New Students
Please plan on getting new students until Count Day in October.
Monthly Birthday Celebrations
We will not be celebrating students individual birthdays this year. However, on the students birthday, should it fall on a school day, they will receive a birthday shout out at the end of the day over announcements. If you have a student whose birthday falls on a weekend or over a break, please have them bring a note down to Ms. Rogers letting her know, on the last day of the week and/or before the break.
Also, we will hold a monthly Birthday celebration on the last Friday of each month during the last 30 minutes of school. You can send out a sign up sheet to parents of students celebrating their birthday, for STORE BOUGHT items you'd like provided for the celebration (ie. cupcakes, candy, cookies, chips, etc.).
Water Bottles
Students MAY NOT have water bottles at their desks. They must keep them in their cubbies/lockers. Students with lockers will need to go out to their locker to get a drink from their water bottle.
Please inform your parents via SchoolConnect that students are not allowed to bring pop or energy drinks to school.
Uniforms
Please make sure you are checking this every morning as you greet the students. I need you to keep an eye out throughout the day to make sure shirts are tucked in and pants are not inside socks.
Positive Behavior Input
It is an expectation that each staff member input one (1) positive student behavior in the system. If you need help doing this, please reach out to me.
Bathroom Break Schedule
I will be resending you a Grade/Class Level Bathroom Schedule. It will need to go into effect on Tuesday. You must adhere to these scheduled times. Please do the following:
- Students should accompany you to the restrooms in a single file line
- They should bring a book to read while waiting
- They must be at a Level 0 - No Talking voice level
- You should bring a timer as we need to get these breaks down to 10 minutes
- You must check the bathrooms before sending students in and following your last students exit of the bathrooms for cleanliness.
- Remind the students that inappropriate behaviors and lack of cleanliness will result in student discipline. This is a "Zero Tolerance" issue.
NWEA
Fall NWEA testing continues this week. Please refer to the documents I provided to you during our training regarding setting up your test sessions about proctoring. I have insured that each of you have Test Manager rights so that you can set up your test groups. If you need help doing this, please reach out to your grade level team leader or me.
Please make sure students with IEP Accommodations or 504 Accommodations for testing get these accommodations from their Sped Resource Teacher (3rd/4th - Mrs. Harris; 5th- Mr. G).
Here is the testing schedule:
AIMSWeb Testing
AIMSWeb ORF Benchmark testing starts next week and goes until September 13th. ALL students in grades K-3 will be assessed. Students who scored on or below the 25%tile in grades 4-8 will also be ORF Benchmarked. This testing is being owned by your Grade Level Interventionists. Please make sure that you are ensuring that they have all the time needed to complete their job.
Constitution Day
It is a Federal Law that the U. S. Constitution be taught on September 17th. You can Google Constitution Lesson Plans for your specific grade level. Each grade level is required to electronically (NOT PAPER) submit their lesson plan to Ms. Rowden by Friday, September 13th as it is mandated that they are submitted to the State of Michigan before September 17th. 7th and 8th Grade will have this lesson taught in their Social Studies
Cell Phones
Please continue to be diligent about collecting cell phones and locking them up. This is non-negotiable.
Grade Level Team Meetings and 03's
These will begin the week of September 9th. I will be providing my Dean Schedule which delineates your 03/GLT/Data Analysis days next week.
Hallway Bulletin Boards
Remember, ALL hallway "Welcome" bulletin boards need to be replaced student writing pieces by Monday, September 16th.
Hall Passes
Remember to utilize your hall passes for any emergency bathroom situations.
CHAMPS
Please make sure that your CHAMPS tool is being utilized.
Grade Level Newsletters
These are to be sent out weekly to parents via your SchoolConnect.
Grade Weighting
These are the grade weights that need to be set up in Grade Book so that parents can access students grades in the Parent Portal. You can work as a Team to set these up for every Content Area so that you can start inputting grades next week.
Assessments: 25
Assignments: 40
Participation: 15
Quizzes (Exit Tickets): 15
Homework: 5
Attendance
Attendance and Lunch Count must be taken at 8:01 (following announcements) and 8:45 am. Lunch numbers are pulled by 9:00 am, so if you have any students who come in Tardy before 9:00 am, please make sure that their lunch is recorded if they are getting School Lunch.
Afternoon Attendance must be completed by 1:00 pm.
Weekly Attendance grids must be printed out on Fridays and placed in your Attendance File located in the Dean's Office.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, September 3 - School Resumes; NWEA Testing Continues; AIMSWeb ORF Testing Begins; TECH CLASSES BEGIN; STAFF Meeting 3:35 Ms. Adams Classroom - Room 23.
Wed., September 4th - BLACK OUT DAY. Please do not ask for time off on this day.
Monday, September 9th - Moral Focus Assembly K-5 - 8:15; Middle School - 2:15. Committee Meeting - 3:35; Team DATA Meeting Day
Thursday, September 12 - Title 1 Parent Meeting 3:30
Friday, September 13 - PICTURE DAY; Constitution Day Lesson Plans due to Ms. Rowden
Monday, September 16 - Wing Meeting 3:35
Tuesday, September 17 - Constitution Day Observance
Wednesday, September 18 - FIRE DRILL - PM; 6th & 7th Parent Night 4:00 pm; 8th Parent Night 5:15 pm
Wednesday, September 25 - K-2 Parent Night 3:30 pm; 3-5 Parent Night 5:00 pm
Friday, September 27 - HALF DAY - Dismissal at 11:00 am; September Birthday Celebration Day 10:00-10:30; Teacher PD Dismisses at 2:00
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