Week 5

 

Happy Fall Y'all! ... It's Friday!  

We definitely had an eventful week!  Thank you for all of your support and hard work.    I hope that you are able to have some time for "R&R'" this weekend.  You definitely deserve it!

Let's get ready to welcome October!

News to Know:

Informal Observations

I will be doing pop in observations next week.

Intervention Services

All Intervention Services will continue next week. The Interventionists must have a place to service their students in your classroom. Please make sure that there is a designated area for them to work.

Chromebooks

Please make sure that you are monitoring the use and storage of your classroom Chromebooks.  It is vital that students do not remove Chromebooks from your classroom or take them home.  As such, you should have a procedure in place for accountability for all chromebooks assigned to your room.

Referrals for Special Education Testing

If you have concerns about a student, either academic or behavioral, you need to send the child through our IAT process.  DO NOT advise parents to request testing.  We have to follow the IAT process leading up to potential testing.

Printer Use

If you are printing a black and white copy, please use the BLACK printer and make one copy.  Then take this copy to the copiers in the office work room and make the copies that you need.  

We are asking that you DO NOT make copies on the color printer.  That copier is for administration,

Also, we are continuing to have a lot of waste at the color printer.  If this continues, we may be forced to move the printer into the Dean's Office and limit access to this printer.

Work Day Hours

Just to reiterate Principal Bullard's email from yesterday, your workday ends at 3:30 pm regardless of whether or not you have students.  Please adhere to your work hours 

7:30 am - 3:30 pm.

Upcoming Events:

Wednesday, October 2nd - Count Day FREE DRESS

Friday, October 4th - "Pink Out" Dress Down $2.00.   Attire must be school appropriate.  Proceeds will go to support the cure for Breast Cancer.

Monday, October 7th - Moral Focus Assemblies.  K-5 8:15 am; 6-8 2:15 pm; IAT Forms due to Ms. Schofield, Staff Meeting 3:35

Wednesday, October 9th - FIRE DRILL - AM; 

Friday, October 11th - IAT Meeting Day; Candy Sale Ends

Monday, October 14th - Committee Meeting 3:35

Wednesday, October 16th - High School Night for 8th Grade 4:30-5:30 pm

Friday, October 18th -  $ 2.00 Dress Down

Monday, October 21st - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS; Regional PD Training for Staff (All Day)

Tuesday, October 22nd - Picture Re-take

Wednesday, October 23rd - Principal Coffee 8:30-9:00 am

Friday, October 25th - $ 2.00 UM vs. MSU DRESS DOWN

Week 4

 

Here we are again... It's Friday!  

I don't know about you, but I woke up this morning excited that it was Friday and that we had another successful week at school!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and enjoy some "me" time.  You definitely deserve it! 🌟

Next week is our last full week of September...let's make it a good one!

News to Know:

NWEA

Fall NWEA Testing ends today.  Thank you so much for all of your help with testing.  A special shout out is going out to Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Trolinger for owning the task of getting make up's completed!  You are amazing...and "thank you" so much!   

Bathroom Breaks

Please make sure you are getting a visual of the bathrooms before sending students in to use the bathroom and following your class using the bathroom.  This is how we can monitor the bathrooms' cleanliness consistently.

CHAMPS and Social Contracts

I have noticed that several of you still do not have your Social Contracts completed and posted, and/or your CHAMPS posted and in use.  This must be done by end of day Monday. 

Intervention Services

All Intervention Services will begin their roll out on Monday.  Plan for the Interventionists to be pushing into your classrooms to service your students during the Reading Mastery and/or Corrective Reading times. Please make sure that there is a designated area for them to work.

Chromebooks

Please make sure that you are monitoring the use and storage of your classroom Chromebooks.  It is vital that students do not remove Chromebooks from your classroom or take them home.  As such, you should have a procedure in place for accountability for all chromebooks assigned to your room.

Grade Level Newsletters

I'm still not receiving all of these.  Please make sure I'm included in your contact list.

3-5 Wing Parent Meeting

This event occurs on Wednesday, September 25th from 5:00-6:00 pm.  This is a reinstituting of Wing Parent Meetings that occurred prior to the Pandemic.  As such, it is very important that all parents attend this meeting.  Please make sure that you are advertising this event and the importance of parents being in attendance in your weekly SchoolConnect.

You are expected to be in attendance.  We will all first meet in the gym parents, admin, and teachers.  As a team (teachers and admin), we will review academic expectations, student behavior expectations, and parent expectations. At some point, you will take your parents back to your classroom.  

You will want to make sure that your classroom is clean, decorated well (as parents will be comparing you...sorry...this always happens based upon how your room looks), and that there is completed/corrected student work on their individual desks for parents to see.  At that time, you will be able to talk about your room, individual expectations for your students etc.  

This meeting will only last one (1) hour...5:00-6:00 pm.

Half Day - Friday, September 27th

Next Friday is our first Half Day.  I want to review the expectations for that day so there are no misunderstandings.

• Dismissal is at 11:00 am.  It ends at 11:30.  Please make sure this is conveyed to your families.
• This Half Day,  students must be in uniform.
• This is the last Friday of the month so you can hold your Monthly Birthday Celebration for your August/September birthdays.  This will occur 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.).
• PD starts at 12:15 for Grades 3-8.  K-2 PD begins at 11:30 with a working lunch.

Referrals for Special Education Testing

If you have concerns about a student, either academic or behavioral, you need to send the child through our IAT process.  DO NOT advise parents to request testing.  We have to follow the IAT process leading up to potential testing.

Camera Footage

Camera Footage is for in-house purposes only.  Please do not tell parents that we will check camera footage for various issues

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday, September 24 - Candy Sale Kick Off Assemblies  9:00 am - Gr. 5th-8th; 9:45 am - Gr. K- 4th.

Wednesday, September 25 - K-2 Parent Night 3:30 pm; 3-5 Parent Night 5:00 pm

Friday, September 27 - HALF DAY -STUDENTS MUST BE IN UNIFORM - Dismissal at 11:00 am; STAFF (Only) JEAN DAY; September Birthday Celebration Day 10:00-10:30; Teacher PD Day K-2 11:30-2:00 (Working Lunch-Provided); Gr. 3-8 12:15-2:00 (Lunch on your own from 11:30-12:15)

Wednesday, October 2nd - Count Day FREE DRESS

Friday, October 4th - "Pink Out" Dress Down $2.00.   Attire must be school appropriate.  Proceeds will go to support the cure for Breast Cancer.

Monday, October 7th - Moral Focus Assemblies.  K-5 8:15 am; 6-8 2:15 pm; IAT Forms due to Ms. Schofield, Staff Meeting 3:35

Wednesday, October 9th - FIRE DRILL - AM; 

Friday, October 11th - IAT Meeting Day; Candy Sale Ends

Monday, October 14th - Committee Meeting 3:35

Wednesday, October 16th - High School Night for 8th Grade 4:30-5:30 pm

Friday, October 18th -  $ 2.00 Dress Down

Monday, October 21st - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS; Regional PD Training for Staff (All Day)

Tuesday, October 22nd - Picture Re-take

Friday, October 25th - $ 2.00 UM vs. MSU DRESS DOWN

Week 3

 

Happy Friday...!  

You made it through the first full week!  Great job team!  I hope you take some time to relax and recharge this weekend.  Enjoy!

News to Know:

Attendance

Weekly Attendance grids must be printed out on Fridays and placed in your Attendance File located in the Dean's Office.  This is a "Must Do" expectation. 

Achievement Boards

Our Achievement Boards transition from "Welcome" Boards to actual Achievement Boards on Monday.  If you are a K-5 teacher, your Boards highlight student Writing, and since you will not have completed a Writing Unit, we are asking that you display student writings representing the Moral Focus virtue of Wisdom.  6-8 grade teachers are departmentalized, so your boards will highlight student work in the content you teach.

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 

Monthly Birthday Celebrations

Birthday celebrations will occur 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.).

NWEA

Fall NWEA Make Up testing finishes up this week.    

Hall Passes

Remember to utilize your hall passes for any emergency bathroom situations.

CHAMPS

Please make sure that your CHAMPS tool is being utilized for every Transition of instruction.

Grade Level Newsletters

These are to be sent out weekly to parents via your SchoolConnect.  Please make sure that I am receiving these as well.

3-5 Wing Parent Meeting

This event occurs on Wednesday, September 25th from 5:00-6:00 pm.  This is a reinstituting of Wing Parent Meetings that occurred prior to the Pandemic.  As such, it is very important that all parents attend this meeting.  Please make sure that you are advertising this event and the importance of parents being in attendance in your weekly SchoolConnect.

You are expected to be in attendance.  We will all first meet in the gym parents, admin, and teachers.  As a team (teachers and admin), we will review academic expectations, student behavior expectations, and parent expectations. At some point, you will take your parents back to your classroom.  

You will want to make sure that your classroom is clean, decorated well (as parents will be comparing you...sorry...this always happens based upon how your room looks), and that there is completed/corrected student work on their individual desks for parents to see.  At that time, you will be able to talk about your room, individual expectations for your students etc.  

This meeting will only last one (1) hour...5:00-6:00 pm.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, September 16 - Committee Meeting 3:35

Tuesday, September 17 - Constitution Day Observance (Lesson Taught during Social Studies)

Wednesday, September 18 -  FIRE DRILL - PM;  6-8 Grade Parent Night - 3:30 pm

Tuesday, September 24 - Candy Sale Kick Off Assemblies  9:00 am - Gr. 5th-8th; 9:45 am - Gr. K- 4th.

Wednesday, September 25 - K-2 Parent Night 3:30 pm; 3-5 Parent Night 5:00 pm

Friday, September 27 - HALF DAY -STUDENTS MUST BE IN UNIFORM - Dismissal at 11:00 am; STAFF (Only) JEAN DAY; September Birthday Celebration Day 10:00-10:30; Teacher PD Day K-2 11:30-2:00 (Working Lunch-Provided); Gr. 3-8 12:15-2:00 (Lunch on your own from 11:30-12:15)

Wednesday, October 2nd - Count Day FREE DRESS

Friday, October 4th - "Pink Out" Dress Down $2.00.   Attire must be school appropriate.  Proceeds will go to support the cure for Breast Cancer.

Monday, October 7th - Moral Focus Assemblies.  K-5 8:15 am; 6-8 2:15 pm; IAT Forms due to Ms. Schofield Staff Meeting 3:35

Wednesday, October 9th - FIRE DRILL - AM; 

Friday, October 11th - IAT Meeting Day; Candy Sale Ends

Week 2

 

Happy Friday Everyone!  

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and get some well deserved rest.  It looks like a good weekend to visit an apple orchard...YUM!   Next week we start back with full weeks...eat your Wheaties!

News to Know:

Moral Focus Assembly

Our 1st Moral Focus Assembly will occur on Monday, September 9th.  It will be run by the Deans.  The purpose of this assembly is to reintroduce our students to the expectations and procedures of our Assemblies.  We will also be introducing our virtue of the month "Wisdom".

We will now have two assemblies.  The morning Assembly will be for K-5 students and will start at 8:15 am in the gym.  The Middle School Assembly (Gr. 6-8) will take place in the gym beginning at 2:15 pm.

Title IX Staff Meeting

On Monday, in lieu of having a Committee Meeting, we will have a Wing Meeting.  This will be for those staff members who have not completed the training by Monday (check your email or Oracle for the training).  Those staff that have completed the training will be able to leave following the close of dismissal.

Achievement Boards

Our Achievement Boards transition from "Welcome" Boards to actual Achievement Boards on September 16th.  If you are a K-5 teacher, your Boards highlight student Writing, and since you will not have completed a Writing Unit, we are asking that you display student writings representing the Moral Focus virtue of Wisdom.  6-8 grade teachers are departmentalized, so your boards will highlight student work in the content you teach.

03's, Data Meetings, and GLT's

These begin next week.  All GLT meetings on Mondays are Data Meeting.  Please arrive promptly and prepared.  Also, refer to my Dean Schedule for your respective 03 and GLT meeting schedule.

Uniforms

Remember...you are the first line of defense.  Please make sure you are checking uniforms 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.

Desks

We have placed an order for desks.  These should be arriving within the next few weeks.

Check Emails

I need you to make sure that you check your email at least twice a day...once during the morning and again in the afternoon.  We send out important information throughout the day. 

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 

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.

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 continues 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.   

Hall Passes

Remember to utilize your hall passes for any emergency bathroom situations.

CHAMPS

Please make sure that your CHAMPS tool is being utilized for evert Transition of instruction.

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 input grades.

Assessments: 25

Assignments: 40

Participation: 15

Quizzes (Exit Tickets): 15

Homework: 5

Attendance

Weekly Attendance grids must be printed out on Fridays and placed in your Attendance File located in the Dean's Office.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, September 9th - Moral Focus Assembly K-5 - 8:15; Middle School - 2:15.  Title IX Wing Meeting - 3:35;  Team DATA Meeting Day

Thursday, September 12 - Title 1 Parent Meeting 3:30

Friday, September 13 - PICTURE DAY - Students must be IN UNIFORM; Constitution Day Lesson Plans due to Ms. Rowden

Monday, September 16 - Committee Meeting 3:35

Tuesday, September 17 - Constitution Day Observance (Lesson Taught during Social Studies)

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; STAFF (Only) JEAN DAY; September Birthday Celebration Day 10:00-10:30;                                                        Teacher PD Day K-2 11:30-2:00 (Working Lunch-Provided); Gr. 3-8 12:15-2:00 (Lunch on your own from 11:30-12:15)