Happy New Year - December 30, 2019

Ready to start 2020!  That seems unbelievable but it is here.  I hope you have had a wonderful break off with your families and enjoyed the holidays.  Only a couple of more days to relax and recharge.

As we start the new year, we are going to reboot our PBIS system for behavior.  Above you will see our new expectation matrix.  Please spend a sufficient amount of time during the next few days teaching and practicing these behaviors.  Remember, PBIS is rooted in POSITIVE teaching and practice.  It is about reinforcing good behavior and reteaching when our expectations are not met.  This is for all areas and times of the school day.  Think about a typical day for your classes.  What are you not happy with?   Think about how you want that to be and teach those procedures to your students.  When they fail to meet those expectations, reteach and practice.  I know that this may stress many of you out because it is taking time away from regular instruction.  However, the time you gain later on will be worth it!

Here are some links to great resources as you are planning teaching those expecatations during the next few days:

https://reddick.tiftschools.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=283458&type=d&pREC_ID=650100

https://www.pbisworld.com/tier-1/review-pbis-expectations-and-rules/  (This one is really good)

https://pbiscompendium.ssd.k12.mo.us/elementary-lesson-plans

We are going to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss more and go over next steps!

We will also be passing out Panther Bucks and posters for your classrooms.  We also have a letter that will go home to all students on Thursday so parents will be aware of the changes we are making.

It is important that we do the MONTHLY BEHAVIOR CALENDARS each day.  Have students mark their behavior as green, yellow or red and have a system in place to make sure this is being done correctly.  

CHANGES TO SCHEDULE

We will no longer be doing Panther Time.  This will change Special Class teachers schedule.  Their planning will be each afternoon from 1:45 until 2:30.

Special class teachers will be with their Literacy Block teacher from 7:35 until 8:10.  They can help with homeroom duties so that Literacy Block can begin sooner.

At 8:10, the special class teachers will rotate to help in other classrooms one day each week.  Here is the schedule:

Monday - 1st grade

Tuesday - 2nd grade

Wednesday - 3rd grade

Thursday - 4th grade

Friday - 5th grade

Please have a plan of what you would like this person to do each time they come to your classroom.  They can pull students, man a center or station, provide accommodations for 504/special ed, etc.  They will let you know ahead of time of that can't be there for some reason.  Hopefully having an extra person in your classroom for this period of time will be helpful for you and your students.  

***Don't forget - report cards go home on Thursday as well!

Enjoy your last couple of days and see you on Thursday!

Saturday Night Live - December 14, 2019

Congrats!  We received this honor seal this week from Franklin Covey-Leader in Me.  CCES has been named to the Lighthouse Academic Honor Roll for our percentile ranking growth this past year.  We went from a 68th percentile rank to a 75th rank.  This is a huge honor to receive this status as a Lighthouse School.  

This is one of my favorite times of year.  I know that each of you have so many special things planned for our students for the next few days.  I also know that all of those things are a lot of work and take a lot of planning on your part.  However, the Christmas memories that are made at school are some of the most special ones for many of our students.  Thank you for making it great for each of them.

MAP, STAR, Core and SNAP testing is almost wrapped up.  I will be looking at the data over the next few days and sharing it with you. If you have students who were absent last week and missed a portion of the testing, please try to get that done this week.  

*Don't forget to sign up for the Staff Christmas Party on Friday night at 5:30 at the Veteran's building.  The sign-up sheet is in Sonya's office - we need numbers by Monday afternoon so we can order the meat.  Remember that each adult needs to bring a $10-$15 dollar gift for the game.  

*No 21st Century classes this week

*We will do ugly Christmas shirt/sweater day next Wednesday.

*Jeans all next week!

*We are also going to do Christmas Goodie Table next week.  Bring finger foods, snacks, desserts, etc on your assigned day if you would like to!

          Monday - Kindergarten, 3rd grade, special                      education

          Tuesday - 1st grade, 4th grade, Intervention                    and  special class

          Wednesday - 2nd grade, 5th grade and office                   staff

This Week at a Glance...
Monday - 4th/5th grade science fair project presentations in the gym during special class
Kindergarten practice in the gym at 12
Tuesday - House meeting Tuesday morning first thing.  The slideshow is attached to the Living Calendar
PBIS team meeting in Lisa's office at 3 pm.
Wednesday - 2nd nine weeks grading period ends.  Please have all grades in before you leave.
9:00 am - 3rd grade Grinch performance in the gym for the entire school
Friday - Staff Christmas Party at 5:30 at Veteran's Center

Friday Focus - December 6, 2019

As I have already mentioned to most of you, we are going to do a reboot of our PBIS system.  After Christmas, we plan to begin a new reward system based on Panther Bucks.  We are also going to revise our anchor statement and our behavior expectations.  As we work on these things this week during PLC's and action team meetings, here are some things to think about ahead of time and be ready to discuss:

-What behaviors do we expect in the hallways, cafeteria, morning assembly, playground and classroom?  
-How do we teach and reteach these behaviors?
-What are our classroom managed behaviors?
-What are our office managed behaviors?
-How do we document each set of behaviors?
-What behavioral interventions do we need to use at each level - Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3? 
-How will our new Panther Buck system work in relation to our behavior calendars?

Don't forget to pick up the rewards for MAP test performance from my office.  These are for students who are proficient, distinguished or who met their RIT goal from fall to winter.  The rewards are as follows:
Reading - bookmark
Math - fruit snacks
Science - invisible ink pen

Hopefully we can wrap up MAP testing next week.  So far - scores are looking good!  Keep encouraging students to do their best and meet their goals.

VOLUNTEERS

Just a reminder - if you need a volunteer for anything going on in your classroom or grade level - please let me know.  We have a small group of parents who have sent back papers saying they are willing to help.

Remember back earlier in the semester we discussed that we wanted each grade level to have at least one event/activity in which we would invite parents in to help or view.  Some grade levels have already planned that event.  Just didn't want it to slip from your mind.  

This Week at a Glance...

Monday	Open Library 3-4  SBDM Meeting at 4 pm
Tuesday
Wednesday	AR Goal Ends today Sharon's Retirement at 315 Action Team Meeting 3:45
Thursday	Jr. Beta Dance 5-7 pm
Friday	LWM Movie AR Reward

Hang in there...Christmas is almost here!