Weekly Updates
Monday Mtg-CTA meeting at WHS for elementary staff at 3:30. If you are not attending this meeting, you are required to stay and work in the building until 3:50.
Tiger Tech Conference-Don't forget to register for the Tiger Tech Conference this Friday, September 23rd. I am NOT scheduling any meetings for our building in the afternoon. Please use this time to collaborate with your grade level, work on lesson plans, update your class blog, implement new technology skills learned from your workshops, reflect... Mid Quarter Reports-Please make sure you send home reports to students on Tuesday, September 20th. You can find a copy on the G drive. Instructional Excellence-The hourly pay for Instructional Excellence has increased to $25 per hour. Be thinking about your plan. These will be due the end of this month. Tutoring is our first priority. I am aware that there are several after school clubs and tutoring going on at this time, so please log these hours. I should have our allotted hours per person to you by the end of the week along with our building goals for your paperwork. I am just waiting for our budget from Central Office. They can't do their part until we have our DESE enrollment numbers on Wednesday, September 21st. MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!!! Scavenger Hunt Pictures-Please add your pictures to the folders on the G drive from our scavenger hunt at the beginning of the year. THANKS! Pinwheels for Peace-Our PEACE assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, September 20th at 3:00 outside in the grassy area in front of the library. Please give you students their shirts prior to the assembly. We will have a school wide picture taken at this time. DRA-Testing begins this week. Your class reading levels will be due on Friday, September 30th. Please use the form that is located on the G drive in the Qtr Reports to Kara folder. We will be discussing these and adding information to our Reading Assessment Wall at our grade level meeting on Thursday, October 6th. We have a district CAP meeting on Tuesday, October 4th so our grade level meeting had to be moved. Monday Mtg-We will have Cadre meetings after school today.
Grade Level Mtgs-Please bring your writing prompts to grade level meetings on Tuesday. Homecoming Parade-Wednesday, September 14th is the Willard Homecoming parade. The elementary buildings will have a float for staff members and their family. You can join in on the fun by donating a bag of candy and/or riding the float. You will need to be at the high school at 5:30 with the parade starting at 6:00. Wear any WILLARD shirt! SIT Mtg-Don't forget that our first SIT meeting for the year is on Wednesday, September 14th at 7:45. PTO-We had a great turnout to our PTO meeting on Thursday! I am confident that we will have some wonderful volunteers this year. Please mark your calendar for a few upcoming special events! MOVIE NIGHT-Saturday, October 1st 6:00 and CHILI COOK-OFF-Saturday, October 22nd 5:00 Our monthly meetings have been set for the second Thursday of each month at 7:00. Meetings-FYI...I have several meetings and will be out of the buildings for a few hours a couple of days this week. Monday-SWMAESP mtg 11:00-2:00 Wednesday-A-Team mtg 9:00-12:00 Friday-Study Island mtg at WN 9:30-11:30 Weekly Drawings-Next Friday we will begin our weekly drawing for an extra special class time with me from 9:00-9:30 for a class who keeps their Fight Free Flag up and special seating with a friend on the stage for students who earn individual Tigerific Tokens. I will announce the class and individuals who will receive these special "treats" on the announcements every FRIDAY!!!
Character Ed Tree-Lea-Ann will cut out leaves and place them in your mailbox today. Please begin recognizing students for demonstrating the character ed word of the month (SEPTEMBER-RESPECT) by having them write their name on the leaf and placing it on the tree in the front hallway. PTO-Last night we had four new parents come to our meeting. They have agreed to help with PTO this year. However, we are going to have another meeting next Thursday, September 8th at 7:00 to see if we can get MORE parents to attend. We will be sending out an email and/or phone calls today, a flyer on Tuesday and posting it on our school website. If you could please promote this also by adding it to your blog and/or newsletter that would be GREAT! We still need more volunteers for our PTO to be a success this year. THANKS!! Raz-Kids-You should receive an email regarding Raz-Kids. I purchased a classroom subscription for each K-4 classroom. You can go on and edit your username and password. If you need help setting up your class or changing your username/password, please let me know! Happy Reading!!! School Shirts-Students and staff will receive their shirts on Tuesday, September 20th. I am also moving our Pinwheels for Peace day to Tuesday the 20th at 3:00. It should be a very colorful peace sign this year!! Principal Storytime-Below is a schedule for Friday, September 9th for storytime with each grade level in the library. I would like to share a story with the students and discuss our character education traits. Kindergarten-10:30-10:55 1st Grade-11:00-11:25 2nd Grade-12:45-1:10 3rd Grade-11:35-12:00 4th Grade-1:15-1:40 |
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