McTeacher Night-WOW! We had a wonderful crowd on Monday evening. THANKS to all of the teachers who gave up some of their free time to help! I will let you know our profit for the evening as soon as I get the word from McDonald's. THANKS AGAIN!!
Leadership Team-I have added a page to my blog (at the top of this page) with agendas/minutes from our Leadership Team. Please take a look!! We did make a decision regarding our end of the year work day...make sure you READ! I also wanted to let everyone know that we will NOT be doing a schoolwide book read this year with students. I think we need to take some time to plan this event. So, my goal is to implement this next year! FABULOUS Fridays in February-Please look for some FUN and FABULOUS activities during Fridays in February. For our first FAB FRIDAY on February 3rd, we will have a SOUPER BOWL luncheon in the workroom. If you would like to participate, please sign up to bring in soup or other items by Thursday...fill out this spreadsheet! Tiger Pride Assembly-Don't forget to fill out our MVT form by the end of the day on Monday! I will have lunch with students on Thursday, February 2nd from 11:30-1:00. The assembly will start at 2:30!! ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK: M 1/30-Day 1, No Monday Mtg T 1/31-Day 2, Grade Level Mtgs (text complexity), Tiger Pride Assembly 2:30, After School Actors W 2/1-Day 3, A-Team for me 9:00-12:00 TH 2/2-Day 4, Mid-Quarter (reports go home Tuesday, February 7th), After School Artists F 2/3-Day 1, SOUPER Bowl Luncheon GREAT PD on Monday! I know that some inservices can be a little overwhelming. However, the transition from our GLE's to Common Core is a road we will all be traveling down together. I hope your grade level teams had some great conversations and insight into what is coming and ways we can make this transition a smooth one. Our next BIG discussion will be text complexity during grade level meetings. :-)
Tiger Pride Shirts-I know we have had several new students arrive over the past couple of months. If you have a new student who needs a shirt and didn't get one earlier, please complete this form so we can get one ordered. I need the final count by FRIDAY, JANUARY 20th! McTeacher Night-REMINDER that Monday, January 23rd is WS McTeacher Night!!! If you have not signed up to help, please do so soon! All of the money raised will go back to those who participated. Weekly Student Recognition-Please fill out our weekly student recognition chart by Friday at 8:00am! Board Appreciation-Please send your email thank yous to Tammy at CO. If you have a card or something else to give them, please have it to me by the end of the day on Thursday. UPCOMING EVENTS: W 1/18-DAY 1, I will be at A-Team from 8:30-?? TH 1/19-DAY 2, After School Artists, Good News Club, School Board Mtg 7:00 (Board Appreciation Month) F 1/20-DAY 3, PAY DAY!!!!!!!!!!! M 1/23-DAY 4, Leadership Team Mtg (remember to do your homework), McTeacher Night 4-8 T 1/24-DAY 1, K-4 Common Core Mtg at Conco 8:00-3:30, After School Actors W 1/25-DAY 2, WOW Treats in the Workroom TH 1/26-DAY 3, I will be gone to a meeting in Springfield from 11:30-2:00, After School Artists, Good News Club F 1/27-DAY 4 Here is the skinny for our Professional Development Training on Monday, January 16th.
WHEN: Monday, January 16th TIME: 8:00-3:30 (lunch 11:30-12:50 on your own) LOCATION: Willard Orchard Hills Elementary TOPIC: Common Core for ELA (English Language Arts) WHAT TO BRING: Common Core binder, Flipchart, Handouts and Agenda (located in your mailbox) OTHER INFO: You will be working with other elementary grade level teachers across the district. We will have a few activities together with all five elementary staff membe. However, the majority of the day will be spent digger deeper into the Common Core by grade level teams. Our objective of the day is for teachers to become more familiar with these new standards. GRADE LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS FOR "SPECIAL" TEACHERS:
I hope everyone enjoyed their amazing holiday break. It was great having some much needed rest and relaxation with family and friends! I am also thankful that this was a short three day work week. Next week might feel like a marathon.
Monday Mtg-Cadre meetings after school on Monday, January 9th. Grade Level Mtgs-Don't forget that next week we will be scoring student writing samples for our Read the Walls. You also need to go on the G:Drive and enter your 2nd quarter reading levels. I will be printing these off on Monday and adding the information to our assessment wall. We will be looking at the data and adding students on RIPs if needed. Delta Dental Assembly-We will have an assembly for K-4 grade students at 3:00 on Wednesday regarding dental care. McTeacher Night-PLEASE mark your calendars for Monday, January 23rd from 4:00-8:00. Willard South will have McTeacher night at the McDonald's on Chestnut Expressway. You can sign up to work here!! I will need workers for ALL of the time slots listed. Everyone who works during the night will split the profit and use the money towards classroom supplies. I believe last year those that worked earned $40 to spend in the classroom. PLEASE TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO HELP!! New Phone System-If you have not thanked Matt, Drew or Daniel...please let them know how much we appreciate their hard work!! Our new phone system is going to be great, once we figure out all of the features! 1st Semester Discipline Totals-WOW!!!!!!!!!! I am truly amazed at all of the great things that are happening here at Willard South. It is very evident that our schoolwide discipline procedures and recognition of students is paying off. However, the most important key to this success is TEACHERS and STUDENTS! Without your continual support and structure in the classroom we would NOT have made such outstanding gains in the area of discipline. Please take a look at our three year comparison of discipline referrals...it is remarkable!! I am really excited to share this information with the Board of Education this month. GREAT WORK! UPCOMING EVENTS: M 1/9-DAY 3, Cadre Mtgs after school, Para In-Service in the WS library at 2:15 T 1/10-DAY 4, Grade Level Mtgs, Hat Day, After School Actors W 1/11-DAY 1, Delta Dental Assembly 3:00 for K-4, SIT mtg at 4:00, Salary Mtg with Dr. Medlin in the library at 4:00 Th 1/12-DAY 2, After School Artists, Good News Club F 1/13-DAY 3, Read the Walls-display student work |
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