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Windsor Mill Middle School

First Week at a Glance

Relationships • Routines • Readiness
See It.
Own It.
Become It.
🔔 Bell Schedule 🛎️ Staff Duties 🍽️ Lunch Duties 📣 Morning Announcements
🅰️ A Day = Extended 1A
🅱️ B Day = Extended 1B
👥 Students stay with Period 1 during the extended block.
🚫 No cafeteria Advisory meetings this week.
📌 No PLCs this week. Every 1A and 1B is extended for Advisory.
Monday
August 31
🅰️ A DAY
Extended Period 1A
Advisory Focus • Getting to Know You
👋 Getting to Know You
🚌 Bus Check-Off
🏠 Dismissal Plan
🍽️ Lunch Seating
📋 HR Paperwork
Priority: Every student gets home safely.
Daily Slides
Open Monday Slides ↗
Tuesday
September 1
🅱️ B DAY
Extended Period 1B
Advisory Focus • Windsor Way
🚻 Hall/Bathroom Expectations
🗣️ Model & Practice
💜 Device Expectations
Priority: Establish the Windsor Way.
Daily Slides
Open Tuesday Slides ↗
Wednesday
September 2
🅰️ A DAY
Extended Period 1A
Advisory Focus • Teach the Routines
🔐 Locker Rollout
🎒 Locker Practice
🚶 Hall Expectations
📋 Collect Forms
Priority: Teach the routines.
Daily Slides
Open Wednesday Slides ↗
Thursday
September 3
🅱️ B DAY
Extended Period 1B
Advisory Focus • Expectations
📖 Student Handbook
💻 Schoolwide Meet
❓ Review Policies
👩🏽‍🏫 Class Expectations
Priority: Make expectations clear.
Daily Slides
Open Thursday Slides ↗
Friday
September 4
🅰️ A DAY
Extended Period 1A
Advisory Focus • Reinforce Routines
🔄 Revisit Routines
👏 Review Next Week's Advisory Schedule
💬 Student Check-In
🎯 Goal for Week 2
Priority: Reinforce routines.
Daily Slides
Open Friday Slides ↗
By Friday, Every Student Should Know Where to go. • What to do. • Who can help. • That they belong.
Daily Operations

Announcements + Staff Duties

Everything staff need for arrival, lunch, announcements, and dismissal.

📣 Morning Announcements

Broadcast daily via Google Meet.

Google Meet: WMMS Announcements
  • Be logged in with BCPS credentials.
  • Display the Meet for students on the projector.
  • Announcements begin at 8:20 AM.
  • Keep camera and microphone off.
  • Do not allow students to log in.
Open WMMS Announcements ↗

🛎️ Staff Duties

Interactive arrival and dismissal assignments.

Arrival Essentials
Duty begins at 8:05 AM. Students enter at 8:10 AM, get breakfast, visit lockers, and report to homeroom.
6th Grade
Entrance: Benesch, Au, Turner
Atrium: Chandler, Ortega, Bass, Moye
Main Hallway: Scott
Floats: Washington, Schnitzer
7th Grade
Entrance: Matthews & Dixon
Top of Stairway: Iyke
Hallway Float: Ridley
8th Grade
Outside Entrance: Booker & Davis
Inside Entrance: Taylor
Hallway Float / Bus Communicator: Ward
Bus Loop + Traffic
Bus Loop: Goodman & Gordan
Crosswalk: Klein
Traffic: Officer Womack
Late Students: Wallace & Wimberly
Dismissal Essentials
Students transition to dismissal rooms at 3:13 PM. Bus-room attendance must be taken. Dismissal continues through 3:30 PM.
Dismissal Command
Announcements: Wimberly, Conyers backup
Bus Check-Off: Goodman
Backup Check-Off: Gordan
Back Hallway: Ward & Davis
6th Grade Holding Rooms
200 L. Spencer • 201 Jean-Lewis • 202 Young • 205 Ford • 206 Rombro • 207 R. Spencer
7th Grade Holding Rooms
100 Armour • 101 McNeil • 102 Pereira • 103 Commons • 104 White • 105 Sneeden • 106 Boyd • 107
8th Grade Holding Rooms
300 Harmeson • 301 Jackson • 303 Brahmbhatt • 304 Miley • 305 Driver • 306 Walder • 310 Gratton
Calling Buses
Grade 6: Benesch & Washington
Grade 7: Matthews & Dixon
Grade 8: Ward & Davis

🍽️ Lunch Duties

Interactive A/B Day duty assignments.

Lunch A • 11:22–11:52
Administrator: Ms. Schnitzer
A Day
Washington
Dixon
Green
Benesch
Turner
B Day
Young
Dixon
Green
Benesch
Turner
Lunch B • 11:56–12:26
Administrator: Ms. Ridley
A Day
Matthews
Dixon
Benesch
Taylor
Davis
B Day
McNeill
Dixon
Benesch
Taylor
Turner
Lunch C • 12:29–12:59
Administrative Support: Mr. Jackson
A Day
Richardson/Ward
Davis
Gratton
Taylor
B Day
Richardson/Ward
Davis
Gratton
Taylor
Lunch Support Subs

Armour — A Day & B Day
Scott — A Day & B Day
Gaddy — B Day
Pereira — A Day & B Day
2026–2027 School Year

Interactive Bell Schedule

Switch between the daily schedule, lunch/specials, and Week 1 Extended Advisory.

🔔 WMMS Bell Schedule

Teachers on duty at 8:05 AM • Students enter at 8:10 AM • Announcements begin at 8:20 AM

Period / Block Time Notes
Homeroom 8:10–8:25 Announcements begin at 8:20.
Period 1 8:25–9:29 64 minutes
Enrichment / Advisory 9:32–10:12 40 minutes
Period 2 10:15–11:19 64 minutes
Period 3 / Lunch / Specials 11:22–12:59 See grade view.
Period 4 1:02–2:06 64 minutes
Period 5 2:09–3:13 64 minutes
Dismissal Rooms 3:15–3:30 PM announcements and bus dismissal.

6th Grade

Lunch A: 11:22–11:52
Period 3: 11:55–12:59
Period 4 Specials: 1:02–2:06

7th Grade

Period 3 Specials: 11:22–11:54
Lunch B: 11:56–12:26
Period 3 Specials: 12:28–12:59

8th Grade

Period 2 Specials: 10:15–11:19
Period 3: 11:22–12:26
Lunch C: 12:29–12:59

Week 1 Override: the 9:32–10:12 block is an extended Period 1 Advisory block. A Days use Extended 1A. B Days use Extended 1B. Students remain with their Period 1 teacher. No cafeteria Advisory meetings and no PLCs this week.
Day A/B Extended Advisory
Monday, Aug. 31 A Day Extended 1A
Tuesday, Sept. 1 B Day Extended 1B
Wednesday, Sept. 2 A Day Extended 1A
Thursday, Sept. 3 B Day Extended 1B
Friday, Sept. 4 A Day Extended 1A
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CELEBRATING THE WINDSOR MILL DIFFERENCE

Difference Makers

Great work deserves to be seen. Celebrate the colleagues who show up, step in, share ideas, support students, and make Windsor Mill better every day.

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WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE THIS WEEK?
Who stepped in to help when you needed it?
NEED AN IDEA? THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO...
💜 Weekly Difference Makers
LIVE KUDOS
Know a Difference Maker? 🌟 Give someone their flowers. Add a quick kudos for a colleague who made an impact this week. Big moment, small moment, student win, team win — it all counts.
🌟 Add Weekly Kudos →
💜 See someone doing something great? Don't wait until Friday to notice it.
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WMMS STAFF HUB • STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Weekly Tech Spotlight.

One tool. One idea. One thing worth trying. Explore technology that can save time, strengthen instruction, make learning more interactive, and help you work smarter without losing the teacher expertise that matters most.

📁 Open Staff Google Drive 🧰 Explore Teacher Tech
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STAFF RESOURCES WMMS Google Drive
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AI TOOL Brisk Teaching
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DESIGN Canva
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GOOGLE WORKSPACE My Drive
THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT
Week of September 7
✨ TOOL OF THE WEEK
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⏱️ 5-Minute Try
WEEKLY TECH SPOTLIGHT

Brisk Teaching

Bring AI into the tools you already use. Brisk can help you create, adapt, differentiate, and strengthen instructional resources more efficiently.

⏱️ Save Planning Time Start with resources you already have.
🧩 Differentiate Adapt materials for different learners.
✨ Create Resources Generate questions, examples, and supports.
🧠 Keep Your Expertise Review and revise AI-generated content.
⚡ Explore Brisk
WATCH + LEARN

Meet Brisk Teaching

Watch the introduction, then try one feature using something you already plan to teach.

▶ WATCH NOW
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THIS WEEK'S TOOL

AI where you're already working.

Brisk helps teachers use AI alongside everyday instructional resources instead of rebuilding everything inside another platform.

Use it as a starting point for adapting materials, differentiating texts, creating questions, generating instructional supports, and saving time.

The teacher stays at the center. Review the output, revise it for your students, and make the final instructional decisions yourself.

TEACHER TECH RESOURCE FINDER

What do you need help with?

Filter the toolbox by the job you are trying to do.

📁
WMMS

Staff Google Drive

Jump directly to shared WMMS staff documents, resources, files, templates, and school materials.

Staff Files Planning
Open Staff Drive →
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AI

Brisk Teaching

Adapt resources, generate instructional supports, differentiate materials, and streamline routine work.

AI Differentiate Planning
Explore Brisk →
🎨
DESIGN

Canva

Create visuals, presentations, directions, graphic organizers, flyers, and classroom resources.

Visuals Slides Resources
Open Canva →
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DATA

Google Sheets

Sort, filter, organize, visualize, and analyze student information more efficiently.

Data Tracking Organization
Open Sheets →
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INSTRUCTION

Google Slides

Build lesson decks, interactive activities, student directions, models, and visual supports.

Lessons Interactive Visuals
Open Slides →
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ASSESSMENT

Google Forms

Create checks for understanding, surveys, exit tickets, quizzes, and quick student feedback.

CFU Assessment Data
Open Forms →
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VIDEO

YouTube for Instruction

Use short clips, demonstrations, background knowledge, and modeled examples to strengthen instruction.

Video Engagement Modeling
Open YouTube →
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ORGANIZE

Google Drive

Organize resources, share files, collaborate, and keep instructional materials easy to find.

Files Sharing Organization
Open Drive →
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TEACHER TECH TOOLBOX

Click a problem. Get a starting point.

Start with what you need to accomplish, not the app.

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⏱️

I Need to Save Time

Planning, drafting, organizing, or repetitive tasks.

Try Brisk for adapting materials, Google Drive templates for repeatable tasks, or Sheets filters instead of manually sorting information.
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I Need to Differentiate

Same standard. Better access for different learners.

Start with one existing resource. Adjust vocabulary, chunking, questions, scaffolds, or extension tasks rather than creating an entirely separate lesson.
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🎯

I Need More Engagement

Make students interact with the thinking.

Add a quick poll, collaborative slide, visual prompt, short video, student choice, or create-and-share task to something you already teach.
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I Need to Use My Data

Turn results into an instructional next step.

Begin with one question: Who needs reteaching? Which standard is weakest? Which students are ready for extension? Then filter only the data needed to answer it.
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I Need Better Visuals

Make directions and materials easier to understand.

Reduce words, create stronger headings, add meaningful icons or examples, and use consistent layouts. Canva and Slides can do most of this quickly.
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I Need a Quick CFU

Find out what students understand before moving on.

Try a three-question Google Form, one-slide response, digital exit ticket, or quick anonymous poll tied directly to the lesson objective.
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I Want to Use AI Better

Use AI as a tool, not a crutch.

Give AI your standard, purpose, student context, constraints, and examples. Then revise the output. The quality of the teacher thinking still matters.
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🆘

Something Isn't Working

Try the quick fixes before losing planning time.

Refresh. Reopen. Confirm the correct account. Check sharing permissions. Try another browser tab. Sign out and back in. Then ask for help.
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5-MINUTE TECH CHALLENGE
Upgrade one resource.
Choose something you already plan to teach and use this week's spotlight to make one meaningful improvement.
🙋‍♀️
Have the problem but not the tech solution?

Bring the actual lesson, resource, data set, or task. Staff Development can help you choose a tool that supports the work instead of adding another thing to your plate.

📁 Staff Drive
GROW TOGETHER

Staff PD Calendar

Browse upcoming professional learning by month, filter by content area, review session details, and register directly through KickUp.

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