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)