17 UTC

Storytelling and marketing about what makes our middle school great and separates us from other competing institutions in the region

jdonecker — 2025-08-02 13:58:41 UTC

Improved report card feedback and "raters" that offer further details about each student to reduce questions about student growth and the value of a Lausanne education

2025-08-04 15:41:58 UTC

Increased opportunities for field trips to give our students real world experiences in multiple content areas

2025-08-04 15:42:45 UTC

Opportunities to see what student life is like in upper school.

2025-08-04 15:42:52 UTC

Behavior management. Be proactive about community goals, classroom goals, etc. and incentivize positive behavior. Also, add school-wide process for behavior management ranging from the community level to the classroom level.

2025-08-04 15:43:16 UTC

Flexibility and procedures for the upstairs Norfleet crew when students are hurt and can’t climb the stairs. Thank you teachers last year for helping with this!!

2025-08-04 15:43:26 UTC

strong communication network

2025-08-04 15:43:56 UTC

Working on mindsets — positive mindsets reap positive staff culture.

2025-08-04 15:43:56 UTC

Greater understanding and connection between teachers across subjects/departments through collaboration and planned gatherings.

2025-08-04 15:44:10 UTC

SST processes and procedures. Creating consistency for kids.

2025-08-04 15:44:17 UTC

Cohesive behavior management strategies across each grade level

2025-08-04 15:44:23 UTC

Adding PE to the teams (rather than a check-in on notes) since they are a unique point of connection for kids and have different insights. Also strategically distributing males on teams that lack them so that male viewpoints are more accessible and they are available for trips.

2025-08-04 15:44:25 UTC

To foster cross-divisional connections that allow our middle school students to engage meaningfully with both the lower and upper school

2025-08-04 15:44:44 UTC

Volunteer opportunities outside of school for real world work experience.

2025-08-04 15:45:03 UTC

Opportunities to teach outside

2025-08-04 15:45:06 UTC

To ensure all students have a safe space for their emotional and mental needs while at school.

2025-08-04 15:45:16 UTC

Pecking order protocol for parents with concerns on classroom issues. ( ex. Contact teacher first and not administrators with concerns)

2025-08-04 15:45:19 UTC

Students need teachers to be positive, teachers need students to be positive for growth.

cmark24 — 2025-08-04 15:45:27 UTC

Advertising specific to Middle School; Upper School seems to have a lot.

2025-08-04 15:46:05 UTC

Opportunities for students to "teach" Lowe school students.l to help foster the school community.

2025-08-04 15:46:12 UTC

Allowing more opportunities for arts/language/pe to offer perspective on students and share information as we see them across many years in middle school and those insights can be very helpful.

2025-08-04 15:46:22 UTC

A system where students can self advocate in checking/getting items from Lost & Found

2025-08-04 15:47:07 UTC

Better understanding for students about dress code. Cohesive strategies for dress code corrections.

2025-08-04 15:47:11 UTC

To always work as team whether you are arts or academics- to be seen as one team!

2025-08-04 15:47:31 UTC

Need more interaction between lower, middle, and upper school teachers and students.

2025-08-04 15:47:45 UTC

Growing Extra curricular activities!

2025-08-04 15:47:56 UTC

More flexibility in terms of space. Being able to send kids out of classroom to collaborate or do recordings etc more easily without disturbing other classes.

2025-08-04 15:48:00 UTC

Push students to go out of their comfort zone? Theatre kids attending football games and vice versa. Opportunities for students to connect outside of the classroom.

2025-08-04 15:48:09 UTC

A more detailed explanation from the start of school of the behavior/disciplinary plan for students when not following dress code, not where they are supposed to be, etc. Lots of confusion in past.

2025-08-04 15:48:09 UTC

Opportunities for 7th Graders to view 8th Grade FOCUS presentations, in preparation for next year.

2025-08-04 15:48:24 UTC

Balance their desire to be great at everything with actual time it takes to be good at something - edit and time management

2025-08-04 15:49:07 UTC

Instant ways to communicate with other teachers/admin. Text vs teams vs walkie talkies?

2025-08-04 15:49:33 UTC

Per grade level- culminating projects (like 8th grade Cornerstone) that showcase student community involvement that bring members throughout the community to campus. Also connecting in collaboration, or “Internships”, with professionals within the community to assist.

2025-08-04 15:49:42 UTC

Kindness campaign- rising fifth and sixth last year really struggled with kind words and actions with each other.

2025-08-04 15:50:11 UTC

Kindness Campaign!

2025-08-04 15:50:52 UTC

A place for substitute teachers to sign in and see the lesson plans, daily focus and important announcements for their grades/classes that day.