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