Danielle Sellenriek has purchased the Reading Connection newsletter for all elementary buildings. We will be distributing these each month to all K-2nd grade students and teachers across the district. I will also post and/or email teachers a copy so it can be posted on your blog. It will also be linked to our building website. The January edition will go home with students today. :) GERMS-There are numerous germy bugs going around the building! All classrooms were sprayed down with disinfectant on Friday evening. I will have them continue this all week. Please make sure you discuss the importance of good hand washing with your students. Monday Mtg-We will have a faculty meeting in the library at 3:30. Amy Stroder will be providing a refresher course to all staff members about special services and the referral process. Grade Level Mtg-Please bring your iPad to the meeting on Tuesday. I would like everyone to discuss how they are using these devices with students and the apps they have downloaded. Linda will also be sharing information about vocabulary. Tiger Pride Assembly-Don't forget that Tuesday is our January Tiger Pride Assembly at 2:30. I will have the Most Valuable Tiger lunch with students on Thursday from 11:30-1:00. February Newsletter-I will send this home with students on Thursday. If you would like for me to add something, please let me know by Wednesday. Smencils-Student Council will be selling Smencils February 4th-14th from 8:14-8:40 in the front hallway. Their goal is to purchase playground equipment (balls, jump ropes, chalk...) for each classroom with the money they made from pumpkin grams and Smencil sales. You should be getting a survey from them next week. If you have any other suggestions for them to be working on this year, let me know! Fabulous February-FABULOUS FEBRUARY calendar coming soon!!! I am still finalizing a few activities. However, we will kick off the new month on Friday, February 1st with a SALAD & SOUPER BOWL PARTY! I will provide the salad for everyone. If you would like to bring soup to share...SIGN UP HERE! Monday Mtg-NO Monday meeting after school today due to McTeacher Night. McTeacher Night-Don't miss this festive event!! If you have not signed up, please do so by the end of the day. As always, those of you who work will share the profit to use on classroom supplies. PLEASE SIGN UP HERE! Movie Night-A BIG thank you to the 4th grade teachers for hosting the Movie Night on Friday evening. They made a profit of $190. If your grade level would like to have another movie night in February or March...let me know! Grade Level Mtgs-NO grade level meetings this week. iPad App Request Form-Don't forget to fill the app request form if you find an iPad app you would like for me to purchase. I have added the link to our LINKS page. SIT Mtg-We will have a SIT meeting on Wednesday at 4:00 in the special services conference room. CAP ELA Mtg-We will be meeting on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 for a CAP ELA workday. We will meet from 8:00-3:00 at the Conco building (lunch on your own). Our agenda for the day is as follows:
What a productive day on Monday! It was great to see all of the hard work being completed throughout the high school. I really enjoyed the vertical alignment conversations. I am guilty of getting trapped in the K-4 world and forget there are lots of other great things happening in 5-12 in our district. I hope your day was just as productive. Professional Development Plan Conversations-I have created a schedule for conferences with everyone this week. I would like to meet with ALL certified staff members on either Tuesday or Thursday to discuss our evaluation system and your PDP. PLEASE SIGN UP HERE!!! School Board Appreciation-Don't forget to give me your items by the end of the day on Tuesday. Lock down Drill-You did a great job at our drill on Thursday. However, there is always room for improvement and change. With recent tragic events and current media topics on school safety, I need time to reflect on our drills and procedures here at WS. Please be aware that changes to our current procedures could happen in the near future. (ex. keeping classroom doors locked at all times, having your key on a lanyard with school ID, stickers for all visitors in the building...) I welcome your input and suggestions! 2nd Quarter Assessment Wall-We had some good results and conversations from our grade level meetings last week. (see grade level page above--password protected--same password as data page) We have also added a few students to Reading Improvement Plans due to being below basic on second quarter reading benchmarks. PLEASE make sure you take a look at our master RIP tutor document on the G:Drive. Several new students are needing some extra support. Movie Night-Don't miss the next movie night at WS on FRIDAY, JANUARY 18th at 6:00. This event is hosted by our 4th grade teachers! They will be showing the movie Brave. Grade Level Mtgs-We will NOT have grade level meetings this week! I hope everyone enjoyed their two week break! It was such a great break to rest, relax, organize the house and best of all spend time with family. I am very thankful that we had two full weeks. :) :) :) :) :) :) Grade Cards-Don't forget that grade cards will go home today. Please email Carrie if you would like for her to print these for you. Monday Mtg-We will have Cadre meetings after school. January Newsletter-If you have anything for me to add, please send it to me ASAP. Instructional Excellence-Your 2nd semester plans are due FRIDAY, JANUARY 11th. McTeacher Night-MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We will have McTeacher Night on Monday, January 21st from 4:00-8:00. As always, those of you who work will share the profit to use on classroom supplies. PLEASE SIGN UP HERE! I still need several workers during the 6:00-7:00 and 7:00-8:00 shift. Grade Level Mtgs-Please make sure that you have DRA 2nd quarter forms filled out and January Read the Walls spreadsheets ready for our grade level meeting on Tuesday, January 8th. We will be reviewing the data and adding that information to our assessment wall. School Expectations-Don't forget to review classroom and school wide expectations with students the next couple of weeks. Practice makes perfect!! :) :) :) Drills-I have scheduled a drill the first Thursday of every month for the remainder of the year. These are located on our calendar of events. I hope this will keep me on track and give you a heads up on the date (NOT TIME) for each drill. School Board Appreciation-Please have your grade level make a poster, sign or chart thanking the Board of Education for all of their hard work. They really enjoy reading these each year. I will collect these on Tuesday, January 15th and display them for the School Board on the 17th. THANKS!! |
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